Editing Washington Heights, Manhattan (section)

===Elevation changes===
Because of its abrupt, hilly topography, pedestrian navigation in [[Upper Manhattan]] is facilitated by many [[step street]]s.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thecuriousuptowner.com/post/2020/01/08/these-step-streets-in-upper-manhattan-have-all-the-cinematic-drama-of-the-joker-stairs-an|title=These uptown step streets have all the cinematic drama of the 'Joker' stairs–and none of the crowds|website=The Curious Uptowner|date=April 15, 2020|access-date=February 7, 2021}}</ref> The longest of these is a set of 130 stairs connecting [[Fort Washington Avenue]] and Overlook Terrace at [[187th Street]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/step-by-step-rebuilding-new-york-citys-open-air-staircases-1436393623|access-date=February 7, 2021|title=Step by Step, Rebuilding New York City's Open-Air Staircases|first=Douglas|last=Feiden|date=July 8, 2015|work=[[The Wall Street Journal]]}}</ref>

To help with eastward-westward transit in upper Washington Heights, elevators are available at the [[181st Street (IND Eighth Avenue Line)|181st Street IND station]], with entrances on Overlook Terrace and Fort Washington Avenue at 184th Street, and the [[190th Street station]], with entrances on Fort Washington Avenue and Bennett Avenue.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://new.mta.info/system_modernization/uptownelevators|publisher=[[Metropolitan Transportation Authority]]|access-date=January 6, 2021|title=Replacing the elevators at uptown A and 1 stations}}</ref><ref>{{Cite archive|collection=Records of the National Park Service, 1785 – 2006|institution=National Archives|item-url=https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75313903|series=National Register of Historic Places and National Historic Landmarks Program Records, 2013 – 2017|item=New York MPS 181st Street Subway Station (IND)|item-id=75313903|box=National Register of Historic Places and National Historic Landmarks Program Records: New York}}</ref> The [[191st Street (IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line)|191st Street IRT station]] also has a pedestrian tunnel, with an entrance on Broadway near 190th Street, and free elevator connection.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://new.mta.info/sites/default/files/2018-04/191%20St%20%281%29%20web.pdf|title=191st Street Neighborhood Map|date=April 2018|publisher=[[Metropolitan Transportation Authority]]|access-date=January 6, 2021}}</ref> Exemplifying the abrupt changes in the area's terrain, the 191st Street and [[Dyckman Street station (IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line)|Dyckman Street]] IRT stations are at similar elevations compared to sea level, but the former is the city's deepest subway station below ground level,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mta.info/press-release/nyc-transit/mta-replace-deepest-elevator-system-191-st-1-line|publisher=[[Metropolitan Transportation Authority]]|date=January 26, 2020|access-date=June 12, 2021|title=MTA to Replace Deepest Elevator in System at 191 St. on 1 Line|archive-date=June 23, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210623194746/https://www.mta.info/press-release/nyc-transit/mta-replace-deepest-elevator-system-191-st-1-line|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="Solis 2005 p. 11">{{cite book|last=Solis|first=Julia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EpdwcewZ2rgC&pg=PA11|title=New York Underground: The Anatomy of a City|publisher=Routledge|year=2005|isbn=978-0-415-95013-8|page=11|access-date=March 29, 2021}}</ref> while the latter, just {{convert|0.4|mi}} north, is above ground.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UZRiky7CzEkC|title=IRT Interborough Rapid Transit / the New York City Subway: Its Design and Construction|date=June 2007|publisher=[[Interborough Rapid Transit Company]]|isbn=9781430325505|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=IRT Subway: Map and Profile of the IRT Subway (New York Subway Souvenir, 1904) |url=https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?/img/articles/souvenir-mapprofile.jpg |website=nycsubway.org |access-date=June 16, 2021}}</ref>