168th Street (New York City Subway)

168th Street New York City Subway rapid transit station complex
One of the station entrances. Notice the incorrect signage, which dates to the 1990s. B trains stopped serving this station in March 1998 while the 9 designation was discontinued in May 2005.
Station statistics
Address	West 168th Street & Broadway/St. Nicholas Avenue New York, NY 10032
Borough	Manhattan
Locale	Washington Heights
Division	A (IRT), B (IND)
Line	IND Eighth Avenue Line IRT Broadway – Seventh Avenue Line
Services	1  (all times)       A  (all times)       C  (all except late nights)
Connection	New York City Bus: Bx7, M2, M3, M5, M100 Short Line Bus: 208
Levels	2
Other information
Opened	July 1, 1948; 63 years ago (July 1, 1948)[1]
Former/other names	Washington Heights – 168th Street
Traffic
Passengers (2010)	7,325,739[2]  2.7%
Rank	48 out of 422
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops in station at all times Stops all times except late nights Stops late nights only Stops late nights and weekends only Stops weekdays only Stops all times except rush hours in the peak direction Stops all times except weekdays Stops rush hours only Stops rush hours in the peak direction only Station is closed (Details about time periods)

168th Street (formerly Washington Heights – 168th Street), is an underground station complex on the New York City Subway shared by the IRT Broadway – Seventh Avenue Line and IND Eighth Avenue Line. It is located at the intersection of 168th Street and Broadway in Washington Heights, Manhattan and served by the 1 and A trains at all times and the C train at all times except late nights.

The IRT portion of the station is very deep and requires the use of elevators to reach fare control, which is on a full length mezzanine above the higher IND portion. Elevators connecting the IND platforms and tracks to the mezzanine and the mezzanine to the street make that portion handicapped-accessible. The IRT section is not ADA accessible since the platforms have no elevators (reaching the elevators to fare control requires climbing short staircases).

Nearby points of interest include the New York-Presbyterian Hospital, Hudson River waterfront parks, and remnants of the Audubon Ballroom. In 2005 the station was added to the National Register of Historic Places.

Contents 1 IRT Broadway – Seventh Avenue Line platforms 1.1 Gallery 2 IND Eighth Avenue Line platforms 2.1 Gallery 3 References 4 External links

IRT Broadway – Seventh Avenue Line platforms

168th Street New York City Subway rapid transit station
Uptown platform looking south with passenger bridge connecting to the downtown platform
Station statistics
Division	A (IRT)
Line	IRT Broadway – Seventh Avenue Line
Services	1  (all times)
Structure	Underground
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Other information
Opened	March 16, 1906; 105 years ago (March 16, 1906)
Station succession
Next north	181st Street: 1
Next south	157th Street: 1
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops in station at all times Stops all times except late nights Stops late nights only Stops late nights and weekends only Stops weekdays only Stops all times except rush hours in the peak direction Stops all times except weekdays Stops rush hours only Stops rush hours in the peak direction only Station is closed (Details about time periods)

168th Street on the IRT Broadway – Seventh Avenue Line, opened on March 16, 1906, has two tracks and two side platforms. This deep station has a high arched tiled ceiling and white globe lights on ornate fixtures hanging from the walls and ceiling on the north half. The south half, where the platforms were extended in the 1950s, has a much lower ceiling and large marble columns with alternating ones having the standard black station name plates in white lettering, but the name tablets and trim line are the same as those on the north half of the station. There is a closed stairway on the extreme northern end of the northbound platform leading to an unknown location.

Near the north end of the station, there are two bridges above the tracks, each of which has two staircases going down to each platform. On the Southbound side of the bridges, there are four elevators, one of which is staffed, going up to an unstaffed fare control area where a turnstile bank leads to two staircases going up to the southwest corner of Broadway and West 168th Street. A corridor within fare control leads to the IND mezzanine. An exit-only turnstile in the middle of this corridor leads to a staircase going up to north end of Mitchell Square Park on the south side of West 168th Street between Broadway and Saint Nicholas Avenue.

Gallery

IND Eighth Avenue Line platforms

168th Street New York City Subway rapid transit station
Station statistics
Division	B (IND)
Line	IND Eighth Avenue Line
Services	A  (all times)       C  (all except late nights)
Structure	Underground
Platforms	2 island platforms cross-platform interchange
Tracks	4
Other information
Opened	September 10, 1932; 79 years ago (September 10, 1932)[3]
Accessible	(IND Eighth Avenue Line platforms only)
Station succession
Next north	175th Street: A  (Terminal): C
Next south	163rd Street – Amsterdam Avenue (local): A  C  145th Street (express): A
Next north	175th Street: A
Next south	125th Street: A  C
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops in station at all times Stops all times except late nights Stops late nights only Stops late nights and weekends only Stops weekdays only Stops all times except rush hours in the peak direction Stops all times except weekdays Stops rush hours only Stops rush hours in the peak direction only Station is closed (Details about time periods)

168th Street is an express station on the IND Eighth Avenue Line that opened on September 10, 1932 and has four tracks and two island platforms. Contrary to the usual express station layout, the inner tracks serve the C local trains while the outer tracks serve the A express trains. This is to make it easier for C trains to terminate here, and turn around to make the southbound trip to Brooklyn. South of this station, the tracks cross over one another to form the regular local-outer/express-inner configuration. The inner tracks continue north under Broadway to 174th Street Yard.

Both outer track walls have a reddish purple with a black border, but no name tablets, and small "168" signs below them in white numbering on a black border.

This station has a full length mezzanine above the platforms and tracks. The full-time one is at the center and has a turnstile bank, token booth, and one staircase and one elevator going up to the northeast corner of West 168th Street and Saint Nicholas Avenue. The part-time side at the north of the mezzanine has HEET turnstiles and three staircases, two to the southwest corner of Broadway and 169th Street and one to the northwest corner. The passageway leading to the IRT elevators is just beyond the full-time fare control area. This is evidence that there was another passageway outside fare control of this area going south, including two closed off staircases from each platform. This passageway was closed in the 1980s for safety reasons. This area is now used for New York City Transit employees only.

Gallery

References

External links

• nycsubway.org — IRT West Side Line: 168th Street
• nycsubway.org — IND 8th Avenue: 168th Street
• Station Reporter — 168 Street/Broadway Complex
• The Subway Nut — Washington Heights – 168th Street Pictures
• 168th Street entrance to Eighth Avenue Line from Google Maps Street View
• 167th Street entrance to Eighth Avenue Line from Google Maps Street View
• 168th Street entrance to Broadway-Seventh Avenue Line from Google Maps Street View

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