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116th Street station (IRT Lexington Avenue Line)

Coordinates: 40°47′55″N 73°56′31″W / 40.798607°N 73.942022°W / 40.798607; -73.942022
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 116 Street
 "6" train"6" express train​
New York City Subway station (rapid transit)
Station statistics
AddressEast 116th Street & Lexington Avenue
New York, New York
BoroughManhattan
LocaleEast Harlem
Coordinates40°47′55″N 73°56′31″W / 40.798607°N 73.942022°W / 40.798607; -73.942022
DivisionA (IRT)[1]
Line   IRT Lexington Avenue Line
Services   4 late nights (late nights)
​   6 all times (all times) <6> weekdays until 8:45 p.m., peak direction (weekdays until 8:45 p.m., peak direction)
TransitBus transport NYCT Bus: M98, M101, M102, M103, M116[2]
StructureUnderground
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
Other information
OpenedJuly 17, 1918 (106 years ago) (1918-07-17)[3]
Opposite-
direction
transfer		No
Traffic
20232,766,817[4] Decrease 1%
Rank121 out of 423[4]
Services
Preceding station New York City Subway New York City Subway Following station
125th Street
4 late nights ​6 all times <6> weekdays until 8:45 p.m., peak direction
toward Pelham Bay Park
Local 		110th Street
4 late nights ​6 all times <6> weekdays until 8:45 p.m., peak direction
toward Brooklyn Bridge–City Hall
"5" train does not stop here
Location
116th Street station (IRT Lexington Avenue Line) is located in New York City Subway
116th Street station (IRT Lexington Avenue Line)
116th Street station (IRT Lexington Avenue Line) is located in New York City
116th Street station (IRT Lexington Avenue Line)
116th Street station (IRT Lexington Avenue Line) is located in New York
116th Street station (IRT Lexington Avenue Line)
Track layout

Legend
to 125th Street
express tracks to 125th Street
to 110th Street
Upper level
Lower level
Street map

Map

Station service legend
Symbol Description
Stops all times Stops all times
Stops late nights only Stops late nights only
Stops rush hours in the peak direction only Stops rush hours in the peak direction only

The 116th Street station is a local station on the IRT Lexington Avenue Line of the New York City Subway. Located at the intersection of Lexington Avenue and 116th Street in East Harlem, it is served by the 6 train at all times, the <6> train during weekdays in the peak direction, and the 4 train during late nights.

This station was constructed as part of the Dual Contracts by the Interborough Rapid Transit Company and opened in 1918. It was renovated in 2003.

History

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Construction and opening

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Station name in mosaics

Following the completion of the original subway, there were plans to construct a line along Manhattan's east side north of 42nd Street. The original plan for what became the extension north of 42nd Street was to continue it south through Irving Place and into what is now the BMT Broadway Line at Ninth Street and Broadway. In July 1911, the IRT had withdrawn from the talks, and the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company (BRT) was to operate on Lexington Avenue. The IRT submitted an offer for what became its portion of the Dual Contracts on February 27, 1912.[5][6]

View of the 116th Street uptown platform

In 1913, as part of the Dual Contracts, which were signed on March 19, 1913,[7] the Public Service Commission planned to split the original Interborough Rapid Transit Company (IRT) system from looking like a "Z" system (as seen on a map) to an H-shaped system. The original system would be split into three segments: two north–south lines, carrying through trains over the Lexington Avenue and Broadway–Seventh Avenue Lines, and a west–east shuttle under 42nd Street. This would form a roughly H-shaped system.[8][9] It was predicted that the subway extension would lead to the growth of the Upper East Side and the Bronx.[10][11]

The 116th Street station opened on July 17, 1918, with service initially running between Grand Central–42nd Street and 167th Street via the line's local tracks.[3][12] On August 1, the "H system" was put into place, with through service beginning on the new east and west side trunk lines, and the institution of the 42nd Street Shuttle along the old connection between the sides.[13][14] The cost of the extension from Grand Central was $58 million.[15]

