Cathedral Parkway–110th Street station (IND Eighth Avenue Line)

Cathedral Parkway–110th Street[4] is a local station on the IND Eighth Avenue Line of the New York City Subway. It is located in the Upper West Side and Morningside Heights, Manhattan, at West 110th Street and Frederick Douglass Boulevard at the northwest corner of Central Park. The station is served by the B on weekdays, the C train at all times except nights, and the A train during late nights only.

Cathedral Parkway–110 Street  ​
New York City Subway station (rapid transit)
Northbound platform
Station statistics
Address	West 110th Street (Cathedral Parkway) & Frederick Douglass Boulevard New York, NY 10026
Borough	Manhattan
Locale	Upper West Side, Harlem, Morningside Heights
Coordinates	40.800524°N 73.958244°W
Division	B (IND)
Line	IND Eighth Avenue Line
Services	A  (late nights) ​   B  (weekdays until 11:00 p.m.) ​   C  (all except late nights)
Transit	NYCT Bus: M3, M4, M10
Structure	Underground
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	4
Other information
Opened	September 10, 1932[1]
Closed	April 9, 2018 (reconstruction)
Rebuilt	September 2, 2018
Station code	155[2]
Opposite- direction transfer	Yes
Traffic
2019	2,396,624[3]  105.2%
Rank	197 out of 424[3]
Station succession
Next north	116th Street: A  ​B  ​C
Next south	103rd Street: A  ​B  ​C
Location
Track layout to 116 St to 103 St
Street map
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops all times except late nights Stops late nights only Stops weekdays only

History

The station opened on September 10, 1932, as part of the city-operated Independent Subway System (IND)'s initial segment, the Eighth Avenue Line between Chambers Street and 207th Street.[1][5] Construction of the whole line cost $191.2 million. While the IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line already provided parallel service, the new Eighth Avenue subway via Central Park West and Frederick Douglass Boulevard provided an alternative route.[6]

Under the 2015–2019 MTA Capital Plan, the station underwent a complete overhaul as part of the Enhanced Station Initiative and was entirely closed for several months. Updates included cellular service, Wi-Fi, USB charging stations, interactive service advisories and maps.[7][8] A request for proposals for the 72nd Street, 86th Street, Cathedral Parkway–110th Street, and 163rd Street–Amsterdam Avenue stations was issued on June 1, 2017,[9] and the New York City Transit and Bus Committee officially recommended that the MTA Board award the $111 million contract to ECCO III Enterprises in October 2017.[10] As part of the renovations, the station was closed from April 9, 2018 to September 2, 2018.[11] The southbound platform opened first, on September 2, followed by the northbound platform on September 4.[12]

Station layout

G	Street level	Exit/entrance
P Platform level	Side platform
	Northbound local	← weekdays toward Bedford Park Boulevard or 145th Street (116th Street) ← toward 168th Street (116th Street) ← toward 207th Street late nights (116th Street)
	Northbound express	← do not stop here
	Southbound express	→ do not stop here →
	Southbound local	→ weekdays toward Brighton Beach (103rd Street) → → toward Euclid Avenue (103rd Street) → → toward Far Rockaway late nights (103rd Street) →
	Side platform

This underground station has four tracks and two side platforms.[13] The platforms have no trim line, but the name tablets read "110TH STREET CATHEDRAL P'KWAY." in white sans-serif lettering broken into two lines on a midnight blue background with black border. Black I-beam columns run at regular intervals with alternating ones having the standard black station name plate in white lettering. Toward the southern end of the station, the northbound express track descends below the other three tracks of the Eighth Avenue Line.[13]

At the south end of the station, two staircases from each platform go up to a mezzanine above the tracks that allows a free transfer between directions. There was a crossunder at the 110th Street exits, but it was closed in 1992.[14]

The artwork at the station, installed in 1999, is called Migrations by Christopher Wynter in memory of Athie L. Wynter. It has three different areas of mosaic panels, two on each platform and one on the full-time mezzanine.[15] As part of the 2018 renovation, this artwork was expanded.[12][16]

Exits

This station's full-time entrance/exit is at the south end, serving 109th Street. From the mezzanine above the tracks at the south end of the station, a turnstile bank provides entrance/exit from the system. Outside of fare control, there is a token booth and two staircases to the street. The southbound platform has an additional same-level entrance/exit at the north end, serving 110th Street. It has a part-time bank of four turnstiles and is unstaffed.[17]

• One stair, NW corner of Frederick Douglass Circle at 110th Street and Central Park West (southbound only; part-time)[17]
• One stair, SW corner of Central Park West and West 109th Street (both platforms; full-time)[17]
• One stair, east side of Central Park West at West 109th Street, within Central Park (both platforms; full-time)[17]

