116th Street–Columbia University station

New York City Subway station in Manhattan 116th Street (disambiguation)116th Street August 2023 August 2023 116 Street–Columbia University 116th Street Columbia University IRT 006.JPG Northbound platform West 116th Street & BroadwayNew York, New York Manhattan Morningside Heights 40 48 29 N 73 57 50 W inline,title IRT IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line Broadway-Seventh north local NYCT Bus: M4, 12px|alt=Airport transportation M60 SBS, M104M Columbia Transportation: all routes except Fort Lee Shuttle. Barnard Public Safety Shuttle 2 side platforms 3 (2 in regular service) Underground 1904 10 27subscription https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1904/10/28/118948832.html Our Subway Open: 150,000 Try It; Mayor McClellan Runs the First Official Train. October 28, 1904 The New York Times April 21, 2020 en-US 0362-4331 1 December 13, 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20211213201856/https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1904/10/28/118948832.html live New York City Subway Broadway-Seventh local 125th Street Cathedral Parkway–110th Street alltimes yes 116th Street–Columbia University Subway Station (IRT) September 17, 2004 New York City Subway System MPS 04001020 New York City Landmark October 23, 1979 1096 y 125th Street Cathedral Parkway–110th Street 110th Street IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line yes 330 The 116th Street–Columbia University station is a local station on the IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line of the New York City Subway. It is located at the intersection of Broadway and 116th Street in the Morningside Heights neighborhood of Manhattan, just outside the west gate to the main campus of Columbia University and the southeast corner of the Barnard College campus. The station is served by the 1 train at all times. The 116th Street station was constructed for the Interborough Rapid Transit Company (IRT) as part of the city's first subway line, which was approved in 1900. Construction of the line segment that includes 116th Street began on June 18 of the same year. The station opened on October 27, 1904, as one of the original 28 stations of the New York City Subway. The station's platforms were lengthened in 1948 to accommodate ten-car trains, the station's median entrance was replaced in the 1960s, and the station was renovated in the 2000s. The 116th Street station contains two side platforms and three tracks; the center track is not used in regular service. The station was built with tile and mosaic decorations. The mezzanine above the platforms contains exits to 116th Street and Broadway, and the northbound platform contains an additional exit to 115th Street. The original section of the station is a New York City designated landmark and listed on the National Register of Historic Places. History right left|thumb|A view of the station in 1905 Construction and opening Planning for a subway line in New York City dates to 1864,21 but development of what became the city's first subway line did not start until 1894, when the New York State Legislature passed the Rapid Transit Act.Walker James Blaine https://archive.org/details/fiftyyearsrapid00walkgoog Fifty Years of Rapid Transit — 1864 to 1917 1918 Law Printing New York, N.Y. November 6, 2016139–140 The subway plans were drawn up by a team of engineers led by William Barclay Parsons, the Rapid Transit Commission's chief engineer. It called for a subway line from New York City Hall in lower Manhattan to the Upper West Side, where two branches would lead north into the Bronx.3 A plan was formally adopted in 1897,148 and all legal conflicts over the route alignment were resolved near the end of 1899.161 The Rapid Transit Construction Company, organized by John B. McDonald and funded by August Belmont Jr., signed the initial Contract 1 with the Rapid Transit Commission in February 1900,https://archive.org/details/cu31924022794253/page/n253/mode/2up?q=april+28 Report of the Board of Rapid Transit Railroad Commissioners for the City of New York For The Year Ending December 31, 1904 Accompanied By Reports of the Chief Engineer and of the Auditor Board of Rapid Transit Railroad Commissioners 1905 229–236 under which it would construct the subway and maintain a 50-year operating lease from the opening of the line.165 In 1901, the firm of Heins & LaFarge was hired to design the underground stations.4 Belmont incorporated the Interborough Rapid Transit Company (IRT) in April 1902 to operate the subway.182 The 116th Street station was constructed as part of the IRT's West Side Line (now the Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line) from 104th Street to 125th Street, for which construction began on June 18, 1900. The section of the West Side Line around this station was originally planned as a two-track line, but in early 1901, was changed to a three-track structure to permit train storage in the center track.https://books.google.com/books?id=PLonAAAAYAAJ Report of the Board of Rapid Transit Railroad Commissioners For And In The City of New York Up to December 31, 1901 1902 Board of Rapid Transit Railroad Commissioners en December 19, 2020 June 15, 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20220615135127/https://books.google.com/books?id=PLonAAAAYAAJ live93https://books.google.com/books?id=kKUlAQAAIAAJ Report of the Public Service Commission For The First District of the State of New York For The Year Ending December 31, 1909 1910 New York State Public Service Commission en December 19, 2020 May 21, 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20220521165001/https://books.google.com/books?id=kKUlAQAAIAAJ live189–190 Construction on the section between 104th Street and 125th Street had already begun prior to the design change, requiring that a portion of the work be undone.240–241 A third track was added directly north of 96th Street, immediately east of the originally planned two tracks.October 2004 New York City's Subway Turns 100 https://erausa.org/pdf/bulletin/2004-10-bulletin.pdf dead The Bulletin Electric Railroaders' Association 47 10 https://web.archive.org/web/20180403051535/https://erausa.org/pdf/bulletin/2004-10-bulletin.pdf April 3, 2018 April 2, 201814 By late 1903, the subway was nearly complete, but the IRT Powerhouse and the system's electrical substations were still under construction, delaying the system's opening.186November 14, 1903 First of Subway Tests; West Side Experimental Trains to be Run by Jan. 1 Broadway Tunnel Tracks Laid, Except on Three Little Sections, to 104th Street – Power House Delays. en-US The New York Times limited https://www.nytimes.com/1903/11/14/archives/first-of-subway-tests-west-side-experimental-trains-to-be-run-by.html May 10, 2022 0362-4331 May 5, 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20220505030752/https://www.nytimes.com/1903/11/14/archives/first-of-subway-tests-west-side-experimental-trains-to-be-run-by.html live As late as October 26, 1904, the day before the subway was scheduled to open, the walls and ceilings were incomplete.October 26, 1904 Clamor for Tickets for Subway Opening; Distribution Plan Criticised by Engineers and Many Others. en-US The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/1904/10/26/archives/clamor-for-tickets-for-subway-opening-distribution-plan-criticised.html May 25, 2023 0362-4331 The 116th Street station opened on October 27, 1904, as one of the original 28 stations of the New York City Subway from City Hall to 145th Street on the West Side Branch.186 The opening of the first subway line, and particularly the 116th Street station, helped contribute to the development of Morningside Heights and Harlem.8 Service changes and station renovations 20th century After the first subway line was completed in 1908,limited https://www.nytimes.com/1908/08/02/archives/our-first-subway-completed-at-last-opening-of-the-van-cortlandt.html Our First Subway Completed At Last — Opening of the Van Cortlandt Extension Finishes System Begun in 1900 — The Job Cost $60,000,000 — A Twenty-Mile Ride from Brooklyn to 242d Street for a Nickel Is Possible Now August 2, 1908 The New York Times November 6, 2016 10 December 23, 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20211223112020/https://www.nytimes.com/1908/08/02/archives/our-first-subway-completed-at-last-opening-of-the-van-cortlandt.html live the station was served by West Side local and express trains. Express trains began at South Ferry in Manhattan or Atlantic Avenue in Brooklyn, and ended at 242nd Street in the Bronx. Local trains ran from City Hall to 242nd Street during rush hours, continuing south from City Hall to South Ferry at other times.https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=nyp.33433081730503;view=1up;seq=151 Brooklyn Daily Eagle Almanac Brooklyn Daily Eagle 1916 119 Herries William December 19, 2020 May 11, 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210511155639/https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=nyp.33433081730503;view=1up;seq=151 live In 1918, the Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line opened south of Times Square–42nd Street, and the original line was divided into an H-shaped system. The original subway north of Times Square thus became part of the Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line. Local trains were sent to South Ferry, while express trains used the new Clark Street Tunnel to Brooklyn.August 2, 1918 Open New Subway Lines to Traffic; Called a Triumph 1 The New York Times subscription https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1918/08/02/97011929.pdf October 4, 2011 0362-4331 August 3, 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20190803013952/https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1918/08/02/97011929.pdf live To address overcrowding, in 1909, the New York Public Service Commission proposed lengthening the platforms at stations along the original IRT subway.Hood Clifton 1978 The Impact of the IRT in New York City https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/master/pnp/habshaer/ny/ny0300/ny0387/data/ny0387data.pdf December 20, 2020 Historic American Engineering Record 146–207 (PDF pp. 147–208) January 17, 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210117001227/https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/master/pnp/habshaer/ny/ny0300/ny0387/data/ny0387data.pdf live168 As part of a modification to the IRT's construction contracts made on January 18, 1910, the company was to lengthen station platforms to accommodate ten-car express and six-car local trains. In addition to $1.5 million (equivalent to $c US 1.5 1910 1 million in US) spent on platform lengthening, $500,000 (equivalent to $c US 0.5 1910 1 