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{{Short description|New York City Subway station in Manhattan}}
{{For|the station at Dyckman Street and Broadway|Dyckman Street station (IND Eighth Avenue Line)}}
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| image_caption = Station platforms
| accessible = yes
| division = IRT
| line = [[IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line]]
| service = Broadway-Seventh north
| connection = {{bus icon}} [[NYCT Bus]]: {{NYC bus link|M100}}<br>{{bus icon}} [[MTA Bus]]: {{NYC bus link|BxM1}}
| platforms = 2 [[side platform]]s
| tracks = 2
| structure = [[Embankment (transportation)|Embankment]] / At-Grade
| address = Dyckman Street and Nagle Avenue<br>New York, New York
| borough = [[Manhattan]]
| locale = [[Inwood, Manhattan|Inwood]]
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The '''Dyckman Street station''' (pronounced {{respell|DIKE|man}}) is a [[metro station|station]] on the [[IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line]] of the [[New York City Subway]]. Located roughly at the intersection of [[Dyckman Street (Manhattan)|Dyckman Street]] and Nagle Avenue in the [[Inwood, Manhattan|Inwood]] neighborhood of [[Manhattan]], it is served by the [[1 (New York City Subway service)|1]] train at all times.
Built by the [[Interborough Rapid Transit Company]] (IRT), the station opened on March 12, 1906, as part of the [[Early history of the IRT subway|first subway]]. The northbound platform was lengthened in 1910 while the southbound platform was lengthened in 1948. The [[Head house|station house]] under the platforms was renovated in 1991. The station was renovated in 2014, during which the southbound platform was retrofitted with an elevator to comply with the [[Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990]]. The northbound platform was made accessible in 2023.
The Dyckman Street station contains two [[side platform]]s and two tracks. The platforms contain stairs to the station house at Dyckman Street and Nagle Avenue. The station is listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]].
== History ==
===Construction and opening===
Planning for a [[rapid transit|subway]] line in [[New York City]] dates to 1864.<ref name="Walker 1918" />{{Rp|21}} However, development of what would become the [[Early history of the IRT subway|city's first subway line]] did not start until 1894, when the [[New York State Legislature]] passed the Rapid Transit Act.<ref name="Walker 1918">{{cite book|last1=Walker|first1=James Blaine|url=https://archive.org/details/fiftyyearsrapid00walkgoog|title=Fifty Years of Rapid Transit — 1864 to 1917|date=1918|publisher=Law Printing|location=New York, N.Y.|access-date=November 6, 2016}}</ref>{{Rp|139–140}} The subway plans were drawn up by a team of engineers led by [[William Barclay Parsons]], the Rapid Transit Commission's chief engineer. It called for a subway line from [[New York City Hall]] in [[lower Manhattan]] to the [[Upper West Side]], where two branches would lead north into [[the Bronx]].<ref name="NYCL-1096">{{cite web|date=October 23, 1979|title=Interborough Rapid Transit System, Underground Interior|url=http://s-media.nyc.gov/agencies/lpc/lp/1096.pdf|access-date=November 19, 2019|publisher=[[New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission]]|archive-date=September 21, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200921135400/https://s-media.nyc.gov/agencies/lpc/lp/1096.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>{{Rp|3}} A plan was formally adopted in 1897, and legal challenges were resolved near the end of 1899.<ref name="Walker 1918" />{{Rp|148}}
The Rapid Transit Construction Company, organized by [[John B. McDonald]] and funded by [[August Belmont Jr.]], signed the initial Contract 1 with the Rapid Transit Commission in February 1900,<ref name="Board of Rapid Transit Railroad Commissioners 1905">{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/cu31924022794253/page/n253/mode/2up?q=april+28|title=Report of the Board of Rapid Transit Railroad Commissioners for the City of New York For The Year Ending December 31, 1904 Accompanied By Reports of the Chief Engineer and of the Auditor|publisher=Board of Rapid Transit Railroad Commissioners|year=1905|pages=229–236}}</ref> under which it would construct the subway and maintain a 50-year operating lease from the opening of the line.<ref name="Walker 1918" />{{Rp|165}} Belmont incorporated the [[Interborough Rapid Transit Company]] (IRT) in April 1902 to operate the subway.<ref name="Walker 1918" />{{Rp|182}}
The Dyckman Street station was constructed as part of the IRT's West Side Line (now the [[IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line|Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line]]) north of Hillside Avenue. Work on this section was conducted by E. P. Roberts and Terry & Tench Construction Company, who started building the viaduct on January 19, 1903.<ref name="Board of Rapid Transit Railroad Commissioners 1905" /> The West Side Branch of the [[Early history of the IRT subway|first subway]] was extended northward to a temporary terminus of [[221st Street (IRT Broadway – Seventh Avenue Line)|221st Street]] and Broadway on March 12, 1906, with the first open station at Dyckman Street, as the stations at [[168th Street (New York City Subway)|168th Street]], [[181st Street (IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line)|181st Street]], and [[191st Street (IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line)|191st Street]] were not yet completed.<ref name="225th2">{{cite news |work=The New York Times |url-access=limited|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1907/01/14/archives/farthest-north-in-town-by-the-interborough-take-a-trip-to-the-new.html |title=Farthest North in Town by the Interborough |date=January 14, 1907 |page=18 |access-date=August 20, 2020 |archive-date=December 23, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211223102600/https://www.nytimes.com/1907/01/14/archives/farthest-north-in-town-by-the-interborough-take-a-trip-to-the-new.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZHlCAQAAMAAJ|title=Report of the Public Service Commission for the First District of the State of New York|last=District|first=New York (State) Public Service Commission First|date=January 1, 1913|publisher=J.B. Lyon Company|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Trains To Ship Canal: But They Whiz by Washington Heights Station|url-access=subscription|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1906/03/13/101769649.pdf|access-date=August 16, 2015|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=March 13, 1906|archive-date=May 24, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220524041048/https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1906/03/13/101769649.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> This extension was served by shuttle trains operating between 157th Street and 221st Street until May 30, 1906, when express trains began running through to 221st Street.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url-access=subscription|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1906/05/30/101426453.pdf|title=Express to 221st Street: Will Run In the Subway To-day–New 181st Street Station Ready.|access-date=September 1, 2016|archive-date=December 22, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211222095136/https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1906/05/30/101426453.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> The opening of the first subway line, and particularly the Dyckman Street station, helped contribute to the development of Upper Manhattan.<ref name="focus"/>{{rp|9}}
After the first subway line was completed in 1908,<ref name="242nd">{{cite news|url-access=limited|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1908/08/02/archives/our-first-subway-completed-at-last-opening-of-the-van-cortlandt.html|title=Our First Subway Completed At Last — Opening of the Van Cortlandt Extension Finishes System Begun in 1900 — The Job Cost $60,000,000 — A Twenty-Mile Ride from Brooklyn to 242d Street for a Nickel Is Possible Now|date=August 2, 1908|newspaper=The New York Times|access-date=November 6, 2016|page=10|archive-date=December 23, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211223112020/https://www.nytimes.com/1908/08/02/archives/our-first-subway-completed-at-last-opening-of-the-van-cortlandt.html|url-status=live}}</ref> the station was served by West Side local and express trains. Express trains began at [[South Ferry (IRT Lexington Avenue Line)|South Ferry]] in Manhattan or [[Atlantic Avenue–Barclays Center (IRT Eastern Parkway Line)|Atlantic Avenue]] in Brooklyn, and ended at [[Van Cortlandt Park–242nd Street station|242nd Street]] in the Bronx. Local trains ran from City Hall to 242nd Street during rush hours, continuing south from City Hall to South Ferry at other times.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=nyp.33433081730503;view=1up;seq=151|title=Brooklyn Daily Eagle Almanac|publisher=Brooklyn Daily Eagle|year=1916|pages=119|last1=Herries|first1=William|access-date=January 7, 2021|archive-date=May 11, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210511155639/https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=nyp.33433081730503;view=1up;seq=151|url-status=live}}</ref> In 1918, the Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line opened south of [[Times Square–42nd Street (IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line)|Times Square–42nd Street]], and the original line was divided into an H-shaped system. The original subway north of Times Square thus became part of the Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line. Local trains were sent to [[South Ferry loops (IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line)|South Ferry]], while express trains used the new [[Clark Street Tunnel]] to Brooklyn.<ref>{{cite news|date=August 2, 1918|title=Open New Subway Lines to Traffic; Called a Triumph|page=1|work=The New York Times|url-access=limited|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1918/08/02/archives/open-new-subway-lines-to-traffic-called-a-triumph-great-h-system.html|access-date=October 4, 2011|issn=0362-4331|archive-date=January 6, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210106233417/https://www.nytimes.com/1918/08/02/archives/open-new-subway-lines-to-traffic-called-a-triumph-great-h-system.html?searchResultPosition=1|url-status=live}}</ref>
=== Station improvements ===
==== Early and mid-20th century ====
[[File:Uptown 1 train emerging from Fort George Hill tunnel into Dyckman Street station.jpg|thumb|A northbound 1 train exits the tunnel portal just south of the station. The northbound platform, at left, was extended between 1910 and 1911.]]
To address overcrowding, in 1909, the [[New York Public Service Commission]] proposed lengthening the platforms at stations along the original IRT subway.<ref name="HAER Impact">{{cite web|last=Hood|first=Clifton|date=1978|title=The Impact of the IRT in New York City|url=https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/master/pnp/habshaer/ny/ny0300/ny0387/data/ny0387data.pdf|access-date=December 20, 2020|publisher=Historic American Engineering Record|pages=146–207 (PDF pp. 147–208)|postscript=. {{PD-notice}}|archive-date=January 17, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210117001227/https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/master/pnp/habshaer/ny/ny0300/ny0387/data/ny0387data.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>{{Rp|168}} As part of a modification to the IRT's construction contracts made on January 18, 1910, the company was to lengthen station platforms to accommodate ten-car express and six-car local trains. In addition to $1.5 million (equivalent to ${{inflation|fmt=c|index=US|value=1.5|start_year=1910|r=1}} million in {{inflation/year|index=US}}) spent on platform lengthening, $500,000 (equivalent to ${{inflation|fmt=c|index=US|value=0.5|start_year=1910|r=1}} million in {{inflation/year|index=US}}) was spent on building additional entrances and exits. It was anticipated that these improvements would increase capacity by 25 percent.<ref name="Report 1911">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0fBLAQAAMAAJ&q=+zoological+station&pg=PA596|title=Report of the Public Service Commission for the First District of the State of New York For The Year Ending December 31, 1910|date=1911|publisher=Public Service Commission|language=en|access-date=January 7, 2021|archive-date=January 20, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210120015525/https://books.google.com/books?id=0fBLAQAAMAAJ&q=%20zoological%20station&pg=PA596|url-status=live}}</ref>{{Rp|15}} The northbound platform at the Dyckman Street station was extended {{convert|100|ft}} to the south, with a new retaining wall being constructed.<ref name="Report 1911" />{{rp|114}} The southbound platform was not lengthened.<ref name="Report 1911" />{{rp|106}} Six-car local trains began operating in October 1910,<ref name="HAER Impact" />{{Rp|168}} and ten-car express trains began running on the West Side Line on January 24, 1911.<ref name="HAER Impact" />{{Rp|168}}<ref>{{Cite news|url-access=limited|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1911/01/23/archives/tencar-trains-in-subway-today-new-service-begins-on-lenox-av-line.html|title=Ten-car Trains in Subway to-day; New Service Begins on Lenox Av. Line and Will Be Extended to Broadway To-morrow.|date=January 23, 1911|work=The New York Times|access-date=April 5, 2018|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331|archive-date=April 5, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180405224750/https://www.nytimes.com/1911/01/23/archives/tencar-trains-in-subway-today-new-service-begins-on-lenox-av-line.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Subsequently, the station could accommodate six-car local trains, but ten-car trains could not open some of their doors.<ref name="BOT-1949"/>
The city government took over the IRT's operations on June 12, 1940.<ref>{{Cite news |date=1940-06-13 |title=City Transit Unity Is Now a Reality; Title to I.R.T. Lines Passes to Municipality, Ending 19-Year Campaign |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url-access=subscription|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1940/06/13/archives/city-transit-unity-is-now-a-reality-title-to-irt-lines-passes-to.html |access-date=2022-05-14 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=January 7, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220107193115/https://www.nytimes.com/1940/06/13/archives/city-transit-unity-is-now-a-reality-title-to-irt-lines-passes-to.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="p1248134780">{{cite news |date=June 13, 1940 |title=Transit Unification Completed As City Takes Over I. R. T. Lines: Systems Come Under Single Control After Efforts Begun in 1921; Mayor Is Jubilant at City Hall Ceremony Recalling 1904 Celebration |page=25 |work=New York Herald Tribune |id={{ProQuest|1248134780}}}}</ref> Platforms at IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line stations between {{stn|103rd Street||IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line}} and {{stn|238th Street||IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line}}, including those at Dyckman Street, were lengthened to {{convert|514|ft}} between 1946 and 1948, allowing full ten-car express trains to stop at these stations.<ref name="BOT-1949" /> A contract for the platform extensions at Dyckman Street and eight other stations on the line was awarded to Spencer, White & Prentis Inc. in October 1946,<ref>{{Cite news|last=Crowell|first=Paul|date=October 11, 1946|title=Improvement Costs Voted for Subway; Board of Estimate Appropriates $31,291,000 for New Cars and Station Lengthening|language=en-US|page=24|work=The New York Times|url-access=subscription|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1946/10/11/94061958.pdf|access-date=July 28, 2021|issn=0362-4331|archive-date=May 21, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220521165007/http://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1946/10/11/94061958.html?pdf_redirect=true&site=false|url-status=live}}</ref> with an estimated cost of $3.891 million.<ref name="p1287183692">{{cite news |date=11 Oct 1946 |title=City Approves $35,153,000 Subway Outlay: Board of Estimate Awards Contract for 400 Cars and 10 Station Projects |page=40 |work=New York Herald Tribune |issn=1941-0646 |id={{ProQuest|1287183692}}}}</ref> The platform extensions at these stations were opened in stages. On April 6, 1948, the platform extension at Dyckman Street opened.<ref name="BOT-1949">{{Cite book|title=Report for the three and one-half years ending June 30, 1949.|date=1949|publisher=New York City Board of Transportation|hdl = 2027/mdp.39015023094926}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|date=July 10, 1948|title=More Long Platforms – Five Subway Stations on IRT to Accommodate 10-Car Trains|page=8|work=The New York Times|url-access=subscription|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1948/07/10/86748393.pdf|access-date=March 27, 2016|issn=0362-4331|archive-date=May 24, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220524041114/https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1948/07/10/86748393.html?pdf_redirect=true&site=false|url-status=live}}</ref> At the same time, the IRT routes were given numbered designations with the introduction of [[List of New York City Subway R-type contracts|"R-type" rolling stock]], which contained [[rollsign]]s with numbered designations for each service.<ref>{{cite web | last=Brown | first=Nicole | title=How did the MTA subway lines get their letter or number? NYCurious | website=amNewYork | date=May 17, 2019 | url=https://www.amny.com/transit/nyc-subway-name-1-31116195/ | access-date=January 27, 2021 | archive-date=March 2, 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210302020704/https://www.amny.com/transit/nyc-subway-name-1-31116195/ | url-status=live }}</ref> The route to 242nd Street became known as the [[1 (New York City Subway service)|1]].<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Friedlander|first1=Alex|last2=Lonto|first2=Arthur|last3=Raudenbush|first3=Henry|date=April 1960|title=A Summary of Services on the IRT Division, NYCTA|url=https://erausa.org/pdf/bulletin/1960/1960-01-bulletin.pdf|journal=New York Division Bulletin|publisher=Electric Railroaders' Association|volume=3|issue=1|page=2|access-date=January 27, 2021|archive-date=September 14, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200914232631/https://erausa.org/pdf/bulletin/1960/1960-01-bulletin.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>
==== Late 20th century to present ====
In April 1988,<ref>{{Cite news|last=Brozan|first=Nadine|date=June 4, 1989|title='Skip-Stop' Subway Plan Annoys No. 1 Riders|work=The New York Times|url-access=limited|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1989/06/04/nyregion/skip-stop-subway-plan-annoys-no-1-riders.html|access-date=June 15, 2016|issn=0362-4331|archive-date=August 10, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160810125540/http://www.nytimes.com/1989/06/04/nyregion/skip-stop-subway-plan-annoys-no-1-riders.html|url-status=live}}</ref> the [[New York City Transit Authority]] (NYCTA) unveiled plans to speed up service on the Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line through the implementation of a [[skip-stop]] service: the [[9 (New York City Subway service)|9]] train.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Moore|first=Keith|date=June 10, 1988|title=TA's skip-stop plan hit|work=New York Daily News|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/25210677/daily_news/|access-date=November 8, 2018|archive-date=November 8, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181108224523/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/25210677/daily_news/|url-status=live}}</ref> When skip-stop service began on August 21, 1989, skip-stop service was implemented during rush hours and middays. Dyckman Street was served by the 1 at all times.<ref>{{Cite news|date=August 20, 1989|title=#1 Riders: Your Service is Changing|work=New York Daily News|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/22823286/daily_news/|access-date=November 8, 2018|archive-date=November 8, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181108224708/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/22823286/daily_news/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|date=August 1989|title=Announcing 1 and 9 Skip-Stop Service on the Broadway-Seventh Avenue Line|url=http://subwaynut.com/brochures/1and9skipstop.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200626000015/http://subwaynut.com/brochures/1and9skipstop.pdf|archive-date=June 26, 2020|access-date=August 1, 2009|publisher=New York City Transit Authority}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Lorch|first=Donatella|date=August 22, 1989|title=New Service For Subways On West Side|newspaper=The New York Times|url-access=limited|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1989/08/22/nyregion/new-service-for-subways-on-west-side.html|access-date=June 15, 2016|issn=0362-4331|archive-date=August 10, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160810113522/http://www.nytimes.com/1989/08/22/nyregion/new-service-for-subways-on-west-side.html|url-status=live}}</ref> On September 4, 1994, midday skip-stop service was discontinued.<ref name="skip-stop2">{{cite news|last=Chan|first=Sewell|date=January 12, 2005|title=MTA Proposes Dropping No. 9 Train|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B07E5D71638F931A25752C0A9639C8B63|access-date=April 18, 2010|archive-date=November 28, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071128053709/http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B07E5D71638F931A25752C0A9639C8B63|url-status=live}}</ref> Skip-stop service ended on May 27, 2005, as a result of a decrease in the number of riders who benefited.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Chan|first=Sewell|date=May 25, 2005|title=On Its Last Wheels, No. 9 Line Is Vanishing on Signs|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|url-access=limited|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/25/nyregion/25train.html|access-date=August 29, 2016|issn=0362-4331|archive-date=March 17, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150317100921/http://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/25/nyregion/25train.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
The control house was renovated between 1990 and 1991.<ref name="focus">{{cite web|date=September 17, 2004|title=Dyckman Street Subway Station (IRT)|url=https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/04001021.pdf|access-date=September 11, 2020|publisher=[[National Register of Historic Places]], [[National Park Service]]|archive-date=January 21, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220121074439/https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/04001021.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>{{Rp|4}} The station was listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] on September 17, 2004.<ref name="focus" />
Starting in 2010, the station was renovated as part of a $45 million project.<ref name="Zanoni 2010">{{cite web | last=Zanoni | first=Carla | title=$45 Million Dyckman Street Subway Stop Repair Won't Bring Disability Access | website=DNAinfo New York | date=July 12, 2010 | url=https://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20100712/washington-heights-inwood/45-million-renovation-of-dyckman-street-station-wont-be-accessible-disabled | access-date=February 1, 2021 | archive-date=November 18, 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171118170820/https://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20100712/washington-heights-inwood/45-million-renovation-of-dyckman-street-station-wont-be-accessible-disabled/ | url-status=dead }}</ref> The project included rehabilitation of the tunnel portal, realignment and rehabilitation of the platforms and installation of new cast iron lighting fixtures.<ref name="Metro US 2014">{{cite web|date=February 6, 2014|title=Ceremony marks $31 million rehab of Dyckman Street 1 subway station|url=https://www.metro.us/ceremony-marks-31-million-rehab-of-dyckman-street-1-subway-station/|access-date=February 1, 2021|website=Metro US|archive-date=May 24, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220524041521/https://www.metro.us/ceremony-marks-31-million-rehab-of-dyckman-street-1-subway-station/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Rivoli 2014">{{cite web|last=Rivoli|first=Dan|date=February 6, 2014|title=Refurbished Dyckman St. station gets new elevator|url=https://www.amny.com/transit/refurbished-dyckman-st-station-gets-new-elevator-1-6972233/|access-date=February 1, 2021|website=amNewYork|archive-date=January 16, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210116121743/https://www.amny.com/transit/refurbished-dyckman-st-station-gets-new-elevator-1-6972233/|url-status=live}}</ref> Initially, no elevators were planned for the Dyckman Street station because it was not on the MTA's list of [[Accessibility of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority|"key stations" that would receive disabled access]] under the [[Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990]] (ADA).<ref name="Zanoni 2010"/> The [[United Spinal Association]] subsequently filed a lawsuit to stop the project because it did not include elevators. The suit was settled in 2011, and an elevator to the southbound platform was built.<ref>{{cite web|last=Donohue|first=Pete|date=July 22, 2011|title=MTA agrees to make Dyckman St. subway station handicapped-accessible to settle lawsuit|url=https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/mta-agrees-dyckman-st-subway-station-handicapped-accessible-settle-lawsuit-article-1.158333|access-date=February 1, 2021|website=New York Daily News|archive-date=February 4, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210204225937/https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/mta-agrees-dyckman-st-subway-station-handicapped-accessible-settle-lawsuit-article-1.158333|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Zanoni 2011">{{cite web | last=Zanoni | first=Carla | title=MTA Agrees to Add Elevator at Dyckman Street Subway Station Following Lawsuit | website=DNAinfo New York | date=July 21, 2011 | url=https://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20110721/washington-heights-inwood/mta-agrees-add-elevator-at-dyckman-street-subway-station-following-lawsuit | access-date=February 1, 2021 | archive-date=February 13, 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180213135223/https://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20110721/washington-heights-inwood/mta-agrees-add-elevator-at-dyckman-street-subway-station-following-lawsuit | url-status=dead }}</ref> The project was completed in February 2014.<ref name="Metro US 2014" /><ref name="Rivoli 2014" /><ref name="Dwyer 2014">{{Cite news|last=Dwyer|first=Jim|date=February 7, 2014|title=A Moving Glass Box Conquers Uneven Terrain at a Subway Station|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url-access=limited|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/07/nyregion/a-moving-glass-box-conquers-uneven-terrain-at-a-subway-station.html|url-status=live|access-date=February 1, 2021|issn=0362-4331|archive-date=March 14, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210314180536/http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/07/nyregion/a-moving-glass-box-conquers-uneven-terrain-at-a-subway-station.html}}</ref>
Originally, no elevator was added to the northbound platform because, at the time the southbound elevator was built, the geology was determined to be too difficult to accommodate an elevator there.<ref name="Dwyer 2014"/> The unidirectional accessibility received complaints from disabled riders, who were forced to backtrack several stations if they wanted to exit or enter the station northbound.<ref name="Martinez 2020">{{cite web|last=Martinez|first=Jose|date=December 15, 2020|title=Some NYC Subway Stations Getting Elevators While Others Get the Shaft Amid Budget Crunch|url=https://www.thecity.nyc/2020/12/15/22177397/nyc-subway-stations-getting-elevators-amid-pandemic-budget|access-date=July 28, 2021|website=THE CITY|archive-date=January 16, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210116121719/https://www.thecity.nyc/2020/12/15/22177397/nyc-subway-stations-getting-elevators-amid-pandemic-budget|url-status=live}}</ref> Northbound accessibility was proposed in February 2019 as part of the MTA's "Fast Forward" program.<ref name="mta 20190206">{{Cite AV media|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CvHkh1_8Lcs&t=1700s |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211219/CvHkh1_8Lcs |archive-date=2021-12-19 |url-status=live|title=NYCT Public Event - Discussion About the Next Accessible Subway Stations - 02/06/2019|author=mtainfo|date=February 6, 2019|medium=video|via=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}</ref> A contract for the northbound elevator was awarded in December 2020,<ref name="Martinez 2020" /><ref>{{cite press release | title=MTA Announces Accessibility Projects at Eight Stations Throughout the Five Boroughs | publisher=Metropolitan Transportation Authority | date=December 16, 2020 | url=https://www.mta.info/press-release/nyc-transit/mta-announces-accessibility-projects-eight-stations-throughout-five | access-date=May 26, 2021 | archive-date=May 26, 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210526185744/https://www.mta.info/press-release/nyc-transit/mta-announces-accessibility-projects-eight-stations-throughout-five | url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Hallum|first=Mark|title=MTA completes installation of 15 new elevators at seven subway stations, 17 total {{!}} amNewYork|url=https://www.amny.com/news/mta-installs-15-new-elevators-at-seven-subway-stations/|access-date=July 28, 2021|website=www.amny.com|date=December 16, 2020|language=en-US|archive-date=July 28, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210728165848/https://www.amny.com/news/mta-installs-15-new-elevators-at-seven-subway-stations/|url-status=live}}</ref> with funding that was originally earmarked for the [[Penn Station Access]] project.<ref name="Martinez 2020 r309">{{cite web | last=Martinez | first=Jose | title=Some NYC Subway Stations Getting Elevators While Others Get the Shaft Amid Budget Crunch | website=The City | date=December 16, 2020 | url=https://www.thecity.nyc/2020/12/15/22177397/nyc-subway-stations-getting-elevators-amid-pandemic-budget | access-date=August 31, 2023}}</ref> The new elevator was almost complete by early 2023,<ref name="Brachfeld 2023 m211">{{cite web | last=Brachfeld | first=Ben | title=Going Up: MTA will start installing elevators at 15 more subway stations this year, 12 others to open in 2023 | website=amNewYork | date=February 23, 2023 | url=https://www.amny.com/transit/going-up-mta-will-start-installing-elevators-at-15-more-subway-stations-this-year-12-others-to-open-in-2023/ | access-date=August 31, 2023}}</ref><ref name="Saltonstall 2023 i242">{{cite web | last=Saltonstall | first=Gus | title=Multiple Wash Heights Stations Will Get Accessibility Upgrades: MTA | website=Washington Heights-Inwood, NY Patch | date=February 28, 2023 | url=https://patch.com/new-york/washington-heights-inwood/multiple-wash-heights-stations-will-get-accessibility-upgrades | access-date=July 11, 2023}}</ref> and it went into service in July 2023.<ref name="MTA 2023 t134">{{cite web | title=MTA Announces Manhattan Dyckman St 1 Station and Brooklyn 8 Av N Station Fully Accessible With Opening of Elevators | website=MTA | date=July 20, 2023 | url=https://new.mta.info/press-release/mta-announces-manhattan-dyckman-st-1-station-and-brooklyn-8-av-n-station-fully | access-date=July 20, 2023}}</ref><ref name="Hernandez 2023 s265">{{cite web | last=Hernandez | first=Estefania | title=New elevator opens at Dyckman Street station | website=Spectrum News NY1 | date=July 20, 2023 | url=https://www.ny1.com/nyc/bronx/transit/2023/07/20/new-elevator-opens-at-dyckman-street-station | access-date=July 20, 2023}}</ref>
==Station layout==
[[File:IRT Dyckman Street north end.jpg|thumb|Elevation at north end of station]]
