155th Street (IND Eighth Avenue Line)

For the station actually at 155th Street and Eighth Avenue, see 155th Street (IND Concourse Line).

155th Street

New York City Subway rapid transit station

Brooklyn bound platform

Station statistics

Address

West 155th Street & St. Nicholas Avenue
New York, NY 10032

Borough

Manhattan

Locale

Washington Heights, Hamilton Heights, Harlem

Coordinates

40°49′51″N 73°56′29″W / 40.830859°N 73.9414°WCoordinates: 40°49′51″N 73°56′29″W / 40.830859°N 73.9414°W

Division

B (IND)

Line

IND Eighth Avenue Line

Services

A (late nights)
C (all except late nights)

Transit connections

NYCT Bus: M3, Bx6

Structure

Underground

Platforms

2 side platforms

Tracks

Other information

Opened

September 10, 1932^[1]

Traffic

Passengers (2015)

842,826^[2]

1.2%

Rank

380 out of 422

Station succession

Next north

163rd Street – Amsterdam Avenue: A C

Next south

145th Street: A C

Station service legend
Symbol	Description
	Stops all times except late nights
	Stops late nights only

Location
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155th Street is a local station on the IND Eighth Avenue Line of the New York City Subway. Located under the intersection of 155th Street and St. Nicholas Avenue, at the border of Harlem and Washington Heights neighborhoods of Manhattan, it is served by the C train at all times except nights, when the A train takes over service.

Station layout

G	Street Level	Exit/Entrance
B1	Mezzanine	Fare control, station agent
B2	Side platform, doors will open on the right
	Northbound local	← toward 168th Street ( toward 207th Street late nights) (163rd Street – Amsterdam Avenue)
	Southbound local	→ toward Euclid Avenue ( toward Far Rockaway late nights) (145th Street) →
	Side platform, doors will open on the right
B3^[3]	Northbound express	← does not stop here
B3^[3]	Southbound express	→ does not stop here →

This station has two local tracks and two side platforms. The express tracks run underneath on a lower level and are not visible from the platforms.

The station once had a full-length mezzanine, but the south end at 153rd Street is now closed and used as a MTA New York City Transit facility.^[4] The north end at 155th Street has vent chambers and a high ceiling.

References

↑ New York Times, List of the 28 Stations on the New Eighth Ave Line, September 10, 1932, page 6
↑ "Facts and Figures: Annual Subway Ridership". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved 2016-04-18.
↑ Station Reporter — C Train
↑ "Review of the A and C Lines" (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Authority (New York). December 11, 2015. Retrieved 19 January 2016.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to 155th Street (IND Eighth Avenue Line).

nycsubway.org—IND 8th Avenue: 155th Street
Station Reporter — C Train
The Subway Nut — 155th Street Pictures
155th Street-southwestern corner from Google Maps Street View

New York City Subway stations

8th Ave. Line	Inwood – 207th Street Dyckman Street 190th Street 181st Street 175th Street 168th Street 163rd Street – Amsterdam Avenue 155th Street 145th Street [← to 145th Street, Concourse Line] 135th Street 125th Street 116th Street Cathedral Parkway – 110th Street 103rd Street 96th Street 86th Street 81st Street – Museum of Natural History 72nd Street 59th Street – Columbus Circle [to Seventh Avenue, 6th Ave. Line → / ← to Seventh Avenue, Queens Blvd. Line] 50th Street 42nd Street – Port Authority Bus Terminal 34th Street – Penn Station 23rd Street 14th Street West Fourth Street – Washington Square Spring Street Canal Street Chambers Street – World Trade Center Fulton Street High Street Jay Street – MetroTech [to Hoyt–Schermerhorn Streets, Fulton St. Line →]

See also Lists by borough (The Bronx Brooklyn Manhattan Queens) Accessible Closed Terminals Transfer Stations and line segments in italics are closed or demolished. Track connections to other lines' terminals are displayed in brackets. ~~Struck through~~ passenger track connections are closed or unused in regular service.

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