Dyckman Street station (IND Eighth Avenue Line)

For the station at Dyckman Street and Nagle Avenue, see Dyckman Street station (IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line).

Dyckman Street
New York City Subway station (rapid transit)
Northbound platform
Station statistics
Address	Dyckman Street & Broadway New York, New York
Borough	Manhattan
Locale	Inwood
Coordinates	40°51′56″N73°55′38″W / 40.865465°N 73.927345°W / 40.865465; -73.927345
Division	B (IND) [1]
Line	IND Eighth Avenue Line
Services	A   (all times)
Transit	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;92 years ago (1932-09-10) [2]
Opposite- direction transfer	Yes
Former/other names	Dyckman Street–200th Street
Other entrances/ exits	Broadway, Riverside Drive, and Dyckman Street
Traffic
2023	1,306,098 [3]   7.5%
Rank	236 out of 423 [3]
Services Preceding station New York City Subway Following station Inwood–207th Street Terminus 190th Street toward Far Rockaway–Mott Avenue or Ozone Park–Lefferts Boulevard
Location Show map of New York City Subway Show map of New York City Show map of New York
Track layout Legend to Inwood–207th Street to 207th Street Yard to 190th Street
Street map
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops all times

The Dyckman Street station (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

New York City mayor John Francis Hylan's original plans for the Independent Subway System (IND), proposed in 1922, included building over 100 miles (160 km) of new lines and taking over nearly 100 miles (160 km) of existing lines. The lines were designed to compete with the existing underground, surface, and elevated lines operated by the Interborough Rapid Transit Company (IRT) and BMT. ^{[4] [5]} On December 9, 1924, the New York City Board of Transportation (BOT) gave preliminary approval for the construction of the IND Eighth Avenue Line. ^[6] This line consisted of a corridor connecting Inwood, Manhattan, to Downtown Brooklyn, running largely under Eighth Avenue but also paralleling Greenwich Avenue and Sixth Avenue in Lower Manhattan. ^{[6] [7]} The BOT announced a list of stations on the new line in February 1928, with a station at Thayer Street (one block southwest of Dyckman Street). ^[8]

The finishes at the five stations between 175th and 207th Street, including the Dyckman Street station, were 18 percent completed by May 1930. ^[9] By that August, the BOT reported that the Eighth Avenue Line was nearly completed and that the stations from 116th to 207th Street were 99.9 percent completed. ^[10] The entire line was completed by September 1931, except for the installation of turnstiles. ^[11] A preview event for the new subway was hosted on September 8, 1932, two days before the official opening. ^{[12] [13]} The Dyckman Street station opened on September 10, 1932, as part of the city-operated IND's initial segment, the Eighth Avenue Line between Chambers Street and 207th Street. ^{[14] [15]} Construction of the whole line cost $191.2 million. Service at this station was provided with express service from its onset. ^[14]

Dyckman Street was formerly named Dyckman Street–200th Street despite Manhattan never having a street numbered 200th. ^[16]

The station was planned to be rehabilitated as part of the 2015–2019 MTA Capital Program. ^[17]

Station layout

G	Street level	Exit/entrance
B1 Platform level	Side platform
	Northbound	← toward Inwood–207th Street (Terminus) ← termination track (select rush hour trips)
	Yard lead	← No regular service
	Yard lead	← No regular service
	Southbound	← toward Far Rockaway–Mott Avenue, Ozone Park–Lefferts Boulevard or Rockaway Park–Beach 116th Street (190th Street) →
	Side platform
B2	Crossunder	Connection between platforms

Station underpass

Entrance in front of Fort Tryon Park

There are four tracks and two side platforms, much like a typical local station in the subway system. The two outer tracks lead to the 207th Street terminal station while the two center tracks lead to the 207th Street Yard. The two center tracks merge with the two outer tracks south of this station and there are diamond crossovers between all four tracks to the north. They can be used for train storage, reroutes, or emergencies. During the morning rush hour, 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. ^{[18] [19]}

Both platform walls have no trim line, but there are mosaic name tablets reading "DYCKMAN–200TH ST." in white sans-serif lettering on a maroon background and black border. Small "200" tile captions in white numbering on a black background run along the walls between the name tablets. Yellow I-beam columns run along both platforms at regular intervals, alternating ones having the standard black station name plate in white lettering, reading "Dyckman Street". ^[20] A few column signs still read "200". ^[21] There is an underpass connecting the platforms. ^{[22] [23]}

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 northern end of Fort Tryon Park. ^[24]

Since Inwood–207th Street is the next and last stop on the line, this station's fare control on the northbound platform 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. ^{[24] [25] [26]}

Nearby points of interest

• Dyckman Farmhouse Museum ^[24]
• Fort Tryon Park ^[24]
• Inwood Hill Park ^[24]

