116th Street station (IND Eighth Avenue Line)

116th Street  ​​
New York City Subway station (rapid transit)
Station statistics
Address	West 116th Street & Frederick Douglass Boulevard New York, NY 10026
Borough	Manhattan
Locale	Harlem
Division	B (IND)
Line	IND Eighth Avenue Line
Services	A  (late nights) ​   B  (weekdays during the day) ​   C  (all except late nights)
Transit	NYCT Bus: M7, M10, M116
Structure	Underground
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	4
Other information
Opened	September 10, 1932 (1932-09-10)
Opposite- direction transfer	No
Traffic
2023	1,459,488  7.4%
Rank	217 out of 423
Station succession
Next north	Template:NYCS next
Next south	Template:NYCS next
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops all times except late nights Stops late nights only Stops weekdays during the day

116th Street is a local station on the IND Eighth Avenue Line of the New York City Subway. Located at the intersection of 116th Street and 8th Avenue in the Manhattan neighborhood of Harlem, it is served by the C train at all times except nights, when the A train takes over service. The B train provides additional service here on weekdays except nights.

Station layout

Track layout
to 125 St to 110 St

G	Street Level	Exit/Entrance
P Platform level	Side platform, doors will open on the right
	Northbound local	← toward Bedford Park Boulevard rush hours, 145th Street other times (125th Street) ← toward 168th Street ( toward 207th Street late nights) (125th Street)
	Northbound express	← do not stop here
	Southbound express	→ do not stop here →
	Southbound local	→ toward Brighton Beach (110th Street) → → toward Euclid Avenue ( toward Far Rockaway late nights) (110th Street) →
	Side platform, doors will open on the right

This underground station, opened on September 10, 1932, has four tracks and two side platforms. The platforms have name tablets reading "116TH ST." in white sans serif lettering on a blue background and black border, but no trim line. Small direction and name signs reading "116" in white lettering on a black border run at regular intervals. There are blue I-beam columns that run along both platforms at regular intervals with every other one having the standard black station name plate in white lettering.

Each platform has one same-level fare control area at their extreme south ends. Each one has a turnstile bank and two staircases to the street. The southbound platform has a token booth while the northbound platform does not, having been closed in 2010 and removed several years later. The exits on the northbound platform go up to either eastern corners of 116th Street and Eighth Avenue while the exits on the southbound platform go up to either western corners.

There are no crossovers or crossunders. As a result, this station and 135th Street are the only two on the Eighth Avenue Line north of 59th Street that do not permit free transfers between opposite directions. There is evidence on both sides of an abandoned part-time entrance at the north end that led to the north side of West 118th Street.

The station is planned to be rehabilitated as part of the 2015–2019 MTA Capital Program.

External links

• nycsubway.org – IND Eighth Avenue: 116th Street
• Station Reporter — B Train
• Station Reporter — C Train
• The Subway Nut — 116th Street Pictures
• 116th Street entrance at northwest from Google Maps Street View
• Platform from Google Maps Street View