Harlem – 148th Street (IRT Lenox Avenue Line)

Harlem–148th Street
New York City Subway rapid transit station
View of platform at Harlem–148th Street
Station statistics
Address	West 149th Street & Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Boulevard New York, NY 10039
Borough	Manhattan
Locale	Harlem
Coordinates	40°49′26″N 73°56′13″W / 40.824°N 73.937°W / 40.824; -73.937Coordinates: 40°49′26″N 73°56′13″W / 40.824°N 73.937°W / 40.824; -73.937
Division	A (IRT)
Line	IRT Lenox Avenue Line
Services	3  (all times)
Transit connections	NYCT Bus: M2
Structure	At-grade
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Other information
Opened	May 13, 1968; 48 years ago (1968-05-13)
Wireless service
Former/other names	148th Street–Lenox Terminal
Traffic
Passengers (2015)	1,269,910  5%
Rank	332 out of 425
Station succession
Next north	(Terminal): 3
Next south	145th Street: 3
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops all times
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Harlem–148th Street (signed as 148th Street–Lenox Terminal) is a terminal station on the IRT Lenox Avenue Line of the New York City Subway. The station is located in Harlem, though the name is partially erroneous, as the station is actually at the intersection of 149th Street and Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Boulevard. It is served by the 3 train at all times.

The location and tracks of the station were originally part of the Lenox Avenue Yard opened in 1904, where 3 trains are currently assigned and stored. An extension of the Lenox Avenue line to 149th or 150th Street had been proposed since the Dual Contracts of the 1910s. In 1916, an extension to 149th Street was proposed as part of a connection between the Lenox Avenue Line and the IRT Jerome Avenue Line in the Bronx (served by the 4 train).

In 1957, a station at 150th Street within the Lenox Yard was proposed to better serve the local area (including the nearby Harlem River Houses). The station, and the Bronx extension, had been requested by local citizens since the 1940s due to unreliable bus and surface trolley service. The station was later moved to 149th Street due to the downsizing of the Lenox Yard in the 1960s, with the land sold to the developers that would build the high school and apartment complex above the yard and station (see below).

The new terminal, when completed, was intended to be a replacement for the former terminal at 145th Street station due to the proximity of switches that prevented the station's lengthening to accommodate ten-car trains. However, plans to shut down 145th Street were cancelled due to protests from local residents. 148th Street Station opened on May 13, 1968. The name of the station was to be 149th Street–Seventh Avenue, but because of possible confusion with 149th Street–Grand Concourse, it was changed to 148th Street–Lenox Terminal.