110th Street station (IRT Ninth Avenue Line)

Former Manhattan Railway elevated station (closed 1940) 110th Street (disambiguation) February 2025 IRT 110th St. Morningside Park elevated train.jpg 110th Street Station's suicide curve looking south from Morningside Park with the station platforms and the elevator tower’s peaked roof visible on the left. Former Manhattan Railway elevated station Interborough Rapid Transit Company Ninth Avenue Line 2 side platforms 3 (1 upper level; 2 lower level) West 110th Street and Manhattan AvenueNew York, NY Upper West Side and Morningside Heights, Manhattan 40 48 4.02 N 73 57 34.7 W region:US inline, title June 3, 1903 June 11, 1940Tonight to See City Pass Goal of Unification https://www.newspapers.com/clip/33412680/9th_avenue_el_june_10_1940/ June 30, 2019 New York Daily News June 10, 1940 37 Newspapers.com Former services IRT Sixth Avenue 116th Street 104th Street Ninth Avenue Local 116th Street 104th Street The 110th Street station was a local station on the demolished IRT Ninth Avenue Line in Manhattan, New York City. It had two levels. The lower level was built first and had two tracks and two side platforms and served local trains. The upper level was built as part of the Dual Contracts and had one track that served express trains that bypassed this station. It opened on June 3, 1903, and closed on June 11, 1940. The next southbound stop was 104th Street. The next northbound stop was 116th Street. This station, being the highest in the entire system, was one of the few equipped with elevators. Its high elevation also led to its having a reputation as a popular location for suicide jumps. The common suicides, combined with the line's 90° turns from Ninth Avenue (now Columbus Avenue) onto Eighth avenue (now Frederick Douglass Boulevard), subsequently earned the station, and the area of track around it, the nickname Suicide Curve.http://stationreporter.net/9avl.htm Ninth Avenue Local Station Reporter 2009-01-25 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20110724082945/http://stationreporter.net/9avl.htm 2011-07-24 According to Douglas (2004), the station was a popular site for suicide jumpers. In 1927, The New York Times reported that: The number of suicides from the 110th Street Station of the Sixth Avenue elevated is ruining the business of the merchants with shops below, according to [the merchants].... According to [a spokesperson] there were eleven suicides from that station in the past year, and the effect has been such that potential customers prefer to walk a little farther rather than risk seeing a person hurtle from above.Douglas, George H. (2004): Skyscrapers: A Social History of the Very Tall Building in America. McFarland & Company, 0-7864-2030-8. (110th St station popular for suicides: p. 170).*"Merchants Complain Suicides Hurt Business; Seek Way to Guard 110th St. Elevated Station" - New York Times, January 31, 1927, p. 19 References External links NYCsubway.org - The IRT Ninth Avenue Elevated Line-Polo Grounds Shuttle 250px|left|thumb|1900 postcard of the same suicide curve at another angle, prior to the construction of the station. Category:IRT Ninth Avenue Line stations Category:Railway stations in the United States opened in 1903 Category:Former elevated and subway stations in Manhattan Category:1903 establishments in New York City Category:1940 disestablishments in New York (state) Category:Railway stations in the United States closed in 1940