ADA-accessible to mezzanine only; platforms are not ADA-accessible
Opposite- direction transfer
Yes
Traffic
2023
1,682,168[3] 9.7%
Rank
191 out of 423[3]
Services
Preceding station
New York City Subway
Following station
Dyckman Street
toward Van Cortlandt Park–242nd Street
181st Street
toward South Ferry
Location
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Track layout
Legend
to Dyckman Street
to 181st Street
Street map
Station service legend
Symbol
Description
Stops all times
The 191st Street station is a station on the IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line of the New York City Subway. Located at the intersection of St. Nicholas Avenue and 191st Street in the Washington Heights neighborhood of Manhattan, it is served by the 1 train at all times. It is the deepest station in the New York City Subway system at about 173 feet (53 m) below street level. Access to the station's main entrance is only provided by four elevators from the mezzanine situated above the platforms. A 1,000-foot-long (300 m) pedestrian tunnel also extends west from the station to Broadway, connecting it with the Fort George neighborhood.
Built by the Interborough Rapid Transit Company (IRT), the station opened on January 14, 1911, as an infill station along the first subway. Even though the line through the area had opened five years earlier, no station was constructed at this location because the surrounding neighborhood had a lower population than other areas of Manhattan. Before the opening of the pedestrian tunnel two years later, the area's hilly topography made it hard for area residents to access the station. The opening of the station and the tunnel led to the development of the surrounding area, including the construction of apartment buildings. Hundreds of lots held by the Bennett family since 1835 were sold at an auction in 1919. These provided additional housing opportunities for the middle class, taking advantage of the area's improved transportation access.
^"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.
^"Era of Building Activity Opening for Fort George: New Subway Station at 191st Street and Proposed Underground Road to Fairview Avenue Important Factors in Coming Development–One Block Of Apartments Finished". The New York Times. January 22, 1911. p. X11. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on December 22, 2021. Retrieved February 6, 2019.
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feet (30 m) below street level (approximately 10 stories deep) behind 34th Street–Hudson Yards, 190th Street, and 191stStreetstations, also in Manhattan...
platform barriers at 191stStreetstation". Gothamist. Retrieved January 21, 2024."New yellow safety barriers appear at subway station in Washington Heights"...
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Global Information
New York City Subway station (rapid transit)
(all times)
NYCT Bus: M3, M101
ADA-accessible to mezzanine only; platforms are not ADA-accessible
9.7%
