181st Street (IND Eighth Avenue Line)

181st Street
New York City Subway rapid transit station
Station statistics
Address	West 181st Street & Fort Washington Avenue New York, NY 10033
Borough	Manhattan
Locale	Washington Heights, Hudson Heights
Coordinates	40°51′03″N 73°56′18″W / 40.850891°N 73.938289°W / 40.850891; -73.938289Coordinates: 40°51′03″N 73°56′18″W / 40.850891°N 73.938289°W / 40.850891; -73.938289
Division	B (IND)
Line	IND Eighth Avenue Line
Services	A  (all times)
Transit connections	NYCT Bus: M4, M98 GWB Bus Station
Structure	Underground
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Other information
Opened	September 10, 1932; 84 years ago (1932-09-10)
Wireless service
Other entrances/ exits	Fort Washington Avenue & 181st St, Overlook Terrace & 184th St, east side of Fort Washington Avenue
Traffic
Passengers (2015)	3,628,174  5%
Rank	144 out of 425
Station succession
Next north	190th Street: A
Next south	175th Street: A
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops all times
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181st Street Subway Station (IND)
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
MPS	New York City Subway System MPS
NRHP Reference #	05000233
Added to NRHP	March 30, 2005

181st Street is a station on the IND Eighth Avenue Line of the New York City Subway. It is located on Fort Washington Avenue and 181st Street, one of the main shopping districts of the Hudson Heights neighborhood of Washington Heights, and served by the A train at all times.

This underground station, opened on September 10, 1932, has two tracks and two side platforms and is deep below the surface due to the area's hills. In fact, the highest natural point on Manhattan Island is in Bennett Park, adjacent to the station exit on Fort Washington Avenue between West 183rd and 185th Streets (there is no West 184th Street there).

Because of the station's depth, escalators lead to 181st Street at the south end, and elevators at the north end of the station carry passengers to the Bennett Park exit. The elevators were formerly only open during the daytime, and required the payment of a fare to use. Since 1957, the elevators have been available for use by pedestrians going between Overlook Terrace and Fort Washington Avenue without paying a fare; a similar situation exists at 190th Street, the next station uptown, as well as at 191st Street, on the IRT Broadway – Seventh Avenue Line.

The station and the nearby George Washington Bridge Bus Terminal are served by ten local MTA Regional Bus Operations routes and various interstate bus routes.