Places / Landmark / Washington Heights
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190th Street–Overlook Terrace
A subway station carved 140 feet into the rock, with a tunnel that opens onto a park.
- Where
- Fort Washington Ave at Margaret Corbin Plaza, Washington Heights Open in Google Maps ↗
- Cost
- Free
- Good with
- Solo
- Go when
- Any time you are heading to Fort Tryon
It’s far, and it’s unique enough that we’d send a local up here, not just a visitor. If you ride the subway every day, this entrance will still feel like something out of a film — literally carved into the rock, with a long arched tunnel through the rock that comes out at the edge of Fort Tryon Park.
What to know
One of the deepest stations in the system: the Bennett Avenue entrance has no stairs at all because the platform is roughly 140 feet down, so elevators are the only way. Take the Fort Washington Avenue exit — it’s the good one. Then walk the neighborhood. The elevation changes alone will convince you that you’ve left New York.