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155th Street (IND Eighth Avenue Line)

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Division
  
B (IND)

Transit connections
  
NYCT Bus: M3, Bx6

Platforms
  
2 side platforms

Opened
  
10 September 1932

Line
  
IND Eighth Avenue Line

Structure
  
Underground

Borough
  
Manhattan

155th Street (IND Eighth Avenue Line)

Services
  
A  (late nights)       C  (all except late nights)

Address
  
New York, NY 10032, United States

Locale
  
Washington Heights, Hamilton Heights, Harlem

Similar
  
181st Street, Cathedral Parkway–110th Street, 125th Street, 163rd Street–Amsterdam Avenue, 135th Street

155th Street is a local station on the IND Eighth Avenue Line of the New York City Subway. Located under the intersection of 155th Street and St. Nicholas Avenue, at the border of Harlem and Washington Heights neighborhoods of Manhattan, it is served by the C train at all times except nights, when the A train takes over service.

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Station layout

This station, opened on September 10, 1932, has two local tracks and two side platforms. The express tracks run underneath on a lower level and are not visible from the platforms.

The station once had a full-length mezzanine, but the south end at 153rd Street is now closed and used as a MTA New York City Transit facility. The north end at 155th Street has vent chambers and a high ceiling.

Exits

  • 2 stairs at NW corner of St. Nicholas Avenue and West 155th Street
  • 2 stairs at NE corner of St. Nicholas Avenue and West 155th Street
  • 2 stairs at SW corner of St. Nicholas Avenue and West 155th Street
  • References

    155th Street (IND Eighth Avenue Line) Wikipedia