191st Street station

New York City Subway station in Manhattan August 2023 August 2023 191 Street 191st Street Station - April 2025.jpg View of the downtown platform with a 1 train arriving in the distance. West 191st Street & Saint Nicholas AvenueNew York, New York Manhattan Washington Heights 40.855 N 73.929 W inline,title IRT IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line Broadway-Seventh north NYCT Bus: M3 M101 Underground 173 ft m 2 side platforms 2 1911 01 14 ylimited https://www.nytimes.com/1911/01/22/archives/article-17-no-title.html Era of Building Activity Opening for Fort George: New Subway Station at 191st Street and Proposed Underground Road to Fairview Avenue Important Factors in Coming Development–One Block Of Apartments Finished January 22, 1911 X11 The New York Times 0362-4331 February 6, 2019 December 22, 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20211222094832/https://www.nytimes.com/1911/01/22/archives/article-17-no-title.html live mf New York City Subway Broadway-Seventh north Dyckman Street 181st Street alltimes y 330 Dyckman Street 181st Street IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line The 191st Street station is a station on the IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line of the New York City Subway. Located at the intersection of St. Nicholas Avenue and 191st Street in the Washington Heights neighborhood of Manhattan, it is served by the 1 train at all times. It is the deepest station in the New York City Subway system at about 173 ft m below street level. Access to the station's main entrance is only provided by four elevators from the mezzanine situated above the platforms. Tunnel Street, a 1000 feet meters mid -long pedestrian tunnel, also extends west from the station to Broadway, connecting it with the Fort George neighborhood. Built by the Interborough Rapid Transit Company (IRT), the station opened on January 14, 1911, as an infill station along the first subway. Even though the line through the area had opened five years earlier, no station was constructed at this location because the surrounding neighborhood had a lower population than other areas of Manhattan. Before the opening of the pedestrian tunnel two years later, the area's hilly topography made it hard for area residents to access the station. The opening of the station and the tunnel led to the development of the surrounding area, including the construction of apartment buildings. Hundreds of lots held by the Bennett family since 1835 were sold at an auction in 1919. These provided additional housing opportunities for the middle class, taking advantage of the area's improved transportation access. History Construction 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.October 23, 1979 Interborough Rapid Transit System, Underground Interior http://s-media.nyc.gov/agencies/lpc/lp/1096.pdf November 19, 2019 New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission September 21, 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200921135400/https://s-media.nyc.gov/agencies/lpc/lp/1096.pdf live3 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 tunnel leading to what would become the 191st Street station was built as part of the IRT's West Side Line (now the Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line) from a point 100 ft north of 182nd Street to Hillside Avenue. Work on this section was conducted by L. B. McCabe & Brother, who started building the tunnel segment on March 27, 1901. The 168th Street, 181st Street, and 191st Street stations were built as part of the Washington Heights Mine Tunnel (also known as the Fort George Tunnel), which stretches for over 2 mi.March 30, 2005 181st Street Subway Station (IRT) https://catalog.archives.gov/medialz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/05000224.pdf September 11, 2020 National Register of Historic Places, National Park Service July 28, 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210728164653/https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/05000224.pdf live5Scott 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 live https://web.archive.org/web/20210117001227/https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/master/pnp/habshaer/ny/ny0300/ny0387/data/ny0387data.pdf January 17, 2021 December 20, 2020 Historic American Engineering Record 208–282 (PDF pp. 209–283) 257 The tunnel was dug through the hard rock under Washington Heights, with work proceeding from either end as well as from construction shafts at 168th and 181st Streets.257Interborough Rapid Transit Company https://books.google.com/books?id=MHURuDBc8VUC New York Subway: Its Construction and Equipment Interborough Rapid Transit Company 1904 July 28, 2021 July 28, 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210728165919/https://books.google.com/books?id=MHURuDBc8VUC live60 Station thumb|The station shortly after opening in 1911 The West Side Branch was extended northward from 157th Street to a temporary terminus at 221st Street and Broadway on March 12, 1906. There was no station at 191st Street.March 13, 1906 Trains To Ship Canal — But They Whiz by Washington Heights Stations 16 The New York Times limited https://www.nytimes.com/1906/03/13/archives/trains-to-ship-canal-but-they-whiz-by-washington-heights-stations.html August 16, 2015 0362-4331 May 21, 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20220521164200/https://www.nytimes.com/1906/03/13/archives/trains-to-ship-canal-but-they-whiz-by-washington-heights-stations.html live With the construction of the line, the population in Washington Heights grew rapidly. It was determined that a station should be built at 191st Street to bridge the 4802 feet meters on gap between the 181st Street and Dyckman Street stations, which had become overcrowded. A station had not been deemed necessary as this area of Manhattan was less densely populated, and it was thought that there was no need to have stations as close together as they were downtown.January 14, 1911 Big Subway Station, 172 Feet Under Street Surface, Opened 2 The Evening Telegram New York, New York http://fultonhistory.com/highlighter/highlight-for-xml?altUrl=http%3A%2F%2Ffultonhistory.com%2FNewspapers%25206%2FNew%2520York%2520NY%2520Evening%2520Telegram%2FNew%2520York%2520NY%2520Evening%2520Telegram%25201910%2520%2520Nov-%25201911%2520Jan%2520%2520Grayscale%2FNew%2520York%2520NY%2520Evening%2520Telegram%25201910%2520%2520Nov-%25201911%2520Jan%2520%2520Grayscale%2520-%25200874.pdf%23xml%3Dhttp%3A%2F%2Ffultonhistory.com%2FdtSearch%2Fdtisapi6.dll%3Fcmd%3Dgetpdfhits%26u%3Dffffffffd35a00c4%26DocId%3D11796160%26Index%3DZ%253a%255cIndex%2520I%252dE%252dV%26HitCount%3D11%26hits%3D2b1%2B367%2B36a%2B36b%2B5ef%2B7cc%2B7d3%2B7d4%2B8bd%2B8c7%2B8c8%2B%26SearchForm%3D%252fFulton%255fform%252ehtml%26.pdf&uri=http%3A%2F%2Ffultonhistory.com%2FNewspapers%25206%2FNew%2520York%2520NY%2520Evening%2520Telegram%2FNew%2520York%2520NY%2520Evening%2520Telegram%25201910%2520%2520Nov-%25201911%2520Jan%2520%2520Grayscale%2FNew%2520York%2520NY%2520Evening%2520Telegram%25201910%2520%2520Nov-%25201911%2520Jan%2520%2520Grayscale%2520-%25200874.pdf&xml=http%3A%2F%2Ffultonhistory.com%2FdtSearch%2Fdtisapi6.dll%3Fcmd%3Dgetpdfhits%26u%3Dffffffffd35a00c4%26DocId%3D11796160%26Index%3DZ%253a%255cIndex%2520I%252dE%252dV%26HitCount%3D11%26hits%3D2b1%2B367%2B36a%2B36b%2B5ef%2B7cc%2B7d3%2B7d4%2B8bd%2B8c7%2B8c8%2B%26SearchForm%3D%252fFulton%255fform%252ehtml%26.pdf&openFirstHlPage=false February 12, 2019 fultonhistory.com The opening of the station was expected to spur development in the Fort George area.https://www.newspapers.com/clip/28129244/shaft_started_for_new_subway_station/ Shaft Started for New Subway Station August 29, 1909 The New York Times 0362-4331 February 11, 2019 10 May 21, 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20220521164201/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/28129244/shaft-started-for-new-subway-station/ live Its original sponsor was David Stewart.https://www.newspapers.com/clip/28129359/newyork_tribune/ Subway Station Opened. New Entrance at 191st Street and St. Nicholas Avenue in Use. Realty Men At Ceremony. Undertaking Will Greatly Increase Land Values, Says Henry Morgenthau. January 15, 1911 New-York Tribune February 10, 2019 15 February 12, 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20190212011409/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/28129359/newyork_tribune/ live He and other property owners had pushed for the station's construction seeking better accessibility to their land. Following the announcement of the station's construction, and before it began, interest in nearby real estate, having been nonexistent in the previous two years, increased.https://www.newspapers.com/clip/28129205/latest_dealings_by_brokers/ Latest Dealings By Brokers June 27, 1909 The New York Times 0362-4331 February 11, 2019 10 February 12, 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20190212013045/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/28129205/latest_dealings_by_brokers/ livehttp://fultonhistory.com/highlighter/highlight-for-xml?altUrl=http%3A%2F%2Ffultonhistory.com%2FNewspaper%252010%2FNew%2520York%2520NY%2520Evening%2520Post%2FNew%2520York%2520NY%2520Evening%2520Post%25201909%2520Grayscale%2FNew%2520York%2520NY%2520Evening%2520Post%25201909%2520Grayscale%2520-%25202378.pdf%23xml%3Dhttp%3A%2F%2Ffultonhistory.com%2FdtSearch%2Fdtisapi6.dll%3Fcmd%3Dgetpdfhits%26u%3Dffffffffa97d5e31%26DocId%3D1859922%26Index%3DZ%253a%255cIndex%2520I%252dE%252dV%26HitCount%3D9%26hits%3D563%2B564%2B56f%2B59d%2B5a0%2B5a1%2B13ee%2B1406%2B1466%2B%26SearchForm%3D%252fFulton%255fform%252ehtml%26.pdf&uri=http%3A%2F%2Ffultonhistory.com%2FNewspaper%252010%2FNew%2520York%2520NY%2520Evening%2520Post%2FNew%2520York%2520NY%2520Evening%2520Post%25201909%2520Grayscale%2FNew%2520York%2520NY%2520Evening%2520Post%25201909%2520Grayscale%2520-%25202378.pdf&xml=http%3A%2F%2Ffultonhistory.com%2FdtSearch%2Fdtisapi6.dll%3Fcmd%3Dgetpdfhits%26u%3Dffffffffa97d5e31%26DocId%3D1859922%26Index%3DZ%253a%255cIndex%2520I%252dE%252dV%26HitCount%3D9%26hits%3D563%2B564%2B56f%2B59d%2B5a0%2B5a1%2B13ee%2B1406%2B1466%2B%26SearchForm%3D%252fFulton%255fform%252ehtml%26.pdf&openFirstHlPage=false Private Sales Reported. fultonhistory.com June 26, 1909 The Evening Post February 12, 2019 New York, New York July 22, 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200722192150/https://fultonhistory.com/highlighter/highlight-for-xml?altUrl=http%3A%2F%2Ffultonhistory.com%2FNewspaper%252010%2FNew%2520York%2520NY%2520Evening%2520Post%2FNew%2520York%2520NY%2520Evening%2520Post%25201909%2520Grayscale%2FNew%2520York%2520NY%2520Evening%2520Post%25201909%2520Grayscale%2520-%25202378.pdf%23xml%3Dhttp%3A%2F%2Ffultonhistory.com%2FdtSearch%2Fdtisapi6.dll%3Fcmd%3Dgetpdfhits%26u%3Dffffffffa97d5e31%26DocId%3D1859922%26Index%3DZ%253a%255cIndex%2520I%252dE%252dV%26HitCount%3D9%26hits%3D563%2B564%2B56f%2B59d%2B5a0%2B5a1%2B13ee%2B1406%2B1466%2B%26SearchForm%3D%252fFulton%255fform%252ehtml%26.pdf&uri=http%3A%2F%2Ffultonhistory.com%2FNewspaper%252010%2FNew%2520York%2520NY%2520Evening%2520Post%2FNew%2520York%2520NY%2520Evening%2520Post%25201909%2520Grayscale%2FNew%2520York%2520NY%2520Evening%2520Post%25201909%2520Grayscale%2520-%25202378.pdf&xml=http%3A%2F%2Ffultonhistory.com%2FdtSearch%2Fdtisapi6.dll%3Fcmd%3Dgetpdfhits%26u%3Dffffffffa97d5e31%26DocId%3D1859922%26Index%3DZ%253a%255cIndex%2520I%252dE%252dV%26HitCount%3D9%26hits%3D563%2B564%2B56f%2B59d%2B5a0%2B5a1%2B13ee%2B1406%2B1466%2B%26SearchForm%3D%252fFulton%255fform%252ehtml%26.pdf&openFirstHlPage=false live Construction of the station began on July 20, 1909.http://fultonhistory.com/highlighter/highlight-for-xml?altUrl=http%3A%2F%2Ffultonhistory.com%2FNewspaper%25209%2FNew%2520York%2520NY%2520Sun%2FNew%2520York%2520NY%2520Sun%25201909%2520a%2520%2520Grayscale%2FNew%2520York%2520NY%2520Sun%25201909%2520a%2520%2520Grayscale%2520-%25200360.pdf%23xml%3Dhttp%3A%2F%2Ffultonhistory.com%2FdtSearch%2Fdtisapi6.dll%3Fcmd%3Dgetpdfhits%26u%3D44624446%26DocId%3D3312232%26Index%3DZ%253a%255cindex%2520O%252dG%252dT%26HitCount%3D3%26hits%3D160f%2B1610%2B1633%2B%26SearchForm%3D%252fFulton%255fform%252ehtml%26.pdf&uri=http%3A%2F%2Ffultonhistory.com%2FNewspaper%25209%2FNew%2520York%2520NY%2520Sun%2FNew%2520York%2520NY%2520Sun%25201909%2520a%2520%2520Grayscale%2FNew%2520York%2520NY%2520Sun%25201909%2520a%2520%2520Grayscale%2520-%25200360.pdf&xml=http%3A%2F%2Ffultonhistory.com%2FdtSearch%2Fdtisapi6.dll%3Fcmd%3Dgetpdfhits%26u%3D44624446%26DocId%3D3312232%26Index%3DZ%253a%255cindex%2520O%252dG%252dT%26HitCount%3D3%26hits%3D160f%2B1610%2B1633%2B%26SearchForm%3D%252fFulton%255fform%252ehtml%26.pdf&openFirstHlPage=false Miscellaneous July 29, 1909 fultonhistory.com The Sun February 12, 2019 New York, New York Work on new shafts began on August 18, 1909, after legal and engineering difficulties were straightened out in the previous months.January 15, 1911 Subway Station Opened - New Entrance at 191st Street and St. Nicholas Avenue in Use en New-York Tribune http://www.newspapers.com/clip/28129351/newyork_tribune/ February 11, 2019 February 12, 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20190212130915/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/28129351/newyork_tribune/ live Preliminary work involved the clearing of a site in a vacant lot south of 191st Street on the west side of St. Nicholas Avenue for a shaft 177 ft off deep. More than 20,000 cuyd off of rock was blasted and removed from the shaft. It was designed to accommodate four elevators and a steel emergency staircase