135th Street (IRT Lenox Avenue Line)

135th Street
New York City Subway rapid transit station
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 / 40.814; -73.941Coordinates: 40°48′50″N 73°56′28″W / 40.814°N 73.941°W / 40.814; -73.941
Division	A (IRT)
Line	IRT Lenox Avenue Line
Services	2  (all times)       3  (all times)
Transit connections	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; 112 years ago (1904-11-23)
Accessible
Accessibility	Same-platform wheelchair transfer available
Wireless service
Traffic
Passengers (2015)	4,949,583  0.3%
Rank	96 out of 425
Station succession
Next north	145th Street (via Lenox): 3  149th Street – Grand Concourse (via White Plains Rd): 2
Next south	125th Street: 2  3
Next north	Third Avenue – 149th Street (via White Plains Rd): 2  none: 3
Next south	96th Street: 2  3
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops all times
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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.

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 Schomberg 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.