Dyckman Street (IND Eighth Avenue Line)

Dyckman Street
New York City Subway rapid transit station
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Station statistics
Address	Dyckman Street & Broadway New York, NY 10034
Borough	Manhattan
Locale	Inwood
Coordinates
Division	B (IND)
Line	IND Eighth Avenue Line
Services	A  (all times)
Transit connections	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 (1932-09-10)
Former/other names	Dyckman Street – 200th Street
Other entrances/ exits	Broadway, Riverside Drive, and Dyckman Street
Traffic
Passengers (2014)	2,158,170  2.2%
Rank	228 out of 421
Station succession
Next north	Inwood – 207th Street: A
Next south	190th Street: A
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops all times

Dyckman Street 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

Dyckman Street formerly Dyckman Street – 200th Street opened with on September 10, 1932 at 12:01 AM with the inauguration of service running on the IND between 207th Street and Chambers Street/Hudson Terminal. There was no official train, and the chains that blocked the access to the turnstiles were lifted just before midnight, and those who dropped their nickels in, were able to board any train that they wished to ride. The new line took seven years to build and cost $191,200,000.

Station layout

G	Street Level	Exit/Entrance
B1	Side platform, doors will open on the right
	Northbound	← toward Inwood – 207th Street (Terminus) ← termination track (some rush-hour trains)
	Yard lead	← No passenger service
	Yard lead	→ No passenger service
	Southbound	→ toward Lefferts Boulevard, Far Rockaway, or Rockaway Park (190th Street) →
	Side platform, doors will open on the right
B2	-	Crossunder between platforms

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Northbound platform

There are four tracks and two side platforms, much like in local stations on the subway system. The two center tracks lead to the 207th Street Yard. They merge with the two outer tracks south of this station and there are crossovers and switches between all four tracks to the north. 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.

Both platform walls have no trim line and the name tablets read "DYCKMAN – 200TH ST." in white sans serif lettering on a maroon background and black border. Small "200" wall signs in white numbering on a black background and yellow i-beam columns run along both platforms at regular intervals. Every other column has a black station name plate reading "Dyckman Street" in white lettering.

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 four street stairs here, two of which are built inside buildings and go up to the northwest corner of Broadway and Dyckman Street. The other two go up to the northwest corner of Broadway and Riverside Drive on the north end of Fort Tryon Park.

Since there is only one more station in the northbound direction, that platform's fare control is exit only, containing just full height turnstiles and three staircases, two of which go up to the northeast corner of Broadway and Dyckman Street and the other to the southeast corner.

Nearby points of interest

• Dyckman Farmhouse Museum
• Fort Tryon Park
• Inwood Hill Park

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)
• a storefront entrance to Dyckman Street from Google Maps Street View
• Broadway and Riverside Drive entrance from Google Maps Street View