from the surface to platform level. The four elevator wells were in the four corners of the main shaft with the staircase between them.May 20, 1911 The 191st Street Subway Station https://books.google.com/books?id=6eA1AQAAMAAJ&q=%22191st%20street%22 New York City Engineering Record 63 20 550–552 February 7, 2019 May 21, 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20220521164200/https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Engineering_Record_Building_Record_a/6eA1AQAAMAAJ?gbpv=0&bsq=%22191st+street%22 live The emergency staircase, along with those at the 168th Street and 181st Street stations, whose platforms were also accessed mainly by elevators, were used for the first time on March 23, 1914, after the elevators stopped working due to a problem at the Dyckman power station. This resulted in extreme congestion.March 24, 1914 Thousands Climb As Subway Lifts Stop 14 The Sun New York, New York https://www.newspapers.com/clip/28129649/the_sun/ February 11, 2019 February 12, 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20190212012832/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/28129649/the_sun/ live Construction of the station proved difficult. It required the sinking of a shaft and the widening of the tunnel bore on both sides to accommodate the platforms; this was accomplished without interrupting subway service. The station platforms were constructed by building two new tunnels alongside the existing tunnel, and connecting them once the platforms were complete.https://www.newspapers.com/clip/28129428/the_new_york_times/ New Subway Station. Cut Out of the Solid Rock at 191st Street in Record Time. January 13, 1911 The New York Times February 11, 2019 3 0362-4331 February 12, 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20190212011453/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/28129428/the_new_york_times/ live Blasting for the station was limited to between midnight and 5:00 a.m. when subway service was less frequent. The station platforms were designed to be 480 feet meters long to accommodate 10-car express trains. Originally, part of the old tunnel arch was to be used for the station roof. However, the discovery of a mud seam, and the development of cracks in the roof, made it necessary to build a flat roof over the tracks, and filling in the space between the arch and the roof with concrete. Pedestrian tunnel Along with the construction of the station, a 1000 feet meters mid -long tunnel was built to connect the station at 191st Street and St. Nicholas Avenue with Broadway, located 59 feet meters west of Fairview Avenue.https://www.newspapers.com/clip/28129375/subway_for_pedestrians_contracts_let/ Subway For Pedestrians: Contracts Let for Passageway to 191st Street Station. September 10, 1911 New-York Tribune February 10, 2019 2 February 12, 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20190212011432/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/28129375/subway_for_pedestrians_contracts_let/ live James A. Lynch, counsel for many subway contractors, recommended the construction of a tunnel street to provide better access to the station, and convinced local property owners and the city to fund it. The tunnel street cost $76,000, with $5,000 provided by the IRT and the remainder levied on the neighborhood property owners at their request.January 1913 A Novel Street https://books.google.com/books?id=5I50l-1B57EC&q=%22191st%20street%22 The Bulletin of the General Contractors Association The General Contractors Association 4 1 21 February 7, 2019 May 21, 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20220521164201/https://www.google.com/books/edition/Bulletin/5I50l-1B57EC?gbpv=0&bsq=%22191st+street%22 livehttps://books.google.com/books?id=0pI6AQAAMAAJ&q=%22191ST%20STREET%22 Minutes of the Board of Estimate and Apportionment of the City of New York Financial and Franchise Matters From September 1, 1912, to October 31, 1912 New York City Board of Estimate 1912 4661 February 7, 2019 May 21, 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20220521164201/https://www.google.com/books/edition/Minutes_of_the_Board_of_Estimate_and_App/0pI6AQAAMAAJ?gbpv=0&bsq=%22191ST+STREET%22 live Engineers found the construction of the tunnel to be feasible since the subway platforms would be on almost the same level as Broadway.http://fultonhistory.com/highlighter/highlight-for-xml?altUrl=http%3A%2F%2Ffultonhistory.com%2FNewspaper%25209%2FNew%2520York%2520NY%2520Sun%2FNew%2520York%2520NY%2520Sun%25201913%2520%2520Grayscale%2FNew%2520York%2520NY%2520Sun%25201913%2520%2520Grayscale%2520-%25205319.pdf%23xml%3Dhttp%3A%2F%2Ffultonhistory.com%2FdtSearch%2Fdtisapi6.dll%3Fcmd%3Dgetpdfhits%26u%3D36be4f97%26DocId%3D3340553%26Index%3DZ%253a%255cindex%2520O%252dG%252dT%26HitCount%3D10%26hits%3D60%2B61%2Bd5%2Bff%2B165%2B189%2B19f%2B24c%2B2bc%2B2f0%2B%26SearchForm%3D%252fFulton%255fform%252ehtml%26.pdf&uri=http%3A%2F%2Ffultonhistory.com%2FNewspaper%25209%2FNew%2520York%2520NY%2520Sun%2FNew%2520York%2520NY%2520Sun%25201913%2520%2520Grayscale%2FNew%2520York%2520NY%2520Sun%25201913%2520%2520Grayscale%2520-%25205319.pdf&xml=http%3A%2F%2Ffultonhistory.com%2FdtSearch%2Fdtisapi6.dll%3Fcmd%3Dgetpdfhits%26u%3D36be4f97%26DocId%3D3340553%26Index%3DZ%253a%255cindex%2520O%252dG%252dT%26HitCount%3D10%26hits%3D60%2B61%2Bd5%2Bff%2B165%2B189%2B19f%2B24c%2B2bc%2B2f0%2B%26SearchForm%3D%252fFulton%255fform%252ehtml%26.pdf&openFirstHlPage=false fultonhistory.com Residents of "Broadway Canyon" Conquer a Mountain August 3, 1913 The Sun February 12, 2019 New York, New York On October 5, 1909, the Board of Improvements of Washington Heights approved plans for the construction of a 1900 feet meters mid -long tunnel to Riverside Drive. Three entrances to the tunnel were proposed at Broadway, Fort Washington Avenue, and Riverside Drive. The entrances to Broadway and Riverside Drive would have been located at street-level, as the tunnel was to be at the same elevation as the streets at these locations. Two elevators would be required for the entrance to Fort Washington Avenue, which was located at a higher elevation. The tunnel would have been bored from both sides, and was expected to be completed within 14 months.http://fultonhistory.com/highlighter/highlight-for-xml?altUrl=http%3A%2F%2Ffultonhistory.com%2FNewspaper%252014%2FNew%2520York%2520NY%2520Herald%2FNew%2520York%2520NY%2520Herald%25201909%2FNew%2520York%2520NY%2520Herald%25201909%2520-%25209520.pdf%23xml%3Dhttp%3A%2F%2Ffultonhistory.com%2FdtSearch%2Fdtisapi6.dll%3Fcmd%3Dgetpdfhits%26u%3Dffffffffc12d8344%26DocId%3D4032493%26Index%3DZ%253a%255cIndex%2520U%252dF%252dP%26HitCount%3D8%26hits%3D3a5%2B3a6%2B5d2%2B670%2Bb7b%2Bb7c%2Bbad%2Bbae%2B%26SearchForm%3D%252fFulton%255fform%252ehtml%26.pdf&uri=http%3A%2F%2Ffultonhistory.com%2FNewspaper%252014%2FNew%2520York%2520NY%2520Herald%2FNew%2520York%2520NY%2520Herald%25201909%2FNew%2520York%2520NY%2520Herald%25201909%2520-%25209520.pdf&xml=http%3A%2F%2Ffultonhistory.com%2FdtSearch%2Fdtisapi6.dll%3Fcmd%3Dgetpdfhits%26u%3Dffffffffc12d8344%26DocId%3D4032493%26Index%3DZ%253a%255cIndex%2520U%252dF%252dP%26HitCount%3D8%26hits%3D3a5%2B3a6%2B5d2%2B670%2Bb7b%2Bb7c%2Bbad%2Bbae%2B%26SearchForm%3D%252fFulton%255fform%252ehtml%26.pdf&openFirstHlPage=false 3 New Outlets For Subway On Heights. Tunnel to Run from St. Nicholas Avenue West to Riverside Drive. To Open At 3 Streets. Will Bring Fine Residential Section Within Easy Reach of Down Town. Millions In Improvements. Branch Line Will Run to Stations at Broadway, Fort Washington Avenue and Riverside Drive. fultonhistory.com October 6, 1909 New York Herald February 12, 2019 Since the tunnel was to be located underneath private property, easements had to be obtained to allow for its construction. They were acquired in a proceeding under a provision of the City Charter, not under the terms of the Rapid Transit Act.https://books.google.com/books?id=BFY2AQAAMAAJ&q=%22191st%20street%22 Minutes of the Board of Estimate and Apportionment of The City of New York From February 1, 1915, to March 31, 1915. Volume II 1915 New York City Board of Estimate 1862–1863 February 7, 2019 May 21, 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20220521164202/https://www.google.com/books/edition/Journal_of_Proceedings/BFY2AQAAMAAJ?gbpv=0&bsq=%22191st+street%22 live In June 1910, the local board of directors sent a resolution calling for the construction of the street tunnel to the New York City Board of Estimate (NYCBOE). At the time, funding had been acquired for slightly more than half the length of the tunnel, with the remainder expected to be secured by easements.https://www.newspapers.com/clip/28129382/the_new_york_times/ Riverside Drive Sale. The Bedford Estate Property to Go Under the Hammer Tuesday. June 12, 1910 0362-4331 The New York Times February 11, 2019 68 February 12, 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20190212011904/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/28129382/the_new_york_times/ live The NYCBOE approved the petition for the improvement and agreed to hold a public hearing on December 29, 1910.http://fultonhistory.com/highlighter/highlight-for-xml?altUrl=http%3A%2F%2Ffultonhistory.com%2FNewspaper%252014%2FNew%2520York%2520NY%2520Herald%2FNew%2520York%2520NY%2520Herald%25201910%2FNew%2520York%2520NY%2520Herald%25201910%2520b%2520-%25200474.pdf%23xml%3Dhttp%3A%2F%2Ffultonhistory.com%2FdtSearch%2Fdtisapi6.dll%3Fcmd%3Dgetpdfhits%26u%3Dffffffffe1d6b30b%26DocId%3D4044588%26Index%3DZ%253a%255cIndex%2520U%252dF%252dP%26HitCount%3D17%26hits%3Da8%2Bba%2Bd1%2B101%2B12d%2B14b%2B180%2B1b2%2B20e%2B243%2B289%2B29d%2B29e%2B2af%2B351%2B3c3%2B707%2B%26SearchForm%3D%252fFulton%255fform%252ehtml%26.pdf&uri=http%3A%2F%2Ffultonhistory.com%2FNewspaper%252014%2FNew%2520York%2520NY%2520Herald%2FNew%2520York%2520NY%2520Herald%25201910%2FNew%2520York%2520NY%2520Herald%25201910%2520b%2520-%25200474.pdf&xml=http%3A%2F%2Ffultonhistory.com%2FdtSearch%2Fdtisapi6.dll%3Fcmd%3Dgetpdfhits%26u%3Dffffffffe1d6b30b%26DocId%3D4044588%26Index%3DZ%253a%255cIndex%2520U%252dF%252dP%26HitCount%3D17%26hits%3Da8%2Bba%2Bd1%2B101%2B12d%2B14b%2B180%2B1b2%2B20e%2B243%2B289%2B29d%2B29e%2B2af%2B351%2B3c3%2B707%2B%26SearchForm%3D%252fFulton%255fform%252ehtml%26.pdf&openFirstHlPage=false 1000-Foot Tunnel to Subway Under Washington Heights December 2, 1910 fultonhistory.com New York Herald February 12, 2019 Unlike other streets in the city, easements were only acquired to a height of 14 feet meters above the tunnel. In January, construction was expected to begin that summer. The contract for the underground street was let on September 9, 1911,https://www.newspapers.com/clip/28129434/the_burlington_free_press/ Straight Thro' Solid Rock. New York to have 800-Foot Thoroughfare 185 Feet Underground September 11, 1911 The Burlington Free Press February 11, 2019 Burlington, Vermont 6 February 12, 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20190212014739/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/28129434/the_burlington_free_press/ live and was awarded to the Bell-Ross Contracting Company, headed by Roswell D. Williams, on September 25.https://www.newspapers.com/clip/28129385/daily_arkansas_gazette/ First Underground Street. Contract Let for Tunnel Thoroughfare at 191st Street September 26, 1911 Daily Arkansas Gazette February 11, 2019 Little Rock, Arkansas 6 February 12, 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20190212013059/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/28129385/daily_arkansas_gazette/ live The company was given a year to finish the work, but expected to complete it in nine months.http://fultonhistory.com/highlighter/highlight-for-xml?altUrl=http%3A%2F%2Ffultonhistory.com%2FNewspaper%252014%2FNew%2520York%2520NY%2520Herald%2FNew%2520York%2520NY%2520Herald%25201911%2FNew%2520York%2520NY%2520Herald%25201911%2520c%2520-%25200836.pdf%23xml%3Dhttp%3A%2F%2Ffultonhistory.com%2FdtSearch%2Fdtisapi6.dll%3Fcmd%3Dgetpdfhits%26u%3Dffffffffc194ac5e%26DocId%3D4056300%26Index%3DZ%253a%255cIndex%2520U%252dF%252dP%26HitCount%3D4%26hits%3D4b4%2B519%2B525%2B526%2B%26SearchForm%3D%252fFulton%255fform%252ehtml%26.pdf&uri=http%3A%2F%2Ffultonhistory.com%2FNewspaper%252014%2FNew%2520York%2520NY%2520Herald%2FNew%2520York%2520NY%2520Herald%25201911%2FNew%2520York%2520NY%2520Herald%25201911%2520c%2520-%25200836.pdf&xml=http%3A%2F%2Ffultonhistory.com%2FdtSearch%2Fdtisapi6.dll%3Fcmd%3Dgetpdfhits%26u%3Dffffffffc194ac5e%26DocId%3D4056300%26Index%3DZ%253a%255cIndex%2520U%252dF%252dP%26HitCount%3D4%26hits%3D4b4%2B519%2B525%2B526%2B%26SearchForm%3D%252fFulton%255fform%252ehtml%26.pdf&openFirstHlPage=false Begin Tunnel Into Fort George Hill. Contractors Promise Bore to 191st Street Subway Station Will Be Ready in Nine Months. October 5, 1911 New York Herald fultonhistory.com February 12, 2019 In October 1911, construction of the tunnel was expected to be completed on April 1, 1912;http://fultonhistory.com/highlighter/highlight-for-xml?altUrl=http%3A%2F%2Ffultonhistory.com%2FNewspaper%252014%2FNew%2520York%2520NY%2520Herald%2FNew%2520York%2520NY%2520Herald%25201911%2FNew%2520York%2520NY%2520Herald%25201911%2520c%2520-%25200802.pdf%23xml%3Dhttp%3A%2F%2Ffultonhistory.com%2FdtSearch%2Fdtisapi6.dll%3Fcmd%3Dgetpdfhits%26u%3D636980c6%26DocId%3D4056266%26Index%3DZ%253a%255cIndex%2520U%252dF%252dP%26HitCount%3D5%26hits%3D1143%2B1144%2B1145%2B116b%2B1e15%2B%26SearchForm%3D%252fFulton%255fform%252ehtml%26.pdf&uri=http%3A%2F%2Ffultonhistory.com%2FNewspaper%252014%2FNew%2520York%2520NY%2520Herald%2FNew%2520York%2520NY%2520Herald%25201911%2FNew%2520York%2520NY%2520Herald%25201911%2520c%2520-%25200802.pdf&xml=http%3A%2F%2Ffultonhistory.com%2FdtSearch%2Fdtisapi6.dll%3Fcmd%3Dgetpdfhits%26u%3D636980c6%26DocId%3D4056266%26Index%3DZ%253a%255cIndex%2520U%252dF%252dP%26HitCount%3D5%26hits%3D1143%2B1144%2B1145%2B116b%2B1e15%2B%26SearchForm%3D%252fFulton%255fform%252ehtml%26.pdf&openFirstHlPage=false