| Style: | IRT |
| 110th St. | |
| Type: | Former Manhattan Railway elevated station |
| Operator: | Interborough Rapid Transit Company |
| Line: | Ninth Avenue Line |
| Platforms: | 2 side platforms |
| Tracks: | 3 (1 upper level; 2 lower level) |
| Address: | West 110th Street and Manhattan Avenue New York, NY |
| Borough: | Upper West Side and Morningside Heights, Manhattan |
| Coordinates: | 40.8011°N -73.9596°W |
| Closed: | [1] |
| Other Services Header: | Former services |
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.[2]
According to Douglas (2004), the station was a popular site for suicide jumpers. In 1927, The New York Times reported that: