Dyckman Street (IND Eighth Avenue Line)

 Dyckman Street
 "A" train
New York City Subway rapid transit station
Station statistics
Address Dyckman Street & Broadway
New York, NY 10034
Borough Manhattan
Locale Inwood
Coordinates 40°51′56″N 73°55′38″W / 40.865465°N 73.927345°W / 40.865465; -73.927345Coordinates: 40°51′56″N 73°55′38″W / 40.865465°N 73.927345°W / 40.865465; -73.927345
Division B (IND)
Line       IND Eighth Avenue Line
Services       A  (all times)
Transit connections NYCT Bus: M100, Bx7
MTA Bus: BxM1
Structure Underground
Platforms 2 side platforms
Tracks 4 (2 in passenger service)
Other information
Opened September 10, 1932 (1932-09-10)[1]
Station code 144[2]
Wireless service [3]
Former/other names Dyckman Street–200th Street
Other entrances/
exits		 Broadway, Riverside Drive, and Dyckman Street
Traffic
Passengers (2017) 2,165,366[4] Increase 1.4%
Rank 232 out of 425
Station succession
Next north Inwood–207th Street: A 
Next south 190th Street: A 

Dyckman Street (pronounced DIKE-man) is a station on the IND Eighth Avenue Line of the New York City Subway, located at the intersection of Dyckman Street and Broadway in Inwood, within northern Manhattan. It is served by the A train at all times.

History

Dyckman Street, formerly Dyckman Street–200th Street, opened on September 10, 1932 as part of the opening of the first city-owned subway line, the IND Eighth Avenue Line. On this date, the line opened from Chambers Street north to 207th Street. Construction of the whole line cost $191,200,000. Service at this station was provided with express service from is onset.[5]

The station is planned to be rehabilitated as part of the 2015–2019 MTA Capital Program.[6]

Station layout

Track layout
to 207 St
to 207 St Yd
to 190 St
G Street Level Exit/Entrance
B1 Side platform, doors will open on the right
Northbound ← "A" train toward Inwood–207th Street (Terminus)
← "A" train termination track (some rush-hour trains)
Yard lead ← No passenger service
Yard lead → No passenger service
Southbound → "A" train toward Far Rockaway, Lefferts Boulevard (all except nights), or Rockaway Park (PM rush hours) (190th Street) →
Side platform, doors will open on the right
B2 - Crossunder between platforms
Northbound platform

There are four tracks and two side platforms, much like in local stations on the subway system. The two center tracks lead to the 207th Street Yard. They merge with the two outer tracks south of this station and there are crossovers and switches between all four tracks to the north. Some northbound A trains terminate here before being taken out of service to the yard by switching to the center tracks north of this station.[7][8]

Both platform walls have no trim line and the name tablets read "DYCKMAN–200TH ST." in white sans serif lettering on a maroon background and black border. Small "200" wall signs in white numbering on a black background and yellow i-beam columns run along both platforms at regular intervals. Every other column has a black station name plate reading "Dyckman Street" in white lettering.[9] A few column signs still read "200."[10] There is an underpass connecting the platforms.[11][12]

Exits

Each platform has one same-level fare control area and there is a crossunder inside fare control. The southbound platform has the full-time turnstile bank and token booth. There are three street stairs here, two of which are built inside buildings and go up to the northwest corner of Broadway and Dyckman Street. The other stair goes up to the southwest corner of Broadway and Riverside Drive on the north end of Fort Tryon Park.[13]

Since this is the last stop on the line before the northbound terminal at Inwood–207th Street, the northbound platform's fare control is exit only, containing just full height turnstiles and four staircases, two of which go up to the northeast corner of Broadway and Dyckman Street and the other two to the southeast corner.[13][14][15]

Nearby points of interest

References

  1. ↑ The New York Times, List of the 28 Stations on the New Eighth Ave Line, September 10, 1932, page 6
  2. ↑ "Station Developers' Information". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved June 13, 2017.
  3. ↑ "NYC Subway Wireless – Active Stations". Transit Wireless Wifi. Retrieved May 18, 2016.
  4. ↑ "Facts and Figures: Annual Subway Ridership 2012–2017". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. July 12, 2018. Retrieved July 12, 2018.
  5. ↑ Crowell, Paul (September 10, 1932). "Gay Midnight Crowd Rides First Trains In The New Subway: Throngs at Station an Hour Before Time, Rush Turnstiles When Chains are Dropped" (PDF). The New York Times. Retrieved November 8, 2015.
  6. ↑ "Review of the A and C Lines" (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. December 11, 2015. Retrieved January 19, 2016.
  7. ↑ Dougherty, Peter (2006) [2002]. Tracks of the New York City Subway 2006 (3rd ed.). Dougherty. OCLC 49777633 – via Google Books.
  8. ↑ "A Subway Timetable, Effective June 24, 2018" (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved June 24, 2018.
  9. ↑ Cox, Jeremiah (March 7, 2013). "A name tablet". subwaynut.com. Retrieved March 21, 2018.
  10. ↑ Barnes, John (June 15, 2009). "(One of?) the last 200 St. signs at Dyckman Street (Line A)- most have been removed". nycsubway.org. Retrieved March 21, 2018.
  11. ↑ Cox, Jeremiah (August 15, 2008). "The underpass that has seen better days". subwaynut.com. Retrieved March 21, 2018.
  12. ↑ Cox, Jeremiah (March 7, 2013). "The underpass and High Exit turnstiles from the uptown platform". subwaynut.com. Retrieved March 21, 2018.
  13. 1 2 3 4 5 "MTA Neighborhood Maps: Inwood" (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2015. Retrieved July 29, 2016.
  14. ↑ Cox, Jeremiah (December 21, 2005). "The Exit Only No Entry Staircase also has a chain and closed sign during the transit strike to try and prevent passengers from going down". subwaynut.com. Retrieved March 21, 2018.
  15. ↑ Cox, Jeremiah (August 15, 2008). "The two exit only streetstairs (with red square Ms and normal globes) from the uptown platform". subwaynut.com. Retrieved March 21, 2018.
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