head house. The head house basement contains brick walls and a concrete floor and ceiling, and formerly contained a token booth. The elevators were formerly only open during the daytime, and required the payment of a fare to use since the fare control for both street entrances to the station was originally located just inside the street doors. Since 1957, the elevators have been available for use by pedestrians going between Bennett Avenue and Fort Washington Avenue without paying a fare; a similar situation exists at 181st Street, the next station downtown, as well as at 191st Street, on the IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line. The elevators to the mezzanine still utilize elevator operators, one of the few stations in the system to do so. The station is not compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, and thus cannot be used by passengers with wheelchairs, because access from the fare control area to the platforms is only possible via stairways. Additionally, the elevators as well as the free out-of-system traverse between Fort Washington and Bennett Avenues are not ADA-compliant for wheelchair users either (unlike at 181st Street), since the entrance to the former is only accessible by several flights of stairs, and another smaller staircase exists between the end of the passageway and the Bennett Avenue exit. There is a staircase available in case of an emergency. Notes References External links Station Reporter — A Lefferts Station Reporter — A Rockaway The Subway Nut — 190th Street Fort Washington Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View Bennett Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View Platform from Google Maps Street View 1932 establishments in New York City IND Eighth Avenue Line stations New York City Subway stations in Manhattan Railway and subway stations on the National Register of Historic Places in Manhattan Railway stations in the United States opened in 1932 Washington Heights, Manhattan