Inwood–207th Street (IND Eighth Avenue Line)

Inwood–207th Street

New York City Subway rapid transit station

Station statistics

Address

West 207th Street & Broadway
New York, NY 10034

Borough

Manhattan

Locale

Inwood

Coordinates

40°52′04″N 73°55′16″W / 40.867672°N 73.921165°WCoordinates: 40°52′04″N 73°55′16″W / 40.867672°N 73.921165°W

Division

B (IND)

Line

IND Eighth Avenue Line

Services

A (all times)

Transit connections

NYCT Bus: Bx7, Bx12, Bx12 SBS, Bx20

MTA Bus: BxM1

Structure

Underground

Platforms

1 island platform

Tracks

Other information

Opened

September 10, 1932^[1]

Accessible

Wireless service

^[2]

Former/other names

Washington Heights–207th Street

Other entrances/
exits

Broadway and 207th Street, Broadway & 211th Street/Isham Street

Traffic

Passengers (2015)

3,068,931^[3]

2.9%

Rank

166 out of 422

Station succession

Next north

(Terminal): A

Next south

Dyckman Street: A

north

none: A

south

175th Street: A

Station service legend
Symbol	Description
	Stops all times

Location
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Inwood–207th Street (formerly Washington Heights–207th Street) is the northern terminal station of the IND Eighth Avenue Line of the New York City Subway. Located at the intersection of 207th Street and Broadway in the Manhattan neighborhood of Inwood, near Inwood Hill Park, it is served by the A train at all times.

History

This underground station opened as Washington Heights–207th Street and was part of the 28 stations opened on September 10, 1932, and served as the northern terminus of the Eighth Avenue Line south to Chambers Street/Hudson Terminal.^[1]^[4]^[5]

Station layout

Track layout

Legend

to Dyckman St

G	Street Level	Exit/Entrance
M	Mezzanine	Fare control, station agent (Elevator at SW corner of Broadway and 207th Street)
P Platform level	Track 4	toward Far Rockaway, Lefferts Boulevard, or Rockaway Park (Dyckman Street) →
	Island platform, doors will open on the left or right
	Track 3	toward Far Rockaway, Lefferts Boulevard, or Rockaway Park (Dyckman Street) →

Entrance

There is a single island platform between the two tracks, which are designated as Tracks A3 and A4, and end at bumper blocks just north of the platform at Chaining Station 1541+00. To the immediate south is an Interlocking Plant made up of a diamond crossover that allows trains to get to the correct track, and then proceed to share the right of way with the 207th Street Yard leads to Dyckman Street, which is the next station south.^[5] This station terminal has been refurbished with two ADA-accessible elevators added. The mezzanine and street elevator shaft includes artwork titled At the Start...At Long Last by Sheila LaBrettville.^[5] The terminal is operated by a Dispatcher's Office at the south end, while the Interlocking Plant is controlled by the CTC located in the 207th Street Yard.^[5]

Exits

The main exit is three street stairs and an elevator at Broadway and 207th Street.^[6]
The north exit is two street stairs at Broadway, Isham Street, and 211st Street.^[6]

Nearby points of interest

References

1 2 New York Times, List of the 28 Stations on the New Eighth Ave Line, September 10, 1932, page 6
↑ "NYC Subway Wireless – Active Stations". Transit Wireless Wifi. Retrieved 2016-05-18.
↑ "Facts and Figures: Annual Subway Ridership". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved 2016-04-19.
↑ 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". New York Times. Retrieved 8 November 2015.
1 2 3 4 "Review of the A and C Lines" (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. December 11, 2015. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
1 2 3 4 "MTA Neighborhood Maps: Inwood" (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2015. Retrieved 29 July 2016.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Inwood – 207th Street (IND Eighth Avenue Line).

nycsubway.org – IND 8th Avenue: 207th Street
nycsubway.org – At the Start... At Long Last Artwork by Sheila Levrant de Bretteville (1999)
Station Reporter – A Lefferts
Station Reporter – A Rockaway
MTA's Arts For Transit – Inwood–207th Street (IND Eighth Avenue Line)
207th Street entrance from Google Maps Street View
Isham Street/211th Street entrance from Google Maps Street View
Platform 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 Commons category 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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