207th Street (IRT Broadway – Seventh Avenue Line)
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Address |
West 207th Street & 10th Avenue New York, NY 10034 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Borough | Manhattan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Locale | Inwood | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 40°51′52″N 73°55′08″W / 40.8644°N 73.9189°WCoordinates: 40°51′52″N 73°55′08″W / 40.8644°N 73.9189°W | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Division | A (IRT) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Line | IRT Broadway – Seventh Avenue Line | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Services | 1 (all times) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Connection | NYCT Bus: Bx12, Bx12 SBS | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Structure | Elevated | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tracks | 3 (2 in regular service) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Opened | March 16, 1906 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Passengers (2014) | 2,049,587[1] 4.2% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rank | 236 out of 421 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Next north | 215th Street: 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Next south | Dyckman Street: 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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207th Street is a local station on the IRT Broadway – Seventh Avenue Line of the New York City Subway. Located at the intersection of 207th Street and 10th 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. 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, one staircase going down to the southwest corner of 207th Street and Tenth Avenue, and a passageway leading to a staircase that goes down to the northwest corner.
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 207th Street and Tenth Avenue while a High Entry/Exit Turnstile, also at platform level, leads a staircase going down to the southeast corner.
North of this station, there are two switches and a ramp to allow access from each of the three tracks to the 207th Street Yard, which runs along the east side of the line.
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.
Station layout
P Platform level |
Side platform, doors will open on the right | |
Northbound local | ← toward Van Cortlandt Park – 242nd Street (215th Street) | |
Peak-direction express | → No regular service | |
Southbound local | → toward South Ferry (Dyckman Street) → | |
Side platform, doors will open on the right | ||
M | Mezzanine | to entrances/exits, station agent, MetroCard vending machines |
G | Street Level | Entrances/Exits |
Gallery
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207th Street station under construction in 1906, before development in its surrounding takes shape
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The now-fully developed 207th street entrance in 1978
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A modern track geometry car departing 207th Street station
References
- ↑ "Facts and Figures: Annual Subway Ridership". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved 2015-04-25.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to 207th Street (IRT Broadway – Seventh Avenue Line). |
- nycsubway.org—IRT West Side Line: 207th Street
- Station Reporter — 1 Train
- The Subway Nut — 207th Street Pictures
- 207th Street entrance from Google Maps Street View