Later years

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The city government took over the IRT's operations on June 12, 1940.[16][17]

This station was renovated in 2003, along with the 77th Street and 86th Street stations on the Lexington Avenue Line. As part of the project, structural deficiencies were repaired, signage and lighting were enhanced, electrical service was upgraded, station facilities were rehabilitated, new fare arrays and a new token booth were installed, and portions of the station were upgraded to be compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. In addition, visual clutter was eliminated, and artwork was installed. The contract for the station renovation project, which was expected to take two year, was expected to be advertised in October 2000.[18] The contract for these three stations was awarded in October 2001, and the projects were done in-house. The cost of the work at 116th Street station was $15.5 million, of which $12.3 million came from the Federal government.[19]

Station layout

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A view of the station platforms
Ground Street level Exit/entrance
Platform level Side platform
Northbound local ← "6" train"6" express train toward Pelham Bay Park or Parkchester (125th Street)
← "4" train toward Woodlawn late nights (125th Street)
Southbound local → "6" train"6" express train toward Brooklyn Bridge–City Hall (110th Street) →
→ "4" train toward New Lots Avenue late nights (110th Street) →
Side platform
Express tracks[20] Northbound express ← "4" train"5" train do not stop here
Southbound express → "4" train"5" train do not stop here →

This underground station has two tracks and two side platforms, and serves local trains only. The two express tracks pass underneath on a lower level and are not visible from the platforms.[21] The 6 stops here at all times, and the 4 stops here during late nights.[22][23] The station is between 125th Street to the north and 110th Street to the south.[24]

Fare control is at platform level, and no crossover or crossunder is provided.[25][26] The station has standard IRT number and station name tiles. Both platforms have emergency exits from the lower level express tracks.

Exits

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This station has staircases that lead out to the four corners of the intersection of 116th Street and Lexington Avenue. Staircases on the western corners serve the southbound platform, while those on the eastern corners serve the northbound platform.[27]