Commence Work on Fort George Tunnel fultonhistory.com October 4, 1911 New York Herald February 12, 2019 construction began in January 1912.limited https://www.nytimes.com/1912/06/20/archives/leaks-in-subway-near-new-station-at-191st-street-water-makes-walls.html Leaks In Subway, Near New Station; At 191st Street Water Makes Walls Crumble and Leaves Pools on Platform. June 20, 1912 The New York Times February 11, 2019 en-US 0362-4331 February 12, 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20190212070533/https://www.nytimes.com/1912/06/20/archives/leaks-in-subway-near-new-station-at-191st-street-water-makes-walls.html live In December 1911, the local Board of Improvements authorized plans to extend the tunnel west at grade across Broadway and Bennett Avenue and to tunnel to a point underneath Fort Washington Avenue, the highest point in Manhattan, where elevators would take passengers to the surface.http://fultonhistory.com/highlighter/highlight-for-xml?altUrl=http%3A%2F%2Ffultonhistory.com%2FNewspaper%252014%2FNew%2520York%2520NY%2520Herald%2FNew%2520York%2520NY%2520Herald%25201911%2FNew%2520York%2520NY%2520Herald%25201911%2520-%25205041.pdf%23xml%3Dhttp%3A%2F%2Ffultonhistory.com%2FdtSearch%2Fdtisapi6.dll%3Fcmd%3Dgetpdfhits%26u%3D5cc02f37%26DocId%3D4050541%26Index%3DZ%253a%255cIndex%2520U%252dF%252dP%26HitCount%3D5%26hits%3D126%2B505%2B506%2B507%2B522%2B%26SearchForm%3D%252fFulton%255fform%252ehtml%26.pdf&uri=http%3A%2F%2Ffultonhistory.com%2FNewspaper%252014%2FNew%2520York%2520NY%2520Herald%2FNew%2520York%2520NY%2520Herald%25201911%2FNew%2520York%2520NY%2520Herald%25201911%2520-%25205041.pdf&xml=http%3A%2F%2Ffultonhistory.com%2FdtSearch%2Fdtisapi6.dll%3Fcmd%3Dgetpdfhits%26u%3D5cc02f37%26DocId%3D4050541%26Index%3DZ%253a%255cIndex%2520U%252dF%252dP%26HitCount%3D5%26hits%3D126%2B505%2B506%2B507%2B522%2B%26SearchForm%3D%252fFulton%255fform%252ehtml%26.pdf&openFirstHlPage=false Plan to Extend Subway Tunnel for Fort Washington Ridge Dwellers December 3, 1911 New York Herald fultonhistory.com February 12, 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Building A Street 200 Feet Underground Uptown April 28, 1912 fultonhistory.com The New York Press February 11, 2019 May 21, 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20220521164205/https://fultonhistory.com/Newspaper%2018/New%20York%20NY%20Press/New%20York%20NY%20Press%201912/New%20York%20NY%20Press%201912%20-%201586.pdf live An extension of the tunnel was expected to lead quickly to development in the 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Northward And Skyward Growth Of The Local West Side April 27, 1913 New York Herald fultonhistory.com February 12, 2019 As such, an extension was discussed and questions were raised concerning which agency would operate the elevators.https://books.google.com/books?id=rAJGAQAAMAAJ Minutes of the Board of Estimate and Apportionment of the City of New York Public Improvement Matters From January 1, 1912, to March 31, 1912. 1912 New York City Board of Estimate 29 February 12, 2019 May 21, 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20220521164205/https://www.google.com/books/edition/Minutes_of_the_Board_of_Estimate_and_App/rAJGAQAAMAAJ?gbpv=0 live In June 1912, blasting on the tunnel was completed, with its expected opening date being September 1912.https://www.newspapers.com/clip/28129541/the_new_york_times/ New Heights Subway. June 23, 1912 0362-4331 The New York Times February 11, 2019 83 February 12, 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20190212013026/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/28129541/the_new_york_times/ live To cut down the danger of accidents, the contractors sank a shaft halfway up the hill and tunneled east to the subway station and west to Broadway.http://fultonhistory.com/highlighter/highlight-for-xml?altUrl=http%3A%2F%2Ffultonhistory.com%2FNewspaper%252018%2FPaterson%2520NJ%2520Morning%2520Call%2FPaterson%2520NJ%2520%2520Morning%2520Call%25201913%2FPaterson%2520NJ%2520%2520Morning%2520Call%25201913%2520-%25201195.pdf%23xml%3Dhttp%3A%2F%2Ffultonhistory.com%2FdtSearch%2Fdtisapi6.dll%3Fcmd%3Dgetpdfhits%26u%3D1ea4e41f%26DocId%3D6270787%26Index%3DZ%253a%255cIndex%2520I%252dE%252dV%26HitCount%3D10%26hits%3D12e1%2B12e2%2B132c%2B132d%2B132e%2B1371%2B1372%2B1373%2B1618%2B1633%2B%26SearchForm%3D%252fFulton%255fform%252ehtml%26.pdf&uri=http%3A%2F%2Ffultonhistory.com%2FNewspaper%252018%2FPaterson%2520NJ%2520Morning%2520Call%2FPaterson%2520NJ%2520%2520Morning%2520Call%25201913%2FPaterson%2520NJ%2520%2520Morning%2520Call%25201913%2520-%25201195.pdf&xml=http%3A%2F%2Ffultonhistory.com%2FdtSearch%2Fdtisapi6.dll%3Fcmd%3Dgetpdfhits%26u%3D1ea4e41f%26DocId%3D6270787%26Index%3DZ%253a%255cIndex%2520I%252dE%252dV%26HitCount%3D10%26hits%3D12e1%2B12e2%2B132c%2B132d%2B132e%2B1371%2B1372%2B1373%2B1618%2B1633%2B%26SearchForm%3D%252fFulton%255fform%252ehtml%26.pdf&openFirstHlPage=false fultonhistory.com City Now Has A Tunnel Street April 25, 1913 The Paterson Morning Call February 12, 2019 May 21, 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20220521164207/https://fultonhistory.com/Newspaper%2018/Paterson%20NJ%20Morning%20Call/Paterson%20NJ%20%20Morning%20Call%201913/Paterson%20NJ%20%20Morning%20Call%201913%20-%201195.pdf live The tunnel opened on March 8, 1913.https://www.newspapers.com/clip/28129493/the_new_york_times/ Tunnel Opening To-Day. Celebration to Mark the End of Hill Climbing at 191st Street. March 8, 1913 0362-4331 The New York Times February 11, 2019 9 February 12, 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20190212011917/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/28129493/the_new_york_times/ live At a ceremony for the tunnel's opening, Manhattan Borough President George McAneny, Commissioner Williams of the Public Service Commission and other officials unanimously allowed the street to be named Tunnel Street.https://www.newspapers.com/clip/28129512/the_sun/ Tunnel to Subway Opened. New Street Cost $75,000 and Does Away With Fort George Hill. March 9, 1913 The Sun February 11, 2019 New York, New York 5 February 12, 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20190212011510/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/28129512/the_sun/ live The tunnel was also intended to be used as an easy way for pedestrians to get to St. Nicholas Avenue at the top of the hill; pedestrians were allowed to use the elevators free of charge. A new ticket booth opened on May 18, 1913.https://books.google.com/books?id=y74bAQAAIAAJ&q=%22platform+extension%22+%22times+square%22&pg=PA152 Report of the Public Service Commission For The First District Of The State of New York For The Year Ending December 31, 1913 Vol. 1 1914 New York State Public Service Commission 156 en November 23, 2020 May 21, 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20220521164205/https://books.google.com/books?id=y74bAQAAIAAJ&q=%22platform+extension%22+%22times+square%22&pg=PA152 live On December 31, 1913, the Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court issued a decision denying a revision to the awards made for the easements for the tunnel's construction.https://www.newspapers.com/clip/28129631/the_new_york_times/ Deny Subway Easements. Court Calls Demands for Tunnel Street Damages 'Fanciful.' January 1, 1914 0362-4331 The New York Times February 11, 2019 24 February 12, 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20190212012804/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/28129631/the_new_york_times/ live Since it was very windy at both entrances to the tunnel, storm doors were later installed at either end of the tunnel. At its connection to the subway station elevator, it is 225 feet meters below the surface. The tunnel was built underneath a steep hill to save people a walk of 1/4 to 1/3 mi km pre of a in and a steep climb. Before the tunnel opened, riders used circuitous routes to get to either the Dyckman Street or 181st Street stations. The tunnel provided better access westward to the Hudson River in the valley between 187th Street and Nagle Avenue.https://www.newspapers.com/clip/28129801/the_billings_gazette/ Here Is The Ideal Street. January 5, 1921 The Billings Gazette February 11, 2019 Billings, Montana 5 May 21, 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20220521164212/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/28129801/the-billings-gazette/ live The tunnel was built to be 12 feet meters wide and 12 feet meters high in the center, with 6 feet meters sides, and an arched roof with a radius of 6 feet meters. The tunnel was built of concrete reinforced with steel, and excavated through solid rock, except for 173 feet meters at the street end of the tunnel, which was built as a roofed-over cut. The tunnel's construction was expected to increase development in this area of Manhattan as the difficult terrain would no longer be a deterrent.October 7, 1911 A Novel Undertaking in Street Construction in New York City https://books.google.com/books?id=krc9AQAAMAAJ&q=%22191st%20street%22 Good Roads E. L. Powers Company 2 15 170 The underground street remains the only one of its kind in Manhattan. The tunnel was lined with glazed tile, lit for its entire length, and guarded at all times. It had a stationary post where a policeman was always on duty.https://www.newspapers.com/clip/28129487/the_sun/ Live Topics About Town March 28, 1913 The Sun February 11, 2019 10 February 12, 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20190212011434/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/28129487/the_sun/ live Policemen were stationed at either end of the tunnel. The tunnel's grade from the steps at the Broadway entrance to the subway platform is one percent to allow water used in cleaning that collects around the walls to drain through a sewer to the subway. The difference in elevation between the tunnel's two ends is 9.5 feet meters.http://fultonhistory.com/highlighter/highlight-for-xml?altUrl=http%3A%2F%2Ffultonhistory.com%2FNewspaper%25209%2FNew%2520York%2520NY%2520Sun%2FNew%2520York%2520NY%2520Sun%25201912%2520%2520Grayscale%2FNew%2520York%2520NY%2520Sun%25201912%2520%2520Grayscale%2520-%25201708.pdf%23xml%3Dhttp%3A%2F%2Ffultonhistory.com%2FdtSearch%2Fdtisapi6.dll%3Fcmd%3Dgetpdfhits%26u%3D12f23783%26DocId%3D3329738%26Index%3DZ%253a%255cindex%2520O%252dG%252dT%26HitCount%3D10%26hits%3D3fe%2B3ff%2B400%2B5c9%2B675%2B903%2B904%2B917%2B94d%2Bba0%2B%26SearchForm%3D%252fFulton%255fform%252ehtml%26.pdf&uri=http%3A%2F%2Ffultonhistory.com%2FNewspaper%25209%2FNew%2520York%2520NY%2520Sun%2FNew%2520York%2520NY%2520Sun%25201912%2520%2520Grayscale%2FNew%2520York%2520NY%2520Sun%25201912%2520%2520Grayscale%2520-%25201708.pdf&xml=http%3A%2F%2Ffultonhistory.com%2FdtSearch%2Fdtisapi6.dll%3Fcmd%3Dgetpdfhits%26u%3D12f23783%26DocId%3D3329738%26Index%3DZ%253a%255cindex%2520O%252dG%252dT%26HitCount%3D10%26hits%3D3fe%2B3ff%2B400%2B5c9%2B675%2B903%2B904%2B917%2B94d%2Bba0%2B%26SearchForm%3D%252fFulton%255fform%252ehtml%26.pdf&openFirstHlPage=false fultonhistory.com Our Tunnel Street Built By The City. A Way, Novel Here, of Overcoming the Hills That Bother the Upper Part of Town. In Washington Heights. It Leads From Broadway Under Fairview Avenue to 191st Street Subway Elevators. March 17, 1912 The Sun February 12, 2019 New York, New York The approach to the entrance through the building at the southwest corner of 191st Street and St. Nicholas Avenue was rebuilt by the Morgenthau Realty Company in conjunction with the construction of a building at this location. In November 1916, work on rebuilding the station entrance was completed.https://books.google.com/books?id=ZaAbAQAAIAAJ&q=%22191st%20street%22 Report of the Public Service Commission For The First District of the State Of New York For the Year Ending December 31, 1917 Volume 1 New York State Public Service Commission 1918 337 February 7, 2019 May 21, 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20220521164325/https://www.google.com/books/edition/Report/ZaAbAQAAIAAJ?gbpv=0&bsq=%22191st+street%22 livehttps://books.google.com/books?id=05clAQAAIAAJ&q=%22191st%20street%22 Report of the Public Service Commission For The First District of the State Of New York For the Year Ending December 31, 1917 Volume 1 New York State Public Service Commission 1917 321 February 7, 2019 May 21, 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20220521164324/https://www.google.com/books/edition/Documents_of_the_Senate_of_the_State_of/05clAQAAIAAJ?gbpv=0&bsq=%22191st+street%22 live Opening and early years As of June 1910, the station was expected to open in the coming fall.https://www.newspapers.com/clip/28129278/a_variety_of_sales/ A Variety of Sales: Speculative Parcels Among the Auction Offerings. The Budget Attractive. Bedford Estates Plots, on Washington Heights, To Be Sold Next Week. June 12, 1910 New-York Tribune February 10, 2019 52 February 12, 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20190212013128/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/28129278/a_variety_of_sales/ live Work on the station was 65 percent complete as of that month.https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uiug.30112111474968&view=1up&seq=192&q1=181ST%20STREET 1909-1910 Annual Report of the Interborough Rapid Transit Company for the Year