million in US) was spent on building additional entrances and exits. It was anticipated that these improvements would increase capacity by 25 percent.https://books.google.com/books?id=0fBLAQAAMAAJ&q=+zoological+station&pg=PA596 Report of the Public Service Commission for the First District of the State of New York For The Year Ending December 31, 1910 1911 Public Service Commission en January 7, 2021 January 20, 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210120015525/https://books.google.com/books?id=0fBLAQAAMAAJ&q=%20zoological%20station&pg=PA596 live15 The northbound platform at the 116th Street station was extended 130 ft to the south,112 while the southbound platform was not lengthened.106 Six-car local trains began operating in October 1910,168 and ten-car express trains began running on the West Side Line on January 24, 1911.168limited https://www.nytimes.com/1911/01/23/archives/tencar-trains-in-subway-today-new-service-begins-on-lenox-av-line.html Ten-car Trains in Subway to-day; New Service Begins on Lenox Av. Line and Will Be Extended to Broadway To-morrow. January 23, 1911 The New York Times April 5, 2018 en-US 0362-4331 April 5, 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20180405224750/https://www.nytimes.com/1911/01/23/archives/tencar-trains-in-subway-today-new-service-begins-on-lenox-av-line.html live Subsequently, the station could accommodate six-car local trains, but ten-car trains could not open some of their doors. In conjunction with the platform lengthening, a new entrance was constructed to the northbound platform in 1912.https://books.google.com/books?id=QthLAQAAMAAJ Report of the Public Service Commission for the First District of the State of New York For The Year Ending December 31, 1912 Vol. I 1913 New York State Public Service Commission 161 en December 22, 2020 June 15, 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20220615134833/https://books.google.com/books?id=QthLAQAAMAAJ live An entrance kiosk for the new staircase was taken from the 23rd Street and Fourth Avenue station and was installed in July 1913.https://books.google.com/books?id=y74bAQAAIAAJ Report of the Public Service Commission For The First District Of The State Of New York For The Year Ending December 31, 1913 Vol. I 1914 New York State Public Service Commission 153 en January 6, 2021 June 15, 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20220615135128/https://books.google.com/books?id=y74bAQAAIAAJ live The city government took over the IRT's operations on June 12, 1940.June 13, 1940 City Transit Unity Is Now a Reality; Title to I.R.T. Lines Passes to Municipality, Ending 19-Year Campaign en-US The New York Times subscription https://www.nytimes.com/1940/06/13/archives/city-transit-unity-is-now-a-reality-title-to-irt-lines-passes-to.html May 14, 2022 0362-4331 January 7, 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20220107193115/https://www.nytimes.com/1940/06/13/archives/city-transit-unity-is-now-a-reality-title-to-irt-lines-passes-to.html live June 13, 1940 Transit Unification Completed As City Takes Over I. R. T. Lines: Systems Come Under Single Control After Efforts Begun in 1921; Mayor Is Jubilant at City Hall Ceremony Recalling 1904 Celebration 25 New York Herald Tribune 1248134780 Platforms at IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line stations between 103rd Street IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line and 238th Street IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line, including those at 116th Street, were lengthened to 514 ft between 1946 and 1948, allowing full ten-car express trains to stop at these stations. A contract for the platform extensions at 116th Street and eight other stations on the line was awarded to Spencer, White & Prentis Inc. in October 1946,Crowell Paul October 11, 1946 Improvement Costs Voted for Subway; Board of Estimate Appropriates $31,291,000 for New Cars and Station Lengthening en-US 24 The New York Times subscription https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1946/10/11/94061958.pdf July 28, 2021 0362-4331 May 21, 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20220521165007/http://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1946/10/11/94061958.html?pdf_redirect=true&site=false live with an estimated cost of $3.891 million.October 11, 1946 City Approves $35,153,000 Subway Outlay: Board of Estimate Awards Contract for 400 Cars and 10 Station Projects 40 New York Herald Tribune 1941-0646 1287183692 The platform extensions at these stations were opened in stages. On April 6, 1948, the platform extension at 116th Street opened.Report for the three and one-half years ending June 30, 1949. 1949 New York City Board of Transportation 2027/mdp.3901502309492633 Simultaneously, the IRT routes were given numbered designations with the introduction of "R-type" rolling stock, which contained rollsigns with numbered designations for each service.Brown Nicole How did the MTA subway lines get their letter or number? NYCurious amNewYork May 17, 2019 https://www.amny.com/transit/nyc-subway-name-1-31116195/ January 27, 2021 March 2, 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210302020704/https://www.amny.com/transit/nyc-subway-name-1-31116195/ live The route to 242nd Street became known as the 1.Friedlander Alex Lonto Arthur Raudenbush Henry April 1960 A Summary of Services on the IRT Division, NYCTA https://erausa.org/pdf/bulletin/1960/1960-01-bulletin.pdf New York Division Bulletin Electric Railroaders' Association 3 1 2 January 27, 2021 September 14, 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200914232631/https://erausa.org/pdf/bulletin/1960/1960-01-bulletin.pdf dead In 1959, all 1 trains became local.February 7, 1959 Wagner Praises Modernized IRT — Mayor and Transit Authority Are Hailed as West Side Changes Take Effect 21 The New York Times subscription https://www.nytimes.com/1959/02/07/archives/wagner-praises-modernized-irt-mayor-and-transit-authority-are.html?