From: eravin@panix.com   
      
   From somewhere in cyberspace, jmelsna@verizon.net said:   
   >One of those odd things that comes up in conversation. I know that more   
   >and more subway stations have elevators to enable access for those with   
   >mobility issues. How many stations, though, have elevators because of   
   >the sheer *distance* from the station to the street?   
      
   A few Washington Heights subway station have elevators for exactly   
   those reasons - 168th St, & 181st St on the 1 line in particular,   
   which are only accessible via elevator under normal circumstances   
   (there should still be an emergency staircase somewhere).   
      
   The 1 and A stations at 191st St and 190th St respectively also   
   have elevators for that reason, although with those stations it   
   is only for the "upper" entrance to the station (at the top of a   
   steep hill). At both stations there is also a non-elevator entrance   
   that can be reached at the bottom of the hill on a neighboring street   
   through a ground-level passage.   
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