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|style="border-top:solid 1px gray;border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" rowspan=4 valign=top|'''Platform level'''
|style="border-top:solid 1px gray;border-right:solid 2px black;border-left:solid 2px black;border-bottom:solid 2px black;text-align:center;" colspan=2|<small>[[Side platform]] {{access icon}}</small>
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|<span style=color:#{{rcr|NYCS|red}}>'''Northbound'''</span>
|← {{rint|newyork|1}} toward {{stl|NYCS|Van Cortlandt Park–242nd Street}} <small>({{NYCS Platform Layout IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line/previous}})</small><br>{{0|→}} <small>(No express service: Van Cortlandt Park–242nd Street)</small>
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|style="border-top:solid 1px gray;"|<span style=color:#{{rcr|NYCS|red}}>'''Southbound'''</span>
|style="border-top:solid 1px gray;"|{{0|→}} {{rint|newyork|1}} toward {{stl|NYCS|South Ferry|Broadway-Seventh}} <small>({{NYCS Platform Layout IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line/next}})</small> →
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|style="border-top:solid 2px black;border-right:solid 2px black;border-left:solid 2px black;border-bottom:solid 1px gray;text-align:center;" colspan=2|<small>[[Side platform]] {{access icon}}</small>
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|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width=50|'''Ground'''
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width=100|Street level
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width=475|Station house, exit/entrance, fare control<br>{{NYCS Platform Layout access}}
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The Dyckman Street station has two [[side platform]]s and two tracks.<ref name="tracks">{{NYCS const|trackref|trackbook3}}</ref> The station is served by the [[1 (New York City Subway service)|1]] at all times<ref>{{NYCS const|timetable|1}}</ref> and is between [[207th Street (IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line)|207th Street]] to the north and [[191st Street (IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line)|191st Street]] to the south.<ref name="submap">{{NYCS const|map}}</ref> The station is built into the base of a steep hill known as [[Fort George, Manhattan|Fort George]]. The southern end of the station lies at the northern portal of the Washington Heights Mine Tunnel, which takes the IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line through the [[Manhattan schist|bedrock of Manhattan]]. Here, the line maintains a level grade through the tunnel.<ref name="focus" />{{Rp|3}} The portal of the tunnel is an arch made of [[Rustication (architecture)|rusticated]] granite blocks, atop which is a [[Keystone (architecture)|keystone]] and a concrete [[parapet]]. There is a rectangular [[pediment]] with the inscription "Fort George 1776-1906", flanked by scrolls, atop the center of the arch.<ref name="focus" />{{Rp|6}} North of the station, the terrain of [[Upper Manhattan]] drops abruptly and the line becomes elevated to [[Van Cortlandt Park–242nd Street (IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line)|Van Cortlandt Park–242nd Street]].<ref name="tracks"/>
The platforms are offset slightly: the southbound platform extends further to the north than the northbound platform. A center express track, which is currently unused in revenue service, forms just north of this station and runs nonstop to just south of [[Van Cortlandt Park–242nd Street station|242nd Street]].<ref name="tracks" /> There used to be a spur track south of the station, but that was removed when the platforms were extended.
=== Station design ===
Both platforms have beige windscreens and red canopies with green frames at the center. The red metal roofs contain [[rafter]]s and are supported by steel [[truss]] bars. Along the platform on either side of the canopy, there are waist-high cast-iron railings with lampposts. The southern end of the northbound platform is adjacent to a concrete retaining wall at the portal of the Washington Heights Mine Tunnel, which slopes down toward the north. There is a blue-and-green "DYCKMAN ST" mosaic on this retaining wall.<ref name="focus" />{{Rp|5&ndash;6}} The southern end of the southbound platform contains equipment rooms and is adjacent to [[Substation 17]].<ref name="focus" />{{Rp|6, 16}}
As with other original IRT elevated viaducts, the elevated structure north of Dyckman Street is carried on two column bents, one on each side of the road, at places where the tracks are no more than {{Convert|29|ft||abbr=}} above the ground level. There is zigzag lateral bracing at intervals of every four panels.<ref name="focus" />{{Rp|3&ndash;4}}<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Yj4_AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA470|title=Transit Journal|year=1904|page=470|postscript=. {{PD-notice}}|access-date=April 16, 2020|issue=v. 24|archive-date=May 24, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220524041531/https://books.google.com/books?id=Yj4_AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA470|url-status=live}}</ref>
===Exit===
{{stack|[[File:Dyckman St inside vc.jpg|thumb|upright=0.5|Southbound elevator inside]]}}
