Two express tracks, used by the A train during daytime hours, run below the station and are not visible from the platforms.

[14] Both platforms have mosaic name tablets reading "163RD STREET - AMSTERDAM AVE." in white sans-serif lettering broken onto two lines.

Small black "163" and directional signs in white lettering run at regular intervals, but there is no trim line on either platform.

Grey (previously yellow) I-beam columns run along both platforms, alternating ones having the standard black station name plate with white lettering.

[16][17] This station has a full length mezzanine supported by I-beam columns above the platforms, but only the southern half is opened.

The open southern half has three staircases from each platform, black I-beams, and two sets of turnstile banks leading to the center or the extreme south end of the mezzanine.

Prior to the station's renovation, the open southern half was split into three sections by two black steel fences, and free transfers between directions were not possible.