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)^[1]

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)^[2]

Opposite-
direction
transfer

No

Traffic

2022

1,358,486^[4]

27.2%

Rank

218 out of 423^[4]

Services

Preceding station	New York City Subway			Following station
125th Street A B C via 145th Street		Local		Cathedral Parkway–110th Street A B C via 59th Street–Columbus Circle
does not stop here

Location
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Track layout

Legend

					to 125th Street






					to Cathedral Pkwy–110th St

Street map

Station service legend
Symbol	Description
	Stops all times except late nights
	Stops late nights only
	Stops weekdays during the day

The 116th Street station 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.^[5]^[6]^[7]

History

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.^[2]^[8] Construction of the whole line cost $191.2 million (equivalent to $4,269.8 million in 2023. While the IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line already provided parallel service, the new Eighth Avenue subway via Central Park West and Frederick Douglass Boulevard provided an alternative route.^[9]

The station was planned to be rehabilitated as part of the 2015–2019 Metropolitan Transportation Authority Capital Program.^[10]

Station layout

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 has four tracks and two side platforms.^[11] The platforms have name tablets reading "116TH ST." in white sans-serif lettering on a midnight 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.

Exits

The exits on the northbound platform go up to either eastern corners of 116th Street and Frederick Douglass Boulevard while the exits on the southbound platform go up to either western corners.^[12]

Both platforms also had a part-time entrance/exit at the north end to both northern corners of 118th Street and Frederick 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.^[10]

Nearby points of interest

References

External links

Stations of the New York City Subway, by service

Stations of the New York City Subway, by service
Sixth Avenue Express	Bedford Park Boulevard Kingsbridge Road Fordham Road 182nd–183rd Streets Tremont Avenue 174th–175th Streets 170th Street 167th Street 161st Street–Yankee Stadium 155th Street 145th Street 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 Seventh Avenue 47th–50th Streets–Rockefeller Center 42nd Street–Bryant Park 34th Street–Herald Square West Fourth Street–Washington Square Broadway–Lafayette Street Grand Street DeKalb Avenue Atlantic Avenue–Barclays Center Seventh Avenue Prospect Park Church Avenue Newkirk Plaza Kings Highway Sheepshead Bay Brighton Beach
Eighth Avenue Local	168th Street 163rd Street–Amsterdam Avenue 155th Street 145th Street 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 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 Fulton Street High Street Jay Street–MetroTech Hoyt–Schermerhorn Streets Lafayette Avenue Clinton–Washington Avenues Franklin Avenue Nostrand Avenue Kingston–Throop Avenues Utica Avenue Ralph Avenue Rockaway Avenue Broadway Junction Liberty Avenue Van Siclen Avenue Shepherd Avenue Euclid Avenue
See also Lists by borough (The Bronx Brooklyn Manhattan Queens) Accessible Closed Terminals Transfer Commons category Note: Service variations, station closures, and reroutes are not reflected here. Stations with asterisks have no regular peak, reverse peak, or midday service on that route. See linked articles for more information.

Stations of the New York City Subway, by line (physical trackage)

Eighth Ave. Line

Inwood–207th Street
Dyckman Street
190th Street
181st Street
175th Street
168th Street
163rd Street–Amsterdam Avenue
155th Street
[← to 155th Street, Concourse Line]
145th Street
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, Sixth 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
[to Jay Street–MetroTech, 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, demolished, or planned (temporary closures are marked with asterisks). Track connections to other lines' terminals are displayed in brackets. ~~Struck through~~ passenger track connections are closed or unused in regular service.