155th Street station (IND Eighth Avenue Line)

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 the 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.

155 Street
New York City Subway station (rapid transit)
Brooklyn bound platform
Station statistics
Address	West 155th Street & St. Nicholas Avenue New York, NY 10032
Borough	Manhattan
Locale	Washington Heights, Hamilton Heights, Harlem
Coordinates	40.830859°N 73.9414°W
Division	B (IND)
Line	IND Eighth Avenue Line
Services	A  (late nights) ​   C  (all except late nights)
Transit	NYCT Bus: Bx6, Bx6 SBS, M2, M3, M100, M101
Structure	Underground
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Other information
Opened	September 10, 1932[1]
Station code	150[2]
Opposite- direction transfer	Yes
Traffic
2019	895,036[3]  10.6%
Rank	373 out of 424[3]
Station succession
Next north	163rd Street–Amsterdam Avenue: A  ​C
Next south	145th Street: A  ​C
Location
Track layout to 163 St to 145 St
Street map
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops all times except late nights Stops late nights only

Station layout

G	Street level	Exit/entrance
B1	Mezzanine	Fare control, station agent
B2 Platform level	Side platform
	Northbound local	← toward 168th Street (163rd Street–Amsterdam Avenue) ← toward 207th Street late nights (163rd Street–Amsterdam Avenue)
	Southbound local	→ toward Euclid Avenue (145th Street) → → toward Far Rockaway late nights (145th Street) →
	Side platform
B3[4]	Northbound express	← does not stop here
	Southbound express	→ does not stop here →

The station opened on September 10, 1932, as part of the city-operated Independent Subway System (IND)'s initial segment, the Eighth Avenue Line between Chambers Street and 207th Street.[1][5] It has two local tracks with two side platforms. Two express tracks, used by the A train during daytime hours, run below the station and are not visible from the platforms.[6]

The station once had a southern mezzanine with exits to 153rd Street, but it is now closed and used as a MTA New York City Transit facility.[7] The north end at 155th Street has vent chambers and a high ceiling.

Like several other IND Eighth Avenue Line local stations, this station does not have a trim line, but does have mosaic name plates reading "155TH ST." in white sans-serif lettering on a yellow background with black border. Small tile captions reading "155" run along the wall at regular intervals between the name tablets, and beneath the name tablets are directional captions, all white lettering on a black background.

Exits

• 2 stairs at NW corner of St. Nicholas Avenue and West 155th Street[8]
• 2 stairs at NE corner of St. Nicholas Avenue and West 155th Street[8]
• 2 stairs at SW corner of St. Nicholas Avenue and West 155th Street[8]

References

1. "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.
2. "Station Developers' Information". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved June 13, 2017.
3. "Facts and Figures: Annual Subway Ridership 2014–2019". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2020. Retrieved May 26, 2020.
4. "C Train". Station Reporter. Archived from the original on March 13, 2013.
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.
6. Dougherty, Peter (2006) [2002]. Tracks of the New York City Subway 2006 (3rd ed.). Dougherty. OCLC 49777633 – via Google Books.
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.
8. "MTA Neighborhood Maps: Harlem / Hamilton Heights" (PDF). mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2018. Retrieved October 1, 2018.

External links

• nycsubway.org – IND 8th Avenue: 155th Street
• Station Reporter — C Train
• The Subway Nut — 155th Street Pictures Archived July 29, 2017, at the Wayback Machine
• 155th Street southwestern corner entrance from Google Maps Street View
• Platforms from Google Maps Street View