110 Street-Cathedral Parkway (B,C,A-Late Nights Only)

110th Street-Cathedral Parkway is an IND Central Park West Line local stop. The stop has the standard for a NYC subway local stop with two side platforms on the outside of the two express tracks. The Uptown express track though isn't at the same level as the other tracks. The Uptown express track at the southern end of the station is one-level beneath the other 3 tracks and rises at a 3% upgrade to be at the same level as the other 3 tracks at the northern end of the station. The reason for this grade change in the station is the part of the re-arranging of the tracks for the core of the subway under the entirety of Central Park West with the Uptown local and Express track stacked on top of the Downtown tracks by 103 Street, with both local tracks along the West side of the subway line. South of the station the Uptown Express track stays at the lower level, while the uptown local track crosses over the other 3 tracks, and both Downtown tracks go down one level so the stacked configuration is nearly complete by 103 Street.

110 Street was extensively renovated in 1999 and again under the Cuomo's Sexy Station initiative in 2018 with the stop being closed to passengers from April 9, 2018 through September 2, 2018. These renovations retiled most of the station, rebuilt the station entrances and removed most signs of the original closed entrances to 110 Street from the Uptown platform and to 111 Street from both platforms. These former exits were formerly visibly abandoned at the northern end of the uptown platform in particular.

The main exit is at the almost southern end of the platform (about the southern or second to the southern end of the train). Fare control is located on a small mezzanine (by IND standards) above the tracks with two staircases down to each platform and the full time token booth. Entrances are from the SW corner of 109 Street and Central Park West and across the street, stuck right inside Central Park with an IND subway station in a park stonework design. There was once a streetstair to the NW corner of 109 Street and Central Park West but this has been closed and slabbed over.

The station has only one additional open entrance, 3 others are closed and abandoned. The downtown platform had what was an addition part time red token booth entrance (with High Entrance Turnstiles in use at other times) before this token booth was removed in 2011 and in 2018 this entrance became only low-level turnstiles unstaffed. This entrance leads to a single staircase up to the northern corner where 110th Street meets Frederick Douglass Circle across from the northwestern corner of central park.

When the station opened there was an underpass that is long closed and once connected the Uptown and Downtown platforms right by this entrance. This led to a closed entrance to the NW corner of Frederick Douglas Circle and Frederick Douglas Blvd (the name of what is 8th Avenue in the street grid north of Central Park). There were also once on platform entrances at the northern end of each platform with slabbed over streetstairs leading to the NW corner of 111th Street and Federick Douglas Blvd on the Downtown platform, and the NE corner from the Uptown platform. The only visible remains of this exit covered up with a standard tiled wall, but the MTA uses it for some sort of non-public area, since there are air conditioners protruding from the walls. A strange touch is that the arrow beneath the name tablets that pointed to 110's exit have been tiled over but the 110 tiles still exist beneath the name tablet in the traditional IND format.
Photos 1-3: May 14, 2006; 4-14: June 24, 2008; 15-20: April 25, 2010; 21 & 22: August 25, 2010; 23-40: October 8, 2018

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Looking down the wall of a platform at 110th Street-Cathedral Parkway.

A view down the platform's floor at 110th Street-Cathedral Parkway.

A final view down the Uptown platform at 110th Street-Cathedral Parkway.

Approaching the entrance to 110th Street at 109th Street that is in the perimeter of Central Park.

The rustic stone staircase to 110th Street at the entrance from 109th Street located within the perimeter of Central Park, the stone around it fitting it into the location.

Approaching the final staircase down to the mezzanine at 110th Street that is actually beneath 109 Street.

The token booth MVMs and turnstiles in the small mezzanine entrance area for 109 Street at 110 Street.

An Arts for Transit mosaic greets riders after they pass through the turnstiles at 110 Street in the small mezzanine area. The two staircases down to the downtown platform (marked by a mosaic) are visible off in the distance.

The uptown platform at 110 Street.

A name tablet at 110 Street-Cathedral Parkway with the tiled exit arrow beneath it pointing towards 109 Street.

Another view down the long and seemingly endless platform at 110 Street.

Another name tablet on the uptown platform at 110 Street, this one formerly had an arrow beneath it pointing towards the now closed uptown exit to 110, the arrow's tiles have been removed but the 110 lives, looking like it is one of the 110s that seem to fallow a trim line although the station (like all CPW stations) doesn't have the blue trim it should have.

Looking across the four tracks at 110th Street to the exit to 110 Street that only exists on the downtown platform.

The area where the exit used to be to 110 Street on the uptown platform, its been covered to some other use with air conditioners now protruding from the walls.

A name tablet on downtown platform at 110 Street-Cathedral Parkway, it is on the downtown platform because its 110 has an arrow through it because the exit to 110 Street is still open on that platform.

The downtown platform gets slightly wider towards its northern end to make way for the exit to 110 Street with fare control right on the platform.

Fare control to 110th Street on the downtown platform. It has a part time token booth with a couple of turnstiles and two High Entrance Gates

A view down to the northern end of the downtown platform at 110 Street

Looking back to the exit to 110 Street directly on the downtown platform.

A lone 110 Street-Cathedral Parkway at the northern end of the downtown platform.

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