145th Street (IRT Lenox Avenue Line station)

145th Street
New York City Subway rapid transit station
Southbound staircase on the southwest corner
Station statistics
Address	West 145th Street & Malcolm X Boulevard New York, NY 10030
Borough	Manhattan
Locale	Harlem
Coordinates	40°49′12″N 73°56′10″W / 40.82°N 73.936°W / 40.82; -73.936Coordinates: 40°49′12″N 73°56′10″W / 40.82°N 73.936°W / 40.82; -73.936
Division	A (IRT)
Line	IRT Lenox Avenue Line
Services	3  (all times)
Transit connections	NYCT Bus: M1, M7, M102, Bx19 Short Line Bus: 208
Structure	Underground
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Other information
Opened	November 23, 1904; 112 years ago (1904-11-23)
Wireless service
Traffic
Passengers (2015)	1,137,484  2%
Rank	350 out of 425
Station succession
Next north	Harlem–148th Street: 3
Next south	135th Street: 3
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops all times
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145th Street Subway Station (IRT)
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
MPS	New York City Subway System MPS
NRHP Reference #	05000231
Added to NRHP	March 30, 2005

145th Street is a landmarked station on the IRT Lenox Avenue Line of the New York City Subway. Located at the intersection of 145th Street and Lenox Avenue in the Harlem neighborhood of Manhattan, it is served by the 3 train at all times.

There are two tracks with two short side platforms that accommodate about 6 cars (only the first 5 cars open, because all five cars of each R62 train used on the 3 service must have their doors open at the same time (selective door operation is used)). Even then, only four cars opened up to serve passengers at this station until 2002, as each 3 train ran nine cars per train on the R62A cars.

Like the other stations on the original IRT subway, it was initially built for trains shorter in length than the standard eight to ten cars used by the subway. Eventually, all of the other stations were either lengthened or closed, leaving 145th Street as one of only two original IRT stations that still cannot accommodate ten-car trains (the other being the South Ferry loop station). Directly north of the station is a diamond crossover for the approach to the northern terminal of the 3 train at Harlem–148th Street. Directly south of the station is the 142nd Street Junction with the IRT White Plains Road Line. The proximity of the switches in either direction is the reason why the station was not lengthened.