110th Street station (IRT Ninth Avenue Line)


110th Street was a local station on the demolished IRT Ninth Avenue Line. 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 was one of the few to have elevators as it was the highest station in the entire system, also this height reportedly made this station very popular for suicide jumps. The common suicides, combined with the line's 90° turns from Ninth Avenue onto Eighth avenue, subsequently earned the station, and the area of track around it, the nickname Suicide Curve.
According to Douglas, the station was a popular site for suicide jumpers. In 1927, The New York Times reported that: