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145th Street is a major crosstown street in the Harlem neighborhood, in the New York City borough of Manhattan. It is one of the 15 crosstown streets mapped out in the Commissioner's Plan of 1811 that established the numbered street grid in Manhattan. [1] It forms the southern border of the Sugar Hill neighborhood within Harlem.
[4]: 7 McMullan & McBean began work on the section from 135th Street and Lenox Avenue to Gerard Avenue and 149th Street, including the 145th Street spur, on September 10, 1901. [7] [8]: 253 On November 23, 1904, the East Side Branch opened to 145th Street. [9] [10] Initially, the station was served by East Side local and express trains.
The 145th Street station was constructed as part of the IRT's West Side Line (now the Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line) from 133rd Street to a point 100 feet (30 m) north of 182nd Street. Work on this section was conducted by L. B. McCabe & Brother, who started building the tunnel segment on May 14, 1900. [ 6 ]
A bullet struck the youngster in the stomach as she was walking with her family at the intersection of West 145th Street and Bradhurst Avenue around 2:50 p.m., cops and sources said.
Walter Dean Myers (born Walter Milton Myers; August 12, 1937 – July 1, 2014) was an American writer of children's books best known for young adult literature.He was born in Martinsburg, West Virginia, but was raised in Harlem, New York City.
The 145th Street station is a bi-level express station on the IND Eighth Avenue and Concourse lines of the New York City Subway, located at the intersection of 145th Street and St. Nicholas Avenue in Harlem and Hamilton Heights, Manhattan.
On October 24, 1901, the Board voted to extend the line from 143rd Street to the terminal. As part of the plan, a station would be built at 145th Street instead of at 141st Street and Lenox Avenue. [27]: 781 Some trains would originate at 145th Street instead of Bronx Park. This change was expected to promote the benefits of using the subway ...
The 145th Street station was an express station on the demolished IRT Ninth Avenue Line in Manhattan, New York City. It had 2 levels. It had 2 levels. The lower level was built first and had 2 tracks and 2 side platforms and served local trains.