175th Street (IND Eighth Avenue Line)

175th Street

New York City Subway rapid transit station

Station statistics

Address

West 175th Street & Fort Washington Avenue
New York, NY 10033

Borough

Manhattan

Locale

Washington Heights

Coordinates

40°56′48″N 73°56′24″W / 40.946541°N 73.940091°WCoordinates: 40°56′48″N 73°56′24″W / 40.946541°N 73.940091°W

Division

B (IND)

Line

IND Eighth Avenue Line

Services

A (all times)

Transit connections

NYCT Bus: M4, M5, M98, M100, Bx3, Bx7, Bx11, Bx13, Bx35, Bx36

GWB Bus Station

Structure

Underground

Platforms

1 island platform

Tracks

Other information

Opened

September 10, 1932^[1]

Accessible

Former/other names

175th Street – George Washington Bridge Bus Terminal

Traffic

Passengers (2015)

4,197,373^[2]

0.2%

Rank

119 out of 422

Station succession

Next north

181st Street: A

Next south

168th Street: A

north

Inwood – 207th Street: A

south

168th Street: A

Station service legend
Symbol	Description
	Stops all times

Location
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175th Street (also known as 175th Street – George Washington Bridge Bus Terminal) is a station on the IND Eighth Avenue Line of the New York City Subway. Located in the neighborhood of Washington Heights in Upper Manhattan, at 175th Street and Fort Washington Avenue, it is served by the A train at all times.

Station layout

G	Street Level	Exit/Entrance
M	Mezzanine	Fare control, station agent (Elevator at NE corner of 177th Street and Fort Washington Avenue)
P Platform level	Northbound	← toward Inwood – 207th Street (181st Street)
	Island platform, doors will open on the left
	Southbound	→ toward Far Rockaway, Lefferts Boulevard, or Rockaway Park (168th Street) →

The station has two tracks and one island platform. It is linked by an underground tunnel to the George Washington Bridge Bus Station. The full-time exits are at 175th Street and 177th Street. The station is fully accessible, with an elevator at the northeast corner of 177th Street.

The 174th Street Yard, used to store trains assigned to the C service, is adjacent to this station to the east.

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.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to 175th Street (IND Eighth Avenue Line).

nycsubway.org—IND Eighth Avenue Line: 175th Street/George Washington Bridge Bus Terminal
Station Reporter — A Lefferts
Station Reporter — A Rockaway
175th Street entrance from Google Maps Street View
Fort Washington Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View
177th Street entrance from Google Maps Street View

Stone entranceway on Fort Washington Avenue at 175th Street

New York City Subway stations

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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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