181st Street station
The 181st Street station is a station on the IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line of the New York City Subway. Located at the intersection of St. Nicholas Avenue and 181st Street in the Washington Heights neighborhood of Manhattan, it is served by the 1 train at all times.Photo: EmperorOfNYC, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Metro station
- Description: New York City IRT Broadway – Seventh Avenue Line subway station
- Also known as: “181st Street”, “181 St”, “181 1”, and “181st St 1”
- Wheelchair access: no
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Bennett Park and George Washington Bridge Bus Station.
Bennett Park
Park
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Bennett Park, also known as James Gordon Bennett Park, is a 1.8-acre public park in New York City, named for James Gordon Bennett, Sr., the newspaper publisher who launched the New York Herald in 1835.
George Washington Bridge Bus Station
Bus station
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The George Washington Bridge Bus Station is a commuter bus terminal at the east end of the George Washington Bridge in the Washington Heights neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City. George Washington Bridge Bus Station is situated 1,300 feet west of 181st Street station.
Alexander Hamilton Bridge
Bridge
Photo: Jim.henderson, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Alexander Hamilton Bridge is an eight-lane steel arch bridge that carries traffic over the Harlem River between the boroughs of Manhattan and the Bronx in New York City. Alexander Hamilton Bridge is situated 1,900 feet southeast of 181st Street station.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Washington Heights and Morris Heights.
Washington Heights
Quarter
Photo: Jet Lowe, Public domain.
Washington Heights is a neighborhood in the northern part of the borough of Manhattan in New York City. It is named for Fort Washington, a fortification constructed at the highest natural point on Manhattan by Continental Army troops to defend the area from the British forces during the American Revolutionary War.
Morris Heights
Neighborhood
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Morris Heights is a residential neighborhood located in the West Bronx. Its boundaries, starting from the north and moving clockwise are: West Burnside Avenue to the north, Jerome Avenue to the east, the Cross-Bronx Expressway to the south, and the Harlem River to the west.
Highbridge
Neighborhood
Photo: Jim.henderson, CC0.
Highbridge is a residential neighborhood geographically located in the central-west section of the Bronx, New York City. Its boundaries, starting from the north and moving clockwise, are the Cross-Bronx Expressway to the north, Jerome Avenue to the east, Macombs Dam Bridge to the south, and the Harlem River to the west.
181st Street station
- Categories: underground station, railway station, station, and transportation
- Location: Manhattan, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
40.8493° or 40° 50′ 58″ northLongitude
-73.93376° or 73° 56′ 2″ westInception
May 30th, 1906Operator
New York City Transit AuthorityNetwork
NYC SubwayOpen location code
87G8R3X8+PFOpenStreetMap ID
node 4248887012OpenStreetMap feature
public_transport=stationOpenStreetMap feature
railway=stationOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=noWikidata ID
Q2570712
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Ukrainian—“181st Street station” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “181街車站”
- Dutch: “181st Street”
- Esperanto: “Stacio 181-a Strato”
- French: “181st Street”
- German: “181st Street”
- Italian: “181st Street”
- Japanese: “181丁目駅”
- Korean: “181가역”
- Polish: “181st Street”
- Russian: “181-я улица”
- Spanish: “Calle 181”
- Ukrainian: “181-ша вулиця”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Washington Heights USPS Station and Temple of the Covenant.
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