191st Street station

191 Street
New York City Subway station (rapid transit)
View of the downtown platform
Station statistics
Address	West 191st Street & Saint Nicholas Avenue New York, New York
Borough	Manhattan
Locale	Washington Heights
Coordinates	40°51′18″N 73°55′44″W / 40.855°N 73.929°W / 40.855; -73.929
Division	A (IRT)[1]
Line	IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line
Services	1  (all times)
Transit	NYCT Bus: M3, M101
Structure	Underground
Depth	173 feet (53 m)
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Other information
Opened	January 14, 1911 (113 years ago) (1911-01-14)[2]
Accessible	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
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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.