125th Street station (IND Eighth Avenue Line)

New York City Subway station in Manhattan

The 125th Street station is an express station on the IND Eighth Avenue Line of the New York City Subway. Located at the intersection of 125th Street and St. Nicholas Avenue in the Harlem neighborhood of Manhattan, it is served by the A and D trains at all times, by the C train at all times except late nights, and by the B train on weekdays. Nearby landmarks and points of interest include the Apollo Theater and the Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine.

The station opened on September 10, 1932, as part of the city operated Independent Subway System (IND)'s initial segment, the Eighth Avenue Line between Chambers Street and 207th Street. Construction of the whole line cost $191.2 million (equivalent to $ million in While the IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line already provided parallel service, the new Eighth Avenue subway via Central Park West and Frederick Douglass Boulevard provided an alternative route. In 1981, the MTA listed the station among the 69 most deteriorated stations in the subway system. The station was renovated in the 1980s, during which two stairs to each platform at the north end were removed and the platforms' original white floor tiling was replaced. The station was damaged in a water main break in 1989. Another renovation later restored the closed staircases and made the station ADA accessible with the installation of elevators near the middle of the platforms. On June 27, 2017, a southbound A train derailed just north of the station. This derailment, caused by improperly secured replacement rails, left 34 passengers injured.

The full time fare control area is at the south end of the mezzanine, serving the 125th Street exits, and has a turnstile bank and token booth. It serves the exits at St. Nicholas Avenue and West 125th Street. The other fare control area at the north end, serving the 127th Street exits, is unstaffed, containing full height turnstiles. There is also evidence of closed exit stairs going up to 126th Street and 124th Street, one on each side of both mezzanines. One stair, NE corner of St. Nicholas Avenue and West 125th Street
One stair and one elevator, SW corner of St. Nicholas Avenue and West 125th Street
One stair, SE corner of St. Nicholas Avenue and West 125th Street
One stair, SW corner of St. Nicholas Avenue and West 127th Street
One stair, SE corner of St. Nicholas Avenue and West 127th Street