116th Street station (IND Eighth Avenue Line)

New York City Subway station in Manhattan 116th Street (disambiguation)116th Street September 2025 January 2018 116 Street 116 Street IND vc.jpg Platform view West 116th Street & Frederick Douglass BoulevardNew York, New York Manhattan Harlem NYCT Bus: M7 M10 M116 40.804389 N 73.955412 W inline,title IND IND Eighth Avenue Line Eighth center local Eighth center local header 2 side platforms 4 Underground future 1932 09 10 yList of the 28 Stations on the New 8th Av. Line 0362-4331 https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1932/09/10/100849595.html?pageNumber=6 2020-04-21 The New York Times September 10, 1932 6 New York City Subway Eighth local 125th Street Cathedral Parkway–110th Street 1 1 nycs D does not stop here allexceptnightsnightsonlyweekdaysonly y 125th Street Cathedral Parkway–110th Street Cathedral Pkwy–110th St IND Eighth Avenue Line 330 The 116th Street station 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 Harlem, Manhattan, it is served by the B train on weekdays, the C train at all times except nights, and the A train during late nights only.timetable atimetable btimetable c History The station opened on September 10, 1932, as part of the city-operated Independent Subway System (IND)'s initial segment, the Eighth Avenue Line between Chambers Street and 207th Street.Crowell Paul https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1932/09/10/100849529.pdf Gay Midnight Crowd Rides First Trains In The New Subway: Throngs at Station an Hour Before Time, Rush Turnstiles When Chains are Dropped September 10, 1932 The New York Times November 8, 2015 0362-4331 Construction of the whole line cost $191.2 million (equivalent to $c US 191.2 1932 1 million in US. While the IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line already provided parallel service, the new Eighth Avenue subway via Central Park West and Frederick Douglass Boulevard provided an alternative route.https://www.nytimes.com/1932/09/09/archives/new-line-first-unit-in-citywide-system-8th-av-tube-to-ease-west.html New Line First Unit In City-Wide System; 8th Av. Tube to Ease West Side Congestion at Once -- Branches to Link 4 Boroughs Later. Last Word In Subways Run From 207th to Chambers St. Cut to 33 Minutes -- 42d St. Has World's Largest Station. Cost Has Been $191,200,000 Years of Digging Up City Streets, Tunneling Rock and Building Road Finally Brought to Completion. Duffus R. l September 9, 1932 The New York Times August 3, 2017 12 en-US 0362-4331 The station was planned to be rehabilitated as part of the 2015–2019 Metropolitan Transportation Authority Capital Program.http://web.mta.info/nyct/service/pdf/AC_LineReview.pdf Review of the A and C Lines December 11, 2015 Metropolitan Transportation Authority January 19, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20200203061138/http://web.mta.info/nyct/service/pdf/AC_LineReview.pdf February 3, 2020 As part of its 2025–2029 Capital Program, the MTA has proposed making the station wheelchair-accessible in compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990.https://new.mta.info/document/151266 2025-2029 Capital Plan September 25, 2024 mta.info Metropolitan Transportation Authority 187 (PDF p. 95) January 1, 2025 Station layout left|thumb|240px|Mosaic name tablet This underground station has four tracks and two side platforms.trackref trackbook3 The platforms have name tablets reading "116TH ST." in white sans-serif lettering on a midnight 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. There are no crossovers or crossunders between the two platforms. As a result, this station and 135th Street are the only two stations on the Eighth Avenue Line north of 59th Street that do not permit free transfers between opposite directions. thumb|left|Street stair Exits The exits on the northbound platform go up to either eastern corners of 116th Street and Frederick Douglass Boulevard while the exits on the southbound platform go up to either western corners.Morningside Heights Both platforms also had a part-time entrance/exit at the north end to both northern corners of 118th Street and Frederick Douglass Boulevard, with the northbound platform's entrance/exit leading to the northeastern corner and the southbound platform's entrance/exit leading to the northwestern corner. Nearby points of interest East Campus at Columbia University Morningside Park References External links http://www.nycsubway.org/perl/stations?7:3174 IND Eighth Avenue 116th Street Station Reporter — B Train Station Reporter — C Train The Subway Nut — 116th Street Pictures https://web.archive.org/web/20170612093140/http://www.subwaynut.com/ind/116b/index.php June 12, 2017 116th Street entrance at northwest from Google Maps Street View Platform from Google Maps Street View y y yes Category:IND Eighth Avenue Line stations Category:Eighth Avenue (Manhattan) Category:New York City Subway stations in Manhattan Category:Railway stations in the United States opened in 1932 Category:Harlem Category:1932 establishments in New York City