_r=0 November 6, 2016 January 1, 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20180101082503/http://www.nytimes.com/1959/02/07/archives/wagner-praises-modernized-irt-mayor-and-transit-authority-are.html?_r=0 live thumb|The above-ground 116th Street entrance, 1910 Columbia University first requested the demolition of the station's original entrance in Broadway's median in 1954, ahead of the Columbia University Bicentennial. The university brought up the issue again at a meeting of the New York City Board of Estimate in 1963, after a student was killed while crossing the street.December 4, 1963 Removal of Kiosk In Columbia Area Proposed by City en-US The New York Times subscription https://www.nytimes.com/1963/12/04/archives/removal-of-kiosk-in-columbia-area-proposed-by-city.html January 11, 2021 0362-4331 June 15, 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20220615135202/https://www.nytimes.com/1963/12/04/archives/removal-of-kiosk-in-columbia-area-proposed-by-city.html live The kiosk was seen as a safety hazard, with two deaths and several accidents occurring at the kiosk from 1962 to 1964. Sixty-eight hundred students and faculty members signed a petition to remove the kiosk in February 1964.https://www.newspapers.com/clip/67416148/ Ask New Kiosk Sites February 23, 1964 New York Daily News January 1, 2021 29 newspapers.com June 15, 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20220615135129/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/67416148/ask-new-kiosk-sites/ live On March 13, 1964, the New York City Board of Estimate voted to allocate $600,000 (US 600000 1964 eq) to demolish the entrance and replace it with two new sidewalk entrances as part of the 1964–1965 City budget. The New York City Department of Highways had requested that funds be allocated to this project at the request of Columbia University. The New York City Transit Authority had not yet drawn up plans for the project.Spiegel David S. March 16, 1964 New York Board of Estimate Votes Kiosk Removal Funds Columbia Daily Spectator http://spectatorarchive.library.columbia.edu/?a=d&d=cs19640316-01.2.7&srpos=11&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN-new+york+city+transit+authority------ January 5, 2021 June 15, 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20220615135129/https://spectatorarchive.library.columbia.edu/?a=d&d=cs19640316-01.2.7&srpos=11&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN-new+york+city+transit+authority------ live Bids for the kiosk's demolition were initially scheduled to be solicited in July 1964.June 10, 1964 IRT Bids to Be Let en-US The New York Times subscription https://www.nytimes.com/1964/06/10/archives/irt-bids-to-be-let.html January 11, 2021 0362-4331 June 15, 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20220615135130/https://www.nytimes.com/1964/06/10/archives/irt-bids-to-be-let.html live That October, a NYCTA spokesperson announced that the demolition of the entrance would be delayed until the following spring. Work on the project had been expected to commence in December 1964. The NYCTA was expected to complete the design of the project in early 1965, after which the project could be put out for bids.October 6, 1964 City to Raze Subway Kiosk During Spring Contractors will Submit Bids Early Next Year Columbia Daily Spectator http://spectatorarchive.library.columbia.edu/?a=d&d=cs19641006-01.2.2&srpos=54&e=-------en-20--41--txt-txIN-new+york+city+transit+authority------ January 5, 2021 January 10, 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210110065104/http://spectatorarchive.library.columbia.edu/?a=d&d=cs19641006-01.2.2&srpos=54&e=-------en-20--41--txt-txIN-new+york+city+transit+authority------ live On November 2, 1966, the New York City Planning Commission voted to grant an additional $300,000 (US 300000 1966 eq) for the project after the cost of the project was revised. The money for the project was reallocated within the Highway Department's budget.Bennett Charles G. November 3, 1966 2 Renewal Areas Chosen Under New Policy; Harlem and Brooklyn Sites Approved by Planning Agency Funds for Removing Kiosk at Columbia to Be Increased en-US The New York Times subscription https://www.nytimes.com/1966/11/03/archives/2-renewal-areas-chosen-under-new-policy-harlem-and-brooklyn-sites.html January 11, 2021 0362-4331 June 15, 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20220615135130/https://www.nytimes.com/1966/11/03/archives/2-renewal-areas-chosen-under-new-policy-harlem-and-brooklyn-sites.html liveDecember 13, 1966 Kiosk Work to Start in 2 Months Columbia Daily Spectator http://spectatorarchive.library.columbia.edu/?a=d&d=cs19661213-01.2.9&srpos=16&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN-new+york+city+transit+authority------ January 5, 2021 June 15, 