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221st Street
Former New York City Subway station
The Harlem River Substation near the site of the former 221st Street station.
Station statistics
Address	221st Street and Broadway New York, NY 10034
Borough	Manhattan
Locale	Inwood
Coordinates	40°52′23″N 73°54′43″W / 40.872921°N 73.912015°W / 40.872921; -73.912015
Division	A (IRT)
Line	IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line
Services	None (demolished)
Structure	Elevated
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	3
Other information
Opened	March 12, 1906; 118 years ago (March 12, 1906)
Closed	January 14, 1907; 117 years ago (January 14, 1907)
Station succession
Next north	Marble Hill–225th Street
Next south	215th Street
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The 221st Street station was a local station on the IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line of the New York City Subway, located at the intersection of Broadway and 221st Street in Inwood, Manhattan. It operated for less than a year.

History

The West Side Branch of the first subway was extended northward from the line's previous terminus at 157th Street to 221st Street, which served as the line's temporary terminus, on March 12, 1906. 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.

The station was closed with the extension of service over the new Broadway Bridge to Marble Hill–225th Street on January 14, 1907. After service was discontinued at 221st Street, the structure was dismantled and moved to 230th Street and Broadway for a new temporary terminus.

References

1. "Glossary". Second Avenue Subway Supplemental Draft Environmental Impact Statement (SDEIS) (PDF). Vol. 1. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. March 4, 2003. pp. 1–2. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 26, 2021. Retrieved January 1, 2021.
2. ^ "Farthest North in Town by the Interborough" (PDF). The New York Times. January 14, 1907. p. 18.
3. District, New York (State) Public Service Commission First (January 1, 1913). Report of the Public Service Commission for the First District of the State of New York. J.B. Lyon Company.
4. "Trains To Ship Canal: But They Whiz by Washington Heights Station" (PDF). The New York Times. March 13, 1906. p. 16. Retrieved August 16, 2015.
5. Interborough Rapid Transit Company (1906). Subway Division - New York City (Map).
6. "Express to 221st Street: Will Run In the Subway To-day–New 181st Street Station Ready" (PDF). The New York Times. May 30, 1906. p. 1.

v t e Stations of the New York City Subway, by line (physical trackage)
Broadway– Seventh Ave. Line ​​	Van Cortlandt Park–242nd Street 238th Street 231st Street Marble Hill–225th Street 221st Street 215th Street 207th Street Dyckman Street 191st Street 181st Street 168th Street * 157th Street 145th Street 137th Street–City College 125th Street 116th Street–Columbia University Cathedral Parkway–110th Street 103rd Street [← to Central Park North–110th Street, Lenox Ave. Line] 96th Street 91st Street 86th Street 79th Street 72nd Street 66th Street–Lincoln Center 59th Street–Columbus Circle 50th Street Times Square–42nd Street 34th Street–Penn Station 28th Street 23rd Street 18th Street 14th Street Christopher Street–Stonewall Houston Street Canal Street Franklin Street Chambers Street South Ferry branch WTC Cortlandt Rector Street South Ferry South Ferry (loops) ​ Brooklyn branch Park Place Fulton Street Wall Street Clark Street Borough Hall [to Hoyt Street, Eastern Pkwy. Line →]
See also Lists by borough (The Bronx Brooklyn Manhattan Queens) Accessible Closed Terminals Transfer Commons category Stations and line segments in italics are closed, demolished, or planned (temporary closures are marked with asterisks). Track connections to other lines' terminals are displayed in brackets. Struck through passenger track connections are closed or unused in regular service.

• IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line stations
• Broadway (Manhattan)
• U.S. Route 9
• Railway stations in the United States opened in 1906
• 1906 establishments in New York City
• Defunct Interborough Rapid Transit Company stations
• Former elevated and subway stations in Manhattan
• Demolished railway stations in the United States
• Railway stations in the United States closed in 1907