116th Street station (IND Eighth Avenue Line)
116 Street M10, M116 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Structure | Underground | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Platforms | 2 side platforms | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tracks | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Opened | September 10, 1932[2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Opposite- direction transfer | No | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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2023 | 1,459,488[3] 7.4% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rank | 217 out of 423[3] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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]
History
The station opened on September 10, 1932, as part of the city-operated
The station was planned to be rehabilitated as part of the 2015–2019 Metropolitan Transportation Authority Capital Program.[9]
Station layout
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 |
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
There are no crossovers or crossunders between the two platforms. As a result, this station and
Exits
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
References
- ^ "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.
- ^ ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved April 21, 2020.
- ^ a b "Annual Subway Ridership (2018–2023)". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2023. Retrieved April 20, 2024.
- ^ "A Subway Timetable, Effective December 17, 2023". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved June 28, 2024.
- ^ "B Subway Timetable, Effective June 30, 2024". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved June 28, 2024.
- ^ "C Subway Timetable, Effective December 17, 2023". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved June 28, 2024.
- ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved November 8, 2015.
- ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved August 3, 2017.
- ^ 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.
- OCLC 49777633 – via Google Books.
- ^ a b "MTA Neighborhood Maps: Morningside Heights" (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2018. Retrieved October 1, 2018.
External links
- nycsubway.org – IND Eighth Avenue: 116th Street
- Station Reporter — B Train
- Station Reporter — C Train
- The Subway Nut — 116th Street Pictures Archived June 12, 2017, at the Wayback Machine
- 116th Street entrance at northwest from Google Maps Street View
- Platform from Google Maps Street View