116th Street (IRT Lenox Avenue Line)

116th Street
New York City Subway rapid transit station
Station statistics
Address	West 116th Street & Malcolm X Boulevard New York, NY 10026
Borough	Manhattan
Locale	Harlem
Coordinates
Division	A (IRT)
Line	IRT Lenox Avenue Line
Services	2  (all times)       3  (all times)
Transit connections	NYCT Bus: M7, M102, M116
Structure	Underground
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Other information
Opened	November 23, 1904 (1904-11-23)
Traffic
Passengers (2014)	3,845,140  3.5%
Rank	134 out of 421
Station succession
Next north	125th Street: 2  3
Next south	Central Park North – 110th Street: 2  3
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops all times

116th Street is a station on the IRT Lenox Avenue Line of the New York City Subway. Located at the intersection of 116th Street and Lenox Avenue in Harlem, it is served by the 2 and 3 trains at all times. It has two tracks and two side platforms.

Station layout

G	Street Level	Exit/ Entrance
P Platform level	Side platform, doors will open on the right
	Northbound	← toward Wakefield – 241st Street (125th Street) ← toward Harlem – 148th Street (125th Street)
	Southbound	→ toward Brooklyn College – Flatbush Avenue (110th Street) → → toward New Lots Avenue (Times Square – 42nd Street late nights) (110th Street) →
	Side platform, doors will open on the right

The station has extensive mosaics featuring Harlem history and famous African-Americans. It was fully renovated as part of the 1998 Lenox Avenue subway reconstruction project. Fare control is at platform level. There are no crossovers or crossunders between the two side platforms to allow free transfer between directions. The reconstruction project gave this station all new wall tile and restored the "116" terra cotta wall cartouches as well as to combat a major water seepage problem along the Lenox Avenue Line.

The artworks here are Harlem Timeline (Willie Birch, 1995) and Minton's Playhouse/Movers and Shakers (Vincent Smith, 1999).

External links

• nycsubway.org—IRT White Plains Road Line: 116th Street
• nycsubway.org — Minton's Playhouse/Movers and Shakers Artwork by Vincent Smith (1999)
• Station Reporter — 2 Train
• Station Reporter — 3 Train
• The Subway Nut — 116th Street Pictures
• MTA's Arts For Transit — 116th Street (IRT Lenox Avenue Line)
• 116th Street entrance from Google Maps Street View