163rd Street–Amsterdam Avenue (IND Eighth Avenue Line)
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163 Street–Amsterdam Avenue
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| Closed New York City Subway rapid transit station | |||
View south from northbound platform
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| Address | Amsterdam Avenue & St. Nicholas Avenue New York, NY 10032 |
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| Borough | Manhattan | ||
| Locale | Washington Heights | ||
| Coordinates | 40°50′13″N 73°56′24″W / 40.836866°N 73.940134°WCoordinates: 40°50′13″N 73°56′24″W / 40.836866°N 73.940134°W | ||
| Division | B (IND) | ||
| Line | IND Eighth Avenue Line | ||
| Services | Closed | ||
| Transit connections |
 NYCT Bus: M3, M100, M101
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| Structure | Underground | ||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||
| Tracks | 4 (2 on each level) | ||
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| Opened | September 10, 1932 | ||
| Closed | March 12, 2018 (reconstruction) | ||
| Rebuilt | September 2018 | ||
| Station code | 149 | ||
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| Traffic | |||
| Passengers (2016) | 1,450,668  4% |
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| Rank | 309 out of 422 | ||
| Station succession | |||
| Next north | 168th Street: no passenger service | ||
| Next south | 155th Street: no passenger service | ||
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163rd Street–Amsterdam Avenue is a local station on the IND Eighth Avenue Line of the New York City Subway, located in Washington Heights, Manhattan at the intersection of Amsterdam and Saint Nicholas Avenues. From March to September 2018, the station is closed for renovations. Under normal service patterns, the station is served by the C train at all times except nights, when the A train takes over service.
This underground station, opened on September 10, 1932, has two local tracks and two side platforms. Two express tracks, used by the A train during daytime hours, run below the station and are not visible from the platforms. To the north, the upper level local tracks become the center tracks of 168th Street, allowing C trains to terminate there, while the lower level express tracks become the outer tracks, continuing towards 207th Street.
Both platforms have name tablets reading "163RD STREET - AMSTERDAM AV" in white sans serif font on two lines. The background is yellow with a black border. Small black "163" and directional signs in white lettering run at regular intervals, but there is no trim line on either platform. Yellow i-beam columns run along both platforms with all of them having the standard black station name plate with white lettering.
Under the 2015–2019 MTA Capital Plan, the station, along with thirty other New York City Subway stations, is undergoing a complete overhaul as part of the Enhanced Station Initiative and will be entirely closed for up to 6 months. Updates include cellular service, Wi-Fi, USB charging stations, interactive service advisories and maps. A request for proposals for the 72nd Street, 86th Street, Cathedral Parkway–110th Street, and 163rd Street–Amsterdam Avenue stations was issued on June 1, 2017, and the New York City Transit and Bus Committee officially recommended that the MTA Board award the $111 million contract to ECCO III Enterprises in October 2017. As part of the renovations, the station was closed starting on March 12, 2018 and is planned to reopen in mid-September 2018.
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