181st Street

181st Street New York City Subway rapid transit station
Identification mosaic
Station statistics
Address	West 181st Street & Saint Nicholas Avenue New York, NY 10033
Borough	Manhattan
Locale	Washington Heights
Coordinates	40°50′56″N 73°55′59″W / 40.849°N 73.933°W / 40.849; -73.933Coordinates: 40°50′56″N 73°55′59″W / 40.849°N 73.933°W / 40.849; -73.933
Division	A (IRT)
Line	IRT Broadway – Seventh Avenue Line
Services	1  (all times)
Connection	New York City Bus: Bx3, Bx11, Bx13, Bx35, Bx36, M3
Structure	Underground
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Other information
Opened	March 16, 1906
Traffic
Passengers (2008)	3.764 million[1][2] ▲ 5.05%
Rank	118 out of 422
Station succession
Next north	191st Street: 1
Next south	168th Street: 1
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 all times except weekdays Stops rush hours only Stops rush hours in the peak direction only Station is closed (Details about time periods)

181st Street is a local station on the IRT Broadway – Seventh Avenue Line of the New York City Subway. Located at the intersection of St. Nicholas Avenue and 181st Street in the Manhattan neighborhood of Washington Heights, it is served by the 1 train at all times. This deep station, 120 feet below the surface, has four elevators, and a bridge connecting the two platforms. There is only a set of emergency stairs for a fire, causing all riders to take an elevator at all times. The station serves Yeshiva University and the George Washington Bridge.

The station was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.^[3] As part of the Multiple Property Submission of the Historic Resources of the New York City Subway System, the 181st Street Station is significant in the areas of transportation, community planning, engineering, and architectural design.

History

Street stair

On Sunday, August 16, 2009 at around 10:30 pm, a 25 foot section of the bricks lining the roof of the station collapsed onto both uptown and downtown tracks and platforms. It fell from the 35 foot high curved ceiling. Nobody was injured at the time of the incident. This caused suspension of the 1 service between 168th Street and Dyckman Street stations in both directions for eight days. The MTA was providing free shuttle bus service between 168th Street and Dyckman for that period. The cause of the collapse is under investigation.^[4][5] Full end-to-end service on the 1 service was restored on the morning of Monday, August 24, 2009, except that trains were skipping the 181st Street station.^[5] The station reopened to passengers on August 31, 2009.^[6]

There was also a partial ceiling collapse at the same station in 2007, according to Judith M. Kunoff, Chief Architect for the NYC Transit Authority (generally referred to by the MTA as New York City Transit).^[7]

References

External links

• nycsubway.org — IRT West Side Line: 181st Street
• Station Reporter — 1 Train
• The Subway Nut — 181st Street Pictures
• NRHP designation
• NRHP photos of station