Central Park West Historic District a skyline which is exuberant and varied as to scale, height and form," the Commission stated. Explanatory notes Citations Sources Central Park West Historic District The Central Park West Historic District is located in Manhattan, New York City, United States along historic Central Park West, between 61st and 97th Streets. The district was added to the National Register of Historic Places on November 9, 1982. The district encompasses a portion of the Upper West Side-Central Park West Historic District as designated by the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission, and contains a number of prominent New York City landmarks, including
Claremont Park station (New York Central Railroad) and the 183rd Street station. The Central wanted to close the station to cut travel times on trains to Westchester. Claremont Park station was closed in 1960. As a result of the closure, commuters were forced to take either Morrisania station, Tremont station, or the nearby Claremont Parkway elevated station. Of the three mentioned, only Tremont station survives today. Claremont Park station (New York Central Railroad) The Claremont Park station was a station on the New York Central Railroad's Harlem Line in the East Morrisania neighborhood of the Bronx, New York City. The New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad