Central Park North – 110th Street (IRT Lenox Avenue Line)

Central Park North – 110th Street
New York City Subway rapid transit station
The 110th Street–Central Park North station platform in April 2015.
Station statistics
Address	West 110th Street & Malcolm X Boulevard New York, NY 10026
Borough	Manhattan
Locale	Harlem
Coordinates	40°47′53″N 73°57′11″W / 40.798°N 73.953°WCoordinates: 40°47′53″N 73°57′11″W / 40.798°N 73.953°W
Division	A (IRT)
Line	IRT Lenox Avenue Line
Services	2  (all times)       3  (all times)
Transit connections	NYCT Bus: M2, M3, M4
Structure	Underground
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Other information
Opened	November 23, 1904
Traffic
Passengers (2015)	3,188,551[1]  2.5%
Rank	158 out of 422
Station succession
Next north	116th Street: 2  3
Next south	96th Street: 2  3
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops all times
Location

Central Park North – 110th Street is a station on the IRT Lenox Avenue Line of the New York City Subway, located at the intersection of 110th Street and Lenox Avenue at the southern edge of Harlem, Manhattan. It is served by the 2 and 3 trains at all times.

Station layout

G	Street Level	Exit/ Entrance
P Platform level	Northbound	← toward Wakefield – 241st Street (116th Street) ← toward Harlem – 148th Street (116th Street)
	Island platform, doors will open on the left
	Mezzanine	Fare control, station agent, exits/entrances
	Island platform, doors will open on the left
	Southbound	→ toward Brooklyn College – Flatbush Avenue (96th Street) → → toward New Lots Avenue (Times Square – 42nd Street late nights) (96th Street) →

The entrance on 110th Street-Central Park North station

This underground station opened on November 23, 1904 as part of the Interborough Rapid Transit Company's extension to 145th Street via Lenox Avenue, branching off from the original line north of 96th Street and Broadway. The White Plains Road Line opened three days later.

This is the southernmost station on the Lenox Avenue Line. South of this station, the line turns southwest under Central Park, 104th Street, then south once again at about 103rd-102nd Streets, merging with the IRT Broadway – Seventh Avenue Line to become the express tracks of that line.

This has two tracks and an island platform. The platform is wider at its south end than at its north, where it was extended in the 1950s and the tracks curve. Both track walls have some of the original, hanging mosaic designs and the platform has a line of red circular columns in the middle.

This station has two fare control areas, both of which are on platform level. The full-time one is at the south end and has a bank of four turnstiles, token booth, and double-wide staircase going up to the northwest corner of West 110th Street and Malcolm X Boulevard. A full height turnstile at the center of the platform leads to a staircase that goes up to the northwest corner of West 111th Street and Malcolm X Boulevard.

The station's artwork, installed during a 1998 renovation, is called Message from Malcolm by Maren Hassinger. It consists of mosaic panels on the platform and main fare control area's street stairs that depict quotes and writings by Malcolm X written in script and surrounded by mosaic borders.

References

1. "Facts and Figures: Annual Subway Ridership". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved 2016-03-25.

External links

• nycsubway.org—IRT White Plains Road Line: 110th Street/Central Park North
• nycsubway.org — Message from Malcolm Artwork by Maren Hassinger (1998)
• Station Reporter — 2 Train
• Station Reporter — 3 Train
• The Subway Nut — Central Park North – 110th Street Pictures
• MTA's Arts For Transit — Central Park North – 110th Street (IRT Lenox Avenue Line)
• 110th Street (Central Park North) entrance from Google Maps Street View
• 111th Street entrance from Google Maps Street View