Ended June 30, 1910 Interborough Rapid Transit Company 1910 18 December 22, 2020 April 22, 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20220422120156/https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uiug.30112111474968&view=1up&seq=192&q1=181ST%20STREET live On July 18, 1910, several tons of rail fell through the roof of the tunnel onto the northbound track after an overcharge of powder was set off, nearly seriously injuring a dozen workers. The accident delayed service for two hours.http://fultonhistory.com/highlighter/highlight-for-xml?altUrl=http%3A%2F%2Ffultonhistory.com%2FNewspapers%25206%2FNew%2520York%2520NY%2520Evening%2520Telegram%2FNew%2520York%2520NY%2520Evening%2520Telegram%25201910%2520Jun%2520-Aug%2520%2520Grayscale%2FNew%2520York%2520NY%2520Evening%2520Telegram%25201910%2520Jun%2520-Aug%2520%2520Grayscale%2520-%25200656.pdf%23xml%3Dhttp%3A%2F%2Ffultonhistory.com%2FdtSearch%2Fdtisapi6.dll%3Fcmd%3Dgetpdfhits%26u%3Dffffffffbce25cf3%26DocId%3D11798123%26Index%3DZ%253a%255cIndex%2520I%252dE%252dV%26HitCount%3D6%26hits%3Df%2B91%2B94%2B95%2Bba%2B171%2B%26SearchForm%3D%252fFulton%255fform%252ehtml%26.pdf&uri=http%3A%2F%2Ffultonhistory.com%2FNewspapers%25206%2FNew%2520York%2520NY%2520Evening%2520Telegram%2FNew%2520York%2520NY%2520Evening%2520Telegram%25201910%2520Jun%2520-Aug%2520%2520Grayscale%2FNew%2520York%2520NY%2520Evening%2520Telegram%25201910%2520Jun%2520-Aug%2520%2520Grayscale%2520-%25200656.pdf&xml=http%3A%2F%2Ffultonhistory.com%2FdtSearch%2Fdtisapi6.dll%3Fcmd%3Dgetpdfhits%26u%3Dffffffffbce25cf3%26DocId%3D11798123%26Index%3DZ%253a%255cIndex%2520I%252dE%252dV%26HitCount%3D6%26hits%3Df%2B91%2B94%2B95%2Bba%2B171%2B%26SearchForm%3D%252fFulton%255fform%252ehtml%26.pdf&openFirstHlPage=false Tons of Rails Fall In Subway, Blocking Trains. Rock Blasters Near Death When Roof of Tunnel Collapse Under Greater Weight. Traffic About 137th Street Delayed Hours. Anxious Passengers See Brilliant Electrical Display from Third Rail and Are Shaken Up. July 18, 1910 fultonhistory.com The Evening Telegram February 12, 2019 New York, New York Although not fully completed, the 191st Street station opened to the public on January 14, 1911.https://books.google.com/books?id=5yg_AQAAMAAJ Report of the Public Service Commission for the First District of the State of New York For The Year Ending December 31, 1911 Volume I 1912 New York State Public Service Commission 108 en September 22, 2016 May 21, 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20220521164326/https://books.google.com/books?id=5yg_AQAAMAAJ livehttps://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uiug.30112111474968;view=1up;seq=99 1910–1911 Annual Report of the Interborough Rapid Transit Company For The Year Ended June 30, 1911 Interborough Rapid Transit Company 1911 15 February 6, 2019 July 4, 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200704025554/https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uiug.30112111474968;view=1up;seq=99 live The ticket booths, which were to be in vestibules at street level, had not been finished, and temporary booths for the sale of tickets were built and put in the mezzanine.http://fultonhistory.com/highlighter/highlight-for-xml?altUrl=http%3A%2F%2Ffultonhistory.com%2FNewspaper%252014%2FNew%2520York%2520NY%2520Herald%2FNew%2520York%2520NY%2520Herald%25201911%2FNew%2520York%2520NY%2520Herald%25201911%2520-%25200498.pdf%23xml%3Dhttp%3A%2F%2Ffultonhistory.com%2FdtSearch%2Fdtisapi6.dll%3Fcmd%3Dgetpdfhits%26u%3Dffffffffe4f9a5c9%26DocId%3D4046000%26Index%3DZ%253a%255cIndex%2520U%252dF%252dP%26HitCount%3D8%26hits%3D1a%2B29%2B2a%2B43%2B86%2B8f%2B90%2B7c4%2B%26SearchForm%3D%252fFulton%255fform%252ehtml%26.pdf&uri=http%3A%2F%2Ffultonhistory.com%2FNewspaper%252014%2FNew%2520York%2520NY%2520Herald%2FNew%2520York%2520NY%2520Herald%25201911%2FNew%2520York%2520NY%2520Herald%25201911%2520-%25200498.pdf&xml=http%3A%2F%2Ffultonhistory.com%2FdtSearch%2Fdtisapi6.dll%3Fcmd%3Dgetpdfhits%26u%3Dffffffffe4f9a5c9%26DocId%3D4046000%26Index%3DZ%253a%255cIndex%2520U%252dF%252dP%26HitCount%3D8%26hits%3D1a%2B29%2B2a%2B43%2B86%2B8f%2B90%2B7c4%2B%26SearchForm%3D%252fFulton%255fform%252ehtml%26.pdf&openFirstHlPage=false Its Newest Station Opened by the Subway. Washington Heights Dwellers Now Can Get Trains at 191st Street. A Celebration Is Held. Interborough Manager Says Corporation Is Carrying 1,000,000 Instead of 400,000 Passengers. January 15, 1911 fultonhistory.com New York Herald February 12, 2019 A special train with guests, including top IRT officials and Henry Morgenthau, ran from 137th Street to the station.https://www.newspapers.com/clip/28129295/new_subway_station_open_at_west_191st/ New Subway Station Open. At West 191st Street and St. Nicholas Avenue, Manhattan–Officials Speak January 15, 1911 The Brooklyn Daily Eagle February 10, 2019 4 February 12, 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20190212014733/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/28129295/new_subway_station_open_at_west_191st/ livehttps://www.newspapers.com/clip/28129417/new_subway_station_open_saturday/ New Subway Station Open Saturday. January 13, 1911 The New York Times February 10, 2019 16 0362-4331 February 12, 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20190212014714/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/28129417/new_subway_station_open_saturday/ live Initially, 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 December 21, 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 West Side Line 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 limited https://www.nytimes.com/1918/08/02/archives/open-new-subway-lines-to-traffic-called-a-triumph-great-h-system.html October 4, 2011 0362-4331 January 6, 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210106233417/https://www.nytimes.com/1918/08/02/archives/open-new-subway-lines-to-traffic-called-a-triumph-great-h-system.html live By the time the station opened, several apartment buildings had been completed, though some lots still remained available for development.January 15, 1911 New Station Now Open 72 The New York Times https://www.newspapers.com/clip/28129336/the_new_york_times/ February 10, 2019 0362-4331 February 12, 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20190212011422/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/28129336/the_new_york_times/ live In the words of The New York Times, "prior to the opening of the 191st Street subway station ... no high-class residential building was to be found north of 187th Street." The newspaper expected the Fort George area to become one of the "choicest" apartment areas of the city.September 17, 1911 Rapid Apartment House Development Throughout The Upper West Side. Era of Active Building Movement Opening in the Fort George and Dyckman Tract Regions–207th Street Becoming a Great Business Center–Ancient Farm Lands Giving Way to Solid Blocks of Houses for Hundreds of Families–Notable Changes in the Fort Washington Section Around 181st Street 62 The New York Times https://www.newspapers.com/clip/28129442/the_new_york_times/ February 11, 2019 0362-4331 February 12, 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20190212012806/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/28129442/the_new_york_times/ live In January and February 1912, work was completed on the station finish, and a small amount of work was done toward the completion of the elevators.https://books.google.com/books?id=xDEg0mxgR4oC&pg=PA163 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. January 13, 1913 New York State Public Service Commission 163 en January 27, 2020 May 21, 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20220521164325/https://books.google.com/books?id=xDEg0mxgR4oC&pg=PA163 live Construction of the station cost $381,000 and was done as a modification to Contract 1 between New York City and the IRT for the construction of the first subway.https://books.google.com/books?id=Kud5SkpuHTEC&q=%22191st%20street%22 State Regulation of Public Service Corporations in the City of New York: Work of Public Service Commission For The First District, 1907 to 1911, In Supervising Walker James Blaine New York State Public Service Commission 1911 19 February 7, 2019 May 21, 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20220521164329/https://www.google.com/books/edition/State_Regulation_of_Public_Service_Corpo/Kud5SkpuHTEC?gbpv=0&bsq=%22191st+street%22 live Space for four elevators in one shaft was included in the station going down to the mezzanine,March 1911 Notes https://books.google.com/books?id=fFoiAQAAMAAJ&q=191st%20street Compressed Air Magazine 16 3 5990 February 7, 2019 May 21, 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20220521164329/https://www.google.com/books/edition/Compressed_Air/fFoiAQAAMAAJ?gbpv=0&bsq=191st+street live however, only two of the elevators were installed. The remaining elevators were to be added once ridership at the station justified it. These elevators rise to the surface on a plot given to the city by the Henry Morgenthau Company. The elevators were lent out to one of the company's buildings, which was completed at the end of 1916.https://www.newspapers.com/clip/28129687/the_sun/ $165,000 Heights Sale February 27, 1917 The Sun February 11, 2019 New York, New York 11 February 12, 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20190212011052/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/28129687/the_sun/ live The Henry Morgenthau Company was involved in real estate development and had profited from the increasing value land around the station.https://www.newspapers.com/clip/28129407/the_new_york_times/ Heights Plot Sold for Improvement. January 15, 1910 The New York Times February 11, 2019 13 0362-4331 February 12, 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20190212013044/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/28129407/the_new_york_times/ live In 1915, the station's users complained to the IRT about elevator service, noting there was often a five, six and sometimes a ten-minute wait for an elevator. At the time, except during a few hours at night and in the early morning, there was only one elevator operator.http://fultonhistory.com/highlighter/highlight-for-xml?altUrl=http%3A%2F%2Ffultonhistory.com%2FNewspaper%252018%2FNew%2520York%2520NY%2520Press%2FNew%2520York%2520NY%2520Press%25201916%2FNew%2520York%2520NY%2520Press%25201916%2520-%25200929.pdf%23xml%3Dhttp%3A%2F%2Ffultonhistory.com%2FdtSearch%2Fdtisapi6.dll%3Fcmd%3Dgetpdfhits%26u%3D10a5ec2a%26DocId%3D2660734%26Index%3DZ%253a%255cIndex%2520I%252dE%252dV%26HitCount%3D5%26hits%3D14aa%2B1531%2B158a%2B1668%2B1669%2B%26SearchForm%3D%252fFulton%255fform%252ehtml%26.pdf&uri=http%3A%2F%2Ffultonhistory.com%2FNewspaper%252018%2FNew%2520York%2520NY%2520Press%2FNew%2520York%2520NY%2520Press%25201916%2FNew%2520York%2520NY%2520Press%25201916%2520-%25200929.pdf&xml=http%3A%2F%2Ffultonhistory.com%2FdtSearch%2Fdtisapi6.dll%3Fcmd%3Dgetpdfhits%26u%3D10a5ec2a%26DocId%3D2660734%26Index%3DZ%253a%255cIndex%2520I%252dE%252dV%26HitCount%3D5%26hits%3D14aa%2B1531%2B158a%2B1668%2B1669%2B%26SearchForm%3D%252fFulton%255fform%252ehtml%26.pdf&openFirstHlPage=false Hodge Grants Hearing On Subway Protests. P. S. Commissioner to Receive Washington Heights Citizens' Representatives. Use of 3d Track Demanded. Better Broadway Express Service from 157th Street Principal Issue. fultonhistory.com March 14, 1915 The New York Press February 12, 2019 May 21, 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20220521164331/https://fultonhistory.com/Newspaper%2018/New%20York%20NY%20Press/New%20York%20NY%20Press%201916/New%20York%20NY%20Press%201916%20-%200929.pdf live Within a year after the station opened, the walls were black and stained, ironwork was covered in rust, and portions of cement in the walls and ceiling had crumbled away due to water damage. The rock-bed above the station consisted of clay and shale, which allowed surface water to seep into the station. A similar problem occurred at the 181st Street station, and it took time to fix the leaks and waterproof that station. Drains were installed in this station and leaks were made watertight. These temporary fixes were made until the city's construction of the pedestrian tunnel was completed. On January 3, 1912, IRT officials hinted that if the problems could not be fixed, the station would be eliminated.http://fultonhistory.com/highlighter/highlight-for-xml?altUrl=http%3A%2F%2Ffultonhistory.com%2FNewspaper%252014%2FNew%2520York%2520NY%2520Herald%2FNew%2520York%2520NY%2520Herald%25201912%2FNew%2520York%2520NY%2520Herald%25201912%2520-%25200066.pdf%23xml%3Dhttp%3A%2F%2Ffultonhistory.com%2FdtSearch%2Fdtisapi6.dll%3Fcmd%3Dgetpdfhits%26u%3Dffffffffed09e4c4%26DocId%3D4057744%26Index%3DZ%253a%255cIndex%2520U%252dF%252dP%26HitCount%3D16%26hits%3D512%2B553%2B922%2B93e%2B93f%2B96f%2Bad0%2Bad1%2Bb1a%2Bb21%2Bb5a%2Bc4c%2Bc4d%2Bc4e%2Bc85%2Bc86%2B%26SearchForm%3D%252fFulton%255fform%252ehtml%26.pdf&uri=http%3A%2F%2Ffultonhistory.com%2FNewspaper%252014%2FNew%2520York%2520NY%2520Herald%2FNew%2520York%2520NY%2520Herald%25201912%2FNew%2520York%2520NY%2520Herald%25201912%2520-%25200066.pdf&xml=http%3A%2F%2Ffultonhistory.com%2FdtSearch%2Fdtisapi6.dll%3Fcmd%3Dgetpdfhits%26u%3Dffffffffed09e4c4%26DocId%3D4057744%26Index%3DZ%253a%255cIndex%2520U%252dF%252dP%26HitCount%3D16%26hits%3D512%2B553%2B922%2B93e%2B93f%2B96f%2Bad0%2Bad1%2Bb1a%2Bb21%2Bb5a%2Bc4c%2Bc4d%2Bc4e%2Bc85%2Bc86%2B%26SearchForm%3D%252fFulton%255fform%252ehtml%26.pdf&openFirstHlPage=false Springs Baffle Subway Experts: Unable to Stop Water from Drenching One Hundred and Ninety-First