145th Street station (IND lines)

145th Street
145th Street
New York City Subway station (rapid transit)
	Lower level platform
Station statistics
Address	West 145th Street & St. Nicholas Avenue; New York, NY 10031
Borough	Manhattan
Locale	Harlem, Hamilton Heights
Division	INDno
Line	IND Eighth Avenue Line; IND Concourse Line
Services	A (all times); B (weekdays during the day); C (all except late nights); D (all times)
Transit	NYCT Bus: M3, Bx19
Structure	Underground
Levels	2
Platforms	4 island platforms (2 on each level); cross-platform interchange
Tracks	7 (4 on upper level, 3 on lower level)
Other information
Opened	September 10, 1932 (91 years ago)
Accessibility	Cross-platform wheelchair transfer available
Opposite-; direction; transfer	Yes
Traffic
2023	4,678,774 10.7%
Rank	59 out of 423
Station succession
Next north	Template:NYCS next; Template:NYCS next; Template:NYCS next; Template:NYCS next; Template:NYCS next
Next south	Template:NYCS next; Template:NYCS next
Station service legend
Symbol	Description
	Stops all times except late nights
	Stops all times except rush hours in the peak direction
	Stops all times
	Stops late nights only
	Stops rush hours only
	Stops rush hours in the peak direction only
	Stops weekdays during the day

145th Street is a two level express station on the IND Eighth Avenue and Concourse Lines of the New York City Subway, located at the intersection of 145th Street and St. Nicholas Avenue in Harlem and Hamilton Heights, Manhattan. It is served by the A and D trains at all times, by the C train at all times except late nights, and by the B train on weekdays only.

Station layout

G	Street Level	Exit/ Entrance
B1	Mezzanine	Fare control, station agents
B2 Eighth Avenue Line level	Northbound local	← toward 168th Street ( toward 207th Street late nights) (155th Street)
	Island platform, doors will open on the left, right
	Northbound express	← toward 207th Street (168th Street)
	Southbound express	→ toward Lefferts Boulevard or Far Rockaway ( Rockaway Park PM rush) (125th Street) →
	Island platform, doors will open on the left, right
	Southbound local	→ toward Euclid Avenue ( toward Far Rockaway late nights) (135th Street) →
B3 Concourse Line level	Northbound local	← toward Bedford Park Boulevard rush hours (155th Street) ← toward Norwood – 205th Street (155th Street)
	Island platform, doors will open on the left, right
	Peak-direction express / Short turn track	← toward Norwood – 205th Street PM rush (Tremont Avenue) → toward Coney Island – Stillwell Avenue AM rush (125th Street) → → toward Brighton Beach middays and evenings (135th Street) →
	Island platform, doors will open on the left, right
	Southbound local	→ toward Brighton Beach rush hours (135th Street) → → toward Coney Island – Stillwell Avenue off-peak hours (125th Street) →

The upper level has four tracks and two island platforms. The band is gold with black border. The station had a full mezzanine, although the central portion is now used as a police precinct. The lower level has three tracks and two island platforms. The tile border here is gold with black and the name tablets are black with gold border. The northbound platform is twice as wide as the station's other three similarly-sized platforms, so that the three trackways on the lower level line up directly with those above. Escalators lead up from this level to the mezzanine, bypassing the upper-level platforms. The full-time entrance is at 145th Street with a part-time north exit at 147th Street.

The center track on the lower level is used to short turn trains not going to the Bronx or by trains that run express throughout the IND Concourse Line in the peak direction depending on the time of the day.

On the upper level, just north of the station, there is an open space next to the uptown local track^[5] that was a remnant of the construction of the subway and not built for a specific purpose. That open space is where the lower level tracks turn off to the IND Concourse Line. There is a hole in the floor that allows a view of the lower level.

South of this station, through 135th Street, to just north of 125th Street, the line has six tracks. The express trains use the innermost pair of tracks, and the locals uses the outermost tracks. This section of the line is nicknamed "Homeball Alley" due to the large amount of switches and signals in this area.

References

^ "Glossary". Second Avenue Subway Supplemental Draft Environmental Impact Statement (SDEIS) (PDF). Vol. 1. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. March 4, 2003. pp. 1–2. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 26, 2021. Retrieved January 1, 2021.
^ New York Times, List of the 28 Stations on the New Eighth Ave Line, September 10, 1932, page 6
^ ^a ^b "Annual Subway Ridership (2018–2023)". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2023. Retrieved April 20, 2024.
^ "Facts and Figures: Annual Subway Ridership". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved 2016-04-18.
^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MiTJoNPqjH4&feature=related The "bellmouth" or that open space is visible to the right at the 3:33 mark, just as the train leaves the 145th Street station (Upper level).

[SASDEIS-DIVISION-1] "Glossary". Second Avenue Subway Supplemental Draft Environmental Impact Statement (SDEIS) (PDF). Vol. 1. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. March 4, 2003. pp. 1–2. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 26, 2021. Retrieved January 1, 2021.

[Chambers-2] New York Times, List of the 28 Stations on the New Eighth Ave Line, September 10, 1932, page 6

[riderref-3] "Annual Subway Ridership (2018–2023)". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2023. Retrieved April 20, 2024.

[4] "Facts and Figures: Annual Subway Ridership". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved 2016-04-18.

[5] ttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MiTJoNPqjH4&feature=related The "bellmouth" or that open space is visible to the right at the 3:33 mark, just as the train leaves the 145th Street station (Upper level).

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v t e Stations of the New York City Subway, by line (physical trackage)
Eighth Ave. Line	Inwood–207th Street Dyckman Street 190th Street 181st Street 175th Street 168th Street 163rd Street–Amsterdam Avenue 155th Street [← to 155th Street, Concourse Line] 145th Street 135th Street 125th Street 116th Street Cathedral Parkway–110th Street 103rd Street 96th Street 86th Street 81st Street–Museum of Natural History 72nd Street 59th Street–Columbus Circle [to Seventh Avenue, Sixth Ave. Line → / ← to Seventh Avenue, Queens Blvd. Line] 50th Street 42nd Street–Port Authority Bus Terminal 34th Street–Penn Station 23rd Street 14th Street West Fourth Street–Washington Square Spring Street Canal Street Chambers Street / World Trade Center Fulton Street High Street [to Jay Street–MetroTech, Fulton St. Line →]
Concourse Line	Norwood–205th Street Bedford Park Boulevard Kingsbridge Road Fordham Road 182nd–183rd Streets Tremont Avenue 174th–175th Streets 170th Street 167th Street 161st Street–Yankee Stadium 155th Street 145th Street [to 135th Street, Eighth Ave. Line →]
See also Lists by borough (The Bronx Brooklyn Manhattan Queens) Accessible Closed Terminals Transfer Commons category Stations and line segments in italics are closed, demolished, or planned (temporary closures are marked with asterisks). Track connections to other lines' terminals are displayed in brackets. ~~Struck through~~ passenger track connections are closed or unused in regular service.

Station layout

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