116th Street (IND Eighth Avenue Line)

116th Street
New York City Subway rapid transit station
Station statistics
Address	West 116th Street & Frederick Douglass Boulevard New York, NY 10026
Borough	Manhattan
Locale	Harlem
Coordinates	40°48′16″N 73°57′19″W / 40.804389°N 73.955412°W / 40.804389; -73.955412Coordinates: 40°48′16″N 73°57′19″W / 40.804389°N 73.955412°W / 40.804389; -73.955412
Division	B (IND)
Line	IND Eighth Avenue Line
Services	A  (late nights)       B  (weekdays until 11:00 p.m.)       C  (all except late nights)
Connection	New York City Bus: M7, M10, M116
Structure	Underground
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	4
Other information
Opened	September 10, 1932 (1932-09-10)[1]
Traffic
Passengers (2014)	2,234,662[2]  5.3%
Rank	222 out of 421
Station succession
Next north	125th Street: A  B  C
Next south	Cathedral Parkway – 110th Street: A  B  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 weekdays only Stops late nights and weekends only Stops weekends and weekend late nights Stops weekdays and weekday late nights Stops weekdays only Stops weekends only Stops all times except rush hours in the peak direction Stops all times except weekdays in the peak direction Stops daily except rush hours in the peak direction Stops rush hours only Stops rush hours in the peak direction only Station is closed (Details about time periods)

116th Street 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 the Manhattan neighborhood of Harlem, it is served by the C train at all times except nights, when the A train takes over service. The B train provides additional service here on weekdays except nights.

This underground station, opened on September 10, 1932, has four tracks and two side platforms. The platforms have name tablets reading "116TH ST." in white sans serif lettering on a 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. The exits on the northbound platform go up to either eastern corners of 116th Street and Eighth Avenue while the exits on the southbound platform go up to either western corners.

There are no crossovers or crossunders. As a result, this station and 135th Street are the only two on the Eighth Avenue Line north of 59th Street that do not permit free transfers between opposite directions. There is evidence on both sides of an abandoned part-time entrance at the north end that led to West 118th Street.

Station layout

G	Street Level	Exit/Entrance
P Platform level	Side platform, doors will open on the right
	Northbound local	← toward Bedford Park Boulevard rush hours, 145th Street other times (125th Street) ← toward 168th Street ( toward 207th Street late nights) (125th Street)
	Northbound express	← do not stop here
	Southbound express	→ do not stop here →
	Southbound local	→ toward Brighton Beach (110th Street) → → toward Euclid Avenue ( toward Far Rockaway late nights) (110th Street) →
	Side platform, doors will open on the right

References

External links

• nycsubway.org—IND Eighth Avenue: 116th Street
• Station Reporter — B Train
• Station Reporter — C Train
• The Subway Nut — 116th Street Pictures
• 116th Street entrance at northwest from Google Maps Street View