The northbound platform formerly had an entrance/exit to the northeast corner of Frederick Douglass Circle; this entrance corresponded to the open exit to the northwest corner of Fredrick Douglass Circle on the southbound platform and is indicated by directional "110" signs without arrows below mosaics of the station name.[15] Both platforms also had an entrance/exit at the north end to both northern corners of 111th Street and Frederick Douglass Boulevard; the northbound platform's entrance/exit led to the northeastern corner and the southbound platform's entrance/exit leading to the northwestern corner. All these exits have been sealed up with white tiling and used as employee-only spaces.[15] The mezzanine had a second exit to the northwestern corner of 109th Street and Central Park West.

Nearby points of interest

• Columbia University[17]
• Morningside Park[17]
• Cathedral of St. John the Divine[17]

References

1. "List of the 28 Stations on the New 8th Av. Line". The New York Times. September 10, 1932. p. 6. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-04-21.
2. "Station Developers' Information". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved June 13, 2017.
3. "Facts and Figures: Annual Subway Ridership 2014–2019". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2020. Retrieved May 26, 2020.
4. "Subway Map" (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. October 21, 2019. Retrieved January 18, 2018.
5. Crowell, Paul (September 10, 1932). "Gay Midnight Crowd Rides First Trains In The New Subway: Throngs at Station an Hour Before Time, Rush Turnstiles When Chains are Dropped" (PDF). New York Times. Retrieved November 8, 2015.
6. Duffus, R. l (September 9, 1932). "NEW LINE FIRST UNIT IN CITY-WIDE SYSTEM; 8th Av. Tube to Ease West Side Congestion at Once -- Branches to Link 4 Boroughs Later. LAST WORD IN SUBWAYS Run From 207th to Chambers St. Cut to 33 Minutes -- 42d St. Has World's Largest Station. COST HAS BEEN $191,200,000 Years of Digging Up City Streets, Tunneling Rock and Building Road Finally Brought to Completion". The New York Times. p. 12. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved August 3, 2017.
7. "MTA Will Completely Close 30 Subway Stations For Months-Long "Revamp"". Gothamist. January 8, 2016. Archived from the original on August 1, 2016. Retrieved July 18, 2016.
8. "MTAStations" (PDF). governor.ny.gov. Government of the State of New York. Retrieved July 18, 2016.
9. "Enhanced Stations Initiative Program; Contract A·36622C (Package 3) for Design & Construction at 72nd Street, 86th Street, Cathedral Parkway (110th Street), and 163rd Street - Amsterdam Avenue Stations on the 8th Avenue Line (IND), Manhattan" (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. June 1, 2017. Retrieved July 27, 2017.
10. "New York City Transit and Bus Committee Meeting" (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. October 23, 2017. p. 131. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 31, 2017. Retrieved November 9, 2017.
11. Warerkar, Tanay (2018-02-19). "MTA will shutter 4 Upper Manhattan subway stations for repairs". Curbed NY. Retrieved 2018-02-20.
12. "Press Release - NYC Transit - Structural Repairs & Functional Enhancements at Cathedral Pkwy-110 St Subway Station to be Completed Labor Day Weekend". MTA. August 27, 2018. Retrieved August 29, 2018.
13. Dougherty, Peter (2006) [2002]. Tracks of the New York City Subway 2006 (3rd ed.). Dougherty. OCLC 49777633 – via Google Books.
14. https://www.flickr.com/photos/127872292@N06/48471317016/in/album-72157709193539126/
15. Review of the A and C Lines (PDF) (Report). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. December 11, 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 3, 2020. Retrieved January 19, 2016.
16. "Arts & Design - NYCT Permanent Art". MTA. Retrieved October 25, 2018.
17. "MTA Neighborhood Maps: Morningside Heights" (PDF). mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2015. Retrieved July 12, 2015.

External links

• nycsubway.org – IND 8th Avenue: 110th Street/Cathedral Parkway
• nycsubway.org – Migrations Artwork by Christopher Wynter (1999)
• Station Reporter – B Train
• Station Reporter – C Train
• The Subway Nut – 110th Street–Cathedral Parkway Pictures
• MTA's Arts For Transit – Cathedral Parkway–110th Street (IND Eighth Avenue Line)
• Frederick Douglas Circle entrance from Google Maps Street View
• 109th Street entrance from Google Maps Street View
• 109th Street entrance in Central Park from Google Maps Street View
• Platform from Google Maps Street View