Division B (IND) Structure Underground Borough Manhattan Tracks 4 | Line IND Eighth Avenue Line Opened 10 September 1932 Locale Harlem | |
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Services A (all times)
C (all except late nights)
B (weekdays until 11:00 p.m.)
D (all times) Transit connections NYCT Bus: M3, M60 SBS, M100, M101, Bx15 Platforms 2 island platforms
cross-platform interchange Address New York, NY 10027, United States Similar Cathedral Parkway–110th Street, 116th Street, 103rd Street, 135th Street, 155th Street | ||
Brooklyn bound r68a a train entering 125th street ind eighth avenue line
125th Street is an express station on the IND Eighth Avenue Line of the New York City Subway. Located at the intersection of 125th Street and St. Nicholas Avenue in Manhattan, it is served by the A and D trains at all times, by the C train at all times except late nights, and by the B train on weekdays.
Contents
- Brooklyn bound r68a a train entering 125th street ind eighth avenue line
- History
- Station layout
- Exits
- References
Nearby landmarks and points of interest include the Apollo Theater and the Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine.
History
125th Street opened on September 10, 1932, along with the rest of the IND Eighth Avenue Line from Chambers Street to 207th Street
In 1981, the MTA listed the station among the 69 most deteriorated stations in the subway system. The station was renovated in the 1980s, during which two stairs to each platform at the north end were removed and the platforms' original white floor tiling was replaced. Another renovation later made restored the closed staircases and made station ADA-accessible with the installation of elevators near the middle of the platforms.
Station layout
The outer track wall tiles have a Prussian green trim line with a black border with small "125" signs in white lettering on a black background beneath it. Both platforms have one line of green i-beam columns that run at regular intervals for their entire lengths except for a small sections at either ends. Every other column has the standard black station name plate in white lettering.
The station has a mezzanine above the tracks at the Southern end and platforms that connect both fare control areas at either ends. There are five staircases to each platform and large-scale photos of Harlem in the 1920s and 1930s.
The next express station to the south, 59th Street–Columbus Circle, is 3.35 miles (5.391 km) away with seven local stations in between. This is the longest distance between two express stops in the system.
Exits
The full-time fare control area is at the south end of the mezzanine, serving the 125th Street exits, and has a turnstile bank and token booth. It serves the exits at St. Nicholas Avenue and West 125th Street. The other fare control area at the north end, serving the 127th Street exits, is unstaffed, containing full height turnstiles. There is also evidence of two closed exit stairs going up to 126th Street, one on each side of the mezzanine. One of the staircases led directly into the basement of a business that existed at street level. There are also two additional closed exits at the south end of the station, at the southeast and northwest corners of 124th Street and Saint Nicholas Avenue.