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| Address | West 215th Street & 10th Avenue New York, NY 10034 |
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| Borough | Manhattan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Locale | Inwood | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Division | A (IRT) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Line | IRT Broadway – Seventh Avenue Line | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Services | 1 (all times) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Structure | Elevated | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 3 (2 in regular service) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | March 12, 1906 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Passengers (2010) | 582,955[1] 8.2% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rank | 397 out of 422 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Next north | Marble Hill – 225th Street: 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Next south | 207th Street: 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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215th Street is a local station on the IRT Broadway – Seventh Avenue Line of the New York City Subway. Located at the intersection of 215th Street and Tenth Avenue in the Manhattan neighborhood of Inwood, it is served by the 1 train at all times.
This elevated station, opened on March 16, 1906, has two side platforms and three tracks with the center track not used in revenue service. Both platforms have beige windscreens and dark canopies, both of which are currently being replaced as part of a renovation project, in the center and black steel waist-high fences at either ends. The station name plates are in the standard black with white lettering.
Both platforms have one wooden adjacent station house in the center. However, only the southbound one is used for passenger service. Three doors from the platform lead to a small waiting area, where a turnstile bank provides entrance/exit from the station. Outside fare control, there is a token booth and two staircases going down to either western corners of Tenth Avenue and 215th Street.
The station house on the northbound platform is used for employees only. One exit-only turnstile at platform level leads to a staircase that goes down to the northeast corner of 215th Street and Tenth Avenue while a High Entry/Exit Turnstile, also at platform level, leads to a staircase going down to the southeast corner.
The 1991 artwork here is called Elevated Nature I-IV by Wopo Holup. It consists of two concrete panels with wooden frames on the southbound platform's station house. Each panel consists of eight squares depicting tree limbs. This artwork is also located at four other stations on this line.
The station is near the northern end of the 207th Street Yard. It is also a short block from Inwood Hill Park and provides access to Columbia University's Baker Field athletic complex. North of the station, the line crosses the Broadway Bridge over the Harlem River Ship Canal into the mainland of New York.