New York City Subway
The complex includes the 175th Street station of the IND Eighth Avenue Line of the New York City Subway, located at Fort Washington Avenue and 175th Street. The subway station, operated by the New York City Transit Authority, was part of the original IND line which opened in 1932.
It is also within walking distance of the 181st Street (IRT Broadway - Seventh Avenue Line).
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