References

1. "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.
2. "List of the 28 Stations on the New 8th Av. Line". The New York Times . September 10, 1932. p. 6. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved April 21, 2020.
3. "Annual Subway Ridership (2018–2023)". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2023. Retrieved April 20, 2024.
4. "Two Subway Routes Adopted by City". The New York Times. August 4, 1923. p. 9. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved August 1, 2019.
5. "Plans Now Ready to Start Subways". The New York Times. March 12, 1924. p. 1. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved August 1, 2019.
6. "Hylan Subway Plan Links Four Boroughs at $450,000,000 Cost". The New York Times. December 10, 1924. p. 1. ISSN   0362-4331. Archived from the original on June 14, 2018. Retrieved June 29, 2018.
7. Raskin, Joseph B. (2013). The Routes Not Taken: A Trip Through New York City's Unbuilt Subway System. New York, New York: Fordham University Press. doi:10.5422/fordham/9780823253692.001.0001. ISBN   978-0-82325-369-2.
8. "Express and Local Stations For New Eighth Avenue Line". New York Herald Tribune. February 5, 1928. p. B1. ISSN   1941-0646. ProQuest   1113431477.
9. "Progress is Rapid on 8th Av. Subway; Board's Engineers Report Spurt in Building Is Likely to Open the Line in July, 1930". The New York Times. May 26, 1930. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved April 29, 2023.
10. "Eighth Av. Subway Nearly Completed; Basic Construction Work From Chambers to 207th St. Done Except on Few Short Stretches". The New York Times. August 24, 1930. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved March 15, 2023.
11. O'Brien, John C. (September 9, 1931). "8th Ave. Line Being Rushed For Use Jan. 1: Turnstile Installation on Subway Begins Monday; Other Equipment Ready for Start of Train Service City Has Yet to Find Operating Company Transit Official on Trip, 207th to Canal Street, Inspects Finished Tube". New York Herald Tribune. p. 1. ISSN   1941-0646. ProQuest   1331181357.
12. "Sightseers Invade New Subway When Barricade Is lifted". The New York Times. September 9, 1932. ISSN   0362-4331. Archived from the original on July 1, 2022. Retrieved July 1, 2022.
13. "8th Av. Subway Gets First 5c. by Woman's Error: She Peers Into a Station, Hears Train, Pays for Ride, but Is Day Too Early Preparing for Tomorrow's Rush on 8th Ave. Subway". New York Herald Tribune. September 9, 1932. p. 1. ProQuest   1125436641.
14. 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.
15. Sebring, Lewis B. (September 10, 1932). "Midnight Jam Opens City's New Subway: Turnstiles Click Into Action at 12:01 A. M. as Throngs Battle for Places in 'First' Trains Boy, 7, Leads Rush At 42d St. Station City at Last Hails 8th Ave. Line After 7-Year Wait; Cars Bigger, Clean Transit Commissioner Officially Opening New Subway at Midnight". New York Herald Tribune. p. 1. ISSN   1941-0646. ProQuest   1114839882.
16. "200th Street, Manhattan-Bronx". Forgotten New York. February 10, 2016. Retrieved June 19, 2017. Presently, Manhattan numbered streets skip from West 196th to West 201st, and both of those streets go for one block or less. Manhattan has never had a 200th Street.
17. Review of the A and C Lines (PDF) (Report). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. December 11, 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 3, 2020. Retrieved January 19, 2016.
18. Dougherty, Peter (2006) [2002]. Tracks of the New York City Subway 2006 (3rd ed.). Dougherty. OCLC   49777633 – via Google Books.
19. "ASubway Timetable, Effective December 17, 2023". Metropolitan Transportation Authority . Retrieved June 28, 2024.
20. Cox, Jeremiah (March 7, 2013). "A name tablet". subwaynut.com. Retrieved March 21, 2018.
21. 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.
22. Cox, Jeremiah (August 15, 2008). "The underpass that has seen better days". subwaynut.com. Retrieved March 21, 2018.
23. Cox, Jeremiah (March 7, 2013). "The underpass and High Exit turnstiles from the uptown platform". subwaynut.com. Retrieved March 21, 2018.
24. "MTA Neighborhood Maps: Inwood" (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2015. Retrieved July 29, 2016.
25. 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.
26. 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.

External links

• nycsubway.org – IND 8th Avenue: Dyckman Street/200th Street
• Station Reporter — A Rockaway
• Station Reporter — A Lefferts
• The Subway Nut — Dyckman Street (A)
• Storefront entrance to Dyckman Street from Google Maps Street View
• Broadway and Riverside Drive entrance from Google Maps Street View
• Platform from Google Maps Street View