175th Street station (IND Eighth Avenue Line)

New York City mayor John Francis Hylan's original plans for the Independent Subway System (IND), proposed in 1922, included building over of new lines and taking over nearly of existing lines. The lines were designed to compete with the existing underground, surface, and elevated lines operated by the Interborough Rapid Transit Company (IRT) and BMT. On December 9, 1924, the New York City Board of Transportation (BOT) gave preliminary approval for the construction of the IND Eighth Avenue Line. This line consisted of a corridor connecting Inwood, Manhattan, to Downtown Brooklyn, running largely under Eighth Avenue but also paralleling Greenwich Avenue and Sixth Avenue in Lower Manhattan. The BOT announced a list of stations on the new line in February 1928, with a station at 175th Street. The finishes at the five stations between 175th and 207th Street were 18 percent completed by May 1930. By that August, the BOT reported that the Eighth Avenue Line was nearly completed and that the stations from 116th to 207th Street were 99.9 percent completed. The entire line was completed by September 1931, except for the installation of turnstiles. A preview event for the new subway was hosted on September 8, 1932, two days before the official opening. The 175th Street station opened on September 10, 1932, as part of the city-operated IND's initial segment, the Eighth Avenue Line between Chambers Street and 207th Street. The tiles on the station's walls were repaired in 1937. In 1952, as part of an early plan for the George Washington Bridge Bus Station, officials proposed building an underpass between the 175th Street station and the planned bus terminal. The elevators at the station were installed in November 1989, making the station one of the earliest to comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. The station was planned to be rehabilitated as part of the 2015–2019 MTA Capital Program. Both elevators were closed for replacement, as of December 2023, and were scheduled to reopen in June 2024. Both elevators reopened as of late February 2025, eight months behind schedule. == Station layout ==

The underground station has two tracks and one island platform, The 174th Street Yard, used to store trains assigned to the C service, is adjacent to this station to the east. Exits for inspiring improvements in ADA accessibility The full-time exits are at 175th Street and 177th Street. The station is fully accessible, with an elevator at the northeast corner of 177th Street, and another from the mezzanine to the platform. There are also exits at the southwest and southeast corners of Fort Washington Avenue and 175th Street. ==Bus service==

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