155th Street station (IND Eighth Avenue Line)

For other uses, see 155th Street.

For the station actually at 155th Street and Eighth Avenue, see 155th Street (IND Concourse Line).

The 155th Street station is a local station on the IND Eighth Avenue Line of the New York City Subway. Located under the intersection of 155th Street and St. Nicholas Avenue, at the border of the Harlem and Washington Heights neighborhoods of Manhattan, it is served by the C train at all times except nights, when the A train takes over service.

155 Street
Brooklyn bound platform
Station statistics
Address	West 155th Street & St. Nicholas Avenue New York, New York
Borough	Manhattan
Locale	Washington Heights, Hamilton Heights, Harlem
Coordinates	40.830859°N 73.9414°W / 40.830859; -73.9414
Division	B (IND)[1]
Line	IND Eighth Avenue Line
Services	A  (late nights) ​   C  (all except late nights)
Transit	NYCT Bus: Bx6, Bx6 SBS, M2, M3, M100, M101
Structure	Underground
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Other information
Opened	September 10, 1932 (92 years ago) (1932-09-10)[2]
Accessible	not ADA-accessible; accessibility planned
Opposite- direction transfer	Yes
Traffic
2024	564,295[3]  4.6%
Rank	381 out of 423[3]
Services Preceding station New York City Subway Following station 163rd Street–Amsterdam Avenue A  ​C  toward 168th Street Local 145th Street A  ​C  toward Euclid Avenue
Location Show map of New York City Subway Show map of New York City Show map of New York
Track layout Legend to 163rd Street–Amsterdam Avenue to 145th Street
Street map
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops all times except late nights Stops late nights only

History

The station opened on September 10, 1932, as part of the city-operated Independent Subway System (IND)'s initial segment, the Eighth Avenue Line between Chambers Street and 207th Street.^[2][4] Construction of the whole line cost $191.2 million (equivalent to $4,406.5 million in 2024). While the IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line already provided parallel service, the new Eighth Avenue subway via Central Park West and Frederick Douglass Boulevard provided an alternative route.^[5] As part of its 2025–2029 Capital Program, the MTA has proposed making the station wheelchair-accessible in compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990.^[6]

Station layout

Ground	Street level	Exit/entrance
Mezzanine		Fare control, station agent
Platform level	Side platform
	Northbound local	← toward 168th Street (163rd Street–Amsterdam Avenue) ← toward Inwood–207th Street late nights (163rd Street–Amsterdam Avenue)
	Southbound local	→ toward Euclid Avenue (145th Street) → → toward Far Rockaway–Mott Avenue late nights (145th Street) →
	Side platform
Lower tracks[7]	Northbound express	← does not stop here
	Southbound express	→ does not stop here →

This underground station has two local tracks with two side platforms. The two express tracks, used by the A train during daytime hours, are on a lower level beneath the station and are not visible from the platforms.^[8]

The station once had a southern mezzanine with exits to 153rd Street, but it is now closed and used as a MTA New York City Transit facility.^[9] The north end at 155th Street has vent chambers and a high ceiling.

Like several other IND Eighth Avenue Line local stations, this station does not have a trim line, but does have mosaic name plates reading "155TH ST." in white sans-serif lettering on a yellow background with black border. Small tile captions reading "155" run along the wall at regular intervals between the name tablets, and beneath the name tablets are directional captions, all white lettering on a black background. The trim line was part of a color-coded tile system used throughout the IND.^[10] The tile colors were designed to facilitate navigation for travelers going away from Lower Manhattan. As such, the yellow tiles used at the 155th Street station were originally also used at 145th Street, the next express station to the south, while a different tile color is used at 168th Street, the next express station to the north. Yellow tiles are similarly used at the 163rd Street–Amsterdam Avenue station, the only other local station between 145th Street and 168th Street.^[11][12]

Exits

This station has pairs of staircases leading to the northwestern, northeastern, and southwestern corners of St. Nicholas Avenue and West 155th Street.^[13]