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20220615135136/https://spectatorarchive.library.columbia.edu/?a=d&d=cs19661213-01.2.9&srpos=16&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN-new+york+city+transit+authority------ live It was estimated that following necessary approvals from the New York City Board of Estimate, bids on the project would be let on December 16, and work on the project would begin by the end of January 1967. Work on the project was set to be done in 22 months. In 1965, Columbia University and Barnard College had announced that they would each spend $5,000 (US 5000 1965 eq) to decorate the new entrances to fit in with their campuses.Heim Dave November 3, 1966 Predict February Demolition of 116th Street Subway Kiosk Columbia Daily Spectator http://spectatorarchive.library.columbia.edu/?a=d&d=cs19661103-01.2.6&srpos=2&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN-116th+kiosk------ January 4, 2020 January 7, 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210107171715/http://spectatorarchive.library.columbia.edu/?a=d&d=cs19661103-01.2.6&srpos=2&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN-116th+kiosk------ live Work on the project was completed in 1968.thumb|The station's downtown platform in 1978 In 1979, the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission designated the space within the boundaries of the original station, excluding expansions made after 1904, as a city landmark. The station was designated along with eleven others on the original IRT.October 27, 1979 12 IRT Subway Stops Get Landmark Status en-US The New York Times subscription https://www.nytimes.com/1979/10/27/archives/12-irt-subway-stops-get-landmark-status.html December 26, 2020 0362-4331 March 9, 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20180309164713/https://www.nytimes.com/1979/10/27/archives/12-irt-subway-stops-get-landmark-status.html live In April 1988,Brozan Nadine June 4, 1989 'Skip-Stop' Subway Plan Annoys No. 1 Riders The New York Times limited https://www.nytimes.com/1989/06/04/nyregion/skip-stop-subway-plan-annoys-no-1-riders.html June 15, 2016 0362-4331 August 10, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160810125540/http://www.nytimes.com/1989/06/04/nyregion/skip-stop-subway-plan-annoys-no-1-riders.html live the NYCTA unveiled plans to speed up service on the Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line through the implementation of a skip-stop service: the 9 train.Moore Keith June 10, 1988 TA's skip-stop plan hit New York Daily News https://www.newspapers.com/clip/25210677/daily_news/ November 8, 2018 November 8, 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20181108224523/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/25210677/daily_news/ live When skip-stop service began on August 21, 1989, it was only implemented north of 137th Street–City College on weekdays, and 116th Street was served by both the 1 and the 9.August 20, 1989 #1 Riders: Your Service is Changing New York Daily News https://www.newspapers.com/clip/22823286/daily_news/ November 8, 2018 November 8, 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20181108224708/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/22823286/daily_news/ liveAugust 1989 Announcing 1 and 9 Skip-Stop Service on the Broadway-Seventh Avenue Line http://subwaynut.com/brochures/1and9skipstop.pdf dead https://web.archive.org/web/20200626000015/http://subwaynut.com/brochures/1and9skipstop.pdf June 26, 2020 August 1, 2009 New York City Transit AuthorityLorch Donatella August 22, 1989 New Service For Subways On West Side The New York Times limited https://www.nytimes.com/1989/08/22/nyregion/new-service-for-subways-on-west-side.html June 15, 2016 0362-4331 August 10, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160810113522/http://www.nytimes.com/1989/08/22/nyregion/new-service-for-subways-on-west-side.html live In October 1988, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) announced that the newsstand on the station's downtown platform would be removed as part of a citywide program to beautify stations and improve passenger flow. The agency began this program in late 1987. The owner of the newsstand was unsure of whether he would rebuild the stand as the cost of rebuilding it might have outweighed the benefits of reopening it. This newsstand was chosen for rebuilding as it was only 12 feet meters away from a staircase.Sparks Cory October 24, 1988 MTA slates subway stand for removal Columbia Daily Spectator http://spectatorarchive.library.columbia.edu/?a=d&d=cs19881024-01.2.4&srpos=26&e=-------en-20--21--txt-txIN-subway+renovation------ January 5, 2021 January 8, 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210108151848/http://spectatorarchive.library.columbia.edu/?a=d&d=cs19881024-01.2.4&srpos=26&e=-------en-20--21--txt-txIN-subway+renovation------ live 21st century In June 2002, the MTA announced that ten subway stations citywide, including 103rd Street, 110th Street, 116th Street, 125th Street, and 231st Street on the IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line, would receive renovations. As part of the project, fare control areas would be redesigned, flooring, and electrical and communication systems would be upgraded, and new lighting, public address systems and stairways would be installed. In addition, since 110th Street, 116th Street, and 125th Street had