135th Street station (IRT Lenox Avenue Line)

135 Street
135 Street
New York City Subway station (rapid transit)
	Northbound staircase on the southeast corner. An elevator on the northeast corner can be seen in the background.
Station statistics
Address	West 135th Street & Malcolm X Boulevard; New York, NY 10030
Borough	Manhattan
Locale	Harlem
Coordinates	40°48′50″N 73°56′28″W / 40.814°N 73.941°W
Division	A (IRT)
Line	IRT Lenox Avenue Line
Services	2 (all times); 3 (all times)
Transit	NYCT Bus: M7, M102, Bx33; Short Line Bus: 208
Structure	Underground
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	3 (2 in regular service)
Other information
Opened	November 23, 1904; 119 years ago
Accessible	ADA-accessible
Accessibility	Same-platform wheelchair transfer available
Opposite-; direction; transfer	No
Traffic
2023	2,201,400 2.7%
Rank	149 out of 423
Station succession
Next north	Template:NYCS next; Template:NYCS next; Template:NYCS next
Next south	Template:NYCS next
Location
Street map
Station service legend
Symbol	Description
	Stops all times

135th Street is a station on the IRT Lenox Avenue Line of the New York City Subway. Located at the intersection of 135th Street and Lenox Avenue in Harlem, it is served by the 2 and 3 trains at all times.

Station layout

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Track layout

Legend

					to 145 St
					to 149 St–Grand Concourse












					to 125 St

G	Street Level	Exit/ Entrance Elevator for northbound service at northeast corner of 135th Street and Lenox Avenue; elevator for southbound service at southwest corner
P Platform level	Side platform, doors will open on the right
	Northbound	← toward Wakefield–241st Street (149th Street–Grand Concourse) ← toward Harlem–148th Street (Terminus) (Temporarily closed for construction: 145th Street)
	Center track	No regular service
	Southbound	→ toward Flatbush Avenue–Brooklyn College (125th Street) → → toward New Lots Avenue (Times Square late nights) (125th Street) →
	Side platform, doors will open on the right

This underground station, opened on November 23, 1904, has three tracks and two side platforms. The northbound outer track merges with the center track just north of the station and the center track merges with the southbound outer one just south of the station. The center track was last used by late night 3 shuttle trains from Harlem–148th Street when they terminated here until 1995, when service was replaced by shuttle buses. Overnight 3 service was restored on July 27, 2008, but now terminates at Times Square–42nd Street.

Both platform mosaics have three different kinds of trim line and name tablets.

North of the station, a diamond crossover allows trains to switch between the two tracks. At the 142nd Street Junction, the 2 train provides service to the Bronx via the IRT White Plains Road Line while the 3 continues on the IRT Lenox Avenue Line to 145th Street and Harlem–148th Street.

The 1995 artwork here is called Harlem Timeline by Willie Birch. It features mosaics of notable Harlem residents on the station platforms. The one on the southbound side includes Adam Clayton Powell, Joe Louis, the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Charlie Parker, Clara Ward, and Louis Armstrong while one on the northbound side includes the Harlem Globetrotters, the NAACP, Abyssian Baptist Church, Cotton Club, and Randall's Island football team.

Exits

Each platform has one same-level entrance at the center containing a turnstile bank, token booth, and two stairs to the streets, the northbound side to the east side of Lenox Avenue and the southbound side to the west. Each fare control area also has one elevator from the street installed in mid-2008 that make this station fully ADA-accessible.^[4]

One stair, NW corner of Lenox Avenue and West 135th Street (southbound only)^[4]
One stair and one elevator, SW corner of Lenox Avenue and West 135th Street (southbound only)^[4]
One stair and one elevator, NE corner of Lenox Avenue and West 135th Street (northbound only)^[4]
One stair, SE corner of Lenox Avenue and West 135th Street (northbound only)^[4]

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.
^ ^a ^b "Annual Subway Ridership (2018–2023)". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2023. Retrieved April 20, 2024.
^ "Annual Subway Ridership (2018–2023)". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2023. Retrieved April 20, 2024.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "MTA Neighborhood Maps: Harlem/Hamilton Heights" (PDF). mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2015. Retrieved December 30, 2016.

External links

nycsubway.org – IRT White Plains Road Line: 135th Street
nycsubway.org — Harlem Timeline Artwork by Willie Birch (1995)
Station Reporter — 2 Train
Station Reporter — 3 Train
The Subway Nut — 135th Street Pictures
MTA's Arts For Transit — 135th Street (IRT Lenox Avenue Line)
135th Street entrance from Google Maps Street View
Platforms from Google Maps Street View

[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.

[riderref-2] "Annual Subway Ridership (2018–2023)". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2023. Retrieved April 20, 2024.

[2016-rider-3] "Annual Subway Ridership (2018–2023)". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2023. Retrieved April 20, 2024.

[MTAMaps-2015-4] "MTA Neighborhood Maps: Harlem/Hamilton Heights" (PDF). mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2015. Retrieved December 30, 2016.

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v t e Stations of the New York City Subway, by service
Seventh Avenue Express	Wakefield–241st Street Nereid Avenue 233rd Street 225th Street 219th Street Gun Hill Road Burke Avenue Allerton Avenue Pelham Parkway Bronx Park East East 180th Street West Farms Square–East Tremont Avenue 174th Street Freeman Street Simpson Street Intervale Avenue Prospect Avenue Jackson Avenue Third Avenue–149th Street 149th Street–Grand Concourse 135th Street 125th Street 116th Street Central Park North–110th Street 96th Street 86th Street* 79th Street* 72nd Street 66th Street–Lincoln Center* 59th Street–Columbus Circle* 50th Street* Times Square–42nd Street 34th Street–Penn Station 28th Street* 23rd Street* 18th Street* 14th Street Christopher Street–Stonewall* Houston Street* Canal Street* Franklin Street* Chambers Street Park Place Fulton Street Wall Street Clark Street Borough Hall Hoyt Street Nevins Street Atlantic Avenue–Barclays Center Bergen Street Grand Army Plaza Eastern Parkway–Brooklyn Museum Franklin Avenue–Medgar Evers College President Street–Medgar Evers College Sterling Street Winthrop Street Church Avenue Beverly Road Newkirk Avenue–Little Haiti Flatbush Avenue–Brooklyn College
Seventh Avenue Express	Harlem–148th Street 145th Street 135th Street 125th Street 116th Street Central Park North–110th Street 96th Street 72nd Street Times Square–42nd Street 34th Street–Penn Station 14th Street Chambers Street Park Place Fulton Street Wall Street Clark Street Borough Hall Hoyt Street Nevins Street Atlantic Avenue–Barclays Center Bergen Street Grand Army Plaza Eastern Parkway–Brooklyn Museum Franklin Avenue–Medgar Evers College Nostrand Avenue Kingston Avenue Crown Heights–Utica Avenue Sutter Avenue–Rutland Road Saratoga Avenue Rockaway Avenue Junius Street Pennsylvania Avenue Van Siclen Avenue New Lots Avenue
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