Street Station fultonhistory.com January 4, 1912 New York Herald February 12, 2019 The problems were eventually fixed.http://fultonhistory.com/highlighter/highlight-for-xml?altUrl=http%3A%2F%2Ffultonhistory.com%2FNewspaper%252014%2FNew%2520York%2520NY%2520Herald%2FNew%2520York%2520NY%2520Herald%25201918%2FNew%2520York%2520NY%2520Herald%25201918%2520-%25200950.pdf%23xml%3Dhttp%3A%2F%2Ffultonhistory.com%2FdtSearch%2Fdtisapi6.dll%3Fcmd%3Dgetpdfhits%26u%3D66253821%26DocId%3D4157167%26Index%3DZ%253a%255cIndex%2520U%252dF%252dP%26HitCount%3D3%26hits%3Dd18%2Bd19%2Bd1a%2B%26SearchForm%3D%252fFulton%255fform%252ehtml%26.pdf&uri=http%3A%2F%2Ffultonhistory.com%2FNewspaper%252014%2FNew%2520York%2520NY%2520Herald%2FNew%2520York%2520NY%2520Herald%25201918%2FNew%2520York%2520NY%2520Herald%25201918%2520-%25200950.pdf&xml=http%3A%2F%2Ffultonhistory.com%2FdtSearch%2Fdtisapi6.dll%3Fcmd%3Dgetpdfhits%26u%3D66253821%26DocId%3D4157167%26Index%3DZ%253a%255cIndex%2520U%252dF%252dP%26HitCount%3D3%26hits%3Dd18%2Bd19%2Bd1a%2B%26SearchForm%3D%252fFulton%255fform%252ehtml%26.pdf&openFirstHlPage=false Canal Street Water Menace in Subway Is To Be Remedied: Public Service Commission Engineers Have Undertaken to Provide Dry Passage. February 5, 1918 fultonhistory.com New York Herald February 12, 2019 On June 10, 1919, 500 lots in Washington Heights owned by the Bennett family since 1835 were sold to the highest bidder. The land sale was expected to provide additional housing opportunities for the middle class. The construction of a new station in between the 181st Street and 191st Street stations, similar to the construction of the 191st Street station, with entrances at 186th Street and 187th Street, was expected to relieve projected overcrowding at those two stops. It would also serve the development of the Broadway block, bounded by Broadway, Bennett Avenue, and 187th Street, that was owned by the Bennett Family. A tunnel would have connected the deep station to Riverside Drive and Fort Washington Avenue. The construction of the stop was considered a "practical certainty."https://www.newspapers.com/clip/28129708/new_york_herald/ Real Estate History Will Be Made Next Tuesday At Sale Of The Bennett Property On Washington Heights June 8, 1919 New York Herald February 11, 2019 25 February 12, 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20190212012831/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/28129708/new_york_herald/ live On August 13, 1925, the New York City Board of Transportation (NYCBOT) announced two additional elevators would be added to the station as ridership had increased with the opening of the George Washington High School. It opened in February 1925, adding 3,500 more daily passengers to those already using the station. The elevators at the stop handled 2,001 passengers a day in 1915, increasing by 200 percent to 5,187 in 1925. Bids for the project were received on August 28, with construction expected to be completed eight months after the contract was awarded.http://fultonhistory.com/highlighter/highlight-for-xml?altUrl=http%3A%2F%2Ffultonhistory.com%2FNewspaper%252011%2FNew%2520York%2520Evening%2520Post%2FNew%2520York%2520NY%2520Evening%2520Post%25201925%2520Grayscale%2FNew%2520York%2520NY%2520Evening%2520Post%25201925%2520Grayscale%2520-%25204075.pdf%23xml%3Dhttp%3A%2F%2Ffultonhistory.com%2FdtSearch%2Fdtisapi6.dll%3Fcmd%3Dgetpdfhits%26u%3D3ebf731c%26DocId%3D5438337%26Index%3DZ%253a%255cIndex%2520U%252dF%252dP%26HitCount%3D5%26hits%3Dd0a%2Bd0b%2Bd1d%2Bd1e%2Bd24%2B%26SearchForm%3D%252fFulton%255fform%252ehtml%26.pdf&uri=http%3A%2F%2Ffultonhistory.com%2FNewspaper%252011%2FNew%2520York%2520Evening%2520Post%2FNew%2520York%2520NY%2520Evening%2520Post%25201925%2520Grayscale%2FNew%2520York%2520NY%2520Evening%2520Post%25201925%2520Grayscale%2520-%25204075.pdf&xml=http%3A%2F%2Ffultonhistory.com%2FdtSearch%2Fdtisapi6.dll%3Fcmd%3Dgetpdfhits%26u%3D3ebf731c%26DocId%3D5438337%26Index%3DZ%253a%255cIndex%2520U%252dF%252dP%26HitCount%3D5%26hits%3Dd0a%2Bd0b%2Bd1d%2Bd1e%2Bd24%2B%26SearchForm%3D%252fFulton%255fform%252ehtml%26.pdf&openFirstHlPage=false New Lifts For Tube Station: Traffic at 191st Street Increases 200 P.C.–Forces More Elevators August 14, 1925 New York Evening Post fultonhistory.com February 12, 2019http://fultonhistory.com/highlighter/highlight-for-xml?altUrl=http%3A%2F%2Ffultonhistory.com%2FNewspaper%252011%2FNew%2520York%2520NY%2520Times%2FNew%2520York%2520NY%2520Times%25201925%2520Grayscale%2FNew%2520York%2520NY%2520Times%25201925%2520a%2520Grayscale%2520-%25200809.pdf%23xml%3Dhttp%3A%2F%2Ffultonhistory.com%2FdtSearch%2Fdtisapi6.dll%3Fcmd%3Dgetpdfhits%26u%3Dffffffff861dc0c6%26DocId%3D7144585%26Index%3DZ%253a%255cIndex%2520U%252dF%252dP%26HitCount%3D6%26hits%3D827%2B92c%2B92d%2B948%2B949%2B951%2B%26SearchForm%3D%252fFulton%255fform%252ehtml%26.pdf&uri=http%3A%2F%2Ffultonhistory.com%2FNewspaper%252011%2FNew%2520York%2520NY%2520Times%2FNew%2520York%2520NY%2520Times%25201925%2520Grayscale%2FNew%2520York%2520NY%2520Times%25201925%2520a%2520Grayscale%2520-%25200809.pdf&xml=http%3A%2F%2Ffultonhistory.com%2FdtSearch%2Fdtisapi6.dll%3Fcmd%3Dgetpdfhits%26u%3Dffffffff861dc0c6%26DocId%3D7144585%26Index%3DZ%253a%255cIndex%2520U%252dF%252dP%26HitCount%3D6%26hits%3D827%2B92c%2B92d%2B948%2B949%2B951%2B%26SearchForm%3D%252fFulton%255fform%252ehtml%26.pdf&openFirstHlPage=false New Subway Elevators. Two More to Be Installed to Care for 191st Street Traffic. August 14, 1925 The New York Times February 12, 2019 fultonhistory.com 0362-4331 On October 14, 1925, the $107,865 contract was awarded to the Otis Elevator Company; the bid was the only one received.http://fultonhistory.com/highlighter/highlight-for-xml?altUrl=http%3A%2F%2Ffultonhistory.com%2FNewspaper%252011%2FNew%2520York%2520NY%2520Times%2FNew%2520York%2520NY%2520Times%25201925%2520Grayscale%2FNew%2520York%2520NY%2520Times%25201925%2520a%2520Grayscale%2520-%25204684.pdf%23xml%3Dhttp%3A%2F%2Ffultonhistory.com%2FdtSearch%2Fdtisapi6.dll%3Fcmd%3Dgetpdfhits%26u%3D792f0a2c%26DocId%3D7148460%26Index%3DZ%253a%255cIndex%2520U%252dF%252dP%26HitCount%3D10%26hits%3D92c%2B945%2B946%2B948%2B96b%2B983%2B9a1%2B9b5%2Bb5f%2Be6c%2B%26SearchForm%3D%252fFulton%255fform%252ehtml%26.pdf&uri=http%3A%2F%2Ffultonhistory.com%2FNewspaper%252011%2FNew%2520York%2520NY%2520Times%2FNew%2520York%2520NY%2520Times%25201925%2520Grayscale%2FNew%2520York%2520NY%2520Times%25201925%2520a%2520Grayscale%2520-%25204684.pdf&xml=http%3A%2F%2Ffultonhistory.com%2FdtSearch%2Fdtisapi6.dll%3Fcmd%3Dgetpdfhits%26u%3D792f0a2c%26DocId%3D7148460%26Index%3DZ%253a%255cIndex%2520U%252dF%252dP%26HitCount%3D10%26hits%3D92c%2B945%2B946%2B948%2B96b%2B983%2B9a1%2B9b5%2Bb5f%2Be6c%2B%26SearchForm%3D%252fFulton%255fform%252ehtml%26.pdf&openFirstHlPage=false More Subway Elevators. fultonhistory.com October 18, 1925 The New York Times February 12, 2019 0362-4331http://fultonhistory.com/highlighter/highlight-for-xml?altUrl=http%3A%2F%2Ffultonhistory.com%2FNewspaper%252011%2FNew%2520York%2520Evening%2520Post%2FNew%2520York%2520NY%2520Evening%2520Post%25201925%2520Grayscale%2FNew%2520York%2520NY%2520Evening%2520Post%25201925%2520Grayscale%2520-%25205426.pdf%23xml%3Dhttp%3A%2F%2Ffultonhistory.com%2FdtSearch%2Fdtisapi6.dll%3Fcmd%3Dgetpdfhits%26u%3Dffffffffde2a0c59%26DocId%3D5439688%26Index%3DZ%253a%255cIndex%2520U%252dF%252dP%26HitCount%3D3%26hits%3D5ee%2B5f4%2B5f5%2B%26SearchForm%3D%252fFulton%255fform%252ehtml%26.pdf&uri=http%3A%2F%2Ffultonhistory.com%2FNewspaper%252011%2FNew%2520York%2520Evening%2520Post%2FNew%2520York%2520NY%2520Evening%2520Post%25201925%2520Grayscale%2FNew%2520York%2520NY%2520Evening%2520Post%25201925%2520Grayscale%2520-%25205426.pdf&xml=http%3A%2F%2Ffultonhistory.com%2FdtSearch%2Fdtisapi6.dll%3Fcmd%3Dgetpdfhits%26u%3Dffffffffde2a0c59%26DocId%3D5439688%26Index%3DZ%253a%255cIndex%2520U%252dF%252dP%26HitCount%3D3%26hits%3D5ee%2B5f4%2B5f5%2B%26SearchForm%3D%252fFulton%255fform%252ehtml%26.pdf&openFirstHlPage=false Otis Firm to Build Tube Lifts October 14, 1925 fultonhistory.com New York Evening Post February 12, 2019 The NYCBOT found that other firms did not compete in the bidding as they were unable to meet the requirement that elevators be equipped with floor leveling safety devices.http://fultonhistory.com/highlighter/highlight-for-xml?altUrl=http%3A%2F%2Ffultonhistory.com%2FNewspaper%252018%2FNew%2520York%2520NY%2520Sun%2FNew%2520York%2520NY%2520Sun%25201925%2FNew%2520York%2520NY%2520Sun%25201925%2520-%25207377.pdf%23xml%3Dhttp%3A%2F%2Ffultonhistory.com%2FdtSearch%2Fdtisapi6.dll%3Fcmd%3Dgetpdfhits%26u%3Dffffffffc5de10e8%26DocId%3D2685093%26Index%3DZ%253a%255cIndex%2520I%252dE%252dV%26HitCount%3D4%26hits%3D2a3%2B2c9%2B2cf%2B2d0%2B%26SearchForm%3D%252fFulton%255fform%252ehtml%26.pdf&uri=http%3A%2F%2Ffultonhistory.com%2FNewspaper%252018%2FNew%2520York%2520NY%2520Sun%2FNew%2520York%2520NY%2520Sun%25201925%2FNew%2520York%2520NY%2520Sun%25201925%2520-%25207377.pdf&xml=http%3A%2F%2Ffultonhistory.com%2FdtSearch%2Fdtisapi6.dll%3Fcmd%3Dgetpdfhits%26u%3Dffffffffc5de10e8%26DocId%3D2685093%26Index%3DZ%253a%255cIndex%2520I%252dE%252dV%26HitCount%3D4%26hits%3D2a3%2B2c9%2B2cf%2B2d0%2B%26SearchForm%3D%252fFulton%255fform%252ehtml%26.pdf&openFirstHlPage=false Subway Elevators. Contract for Two Awarded the Otis Company. October 14, 1925 The Sun February 12, 2019 fultonhistory.com New York, New York May 21, 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20220521164526/https://fultonhistory.com/Newspaper%2018/New%20York%20NY%20Sun/New%20York%20NY%20Sun%201925/New%20York%20NY%20Sun%201925%20-%207377.pdf live The elevators opened on September 16, 1926, coinciding with the start of classes at George Washington High School.http://fultonhistory.com/highlighter/highlight-for-xml?altUrl=http%3A%2F%2Ffultonhistory.com%2FNewspaper%252018%2FNew%2520York%2520NY%2520Sun%2FNew%2520York%2520NY%2520Sun%25201926%2FNew%2520York%2520NY%2520Sun%25201926%2520-%25204471.pdf%23xml%3Dhttp%3A%2F%2Ffultonhistory.com%2FdtSearch%2Fdtisapi6.dll%3Fcmd%3Dgetpdfhits%26u%3D68874f04%26DocId%3D2692546%26Index%3DZ%253a%255cIndex%2520I%252dE%252dV%26HitCount%3D7%26hits%3D40c%2B41d%2B41e%2B426%2B454%2B457%2B458%2B%26SearchForm%3D%252fFulton%255fform%252ehtml%26.pdf&uri=http%3A%2F%2Ffultonhistory.com%2FNewspaper%252018%2FNew%2520York%2520NY%2520Sun%2FNew%2520York%2520NY%2520Sun%25201926%2FNew%2520York%2520NY%2520Sun%25201926%2520-%25204471.pdf&xml=http%3A%2F%2Ffultonhistory.com%2FdtSearch%2Fdtisapi6.dll%3Fcmd%3Dgetpdfhits%26u%3D68874f04%26DocId%3D2692546%26Index%3DZ%253a%255cIndex%2520I%252dE%252dV%26HitCount%3D7%26hits%3D40c%2B41d%2B41e%2B426%2B454%2B457%2B458%2B%26SearchForm%3D%252fFulton%255fform%252ehtml%26.pdf&openFirstHlPage=false For Pupils' Needs: New Elevator at High School Subway Station. fultonhistory.com September 10, 1926 The New York Sun February 12, 2019 May 21, 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20220521164428/https://fultonhistory.com/Newspaper%2018/New%20York%20NY%20Sun/New%20York%20NY%20Sun%201926/New%20York%20NY%20Sun%201926%20-%204471.pdf live Their installation required additional power supply.https://books.google.com/books?id=G99LAQAAMAAJ&q=%22191st+street%22+ State of New York Transit Commission Sixth Annual Report For the Calendar Year 1926 1926 New York State Transit Commission 33 en November 23, 2020 May 21, 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20220521164427/https://books.google.com/books?id=G99LAQAAMAAJ&q=%22191st+street%22+ live Mid- and late 20th century thumb|Countdown clocks on the southbound platform The city government took over the IRT's operations on June 12, 1940.1940-06-13 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 2022-05-14 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 191st Street, were lengthened to 514 ft between 1946 and 1948, allowing full ten-car express trains to stop at these stations. Unlike the other stations being extended on the line, the 191st Street station could already accommodate ten-car trains, but because the platforms were 480 feet meters long, not all doors of the first and last cars could open at the station. On April 6, 1948, the platform extension project at 191st Street was completed.Report for the three and one-half years ending June 30, 1949. 1949 New York City Board of Transportation 33 2027/mdp.39015023094926July 10, 1948 More Long Platforms – Five Subway Stations on IRT to Accommodate 10-Car Trains 8 The New York Times subscription https://www.nytimes.com/1948/07/10/archives/more-long-platforms-five-subway-stations-on-irt-to-accommodate.html March 27, 2016 0362-4331 January 8, 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210108210737/https://www.nytimes.com/1948/07/10/archives/more-long-platforms-five-subway-stations-on-irt-to-accommodate.html live 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 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 live On December 28, 1950, the NYCBOT issued a report concerning the feasibility of constructing bomb shelters in the subway system. Five deep stations in Washington Heights, including the 191st Street station, were considered ideal for use as bomb-proof shelters. The program was estimated to cost $104 million (equivalent to $c US 0.104 1950 3 billion in US). The shelters were expected to provide limited protection against conventional bombs, while protecting against shock waves and air blasts, as well the heat and radiation from an atomic bomb. To become suitable as shelters, the stations would require water-supply facilities, first-aid rooms, and additional bathrooms.Ronan Thomas P. December 29, 1950 Subway Shelters to Cost $104,000,000 Proposed for City en-US 1 The New York Times subscription https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1950/12/29/82088911.html August 3, 2017 0362-4331 May 2, 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210502021408/https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1950/12/29/82088911.html liveLister Walter Jr. 29 Dec 1950 Subway Bomb Shelters Outlined, City Seeks U.S. Aid on Financing: Bingham Plans Sleeping Quarters for 101,500, Standing Room for a Million More 1 New York Herald Tribune 1941-0646 1327452864 However, the program, which required federal funding, was never completed.https://www.newspapers.com/clip/33803059/daily_news/ Stein's Plan For Subway Cash. Would Utilize Extensions For Shelters, Let U.S. Pay O'Flaherty Mary January 5, 1957 New York Daily News July 12, 2019 July 12, 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20190712200507/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/33803059/daily_news/ live In Fiscal Year 1961, the installation of fluorescent lighting at the station was completed. In addition, work began on the replacement of two of the station's elevators with automatic elevators, which did not require elevator operators.New York City Transit Authority Annual Report For The Year Ended July 1, 1960 to June 30, 1961 New York City Transit Authority 1961 12–15 During fiscal year 1962, two of the station's elevators were replaced.https://s3.amazonaws.com/nycsubway.org/images/pdf/nyct_annual_report_1962.pdf New York City Transit Authority Annual Report For The Year Ending June 30, 1962 New York City Transit Authority 1962 9 February 12, 2019 November 8, 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20201108011456/https://s3.amazonaws.com/nycsubway.org/images/pdf/nyct_annual_report_1962.pdf live Funding for the rehabilitation of the other two elevators was initially provided in the 1976 New York State budget, but was reallocated. $940,000 would have been required to improve these elevators and those at 181st Street on the IND Eighth Avenue Line.https://books.google.com/books?id=1m0BZXqJRhYC&q=191st+street Laws of the State of New York 1976 New York State Legislature 508, 537 en November 23, 2020 May 21, 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20220521164427/https://books.google.com/books?id=1m0BZXqJRhYC&q=191st+street live On May 18, 1983, bids for the rehabilitation of elevators at the two stops were put out to tender.https://books.google.com/books?id=iGJIAQAAIAAJ&q=%22191st+street%22+ Rehabilitation of Elevators at 181st and 190th Street Stations 8th Avenue Line, "B" Division (IND) and 191st Street Station Engineering News-Record 210 14–19 1983 McGraw-Hill 52 en 0891-9526 November 23, 2020 May 21, 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20220521164440/https://books.google.com/books?id=iGJIAQAAIAAJ&q=%22191st+street%22+ live In 1981, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) listed the 191st Street station among the 69 most deteriorated stations in the subway system.limited https://www.nytimes.com/1981/06/11/nyregion/agency-lists-its-69-most-deteriorated-subway-stations.html Agency Lists Its 69 Most Deteriorated Subway Stations Gargan Edward A. June 11, 1981 The New York Times August 13, 2016 0362-4331 March 31, 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20190331204421/https://www.nytimes.com/1981/06/11/nyregion/agency-lists-its-69-most-deteriorated-subway-stations.html live A renovation of the 191st Street station was funded as part of the MTA's 1980–1984 capital plan.Goldman Ari L. April 28, 1983 M.T.A. Making Major Addition to Capital Plan en-US The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/1983/04/28/world/mta-making-major-addition-to-capital-plan.html May 4, 2023 0362-4331 April 25, 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20220425151916/https://www.nytimes.com/1983/04/28/world/mta-making-major-addition-to-capital-plan.html live The MTA received a $106 million grant from the Urban Mass Transit Administration in October 1983; most of the grant would fund the renovation of eleven stations,Moses Charles T. October 3, 1983 TA Gets Funds to Fix Subways 3 Newsday 2574-5298 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/124100045/ta-gets-funds-to-fix-subwayscharles-t/ May 5, 2023Gargan Edward A. October 3, 1983 City Speeding Its Subway Repairs en-US The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/1983/10/03/nyregion/city-speeding-its-subway-repairs.html May 5, 2023 0362-4331 April 28, 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20220428025331/https://www.nytimes.com/1983/10/03/nyregion/city-speeding-its-subway-repairs.html live including 191st Street. On August 21, 1989, with the start of 1/9 weekday skip-stop service, 1 trains began skipping this station between 6:30 am and 7:00 pm, while 9 trains served the station during these times.http://subwaynut.com/brochures/1and9skipstop.pdf Announcing 1 and 9 Skip-Stop Service on the Broadway-Seventh Avenue Line August 1989 New York City Transit Authority August 1, 2009 June 26, 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200626000015/http://subwaynut.com/brochures/1and9skipstop.pdf deadlimited https://www.nytimes.com/1989/06/04/nyregion/skip-stop-subway-plan-annoys-no-1-riders.html 'Skip-Stop' Subway Plan Annoys No. 1 Riders Brozan Nadine June 4, 1989 The New York Times 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 livelimited https://www.nytimes.com/1989/08/22/nyregion/new-service-for-subways-on-west-side.html New Service For Subways On West Side Lorch Donatella August 22, 1989 The New York Times 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 On September 4, 1994, midday skip-stop service was discontinued,https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B07E5D71638F931A25752C0A9639C8B63 MTA Proposes Dropping No. 9 Train Chan Sewell January 12, 2005 The New York Times April 18, 2010 November 28, 2007 https://web.archive.org/web/20071128053709/http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B07E5D71638F931A25752C0A9639C8B63 live and 191st Street was no longer a skip-stop station.New York Division Bulletin. Electric Railroaders' Association. 37 station (9). September 1994. Skip-stop service ended on May 27, 2005, as a result of a decrease in the number of riders who benefited.limited https://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/25/nyregion/25train.html On Its Last Wheels, No. 9 Line Is Vanishing on Signs Chan Sewell May 25, 2005 The New York Times August 29, 2016 0362-4331 March 17, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150317100921/http://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/25/nyregion/25train.html live 21st century In 2001, the nonprofit group Upper Manhattan Together made it a priority to improve the 191st Street station. At the time, passengers had to wait on long lines to get to the platforms because only one or two of the elevators at the station usually worked. The group had persuaded the New York City Department of Transportation (NYCDOT) to paint and improve the lighting in the pedestrian tunnel, and turned their attention to the station's elevators. According to an MTA spokesperson, three elevators were supposed to be running during rush hours - one of the elevators was being renovated, with a second to be done later - and the station would be completely overhauled in 2003.limited https://www.nytimes.com/2001/01/07/nyregion/neighborhood-report-washington-heights-2-elevators-for-2-riderships-nearby.html Neighborhood Report: Washington Heights; 2 Elevators for 2 Riderships At Nearby Subway Stations Kugel Seth January 7, 2001 The New York Times February 11, 2019 en-US 0362-4331 February 12, 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20190212011623/https://www.nytimes.com/2001/01/07/nyregion/neighborhood-report-washington-heights-2-elevators-for-2-riderships-nearby.html live The station and pedestrian tunnel were closed between July 1 and December 31, 2003, for the renovation project.http://mta.info/nyct/service/subsrvn1.htm MTA NYC Transit Subway Line Information July 1, 2003 mta.info Metropolitan Transportation Authority https://web.archive.org/web/20030701145502/http://mta.info/nyct/service/subsrvn1.htm July 1, 2003 dead February 11, 2019http://www.railfanwindow.com/gallery2/v/NYC-photos/NYC-Subway/Stations/191St19/IMG_2559.jpg.html Broadway pedestrian tunnel @ 191 St (1). Tunnel was closed while the station was rehabilitated. Weinberg Brian August 3, 2003 www.railfanwindow.com February 12, 2019 February 13, 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20190213010107/http://www.railfanwindow.com/gallery2/v/NYC-photos/NYC-Subway/Stations/191St19/IMG_2559.jpg.html live The $15 million renovation was done by New York City Transit crews in-house.https://ppefny.org/wp-content/uploads/2002/12/20021212OtherContractCapers.pdf Contract Capers Excess Costs and Politics in MTA Contracting December 12, 2002 ppefny.org Public Policy and Education Fund of New York February 6, 2019 February 7, 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20190207015608/https://ppefny.org/wp-content/uploads/2002/12/20021212OtherContractCapers.pdf live As part of the project, the station's elevators were upgraded. New lighting, ceramic wall tiles, granite floor tiles, and public information systems were installed, and steel and concrete supports were repaired.https://www.newspapers.com/clip/28294114/daily_news/ 191st St. station to close for fixup Donohue Pete June 28, 2003 New York Daily News February 11, 2019 9 February 12, 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20190212013101/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/28294114/daily_news/ livehttps://www.newspapers.com/clip/28294266/daily_news/ Doin' Shuffle at 191st St. Sangha Soni July 2, 2003 New York Daily News February 11, 2019 92 February 12, 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20190212013023/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/28294266/daily_news/ live All of the deteriorating tiles and mosaics were replaced with faithful reproductions made by Serpentile.http://serpentile.home.mindspring.com/?mc_cid=e35dbb58f7&mc_eid=e33eeda084 Serpentile Brown Susan serpentile.home.mindspring.com February 12, 2019April 2024 InternetArchiveBot yes The token booth was moved to the opposite wall as part of the project.Compare the two images: http://www.railfanwindow.com/gallery2/picture.php?/1808/category/103 View of the 191st Street Station Pre-Renovation Weinberg Brian June 21, 2002 www.railfanwindow.com February 12, 2019 November 8, 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20201108042935/http://www.railfanwindow.com/gallery2/picture.php?%2F1808%2Fcategory%2F103 live http://www.railfanwindow.com/gallery2/picture.php?/9693/category/220 View of the 191st Street Station Post-Renovation Weinberg Brian July 21, 2004 www.railfanwindow.com February 12, 2019 November 1, 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20201101191236/http://www.railfanwindow.com/gallery2/picture.php?%2F9693%2Fcategory%2F220 live Several of the elevators in the station are staffed by elevator attendants, who are also employed at four other deep-level stations in Washington Heights. The attendants serve as a way to reassure passengers as the elevators are the only entrance to the platforms, and passengers often wait for the elevators with an attendant.Grynbaum Michael M. April 28, 2011 The Subway's Elevator Operators, a Reassuring Amenity of Another Era en-US The New York Times limited https://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/29/nyregion/subway-elevator-operators-dwindle-in-new-york.html live August 3, 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20110504015543/https://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/29/nyregion/subway-elevator-operators-dwindle-in-new-york.html May 4, 2011 0362-4331 The attendants at the five stations are primarily maintenance and cleaning workers who have had injuries that made it hard for them to continue doing their original jobs.Brachfeld Ben Espaillat, TWU sue MTA over plan to stop staffing uptown subway elevators amNewYork July 13, 2023 https://www.amny.com/transit/espaillat-twu-sue-mta-uptown-subway-elevators/ July 14, 2023 In July 2003, to reduce costs, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) announced that as part of its 2004 budget it would eliminate 22 elevator operator positions at the 191st Street station and four others in Washington Heights, leaving one full-time operator per station.Waller Nikki November 23, 2003 Why They Take the A Train (and the 1/9) – Neighborhood Report: Washington Heights en-US The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2003/11/23/nyregion/neighborhood-report-washington-heights-citypeople-why-they-take-train-1-9.html live limited August 3, 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20150528000737/https://www.nytimes.com/2003/11/23/nyregion/neighborhood-report-washington-heights-citypeople-why-they-take-train-1-9.html May 28, 2015 0362-4331 The agency had intended to remove all the attendants at these stops, but kept one in each station after many riders protested.Piazza Jo December 7, 2003 M.T.A. Urged Not to Cut Elevator Jobs At 5 Stations en-US The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2003/12/07/nyregion/mta-urged-not-to-cut-elevator-jobs-at-5-stations.html live limited August 3, 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20190417211300/https://www.nytimes.com/2003/12/07/nyregion/mta-urged-not-to-cut-elevator-jobs-at-5-stations.html April 17, 2019 0362-4331Sanchez Ray 8 Dec 2003 Deep Fears In Heights A02 