History
125th Street opened on September 10, 1932, along with the rest of the IND Eighth Avenue Line from Chambers Street to 207th Street.
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. Another renovation later made restored the closed staircases and made station ADA-accessible with the installation of elevators near the middle of the platforms.
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