landmark status, historical elements would be replaced or restored, including wall tiles. At the ends of the station platforms at 103rd Street, 110th Street, and 116th Street, a small section of station wall, which would look identical to the existing station walls, would be added to provide space for scrubber rooms.Nowakowski Xan September 11, 2002 Columbia Invests in Area Subway Stations Columbia Daily Spectator http://spectatorarchive.library.columbia.edu/?a=d&d=cs20020911-01.2.4&srpos=3&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN-subway+renovation------ January 5, 2021 January 8, 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210108012821/http://spectatorarchive.library.columbia.edu/?a=d&d=cs20020911-01.2.4&srpos=3&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN-subway+renovation------ liveHomans Charlie February 6, 2003 CB7 Rejects MTA's Arts For Transit Proposition Columbia Daily Spectator http://spectatorarchive.library.columbia.edu/?a=d&d=cs20030206-01.2.2&srpos=16&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN-subway+renovation------ January 5, 2021 June 15, 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20220615134224/https://spectatorarchive.library.columbia.edu/?a=d&d=cs20030206-01.2.2&srpos=16&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN-subway+renovation------ live Work on the ten citywide renovation projects was estimated to cost almost $146 million, and was scheduled to start later that year, and be completed in April 2004, in time for the 100th anniversary of the station's opening, and the 250th anniversary of Columbia University.Donohue Pete June 11, 2002 Renovation Is Set For 10 Subway Stations en New York Daily News http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/boroughs/renovation-set-10-subway-stations-article-1.485558 January 8, 2018 January 9, 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20180109064005/http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/boroughs/renovation-set-10-subway-stations-article-1.485558 liveAngara Harini January 23, 2004 116th Subway Station Gets a Face Lift Columbia Spectator http://spectatorarchive.library.columbia.edu/?a=d&d=cs20040123-01.2.35&srpos=1&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN-116th+Subway+Station+Gets+a+Face+Lift------ January 5, 2021 January 8, 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210108023953/http://spectatorarchive.library.columbia.edu/?a=d&d=cs20040123-01.2.35&srpos=1&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN-116th+Subway+Station+Gets+a+Face+Lift------ live Columbia University contributed $1 million (US 1000000 2003 eq) to the station renovation project after the MTA said it would have to put off the renovation projects in Manhattan due to funding issues. The university had also reached agreements to cover part of the costs of the station renovations at 103rd Street, 110th Street, and 125th Street.Homans Charlie January 24, 2003 Tunnel Vision: MTA, Locals Don't See Eye to Eye Columbia Daily Spectator http://spectatorarchive.library.columbia.edu/?a=d&d=cs20030124-01.2.4&srpos=5&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN-subway+renovation------ January 5, 2021 January 7, 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210107194240/http://spectatorarchive.library.columbia.edu/?a=d&d=cs20030124-01.2.4&srpos=5&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN-subway+renovation------ live As a condition of the funding allocation for the station renovation, the university wanted work on the project to be expedited. Residents of Morningside Heights approved of the renovation plans, but were concerned that the expedited repairs would come at the cost of damaging the stations' historic elements. The MTA was expected to decide whether preservation or speed would be prioritized in the station renovation projects by the end of 2002. At the 110th Street and 116th Street stations, local community activists opposed artwork that was planned to be commissioned through the MTA's Arts for Transit program. Though the proposed artwork was intended as a homage to the stations' history, the activists believed the art would damage the decorative tiling that dated from the stations' opening, and that the artwork would damage the landmark interiors of the stations.Kennedy Randy January 10, 2003 Plan to Renovate Stations Draws Ire en-US The New York Times limited https://www.nytimes.com/2003/01/10/nyregion/plan-to-renovate-stations-draws-ire.html January 10, 2021 0362-4331 January 25, 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210125000200/https://www.nytimes.com/2003/01/10/nyregion/plan-to-renovate-stations-draws-ire.html live The MTA had planned to install a small bronze subway track and train to be inlaid within the station walls surrounded by sepia-toned photographs of the neighborhood at 116th Street. In December 2002, Manhattan Community Board 7 voted in favor of the plan to include artwork from the MTA's Arts for Transit program at the 103rd Street station, which was not landmarked. Community Board 7 voted against the plan to include new artwork at the landmarked 110th Street and 116th Street stations, and the MTA dropped plans for the artwork at these stations. The station renovation project at 116th Street began in January 2003. From May 31 to July 12, 2003, the uptown platforms at the 116th Street and 103rd Street stations were closed at