207th Street (IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line)

207th Street

New York City Subway rapid transit station

Station platforms

Station statistics

Address

West 207th Street & 10th Avenue
New York, NY 10034

Borough

Manhattan

Locale

Inwood

Coordinates

40°51′52″N 73°55′08″W / 40.8644°N 73.9189°WCoordinates: 40°51′52″N 73°55′08″W / 40.8644°N 73.9189°W

Division

A (IRT)

Line

IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line

Services

1 (all times)

Transit connections

NYCT Bus: M100, Bx12, Bx12 SBS

Structure

Elevated

Platforms

2 side platforms

Tracks

3 (2 in regular service)

Other information

Opened

April 1, 1907 (109 years ago)

Traffic

Passengers (2015)

2,090,297

Rank

238 out of 425

Station succession

Next north

215th Street: 1

Next south

Dyckman Street: 1

Station service legend
Symbol	Description
	Stops all times

Location
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207th Street is a local station on the IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line of the New York City Subway. Located at the intersection of 207th Street and 10th Avenue in the Manhattan neighborhood of Inwood, it is served by the 1 train at all times.

This station was completed in 1906, but since it was in a sparsely populated location, it did not open until April 1, 1907.

In 1948, platforms on the IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line from 103rd Street to 238th Street were lengthened to 514 feet to allow full ten-car express trains to platform. Previously the stations could only platform six car local trains. The platform extensions were opened in stages. On July 9, 1948, the platform extensions at stations between 207th Street and 238th Street were opened for use at the cost of $423,000.

This elevated station has two side platforms and three tracks with the center track not used in revenue service. Both platforms have beige windscreens and dark canopies, both of which are currently being replaced as part of a renovation project, in the center and black steel waist-high fences at either ends. The station name plates are in the standard black with white lettering.

North of this station, there are two switches and a ramp to allow access from each of the three tracks to the 207th Street Yard, which runs along the east side of the line.

The 1991 artwork here is called Elevated Nature I-IV by Wopo Holup. It consists of two concrete panels with wooden frames on the southbound platform's station house. Each panel consists of eight squares depicting tree limbs. This artwork is also located at four other stations on this line.

The station is the site of a subway crash in 1916, in which one train telescoped into another train. One motorman was badly injured, and twelve of the 200-plus passengers on the trains suffered minor injuries.

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