McCabe & Brother, who started building the tunnel segment on May 14, 1900. The 157th Street station was constructed as part of the IRT's West Side Line (now the Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line) from 133rd Street to a point 100 feet (30 m) north of 182nd Street. : 4 Belmont incorporated the Interborough Rapid Transit Company (IRT) in April 1902 to operate the subway. : 165 In 1901, the firm of Heins & LaFarge was hired to design the underground stations. 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. Original station name mosaic Construction The platforms contain exits to Broadway's intersection with 157th Street and not connected to each other within fare control. The station was built with tile and mosaic decorations. The 157th Street station contains two side platforms and two tracks. The station's platforms were lengthened in 1948, and the station was renovated in the late 20th century.
The station held a soft opening on October 29, 1904, and officially opened two weeks later on November 12. Construction of the line segment that includes 157th Street began on May 14 of the same year. The 157th Street station was constructed for the Interborough Rapid Transit Company (IRT) as part of the city's first subway line, which was approved in 1900. Located at the intersection of Broadway and 157th Street in Washington Heights, Manhattan, it is served by the 1 train at all times. The 157th Street station is a local station on the IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line of the New York City Subway.
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