Cathedral Parkway–110th Street (IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line)

For the station on Central Park West, see Cathedral Parkway–110th Street (IND Eighth Avenue Line).
Cathedral Parkway–110th Street
New York City Subway rapid transit station

Downtown platform
Station statistics
Address West 110th Street (Cathedral Parkway) & Broadway
New York, NY 10025
Borough Manhattan
Locale Morningside Heights
Coordinates 40°48′14″N 73°58′01″W / 40.804°N 73.967°W / 40.804; -73.967Coordinates: 40°48′14″N 73°58′01″W / 40.804°N 73.967°W / 40.804; -73.967
Division A (IRT)
Line IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line
Services       1  (all times)
Transit connections NYCT Bus: M4, Airport transportation M60 SBS, M104
Structure Underground
Platforms 2 side platforms
Tracks 3 (2 in regular service)
Other information
Opened October 27, 1904 (1904-10-27)[1]
Wireless service [2]
Traffic
Passengers (2015) 4,280,482[3] Decrease 0.5%
Rank 114 out of 422
Station succession
Next north 116th Street–Columbia University: 1 
Next south 103rd Street: 1 
110th Street--Cathedral Parkway Subway Station (IRT)
MPS New York City Subway System MPS
NRHP Reference # 04001019[4]
Added to NRHP September 17, 2004

Cathedral Parkway–110th Street is a local station on the IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line of the New York City Subway. Located at the intersection of 110th Street (Cathedral Parkway) and Broadway in Morningside Heights, Manhattan, it is served by the 1 train at all times.

History

Track layout
Legend
to 116 St
to 103 St

Operation of the first subway began on October 27, 1904, with the opening of the original 28 stations of the New York City Subway from City Hall to 145th Street on the West Side Branch including the 110th Street station.[5][6]

In 1948, platforms on the IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line from 103rd Street to 238th Street were lengthened to 514 feet to allow full ten-car express trains to platform. Previously the stations could only platform six car local trains. The platform extensions were opened in stages. On April 6, 1948, the stations from 103rd Street to Dyckman Street had their platform extensions opened, with the exception of the 125th Street, which had its opened on June 11, 1948.[7][8]

Station layout

G Street Level Exit/Entrance
P
Platform level		 Side platform, doors will open on the right
Northbound local ← toward Van Cortlandt Park–242nd Street (116th Street)
Peak-direction express → No regular service
Southbound local → toward South Ferry (103rd Street) →
Side platform, doors will open on the right
NW stairs

This station has two side platforms and three tracks, the center one being an unused express track.[9][10][11] The southbound local track is technically known as BB1 and the northbound one is BB4; the BB designation is used for chaining purposes along the Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line from 96th Street to 242nd Street. Although it cannot be accessed at Cathedral Parkway–110th Street, the center track is designated as M. It is important to note that these designations are rarely, if ever, used in ordinary conversation. According to this chaining, the station is approximately 0.74 mi (1.19 km) from 96th Street.

Each platform has separate fare controls, and there are no crossovers or crossunders allowing free transfers between directions. The only entrance to the southbound platform is at the north-west corner of 110th Street and Broadway; there are entrances to the northbound platform from both the north-eastern and south-eastern corners of 110th Street and Broadway. There is a newsstand on the southbound platform.

This is the closest station to the Cathedral of Saint John the Divine.

References

  1. ↑ New York Times, Our Subway Open: 150,000 Try It, October 28, 1904
  2. ↑ "NYC Subway Wireless – Active Stations". Transit Wireless Wifi. Retrieved 2016-05-18.
  3. ↑ "Facts and Figures: Annual Subway Ridership". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved 2016-04-19.
  4. ↑ "NPS Focus". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. Retrieved December 23, 2011.
  5. ↑ James Blaine Walker, Fifty Years of Rapid Transit, 1864-1917, published 1918, pp. 162-191
  6. ↑ "New York City subway opens - Oct 27, 1904". HISTORY.com. 1904-10-27. Retrieved 2015-10-25.
  7. ↑ Report for the three and one-half years ending June 30, 1949. New York City Board of Transportation. 1949.
  8. ↑ "MORE LONG PLATFORMS; Five Subway Stations on IRT to Accommodate 10-Car Trains". The New York Times. 1948-07-10. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2016-03-27.
  9. ↑ "New York City subway opens - Oct 27, 1904". HISTORY.com. 1904-10-27. Retrieved 2015-10-25.
  10. ↑ James Blaine Walker, Fifty Years of Rapid Transit, 1864-1917, published 1918, pp. 162-191
  11. ↑ 110th Street/Cathedral Parkway NYCSubway Retrieved 2009-06-24
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