all times for their renovations.May 28, 2003 1 9 Uptown Platforms at 103 St. and 116 St. will be closed Columbia Daily Spectator http://spectatorarchive.library.columbia.edu/?a=d&d=cs20030528-01.2.26.1&srpos=20&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN-new+york+city+transit+authority------ January 5, 2021 January 9, 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210109203910/http://spectatorarchive.library.columbia.edu/?a=d&d=cs20030528-01.2.26.1&srpos=20&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN-new+york+city+transit+authority------ live The original interiors were listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004. Skip-stop service ended on May 27, 2005, as a result of a decrease in the number of riders who benefited.Chan Sewell May 25, 2005 On Its Last Wheels, No. 9 Line Is Vanishing on Signs The New York Times limited https://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/25/nyregion/25train.html August 29, 2016 0362-4331 March 17, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150317100921/http://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/25/nyregion/25train.html liveMay 7, 2005 Noteworthy – 9 discontinued http://www.mta.info/nyct/service/9_discont.htm dead https://web.archive.org/web/20050507104933/http://www.mta.info/nyct/service/9_discont.htm May 7, 2005 September 18, 2016 mta.info Metropolitan Transportation Authority Station layout thumb|Station mezzanine This station has two side platforms and three tracks, the center one being an unused express track.trackref trackbook3 The station is served by the 1 at all timestimetable 1 and is between 125th Street to the north and 110th Street to the south.map The platforms were originally 350 ft long, like at other stations north of 96th Street,438 but as a result of the 1948 platform extension, became 520 ft long. The platform extensions are at the southern ends of the original platforms.39 Two staircases from each platform lead to a mezzanine above the platforms, which contains the fare control area. Outside fare control, the mezzanine connects to stairways on either side of Broadway.4 The southbound platform contains an artwork by Michelle Greene, Railrider's Throne.Railrider's Throne MTA https://new.mta.info/agency/arts-design/collection/railriders-throne January 15, 2024 The artwork, installed in 1991 as part of the MTA Arts for Transit program, was originally intended to be temporary.Blau Eleanor 1991-10-28 Upper West Side Journal; Subterranean Throne: A Seat Worth Tussling For https://www.nytimes.com/1991/10/28/nyregion/upper-west-side-journal-subterranean-throne-a-seat-worth-tussling-for.html 2024-01-15 The New York Times en-US 0362-4331 It consists of a large steel chair. Greene said she had created the artwork because she "wanted to create a whimsical environment that allows the commuter to feel special as opposed to alienated".Brooks M.W. Subway City: Riding the Trains, Reading New York Rutgers University Press 1997 978-0-8135-2396-5 https://books.google.com/books?id=kr40kS6yK1AC&pg=PA224 January 15, 2024 224 The southbound local track is technically known as BB1 while the northbound one is BB4; the BB designation is used for chaining purposes along the Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line from 96th Street to 242nd Street. Although it cannot be accessed at 116th Street–Columbia University, the center track is designated as M. These designations are rarely, if ever, used in ordinary conversation. Design right horizontal 500 116th Street Columbia University IRT 002.JPG Name identification tablet 116th Street Columbia University IRT 007.JPG Faience plaque of the seal of Columbia University 116th Street Columbia University IRT 004.JPG Faience plaque of the number 116 As with other stations built as part of the original IRT, the station was constructed using a cut-and-cover method.Scott Charles 1978 Design and Construction of the IRT: Civil Engineering https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/master/pnp/habshaer/ny/ny0300/ny0387/data/ny0387data.pdf December 20, 2020 Historic American Engineering Record 208–282 (PDF pp. 209–283) January 17, 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210117001227/https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/master/pnp/habshaer/ny/ny0300/ny0387/data/ny0387data.pdf live237 The tunnel is covered by a U-shaped trough that contains utility pipes and wires. This trough contains a foundation of concrete no less than 4 in thick.3–4Framberger David J. 1978 Architectural Designs for New York's First Subway https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/master/pnp/habshaer/ny/ny0300/ny0387/data/ny0387data.pdf December 20, 2020 Historic American Engineering Record 1–46 (PDF pp. 367–412) January 17, 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210117001227/https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/master/pnp/habshaer/ny/ny0300/ny0387/data/ny0387data.pdf live9 Each platform consists of 3 in cm -thick mid concrete slabs, beneath which are drainage basins. The original platforms contain circular, cast-iron Doric-style columns spaced every 15 ft, while the platform extensions contain I-beam columns. Additional columns between the tracks, spaced every 5 ft, support the jack-arched concrete station roofs.3–449 There is a 1 in on gap between the trough wall and the platform walls, which are made of 4 in