125th Street

125th Street New York City Subway rapid transit station
Street stair
Station statistics
Address	West 125th Street & Saint Nicholas Avenue New York, NY 10027
Borough	Manhattan
Locale	Harlem
Coordinates	40°48′39″N 73°57′10″W / 40.810756°N 73.952665°W / 40.810756; -73.952665Coordinates: 40°48′39″N 73°57′10″W / 40.810756°N 73.952665°W / 40.810756; -73.952665
Division	B (IND)
Line	IND Eighth Avenue Line
Services	A  (all times)       B  (weekdays until 11:00 p.m.)       C  (all except late nights)       D  (all times)
Connection	New York City Bus: Bx15, M3, M60 to LaGuardia Airport, M100, M101
Structure	Underground
Platforms	2 island platforms cross-platform interchange
Tracks	4
Other information
Opened	September 10, 1932; 79 years ago (September 10, 1932)[1]
Accessible
Traffic
Passengers (2011)	8,173,608[2]  2.1%
Rank	40 out of 421
Station succession
Next north	135th Street (local): A  B  C  145th Street (express): A  D
Next south	116th Street (local): A  B  C  59th Street – Columbus Circle (express): A  D
Next north	168th Street (via 8th): A  C  161st Street – Yankee Stadium (via Concourse): B  D
Next south	59th Street – Columbus Circle: A  B  C  D
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops in station at all times Stops all times except late nights Stops late nights only Stops late nights and weekends only Stops weekdays only Stops all times except rush hours in the peak direction Stops daily except rush hours in the peak direction Stops rush hours only Stops rush hours in the peak direction only Station is closed (Details about time periods)

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.

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.

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.

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 station has four tracks and two island platforms. B and C local trains stop on the outer tracks while A and D express trains stop on the inner tracks. During late night hours, when neither the B nor C train operates, the A makes local stops along Central Park West.

The outer track wall tiles have a 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 full length mezzanine above the tracks 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. 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 a business that existed at street level.

The full-time fare control area is at the south end of the mezzanine and has a turnstile bank, token booth, and four staircases going up to all four corners of 125th Street and Saint Nicholas Avenue and one elevator to the southwest corner. The other fare control area at the north end is unstaffed, containing full height turnstiles and two staircases going up to either southern corners of 127th Street and Saint Nicholas Avenue.

References

External links

• nycsubway.org — IND 8th Avenue: 125th Street
• Station Reporter — A Lefferts
• Station Reporter — A Rockaway
• Station Reporter — B Train
• Station Reporter — C Train
• Station Reporter — D Train
• The Subway Nut — 125th Street Pictures
• 125th Street entrance at southwest corner from Google Maps Street View
• 127th Street entrance at southwest corner from Google Maps Street View
• Video on YouTube of the express run from 59th St. to 125th St.