McDonald and funded by August Belmont Jr., signed the initial Contract 1 with the Rapid Transit Commission in February 1900, under which it would construct the subway and maintain a 50-year operating lease from the opening of the line. The Rapid Transit Construction Company, organized by John B. : 3 A plan was formally adopted in 1897, : 148 and all legal conflicts concerning the route alignment were resolved near the end of 1899. 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. : 139–140 The subway plans were drawn up by a team of engineers led by William Barclay Parsons, chief engineer of the Rapid Transit Commission. : 21 However, development of what would become the city's first subway line did not start until 1894, when the New York State Legislature authorized the Rapid Transit Act. Planning for a subway line in New York City dates to 1864.
These provided additional housing opportunities for the middle class, taking advantage of the area's improved transportation access. Hundreds of lots held by the Bennett family since 1835 were sold at an auction in 1919. The opening of the station and the tunnel led to the development of the surrounding area, including the construction of apartment buildings. Before the opening of the pedestrian tunnel two years later, the area's hilly topography made it hard for area residents to access the station. Even though the line through the area had opened five years earlier, no station was constructed at this location because the surrounding neighborhood had a lower population than other areas of Manhattan. A 1,000-foot-long (300 m) pedestrian tunnel also extends west from the station to Broadway, connecting it with the Fort George neighborhood.īuilt by the Interborough Rapid Transit Company (IRT), the station opened on January 14, 1911, as an infill station along the first subway. Access to the station's main entrance is only provided by four elevators from the mezzanine situated above the platforms. It is the deepest station in the New York City Subway system at about 173 feet (53 m) below street level. Nicholas Avenue and 191st Street in the Washington Heights section of Manhattan, it is served by the 1 train at all times. The 191st Street station is a station on the IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line of the New York City Subway.
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