on-thick brick covered over by a tiled finish.9 The ceiling is about 8 ft above platform level in the southern part of the station, but is higher above the northern part, reaching 12 to 15 ft above the platform.5 The walls along the platforms consist of a buff-colored brick wainscoting on the lowest part of the wall, and white glass tiles above. The platform walls are divided at 15 ft on intervals by blue tile pilasters, or vertical bands.410 The pilasters are topped by alternating blue-and-cream faience plaques of the number "116" and the Columbia University seal; both of these motifs are surrounded by faience wreaths. The seal shows a seated woman with a book of knowledge in her hand and three children standing near her feet. A blue-and-green cornice, made of faience, runs atop the wall and around the mosaic tablets.Records of the National Park Service, 1785 – 2006 National Archives https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75313889 National Register of Historic Places and National Historic Landmarks Program Records, 2013 – 2017 New York MPS 116th Street—Columbia University Subway Station (IRT) 75313889 National Register of Historic Places and National Historic Landmarks Program Records: New York4–5http://s-media.nyc.gov/agencies/lpc/lp/1096.pdf Interborough Rapid Transit System, Underground Interior October 23, 1979 New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission November 19, 2019 March 27, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160327141814/http://s-media.nyc.gov/agencies/lpc/lp/1096.pdf live9–10 Mosaic wall tablets with the name "Columbia University" are installed along the platform walls.510 The mosaic tiles at all original IRT stations were manufactured by the American Encaustic Tile Company, which subcontracted the installations at each station.31 The decorative work was performed by tile contractor John H. Parry and faience contractor Grueby Faience Company.39 Entrances and exits thumb|Northwestern corner stairs The station has four entrance/exit stairs that serve both platforms. One pair ascends to the northwest corner of Broadway and 116th Street, while the other pair goes to the northeast corner of the same intersection.3 There is also an exit-only staircase near the southern end of the northbound platform that leads to the east side of Broadway at 115th Street, outside the Alfred Lerner Hall.https://new.mta.info/document/2136 116th Street—Columbia University Neighborhood Map April 2018 mta.info Metropolitan Transportation Authority January 5, 2021 August 29, 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210829193952/https://new.mta.info/document/2136 live There was a station house in the median of Broadway, just north of 116th Street, which was designed by Heins & LaFarge and dated to the station's opening in 1904. It was built as one of several station houses on the original IRT; similar station houses were built at Atlantic Avenue, Bowling Green, Mott Avenue, 72nd Street, and 103rd Street.190046January 9, 1979 Interborough Rapid Transit System, 72nd Street Control House http://s-media.nyc.gov/agencies/lpc/lp/1021.pdf November 19, 2019 New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission May 11, 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210511153619/http://s-media.nyc.gov/agencies/lpc/lp/1021.pdf live2 The station house, which was identical to the one at 103rd Street, occupied an area of 50 by 20 ft. The one-story station house contained exterior walls made of buff brick, with a foundation made of granite blocks. A limestone string course ran atop the exterior wall. At the corners of the station house were limestone quoins, which supported a copper-and-terracotta gable roof facing west and east. The ridge of the station house's roof was a skylight made of glass and metal. The doorways were centrally located on the north and south walls of the control house, topped by terracotta finials and a rounded gable. There were terracotta crosses on each rounded gable with the number "116" embossed onto them. Above the doorway was a pediment and an arched window made of glass and wrought iron.12 The control house was closed and demolished in 1968.1122 1960 References Further reading Stookey Lee Subway ceramics : a history and iconography of mosaic and bas relief signs and plaques in the New York City subway system L. Stookey Brattleboro, Vt 1994 978-0-9635486-1-0 31901471 External links http://www.nycsubway.org/perl/stations?6:20 IRT West Side Line 116th Street Station Reporter – 1 Train Forgotten NY – Original 28 – NYC's First 28 Subway Stations MTA's Arts For Transit – 116th Street–Columbia University (IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line) 116th Street entrance from Google Maps Street View Platforms from Google Maps Street View y yes collapsed Category:1904 establishments in New York City Category:Broadway (Manhattan) Category:Columbia University campus Category:IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line stations Category:Morningside Heights, Manhattan Category:New York City Designated Landmarks in Manhattan Category:New York City interior landmarks Category:New York City Subway stations at university and college campuses Category:New York City Subway stations in Manhattan Category:Railway and subway stations on the National Register of Historic Places in Manhattan Category:Railway stations in the United States opened in 1904