Newsday 2574-5298 279797824 In addition, the MTA began operating all elevators at all times; prior to the change, each elevator only operated if it was staffed by an elevator operator.Luo Michael 2003-12-16 Likely M.T.A Budget Cuts 22 Subway Elevator Operators' Jobs en-US The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2003/12/16/nyregion/likely-mta-budget-cuts-22-subway-elevator-operators-jobs.html 2023-07-13 0362-4331 The change took effect on January 20, 2004,Sangha Soni 21 Jan 2004 Riders fear elevator cutbacks Operators not standing by 3 New York Daily News 2692-1251 305858845 and was expected to save $1.15 million a year. In November 2007, the MTA proposed savings cuts to help reduce the agency's deficit. As part of the plan, all elevator operators at 191st Street, along with those in four other stations in Washington Heights, would have been cut.Neuman William November 30, 2007 M.T.A. Savings Proposal May Mean Service Cuts en-US The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/30/nyregion/30holiday.html live limited August 3, 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20081211154932/https://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/30/nyregion/30holiday.html December 11, 2008 0362-4331Gould Joe Nichols Adam 1 Dec 2007 Subway Elevator Cuts a Downer, Say Riders 10 New York Daily News 2692-1251 306138699 MTA employees had joined riders in worrying about an increase in crime as a result of the cuts after an elevator operator at 181st Street on the Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line helped save a stabbed passenger.Sangha Soni January 21, 2004 Riders fear elevator cutbacks. Operators not standing by. 87 New York Daily News https://www.newspapers.com/clip/28294365/daily_news/ live February 11, 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20190212012813/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/28294365/daily_news/ February 12, 2019 The move was intended to save $1.7 million a year. However, on December 7, 2007, the MTA announced that it would not remove the remaining elevator operators at these stations, due to pushback from elected officials and residents from the area.December 8, 2007 Changing Course, M.T.A. Will Keep Elevator Operators On en-US The New York Times https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E0CE3DE1531F93BA35751C1A9619C8B63 live August 3, 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20180616053810/https://archive.nytimes.com/query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage-9E0CE3DE1531F93BA35751C1A9619C8B63.html June 16, 2018 0362-4331 In October 2018, the MTA once again proposed removing the elevator operators at the five stations, but this was reversed after dissent from the Transport Workers' Union.Krisel Brendan October 31, 2018 Uptown Subway Stations Won't Lose Elevator Operators, Union Says Washington Heights-Inwood, NY Patch https://patch.com/new-york/washington-heights-inwood/uptown-subway-stations-wont-lose-elevator-operators-union-says live November 1, 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20181101095558/https://patch.com/new-york/washington-heights-inwood/uptown-subway-stations-wont-lose-elevator-operators-union-says November 1, 2018 The MTA again suggested reassigning elevator operators to station-cleaner positions in June 2023,Mocker Greg June 16, 2023 Transit union and MTA debate future of elevator operators at Uptown subway stations https://pix11.com/news/local-news/manhattan/transit-union-and-mta-debate-future-of-elevator-operators-at-uptown-subway-stations/ July 13, 2023 PIX11Simko-Bednarski Evan June 15, 2023 MTA reassigning elevator operators deepest NYC subway stations https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/ny-subway-elevator-operator-reassign-20230615-dlzuv5usqbhelht2eskf2d76iq-story.html July 13, 2023 New York Daily News prompting local politicians to sue to prevent the operators' reassignments.Saltonstall Gus July 13, 2023 MTA Elevator Job Cuts Endanger Wash Heights Straphangers: Pol's Suit https://patch.com/new-york/washington-heights-inwood/mta-elevator-job-cuts-endanger-wash-heights-straphangers-pols July 13, 2023 Washington Heights-Inwood, NY Patch On August 4, 2023, Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Machelle Sweeting ordered the MTA to keep the operators from being reassigned. Additional hearings will be held to determine whether their proposed removal violates the city's Human Rights Law by eliminating a services provided to subway riders with mobility impairments.McShane Larry August 5, 2023 Manhattan judge orders MTA to keep elevator operators working at five Washington Heights stations New York Daily News https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/ny-washington-heights-subway-ruling-elevators-operators-20230805-sacisuxy2fbh3lcmcnsq5i6eea-story.html August 13, 2023 The elevators at this station closed on February 1, 2020, so they could be replaced. Work was expected to be complete in February 2021, but was accelerated; the elevators reopened on November 24, 2020.https://www.mta.info/press-release/nyc-transit/mta-announces-acceleration-elevator-replacement-project-upper-manhattan MTA Announces Acceleration of Elevator Replacement Project in Upper Manhattan mta.info Metropolitan Transportation Authority November 5, 2020 live November 8, 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20201108110246/https://www.mta.info/press-release/nyc-transit/mta-announces-acceleration-elevator-replacement-project-upper-manhattanhttps://new.mta.info/system_modernization/uptownelevators Replacing the elevators at uptown A and 1 stations Metropolitan Transportation Authority mta.info November 2020 November 8, 2020 live https://web.archive.org/web/20201108105617/https://new.mta.info/system_modernization/uptownelevatorshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jb18Blr3dBA#t=5076 https://web.archive.org/web/20210128060237/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jb18Blr3dBA 2021-01-28 dead Traffic & Transportation November Committee Meeting video YouTube November 2, 2020 November 2, 2020 1:24:36 to 1:25:05 The station remained open during the work via the exit to Broadway.Replacing the Elevators at 191 St 1 Station https://new.mta.info/system_modernization/uptownelevators/191st1 mta.info Metropolitan Transportation Authority June 19, 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200228140817/https://new.mta.info/system_modernization/uptownelevators/191st1 February 28, 2020 2020 The new elevators are equipped with CCTV cameras, a back-up power supply, and technology that allows for quicker response times to elevator malfunctions.Elevators at Uptown AC and 1 Stations mta.info August 3, 2019 https://new.mta.info/system_modernization/uptownelevators October 21, 2019 Metropolitan Transportation Authority June 19, 2020 live https://web.archive.org/web/20200619145204/https://new.mta.info/system_modernization/uptownelevators The rear boarding areas of two of the elevators, originally closed to the public, were reopened to provide additional points of entry to reduce crowding. While the elevators were closed, a temporary M191 shuttle bus service was operated between the Broadway and St. Nicholas Avenue entrance; it was suspended from May 9 to July 1, 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic in New York City, and ultimately did not run after July 26, 2020.http://www.mta.info/press-release/nyc-transit/mta-replace-deepest-elevator-system-191-st-1-line MTA to Replace Deepest Elevator in System at 191 St. on 1 Line mta.info Metropolitan Transportation Authority March 9, 2020 May 21, 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20220521164446/https://www.mta.info/press-release/nyc-transit/mta-replace-deepest-elevator-system-191-st-1-line live Over the weekend of January 19–21, 2024, low barriers were installed at the edges of the station's platforms.Roberts-Grmela Julian Seiwell Emma MTA testing subway platform barriers in Manhattan, Brooklyn aimed at preventing track falls New York Daily News January 21, 2024 https://www.nydailynews.com/2024/01/21/mta-testing-subway-platform-barriers-in-manhattan-brooklyn-aimed-at-preventing-track-falls/ January 21, 2024Wassef Mira Mocker Greg Mira Wassef Greg Mocker MTA installs safety barriers at Manhattan subway station PIX11 January 21, 2024 https://pix11.com/news/local-news/manhattan/mta-installs-safety-barriers-at-manhattan-subway-station/ January 21, 2024 The yellow barriers, spaced along the length of the platform, do not have sliding platform screen doors between them. 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://www.youtube.com/live/bfrHeBsa9D4&t=3211s MTA Board - Capital Program Committee Meeting - 3/24/2025 en 2025-03-24 www.youtube.com 53:31 in video Station layout GroundStreet levelExit/entranceBank of elevators in northern exit. Note: Platforms and street level are not accessibleMezzanineFare control, station agent, tunnel to BroadwayPlatformlevelSide platformNorthbound← newyork 1 toward NYCS Van Cortlandt Park–242nd Street ()Southbound→ newyork 1 toward NYCS South Ferry Broadway-Seventh () →Side platform thumb|300x300px|View of station platform The 191st Street station has two tracks and two side platforms,trackref trackbook3 and is served by the 1 train at all times.timetable 1 The station is between Dyckman Street to the north and 181st Street to the south.map Fixed platform barriers, which are intended to prevent commuters falling to the tracks, are positioned near the platform edges.Wassef Mira Platform barriers installed at 56 subway stations in NYC PIX11 July 18, 2025 https://pix11.com/news/local-news/platform-barriers-installed-at-56-subway-station-in-nyc/ July 21, 2025 July 21, 2025 https://web.archive.org/web/20250721224335/https://pix11.com/news/local-news/platform-barriers-installed-at-56-subway-station-in-nyc/ dead Russo-Lennon Barbara These are the NYC subway stations that now have protective platform barriers amNewYork July 20, 2025 https://www.amny.com/nyc-transit/platform-barriers-nyc-subway-stations/ July 21, 2025 Above the platforms is a mezzanine and covered pedestrian footbridges connecting the two platforms; people on the footbridges cannot see the tracks and platforms (and vice versa).http://www.subwaynut.com/irt/191n1/191n1_new28.jpg The split of the staircase down to the uptown platform the lights of the mezzanine and the station tracks are visible Cox Jeremiah December 31, 2010 subwaynut.com February 6, 2019 February 7, 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20190207015404/http://www.subwaynut.com/irt/191n1/191n1_new28.jpg livehttp://www.subwaynut.com/irt/191n1/191n1_new25.jpg After fare control on the small overpass area before the platforms. Cox Jeremiah December 31, 2010 subwaynut.com February 6, 2019 The mezzanine and footbridges are finished in glazed white tile and ceramic sheet marble. The station ceiling is supported by 34 steel columns encased in concrete. At approximately 173 ft m below street level,Some sources cite the station's depth at 180 ft.Nalewicki Jennifer 12 Secrets of the New York Subway Smithsonian April 15, 2016 https://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/secrets-new-york-city-subway-180958683/ October 21, 2019 October 21, 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20191021133855/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/secrets-new-york-city-subway-180958683/ live Hood C. 722 Miles: The Building of the Subways and How They Transformed New York Johns Hopkins University Press 2004 978-0-8018-8054-4 https://books.google.com/books?id=0YfdjUgMAscC&pg=PA88 October 21, 2019 88 November 4, 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20201104103221/https://books.google.com/books?id=0YfdjUgMAscC&pg=PA88 live 573 it is the deepest station in the New York City Subway system.Solis Julia https://books.google.com/books?id=EpdwcewZ2rgC&pg=PA11 New York Underground: The Anatomy of a City Routledge 2005 978-0-415-95013-8 11 March 29, 2021 June 13, 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210613042028/https://books.google.com/books?id=EpdwcewZ2rgC&pg=PA11 live It is one of three in the deep-level Fort George Mine Tunnel, along with the 168th Street and 181st Street stations to the south; the tunnel allows the Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line to travel under the high terrain of Washington Heights.Roess R.P. https://books.google.com/books?id=qfZ0VxuLoc0C&pg=PA166 The Wheels That Drove New York: A History of the New York City Transit System Sansone G. Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2012 978-3-642-30484-2 Springer Tracts on Transportation and Traffic July 16, 2016165 In 1947, Victor Hess, who won the 1936 Nobel Prize in Physics for his discovery of cosmic rays, wrote to the NYCBOT asking if he could use the station "to carry out experiments on the radiation emitted from rocks at a location well protected from cosmic rays."http://www.bederson.org/bensr/nyc.pdf The Physical Tourist: Physics and New York City Bederson Benjamin Physics in Perspective Contains reproduction of Hess's letter https://web.archive.org/web/20041230140845/http://www.bederson.org/bensr/nyc.pdf December 30, 2004 dead March 30, 2017 Ultimately, Hess was allowed to conduct his experiments in the nearby 190th Street station on the IND Eighth Avenue Line, which is also far below ground.Brown Nicole A train facts, figures and history of the Eighth Avenue, Fulton and Rockaway lines http://www.amny.com/transit/a-train-facts-figures-and-history-of-the-eighth-avenue-fulton-and-rockaway-lines-1.12168565#5 March 30, 2017 AM New York August 21, 2016 March 28, 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20170328192836/http://www.amny.com/transit/a-train-facts-figures-and-history-of-the-eighth-avenue-fulton-and-rockaway-lines-1.12168565#5 live Despite the 191st Street station's depth, the next station north, Dyckman Street, is just above ground level, at a lower elevation above sea level. This is because 191st Street is under nearly the highest point on the island of Manhattan, deep in the Washington Heights Mine Tunnel, while Dyckman Street runs along a deep valley almost at sea level and its station is at the tunnel portal.https://books.google.com/books?id=UZRiky7CzEkC IRT Interborough Rapid Transit / the New York City Subway: Its Design and Construction June 2007 Interborough Rapid Transit Company 9781430325505 en February 11, 2019 June 13, 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210613042028/https://books.google.com/books?id=UZRiky7CzEkC live As part of the MTA's Arts for Transit Program, during the station's 2003 renovation, $88,360 was allocated for the creation and installation of a mosaic tile piece of art titled Primavera by Raul Colon.https://books.google.com/books?id=ti5_LFyBhg0C&q=191+street MTA Board Action Items July 2002 July 2002 Metropolitan Transportation Authority 34 en November 23, 2020 May 21, 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20220521164444/https://books.google.com/books?id=ti5_LFyBhg0C&q=191+street livehttp://web.mta.info/mta/aft/permanentart/permart.html?agency=n&line=1&station=3&artist=1&img=1&xdev=120 MTA Arts & Design 191st Street Raul Colon Primavera, 2003 mta.info Metropolitan Transportation Authority February 11, 2019 Exits There are two entrances/exits from this station via the same fare control. The main entrance/exit at the southwest corner of 191st Street and St. Nicholas Avenue is at the summit of a hill and accessible only by a set of four elevators.https://new.mta.info/sites/default/files/2018-04/191%20St%20%281%29%20web.pdf 191st Street Neighborhood Map April 2018 mta.info Metropolitan Transportation Authority June 14, 2019 July 4, 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20180704011613/https://new.mta.info/sites/default/files/2018-04/191%20St%20%281%29%20web.pdf live The elevators to the mezzanine still utilize elevator operators—one of the few stations in the system to do so. The other entrance/exit, at 190th Street and Broadway west of the station, is located at a hillside and is accessed via a three-block long passageway, which passes under Wadsworth Terrace and Avenue.limited https://www.nytimes.com/1991/08/12/nyregion/washington-heights-journal-a-subway-passageway-just-for-the-courageous.html Washington Heights Journal; A Subway Passageway Just for the Courageous Kurtz Josh August 12, 1991 The New York Times 0362-4331 July 30, 2016 November 17, 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20201117065249/https://www.nytimes.com/1991/08/12/nyregion/washington-heights-journal-a-subway-passageway-just-for-the-courageous.html live The station is not compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA), and thus cannot be used by patrons with wheelchairs, because access from the fare control area to the platforms, as well as access from both the elevators and passageway to street level, are only possible via stairways.http://web.mta.info/accessibility/stations.htm Accessible Stations in the MTA Network mta.info Metropolitan Transportation Authority March 8, 2010 April 5, 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200405201419/http://web.mta.info/accessibility/stations.htm live Pedestrian tunnel 200px 237px File:2005 BwyWalk0505 Station191stBroadway crop.jpg Tunnel entrance as seen in 2005 File:2013 191st Street subway station Broadway at 190th Street entrance.jpg Tunnel entrance as seen in 2013, with artwork titled New York is a Rollercoaster File:2015 191st Street IRT station Broadway at 190th Street entrance.jpg Tunnel entrance as seen in 2015 with newly painted murals The 900 ft m -long mid passageway between the station's Broadway entrance and the station itself is not maintained by the MTA, despite being marked as a subway entrance. It is a property of the New York City Department of Transportation, and is officially called "Tunnel Street". The tunnel is also used as a connector between western and eastern Washington Heights; passengers using the other entrance, at 191st Street and St. Nicholas Avenue, need to take an elevator to access the station due to that intersection's height. The elevators at that entrance, which are outside fare control, are considered a convenient way to traverse the neighborhood without walking up a hill. In the early 1990s the city's crime rates reached an all-time high. The station was considered very dangerous, with 11 crimes having taken place there in 1990; many of them were suspected to have happened in the tunnel. At the time, the tunnel was dimly lit, covered with graffiti, and strewn with garbage. Brighter lights were installed in 2000. In February 2006, State Senator Eric Schneiderman and others proposed the city turn the tunnel over to the MTA. They felt the MTA had more experience in maintaining tunnels, noting it owned the tunnels at the 181st Street and 190th Street stations on the IND Eighth Avenue Line, which were in better condition.limited https://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/19/nyregion/neighborhood-report-washington-heights-a-passage-through-gloom.html Neighborhood Report: Washington Heights; A Passage Through Gloom Gives a Tunnel a Bad Name Mindlin Alex February 19, 2006 The New York Times February 11, 2019 0362-4331 February 12, 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20190212011231/https://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/19/nyregion/neighborhood-report-washington-heights-a-passage-through-gloom.html live In September 2014, improvements began on the tunnel, which area residents had complained about. The tunnel, which had graffiti and was frequented by cyclists riding bikes illegally, was slated to get several murals and new LED lighting.http://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20140902/inwood/dark-dirty-191st-street-1-train-tunnel-get-safety-improvements Dark, Dirty 191st Street 1 Train Tunnel to Get Safety Improvements September 2, 2015 DNA Info May 26, 2015 Lindsay Armstrong dead https://web.archive.org/web/20150527070018/http://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20140902/inwood/dark-dirty-191st-street-1-train-tunnel-get-safety-improvements May 27, 2015 The passageway has been painted with murals since the late 2000s to beautify the tunnel. In 2008, a mural was painted on the passageway leading up from Broadway to the station, as part of the Groundswell Community Mural Project. It was called New York is a Rollercoaster.http://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/downloads/pdf/2015-03-191st-st-tunnel-beautification-rfq.pdf 2015 191st Street Tunnel Beautification Request for Qualifications March 2015 nyc.gov New York City Department of Transportation February 11, 2019 November 1, 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20201101101453/http://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/downloads/pdf/2015-03-191st-st-tunnel-beautification-rfq.pdf live It was later vandalized, and in May 2015, it was painted over. Since then, the passageway's artwork has consisted of five murals. As part of a tunnel beautification program, the NYCDOT chose four artists and one team of artists, mostly local, from an applicant pool of 158. They were chosen to paint a 200 ft m section of the tunnel. From the Broadway entrance to the station fare control, the artworks are: Queen Andrea's Prismatic Power Phrases; Jessie Unterhalter and Katey Truhn's Caterpillar Time Travel; Cekis's It's Like A Jungle/Aveces Es Como Una Jungle; Nick Kuszy's Warp Zone; and Cope2's Art is Life. Awarded $15,000 each, the artists worked for over a week on their art.http://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20150506/fort-george/top-street-artists-picked-paint-191st-street-1-train-tunnel Top Street Artists Picked to Paint 191st Street 1 Train Tunnel DNA Info May 6, 2015 May 26, 2015 Lindsay Armstrong dead https://web.archive.org/web/20150527071546/http://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20150506/fort-george/top-street-artists-picked-paint-191st-street-1-train-tunnel May 27, 2015 mdy-all http://gothamist.com/2015/05/18/photos_vivid_street_art_livens_up_1.php Vivid Street Art Breathes Life Into 191st Street Subway Tunnel Gothamist May 18, 2015 May 26, 2015 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20150520220016/http://gothamist.com/2015/05/18/photos_vivid_street_art_livens_up_1.php May 20, 2015 mdy-all limited https://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/01/nyregion/bringing-a-little-color-to-a-passage-at-the-191st-street-station.html Bringing a Little Color to a Passage at the 191st Street Station Garcia Sandra E. May 31, 2015 The New York Times February 11, 2019 0362-4331 February 12, 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20190212011702/https://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/01/nyregion/bringing-a-little-color-to-a-passage-at-the-191st-street-station.html live After the murals in the tunnel were heavily graffitied, the NYCDOT covered the entire tunnel with white paint in January 2023,Chasan Aliza Graffiti-covered 191st Street subway tunnel painted over PIX11 January 23, 2023 https://pix11.com/news/graffiti-covered-191st-street-subway-tunnel-painted-over/ February 2, 2023Parascandola Rocco Graffiti-covered Manhattan subway tunnel painted over by city workers New York Daily News January 23, 2023 https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/nyc-crime/ny-graffiti-painted-over-washington-heights-subway-tunnel-20230123-jyy5uklytvhzletwtk2cbiyreq-story.html February 2, 2023 which elicited criticism from the surrounding community.Surprise graffiti cleanup at 191st Street subway tunnel causing controversy ABC7 New York January 23, 2023 https://abc7ny.com/nyc-191st-street-graffiti-subway-tunnel-cleanup/12728829/ February 2, 20232023-01-23 Backlash After 191st Street Station Tunnel Completely Painted Over https://patch.com/new-york/washington-heights-inwood/backlash-after-191st-street-station-tunnel-completely-painted 2023-02-02 Washington Heights-Inwood, NY Patch en At the time, the NYCDOT said that it planned to commission new artwork for the tunnel.Mocker Greg Chasan Aliza Days after walls painted white, graffiti returns to 191st Street subway tunnel PIX11 January 24, 2023 https://pix11.com/news/local-news/manhattan/days-after-walls-painted-white-graffiti-returns-to-191st-street-subway-tunnel/ February 2, 2023 225px 237px File:2014 191st Street IRT station tunnel.jpg The pedestrian tunnel before artwork was installed (2014) File:2015 191st Street IRT station tunnel 2.jpg Caterpillar Time Travel by Jessie Unterhalter and Katey Truhn File:2015 191st Street IRT station tunnel plants.jpg It's Like A Jungle by Nelson Cekis File:2015 191st Street IRT station tunnel Big City Dreams.jpg Prismatic Power Phrases by Queen Andrea File:2015 191 Street tunnel 2 vc.jpg Another view of Prismatic Power Phrases by Queen Andrea File:2015 191st Street IRT station tunnel Pow!.jpg Art is Life by Cope2 Ridership In Fiscal Year 1914, shortly after the station's opening, it had 546,447 boardings, significantly lower than the figures for the adjacent 181st Street and Dyckman Street stations, which were 6,133,256 and 923,785, respectively.https://www.newspapers.com/clip/28129566/the_wall_street_journal/ Subway Station Sales Were 340,413,103 Tickets September 26, 1914 The Wall Street Journal February 11, 2019 2 0099-9660 February 12, 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20190212011105/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/28129566/the_wall_street_journal/ live In 2018, the station had 2,526,932 boardings, making it the 186th most used station in the 424-station system. This amounted to an average of 8,032 passengers per weekday. In popular culture The station was a filming location in the 2021 film In the Heights. References Notes Citations External links http://www.nycsubway.org/wiki/IRT_West_Side_Line#191st_Street IRT West Side Line 191st Street nycsubway.org – Primavera artwork by Raul Colon NY is a Rollercoaster – artwork by Belle Benfield and Chris Beck: nycsubway.org – Title unknown (191st Street) (about the NY is a Rollercoaster artwork) New York is a Rollercoaster https://web.archive.org/web/20111001124501/http://www.bellebenfield.com/newyorkrollercoaster/ny1.htm October 1, 2011 (about the NY is a Rollercoaster artwork) David Emmanuel Noel work with Belle Benfield/Chris Beck Station Reporter – 1 Train The Subway Nut – 191st Street Pictures (before renovation of station) https://web.archive.org/web/20111228142014/http://www.subwaynut.com/irt/191n1/index.php December 28, 2011 MTA's Arts For Transit – 191st Street, RAÚL COLÓN, Primavera, 2003 191st Street and St Nicholas Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View Broadway and 190th Street entrance from Google Maps Street View Passageway from Google Maps Street View Platforms from Google Maps Street View y yes Category:1911 establishments in New York City Category:IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line stations Category:New York City Subway stations in Manhattan Category:Railway stations in the United States opened in 1911 Category:Washington Heights, Manhattan