References

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  1. ^ "Glossary". Second Avenue Subway Supplemental Draft Environmental Impact Statement (SDEIS) (PDF). Vol. 1. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. March 4, 2003. pp. 1–2. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 26, 2021. Retrieved January 1, 2021.
  2. ^ "Manhattan Bus Map" (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. July 2019. Retrieved December 1, 2020.
  3. ^ a b "Lexington Av. Line to be Opened Today" (PDF). The New York Times. July 17, 1918. p. 13. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived (PDF) from the original on December 14, 2021. Retrieved April 21, 2020.
  4. ^ a b "Annual Subway Ridership (2018–2023)". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2023. Retrieved April 20, 2024.
  5. ^ Walker, James Blaine (1918). Fifty Years of Rapid Transit — 1864 to 1917. New York, N.Y.: Law Printing. pp. 230–233. Retrieved November 6, 2016.
  6. ^ "Petition for Subway in Lexington Ave". The New York Times. May 22, 1912. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on May 4, 2022. Retrieved February 16, 2009. A petition is being circulated among the residents and property owners of the section just south of the Grand Central Station, in Park and Lexington Avenues, protesting against the proposed abandonment of the construction of the Subway in Lexington Avenue, between Forty-third and Thirty-second Streets.
  7. ^ "Subway Contracts Solemnly Signed; Cheers at the Ceremonial Function When McCall Gets Willcox to Attest" (PDF). The New York Times. March 20, 1913. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived (PDF) from the original on May 4, 2022. Retrieved January 11, 2018.
  8. ^ "Money Set Aside For New Subways; Board of Estimate Approves City Contracts to be Signed To-day with Interboro and B.R.T." (PDF). The New York Times. March 19, 1913. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived (PDF) from the original on July 7, 2021. Retrieved November 10, 2017.
  9. ^ Engineering News-record. McGraw-Hill Publishing Company. 1916. p. 846. Archived from the original on May 4, 2022. Retrieved December 28, 2020.
  10. ^ Whitney, Travis H. (March 10, 1918). "The Seventh and Lexington Avenue Subways Will Revive Dormant Sections — Change in Operation That Will Transform Original Four-Tracked Subway Into Two Four-Tracked Systems and Double Present Capacity of the Interborough". The New York Times. p. 12. Archived from the original on May 4, 2022. Retrieved August 26, 2016.
  11. ^ "Public Service Commission Fixes July 15 For Opening of The New Seventh and Lexington Avenue Subway Lines — Will Afford Better Service and Less Crowding — Shuttle Service for Forty-Second Street — How the Various Lines of the Dual System Are Grouped for Operation and List of Stations on All Lines". The New York Times. May 19, 1918. p. 32. Archived from the original on May 4, 2022. Retrieved November 6, 2016.
  12. ^ "Lexington Subway to Operate To-day". New York Herald. July 17, 1918. p. 8. Retrieved May 30, 2023.
  13. ^ "Open New Subway Lines to Traffic; Called a Triumph — Great H System Put in Operation Marks an Era in Railroad Construction — No Hitch in the Plans — But Public Gropes Blindly to Find the Way in Maze of New Stations — Thousands Go Astray — Leaders in City's Life Hail Accomplishment of Great Task at Meeting at the Astor". The New York Times. August 2, 1918. p. 1. Archived from the original on January 6, 2021. Retrieved November 6, 2016.
  14. ^ "New "H" System Brings Worst Subway Jam". New-York Tribune. August 2, 1918. pp. 1, 6. Retrieved May 30, 2023.
  15. ^ "Finish a New Link of the Dual Subway; Lexington Avenue Line North of Forty-second Street to Begin Local Service Wednesday. Branch Extends to Bronx Through service, with Times SquareGrand Central Shuttle Connections, to Open Soon. Changes in the Bronx". The New York Times. July 11, 1918. p. 20. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on May 4, 2022. Retrieved January 8, 2017.
  16. ^ "City Transit Unity Is Now a Reality; Title to I.R.T. Lines Passes to Municipality, Ending 19-Year Campaign". The New York Times. June 13, 1940. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on January 7, 2022. Retrieved May 14, 2022.
  17. ^ "Transit Unification Completed As City Takes Over I. R. T. Lines: Systems Come Under Single Control After Efforts Begun in 1921; Mayor Is Jubilant at City Hall Ceremony Recalling 1904 Celebration". New York Herald Tribune. June 13, 1940. p. 25. ProQuest 1248134780.
  18. ^ "Forecast of MTA Capital Program Contracts July - December 2000". mta.nyc.ny.us. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. July 2000. Archived from the original on August 16, 2000. Retrieved July 29, 2021.
  19. ^ "Contract Capers: Excess Costs and Politics in MTA Contracting" (PDF). ppfeny.org. Public Policy and Education Fund of New York. December 12, 2002. pp. 11, 13. Archived (PDF) from the original on February 7, 2019. Retrieved July 29, 2021.
  20. ^ Station Reporter — 6 Train
  21. ^ Dougherty, Peter (2006) [2002]. Tracks of the New York City Subway 2006 (3rd ed.). Dougherty. OCLC 49777633 – via Google Books.
  22. ^ "4 Subway Timetable, Effective December 15, 2024". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved December 16, 2024.
  23. ^ "6 Subway Timetable, Effective December 15, 2024". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved December 16, 2024.
  24. ^ "Subway Map" (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. September 2021. Retrieved September 17, 2021.
  25. ^ Cox, Jeremiah (June 10, 2011). "The exit on the uptown side". subwaynut.com. Archived from the original on June 1, 2015. Retrieved December 19, 2018.
  26. ^ Cox, Jeremiah (June 10, 2011). "Approaching the downtown turnstiles". subwaynut.com. Archived from the original on June 1, 2015. Retrieved December 19, 2018.
  27. ^ "116th Street Neighborhood Map". mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. April 2018. Archived from the original on December 27, 2021. Retrieved December 28, 2020.
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