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116th Street station (IND Eighth Avenue Line)

For other uses, see 116th Street.

The 116th Street station is a local station on the IND Eighth Avenue Line of the New York City Subway. Located at the intersection of 116th Street and 8th Avenue in Harlem, Manhattan, it is served by the B train on weekdays, the C train at all times except nights, and the A train during late nights only.[4][5][6]

 116 Street
 "B" train​"C" train
New York City Subway station (rapid transit)
Platform view
Station statistics
AddressWest 116th Street & Frederick Douglass Boulevard
New York, New York
BoroughManhattan
LocaleHarlem
Coordinates40°48′16″N 73°57′19″W / 40.804389°N 73.955412°W / 40.804389; -73.955412
DivisionB (IND)[1]
Line   IND Eighth Avenue Line
Services   A late nights (late nights)
​   B weekdays during the day (weekdays during the day)
​   C all except late nights (all except late nights)
TransitBus transport NYCT Bus: M7, M10, M116
StructureUnderground
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks4
Other information
OpenedSeptember 10, 1932 (92 years ago) (1932-09-10)[2]
Opposite-
direction
transfer		No
Traffic
20231,459,488[3] Increase 7.4%
Rank217 out of 423[3]
Services
Preceding station New York City Subway New York City Subway Following station
125th Street
A late nights ​B weekdays during the day ​C all except late nights
via 145th Street
Local 		Cathedral Parkway–110th Street
A late nights ​B weekdays during the day ​C all except late nights
via 59th Street–Columbus Circle
"D" train does not stop here
Location
116th Street station (IND Eighth Avenue Line) is located in New York City Subway
116th Street station (IND Eighth Avenue Line)
116th Street station (IND Eighth Avenue Line) is located in New York City
116th Street station (IND Eighth Avenue Line)
116th Street station (IND Eighth Avenue Line) is located in New York
116th Street station (IND Eighth Avenue Line)
Track layout

Legend
to 125th Street
to Cathedral Pkwy–110th St
Street map

Map

Station service legend
Symbol Description
Stops all times except late nights Stops all times except late nights
Stops late nights only Stops late nights only
Stops weekdays during the day Stops weekdays during the day

History

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The station opened on September 10, 1932, as part of the city-operated Independent Subway System (IND)'s initial segment, the Eighth Avenue Line between Chambers Street and 207th Street.[2][7] Construction of the whole line cost $191.2 million (equivalent to $4,269.8 million in 2023. While the IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line already provided parallel service, the new Eighth Avenue subway via Central Park West and Frederick Douglass Boulevard provided an alternative route.[8]

The station was planned to be rehabilitated as part of the 2015–2019 Metropolitan Transportation Authority Capital Program.[9]

Station layout

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Ground Street level Exit/entrance
Platform level Side platform
Northbound local ←   weekdays toward Bedford Park Boulevard or 145th Street (125th Street)
←   toward 168th Street (125th Street)
←   toward Inwood–207th Street late nights (125th Street)
Northbound express ←    do not stop here
Southbound express →    do not stop here →
Southbound local →   weekdays toward Brighton Beach (Cathedral Parkway–110th Street) →
→   toward Euclid Avenue (Cathedral Parkway–110th Street) →
→   toward Far Rockaway–Mott Avenue late nights (Cathedral Parkway–110th Street) →
Side platform
 
Mosaic name tablet
 
Street stair to uptown platform

This underground station has four tracks and two side platforms.[10] The platforms have name tablets reading "116TH ST." in white sans-serif lettering on a midnight blue background and black border, but no trim line. Small direction and name signs reading "116" in white lettering on a black border run at regular intervals. There are blue I-beam columns that run along both platforms at regular intervals with every other one having the standard black station name plate in white lettering.

Each platform has one same-level fare control area at their extreme south ends. Each one has a turnstile bank and two staircases to the street. The southbound platform has a token booth while the northbound platform does not, having been closed in 2010 and removed several years later.

There are no crossovers or crossunders between the two platforms. As a result, this station and 135th Street are the only two stations on the Eighth Avenue Line north of 59th Street that do not permit free transfers between opposite directions.

Exits

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The exits on the northbound platform go up to either eastern corners of 116th Street and Frederick Douglass Boulevard while the exits on the southbound platform go up to either western corners.[11]

Both platforms also had a part-time entrance/exit at the north end to both northern corners of 118th Street and Frederick Douglass Boulevard, with the northbound platform's entrance/exit leading to the northeastern corner and the southbound platform's entrance/exit leading to the northwestern corner.[9]

Nearby points of interest

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References

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  1. ^ "Glossary". Second Avenue Subway Supplemental Draft Environmental Impact Statement (SDEIS) (PDF). Vol. 1. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. March 4, 2003. pp. 1–2. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 26, 2021. Retrieved January 1, 2021.
  2. ^ a b "List of the 28 Stations on the New 8th Av. Line". The New York Times. September 10, 1932. p. 6. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved April 21, 2020.
  3. ^ a b "Annual Subway Ridership (2018–2023)". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2023. Retrieved April 20, 2024.
  4. ^ "A Subway Timetable, Effective December 17, 2023". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved June 28, 2024.
  5. ^ "B Subway Timetable, Effective June 30, 2024". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved June 28, 2024.
  6. ^ "C Subway Timetable, Effective December 17, 2023". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved June 28, 2024.
  7. ^ Crowell, Paul (September 10, 1932). "Gay Midnight Crowd Rides First Trains In The New Subway: Throngs at Station an Hour Before Time, Rush Turnstiles When Chains are Dropped" (PDF). The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved November 8, 2015.
  8. ^ Duffus, R. l (September 9, 1932). "New Line First Unit In City-Wide System; 8th Av. Tube to Ease West Side Congestion at Once -- Branches to Link 4 Boroughs Later. Last Word In Subways Run From 207th to Chambers St. Cut to 33 Minutes -- 42d St. Has World's Largest Station. Cost Has Been $191,200,000 Years of Digging Up City Streets, Tunneling Rock and Building Road Finally Brought to Completion". The New York Times. p. 12. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved August 3, 2017.
  9. ^ a b Review of the A and C Lines (PDF) (Report). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. December 11, 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 3, 2020. Retrieved January 19, 2016.
  10. ^ Dougherty, Peter (2006) [2002]. Tracks of the New York City Subway 2006 (3rd ed.). Dougherty. OCLC 49777633 – via Google Books.
  11. ^ a b "MTA Neighborhood Maps: Morningside Heights" (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2018. Retrieved October 1, 2018.
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