The station's only entrance is a station house slightly above ground level at the southern corner of Nagle Avenue, Dyckman Street, and Hillside Avenue.<ref name="MTAMaps-2015">{{cite web|date=2015|title=MTA Neighborhood Maps: Washington Heights|url=http://web.mta.info/maps/neighborhoods/mn/M21_washington_hts_2015.pdf|access-date=December 31, 2016|publisher=[[Metropolitan Transportation Authority]]|archive-date=April 18, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160418064554/http://web.mta.info/maps/neighborhoods/mn/M21_washington_hts_2015.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> Because of the street layout, the northern end of the station house resembles a wedge in plan. The station house is designed in the [[Beaux-Arts architecture|Beaux-Arts]] style with concrete facades that are designed to resemble [[ashlar]].<ref name="focus" />{{Rp|4}} There is a ramp and stairs leading up from street level to the station house entrance, which consists of a pair of arches under the elevated viaduct.<ref name="focus" />{{Rp|4}}<ref>{{cite web|title=mta.info - Accessibility|url=http://web.mta.info/accessibility/stations.htm#manhattan|access-date=August 3, 2016|work=mta.info|archive-date=April 5, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200405201419/http://web.mta.info/accessibility/stations.htm#manhattan|url-status=live}}</ref> The northwestern corner of the station house contains a [[plinth]], which supports the northern end of the southbound platform. The western facade of the station house, under the southbound platform, has seven arched windows facing Hillside Avenue.<ref name="focus" />{{Rp|4}}
Inside the station house, the ceiling is supported by large metal [[I-beam]]s and made of concrete. The eastern side of the ceiling is below the track bed and contains an arched ceiling, which is about {{Convert|5|ft||abbr=}} lower than the rest of the ceiling. The north, west, and east walls contain a buff-brick [[wainscoting]] of Roman brick at the lowest part of the walls. The upper sections of these walls are clad with white glass tiles, topped by a green mosaic band about {{Convert|12|in||abbr=}} wide.<ref name="focus" />{{Rp|4&ndash;5}} The southern wall contains a 1991 artwork called ''Flight'' by [[Wopo Holup]]. It features ceramic relief tiles depicting birds in flight.<ref name="focus" />{{Rp|5}}<ref name="MTA Birds in Flight">{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Dyckman Street - Wopo Holup - Birds in Flight-Moon View, 2013|url=http://web.mta.info/mta/aft/permanentart/permart.html?agency=nyct&line=1&artist=1&station=2|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140710083749/http://web.mta.info/mta/aft/permanentart/permart.html?agency=nyct&line=1&artist=1&station=2 |archive-date=July 10, 2014 |access-date=February 1, 2021|website=web.mta.info|publisher=Metropolitan Transportation Authority}}</ref> For the 2013 renovation, Holup commissioned an addition to her previous work, with a relief-tile depiction of the moon surrounded by a band of white mosaic tiles.<ref name="MTA Birds in Flight" /><ref name="Dwyer 2014"/>
The space is divided roughly in half by a [[turnstile]] bank, with an accompanying station agent's booth on the eastern wall. South of the turnstile bank, within [[fare control]], one staircase from either side of the station house leads to each platform.<ref name="focus" />{{Rp|4&ndash;5}} An elevator also leads to the southbound platform. The elevator is of a "machine room-less" design and is the first of its type to be installed in the New York City Subway system.<ref name="Metro US 2014" /> The southern wall of the station house contains staff rooms.<ref name="focus" />{{Rp|5, 16}} A second elevator ascends to the northbound platform.<ref name="MTA 2023 t134" /><ref name="Hernandez 2023 s265" />
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Dyckmanirtplatjeh.JPG|Platforms before renovation
MTA NYC Subway Dyckman St. (1) train station view.JPG|Platforms during renovation
Dyckman Street Platform (Bway-7th Avenue).JPG|Platforms after renovation
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== References ==
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== External links ==
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* {{NYCS ref|http://www.nycsubway.org/perl/stations?6:1178|IRT West Side Line|Dyckman Street}}
* nycsubway.org – [http://www.nycsubway.org/perl/artwork_show?127 Flight Artwork by Wopo Holup (1991)]
* Station Reporter – [https://web.archive.org/web/20141010102251/http://www.stationreporter.net/1train.htm 1 Train]
* The Subway Nut – [http://www.subwaynut.com/irt/dyckmann1/index.php Dyckman Street Pictures]
* MTA's Arts For Transit – [https://web.archive.org/web/20110606065726/http://mta.info/mta/aft/permanentart/permart.html?agency=nyct&line=1&station=2&xdev=0 Dyckman Street (IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line)]
* [https://maps.google.com/maps?ie=UTF8&ll=40.861367,-73.925167&spn=0.003814,0.013433&z=17&layer=c&cbll=40.86125,-73.925225&panoid=SpUn7IDG33Ok0ff4fLlo7Q&cbp=12,147.51,,0,0.9 Dyckman Street entrance from Google Maps Street View]
* [https://www.google.com/maps/@40.8612134,-73.9252685,3a,75y,217.58h,92.46t/data=!3m8!1e1!3m6!1sAF1QipOeslAEieMXaxXjHB4DKHsNP3a9iWnlmo9c6pQO!2e10!3e11!6shttps:%2F%2Flh5.googleusercontent.com%2Fp%2FAF1QipOeslAEieMXaxXjHB4DKHsNP3a9iWnlmo9c6pQO%3Dw203-h100-k-no-pi-0-ya263.37347-ro0-fo100!7i8704!8i4352 Platforms from Google Maps Street View]
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