125th Street (IND Eighth Avenue Line)

For the demolished station actually at 125th Street and Eighth Avenue, see 125th Street (IRT Ninth Avenue Line).

125th Street
New York City Subway rapid transit station
300px Street stair
Station statistics
Address	West 125th Street & Saint Nicholas Avenue New York, NY 10027
Borough	Manhattan
Locale	Harlem
Coordinates
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)
Transit connections	NYCT Bus: M3, M60 SBS, M100, M101, Bx15
Structure	Underground
Platforms	2 island platforms cross-platform interchange
Tracks	4
Other information
Opened	September 10, 1932  (1932-09-10)
Accessible
Wireless service
Traffic
Passengers (2015)	9,558,837  2.3%
Rank	33
Station succession
Next north	135th Street (local): A  B  C  145th Street (express): A  145th Street (Concourse express): 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 local): B  D all except rush hours, peak direction Kingsbridge Road (via Concourse express): D  none: B
Next south	59th Street – Columbus Circle: A  B  C  D
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops all times except late nights Stops all times Stops late nights only Stops rush hours only Stops rush hours in the peak direction only Stops weekdays only
Location

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.

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

G	Street Level	Exit/ Entrance
M	Mezzanine	Fare control, station agents, to exits (Elevator on SW corner of 125th Street and Saint Nicholas Avenue)
P Platform level	Northbound local	← toward Bedford Park Boulevard rush hours, 145th Street other times (135th Street) ← toward 168th Street ( toward 207th Street late nights) (135th Street)
	Island platform, doors will open on the left, right
	Northbound express	← toward 207th Street (145th Street) ← toward Norwood – 205th Street (145th Street)
	Southbound express	→ toward Lefferts Boulevard or Far Rockaway all except nights, or Rockaway Park PM rush hours (59th Street – Columbus Circle) → → toward Coney Island – Stillwell Avenue (59th Street – Columbus Circle) →
	Island platform, doors will open on the left, right
	Southbound local	→ toward Brighton Beach (116th Street) → → toward Euclid Avenue ( toward Far Rockaway late nights) (116th Street) →

The outer track wall tiles have a Prussian 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 mezzanine above the tracks at the Southern end 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.

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. 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 of a business that existed at street level. There are also two additional closed exits at the south end of the station, at the southeast and northwest corners of 124th Street and Saint Nicholas Avenue.

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.

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.