116th Street station (IND Eighth Avenue Line)

116 Street
116 Street
New York City Subway station (rapid transit)
	Platform view
Station statistics
Address	West 116th Street & Frederick Douglass Boulevard; New York, NY 10026
Borough	Manhattan
Locale	Harlem
Coordinates	40°48′16″N 73°57′19″W / 40.804389°N 73.955412°W
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 (91 years ago)
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
Location
Street map
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 Harlem, Manhattan, it is served by the B train on weekdays, the C train at all times except nights, and the A train during late nights only.

Station layout

Track layout

Legend

					to 125 St






					to 110 St

Ground	Street level	Exit/entrance
Platform level	Side platform
	Northbound local	← weekdays toward Bedford Park Boulevard or 145th Street (125th Street) ← toward 168th Street (125th Street) ← toward Inwood–207th Street late nights (125th Street)
	Northbound express	← do not stop here
	Southbound express	→ do not stop here →
	Southbound local	→ weekdays toward Brighton Beach (Cathedral Parkway–110th Street) → → toward Euclid Avenue (Cathedral Parkway–110th Street) → → toward Far Rockaway–Mott Avenue late nights (Cathedral Parkway–110th Street) →
	Side platform

This underground station, opened on September 10, 1932,^[2]^[5] has four tracks and two side platforms.^[6] 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.

There are no crossovers or crossunders between the two platforms. As a result, this station and 135th Street are the only two stations on the Eighth Avenue Line north of 59th Street that do not permit free transfers between opposite directions.

The station is planned to be rehabilitated as part of the 2015–2019 MTA Capital Program.^[7]

Exits

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:^[8]

Exit location^[8]	Exit Type	Number of exits	Platform served
NW corner of Frederick Douglass Boulevard and West 116th Street	Staircase	1	Southbound
SW corner of Frederick Douglass Boulevard and West 116th Street	Staircase	1	Southbound
NE corner of Frederick Douglass Boulevard and West 116th Street	Staircase	1	Northbound
SE corner of Frederick Douglass Boulevard and West 116th Street	Staircase	1	Northbound

Both platforms also had a part-time entrance/exit at the north end to both northern corners of 118th Street and Fredrick Douglass Boulevard, with the northbound platform's entrance/exit leading to the northeastern corner and the southbound platform's entrance/exit leading to the northwestern corner.^[7]

Nearby points of interest

References

^ "Glossary". Second Avenue Subway Supplemental Draft Environmental Impact Statement (SDEIS) (PDF). Vol. 1. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. March 4, 2003. pp. 1–2. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 26, 2021. Retrieved January 1, 2021.
^ ^a ^b "List of the 28 Stations on the New 8th Av. Line". The New York Times. September 10, 1932. p. 6. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved April 21, 2020.
^ ^a ^b "Annual Subway Ridership (2018–2023)". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2023. Retrieved April 20, 2024.
^ "Annual Subway Ridership (2018–2023)". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2023. Retrieved April 20, 2024.
^ Crowell, Paul (September 10, 1932). "Gay Midnight Crowd Rides First Trains In The New Subway: Throngs at Station an Hour Before Time, Rush Turnstiles When Chains are Dropped" (PDF). The New York Times. Retrieved November 8, 2015.
^ Dougherty, Peter (2006) [2002]. Tracks of the New York City Subway 2006 (3rd ed.). Dougherty. OCLC 49777633 – via Google Books.
^ ^a ^b Review of the A and C Lines (PDF) (Report). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. December 11, 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 3, 2020. Retrieved January 19, 2016.
^ ^a ^b ^c "MTA Neighborhood Maps: Morningside Heights" (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2018. Retrieved October 1, 2018.

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

[SASDEIS-DIVISION-1] "Glossary". Second Avenue Subway Supplemental Draft Environmental Impact Statement (SDEIS) (PDF). Vol. 1. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. March 4, 2003. pp. 1–2. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 26, 2021. Retrieved January 1, 2021.

[Chambers-2] "List of the 28 Stations on the New 8th Av. Line". The New York Times. September 10, 1932. p. 6. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved April 21, 2020.

[riderref-3] "Annual Subway Ridership (2018–2023)". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2023. Retrieved April 20, 2024.

[4] "Annual Subway Ridership (2018–2023)". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2023. Retrieved April 20, 2024.

[Opening-5] Crowell, Paul (September 10, 1932). "Gay Midnight Crowd Rides First Trains In The New Subway: Throngs at Station an Hour Before Time, Rush Turnstiles When Chains are Dropped" (PDF). The New York Times. Retrieved November 8, 2015.

[tracks-6] Dougherty, Peter (2006) [2002]. Tracks of the New York City Subway 2006 (3rd ed.). Dougherty. OCLC 49777633 – via Google Books.

[MTA-ReviewAC-2015-7] Review of the A and C Lines (PDF) (Report). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. December 11, 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 3, 2020. Retrieved January 19, 2016.

[:0-8] "MTA Neighborhood Maps: Morningside Heights" (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2018. Retrieved October 1, 2018.

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