181st Street station (IND Eighth Avenue Line)
Elevators
### Elevators

The highest natural point on Manhattan Island is in [Bennett Park](/wiki/Bennett_Park_%28New_York%29 "Bennett Park (New York)"), adjacent to the station exit on [Fort Washington Avenue](/wiki/Fort_Washington_Avenue_%28Manhattan%29 "Fort Washington Avenue (Manhattan)") between West 183rd and 185th Streets (along the axis of where West 184th Street would be located). Because of the station's depth, long escalators lead to 181st Street at the south end, and elevators at the north end of the station carry passengers to the Bennett Park exit. The elevators were formerly only open during the daytime and required the payment of a fare to use. Since 1957, the elevators have not required the payment of a fare, so pedestrians traveling between Overlook Terrace and Fort Washington Avenue are allowed to use the elevators for free. There are also free elevators for pedestrians at 190th Street, the next station uptown, as well as at [191st Street](/wiki/191st_Street_%28IRT_Broadway%E2%80%93Seventh_Avenue_Line%29 "191st Street (IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line)") on the [IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line](/wiki/IRT_Broadway%E2%80%93Seventh_Avenue_Line "IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line").

Additional elevators were announced between the platforms and mezzanine in December 2019 as part of the agency's 2020–2024 Capital Program and were completed in 2023, making the station [ADA\-accessible](/wiki/ADA-accessible "ADA-accessible"). Patrons with wheelchairs are able to traverse from this entrance to the passageway out to Overlook Terrace, as the elevators provide direct access to both the mezzanine and street level. A ramp bypasses a short set of steps between the Overlook Terrace entrance and the passageway, making that entrance ADA\-accessible. There is a staircase available in case of an emergency.


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