110th Street station (New York Central Railroad)

Closed train station in Manhattan, New York April 2025 February 2025 110th Street New York Central Railroad File:LOSSING(1876) p260 HARLEM FLATS VIADUCT, NYC.jpg 110th Street station in 1876 Park Avenue and 110th StreetEast Harlem, Manhattan, New York 40.795502 -73.946057 type:railwaystation_region:US-NY inline,title Park Avenue Viaduct (Hudson Line) 2 side platforms 4 1876 05 15 1906 06 17 Former services New York Central and Hudson River Railroad Hudson Division 125th Street New York Harlem Division 125th Street 86th Street Chatham New York The 110th Street station was a station located on the Metro-North Railroad's Park Avenue Viaduct in East Harlem, Manhattan, New York City. The station was built by the New York Central & Hudson River Railroad as part of an agreement with the New York City government. It was located at Park Avenue and 110th Street. History thumb|left|1875 sketch of the station, looking east. Minor errors are present in this early depiction, including the street level window and entrance. This station opened on May 15, 1876, with the introduction of partial rapid transit on the Harlem Line, with sixteen trains a day running between Grand Central Depot and William's Bridge. On the same date, the 86th Street station opened, and while that station was exclusively served by the rapid transit service,https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1876/05/12/80626707.pdf Partial Rapid Transit: From The Grand Central Depot. Arrangements For Quick Trains On The Harlem Road Trains To Run Next Monday Fares, Time, Rates of Communication May 12, 1876 The New York Times June 21, 2017 en-US 0362-4331https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1876/04/13/80329414.pdf Rapid Transit To And From Harlem April 13, 1876 The New York Times June 21, 2017 en-US 0362-4331 some trains expresses to Golden's Bridge stopped here.https://books.google.com/books?id=BMAsAQAAMAAJ&q=melrose The Official Railway Guide: North American Freight Service Edition 1895 National Railway Publication Company 157–158 en By 1904, this station was only served by local trains.https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=chi.096493241;view=1up;seq=311 The Official Guide of the Railways and Steam Navigation Lines of the United States, Porto Rico, Canada, Mexico and Cuba. 1905 National Railway Publication Company 235 en This station was rebuilt in 1896–1897 as the line's grade was raised onto iron girders. The viaduct and new station opened in February 1897.http://www.columbia.edu:80/~brennan/beach/chapter13.html "The Underground Railway, New York City" 1875 Brennan Joseph Columbia University https://web.archive.org/web/20090504110641/http://www.columbia.edu/~brennan/beach/chapter13.html 2009-05-04 dead October 9, 2018 On April 24, 1906, the New York Central applied to the New York State Board of Railroad Commissioners for permission to discontinue service at the 110th Street station. The Board granted the Central permission on May 9 to close the station on June 1.https://books.google.com/books?id=FdYpAAAAYAAJ&q=110th+street+new+york+central+railroad+station&pg=PA116 Annual Report of the Board of Railroad Commissioners of the State of New York for the Fiscal Year Ending ... 1907 New York (State) Board of Railroad Commissioners 116 enhttps://books.google.com/books?id=XIA-AQAAMAAJ&q=%22110th+street%22+%22park+avenue%22+%22new+york+central%22+%22station%22+emergency+exit&pg=PA381 Coal and Coal Trade Journal 1906 Coal Publishing Corporation 381 enhttps://www.newspapers.com/clip/26558834/the_evening_world/ New York Central Can Close Station May 18, 1906 The Evening World December 27, 2018 New York However, it closed on June 17.https://www.newspapers.com/clip/26558304/n_y_central_closes_110th_street/ N. Y. Central Closes 110th Street Station June 13, 1906 Buffalo Evening News December 27, 2018 This station and the 86th Street station were the only two stations between 125th Street and Grand Central to receive regular passenger service.http://www.canadasouthern.com/caso/ett/images/harlem-tt-0605.PDF New York Central And Hudson River Railroad Harlem Division Time Table No. 3 For Employes Only Taking Effect At 12.01 A.M. Sunday, June 18, 1905 June 18, 1905 canadasouthern.com June 12, 2018https://books.google.com/books?id=BMAsAQAAMAAJ&q=melrose The Official Railway Guide: North American Freight Service Edition 1895 National Railway Publication Company 158 en Station layout The 110th Street station was partially built within the viaduct. The station's waiting room was built into the northern side of the bridge over the 110th Street and was located at street level. From the waiting room, two staircases went up along the side of the viaduct's retaining walls–one per side–to the side platforms atop the viaduct. The stairways to the street still exist, and are used in case of emergencies.http://www.canadasouthern.com/caso/ett/images/electric-tt-1241.pdf Electric Division New York Terminal District Time-Table No. 54A For Employees Only December 14, 1941 canadasouthern.com New York Central Railroad10, 72 The station platforms were 130.5 feet meters long and 5.25 feet meters wide and extended north from 110th Street.January 30, 1875 The Underground Railway, New York City Number VIII https://books.google.com/books?id=_ZwoAQAAMAAJ&q=Scientific+American+new+york+central+improvement+February+13%2C+1875.&pg=PA93 Scientific American 32 4 67–68 10.1038/scientificamerican01301875-67 June 19, 2018 subscription The station was located on the viaduct about .75 miles km north of the Park Avenue Tunnel. 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