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Dyckman-Hillside Substation

The Dyckman-Hillside Substation, also known as Substation 17, is a historic electrical substation located at 127-129 Hillside Avenue between Sickles Street and Nagle Avenue, near the Dyckman Street station of the New York City Subway's IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line, in , , .
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  • Type: Building
  • Description: Electrical substation of the New York City Subway system in Upper Manattan
  • Also known as: “Substation 17”
  • Address: 129 Hillside Avenue, 10040

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Dyckman Street station and The Met Cloisters.

Metro station
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The is a station on the IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line of the New York City Subway. Located roughly at the intersection of Dyckman Street and Nagle Avenue in the neighborhood of , it is served by the 1 train at all times. is situated 420 feet northeast of Dyckman-Hillside Substation.

Museum
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The Cloisters is a museum in , straddling the neighborhoods of and , in , . The museum specializes in European medieval art and architecture, with a focus on the Romanesque and Gothic periods. is situated 2,400 feet northwest of Dyckman-Hillside Substation.

Metro station
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The 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 191st Street in the neighborhood of , it is served by the 1 train at all times. is situated 2,000 feet southwest of Dyckman-Hillside Substation.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Morris Heights and University Heights.

Neighborhood
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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 to the west.

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood of the West Bronx in . Its boundaries, starting from the north and moving clockwise, are: West Fordham Road to the north, Jerome Avenue to the east, West Burnside Avenue to the south and the to the west.

Neighborhood
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is a residential neighborhood in the West Bronx, . Its boundaries are East 181st Street to the north, Third Avenue to the east, the Cross-Bronx Expressway to the south, and the Grand Concourse to the west.

Dyckman-Hillside Substation

Latitude
40.86004° or 40° 51′ 36″ north
Longitude
-73.92624° or 73° 55′ 35″ west
Height
58 feet (18 metres)
Operator
New York City Transit Authority
Open location code
87G8V36F+2G
Open­Street­Map ID
way 275111569
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­service
Wiki­data ID
Q7632097
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In Other Languages

“Dyckman-Hillside Substation” goes by many names.
  • Japanese: “サブステーション17”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses and Inwood Jewish Center.

Nearby Places

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Dyckman-Hillside Substation”. Photo: Beyond My Ken, CC BY-SA 4.0.