225th Street station

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This article is about the IRT White Plains Road Line station. For the IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line station, see Marble Hill–225th Street station.
 225 Street
 "2" train​"5" train
MTA NYC logo.svg New York City Subway station (rapid transit)
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Southbound platform
Station statistics
AddressEast 225th Street & White Plains Road
Bronx, NY 10466
BoroughThe Bronx
LocaleWilliamsbridge
Coordinates40°53′17″N 73°51′36″W / 40.888°N 73.86°W / 40.888; -73.86Coordinates: 40°53′17″N 73°51′36″W / 40.888°N 73.86°W / 40.888; -73.86
DivisionA (IRT)[1]
LineIRT White Plains Road Line
Services   2 all times (all times)
​   5 limited weekday rush hour service in the peak direction (limited weekday rush hour service in the peak direction)
TransitBus transport NYCT Bus: Bx8, Bx39
Bus transport MTA Bus: BxM11
StructureElevated
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks3 (2 in regular service)
Other information
OpenedMarch 31, 1917; 104 years ago (1917-03-31)
Station code419[2]
Opposite-
direction
transfer		Yes
Traffic
20191,187,486[4] Decrease 3%
Rank333 out of 424[4]
Station succession
Next north233rd Street: 2 all times ​5 limited weekday rush hour service in the peak direction
Next south219th Street: 2 all times ​5 limited weekday rush hour service in the peak direction
Location
225th Street station is located in New York City Subway
225th Street station
Track layout

Legend
to 233 St
to 219 St
Street map

Station service legend
Symbol Description
Stops all times Stops all times
Stops rush hours in peak direction only Stops rush hours in the peak direction only

225th Street is a local station on the IRT White Plains Road Line of the New York City Subway. Located in Williamsbridge, Bronx, at the intersection of 225th Street and White Plains Road, it is served by the 2 train at all times and by the 5 train during rush hours in the peak direction.

History[]

This station was built under the Dual Contracts. On March 3, 1917, the IRT White Plains Road Line was extended from East 177th Street–East Tremont Avenue to East 219th Street–White Plains Road, providing the Bronx communities of Williamsbridge and Wakefield with access to rapid transit service. Service was initially operated as a four-car shuttle from 177th Street due to the power conditions at the time.[5][6][7] An extension to Nereid Avenue, including the 225th Street and 233rd Street stations, finally opened on March 31, 1917.[5][6]

It was renovated in fall 2005 at a cost of $13.23 million.[8]

Station layout[]

P
Platform level 		Side platform
Northbound local ← "2" train toward 241st Street (233rd Street)
← "5" train PM rush toward Nereid Avenue (233rd Street)
Peak-direction express → No regular service
Southbound local ← "2" train toward Flatbush Avenue via Seventh (219th Street) →
← "5" train AM rush toward Flatbush Avenue via Lexington (219th Street) →
Side platform
M Mezzanine Fare control, station agent, MetroCard machines
G Street level Entrances/exits
Street stair

This elevated station has three tracks and two side platforms.[9] The center track is normally not used in revenue service. Both platforms have beige windscreens and red canopies with green outlines, frames, and support columns in the center and black, waist-high steel fences at either ends with lampposts at regular intervals. The windscreens have mesh fences at various points. The station signs are in the standard white lettering on black name plates.

The 2006 artwork here is called Universal City by Nicky Enright. It consists of stained glass windows on the platform windscreens depicting images related to astronomy, including constellations, shooting stars, orbiting planets, and moons.[10]

Exits[]

This station has one elevated station house beneath the center of the platforms and tracks. Two staircases from each platform go down to a waiting area. The back of the token booth faces the crossunder with steel fences on either side. On the Wakefield-bound side, there are two exit only turnstiles. On the Manhattan-bound side, there is an emergency gate and a bank of three turnstiles. Outside fare control, two staircases go down to the northwest and southeast corners of 225th Street and White Plains Road. The station house has glass windows.[11]

References[]

  1. ^ "Glossary". Second Avenue Subway Supplemental Draft Environmental Impact Statement (SDEIS) (PDF). 1. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. March 4, 2003. pp. 1–2. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 26, 2021. Retrieved January 1, 2021.
  2. ^ "Station Developers' Information". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved June 13, 2017.
  3. ^ "Facts and Figures: Annual Subway Ridership 2014–2019". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2020. Retrieved May 26, 2020.
  4. ^ a b "Facts and Figures: Annual Subway Ridership 2014–2019". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2020. Retrieved May 26, 2020.
  5. ^ a b "Annual report. 1916-1917". HathiTrust. Interborough Rapid Transit Company. 2013-12-12. Retrieved 2016-09-05.
  6. ^ a b "New Subway Line Opened: White Plains Extension is Now Running to 238th Street" (PDF). The New York Times. April 1, 1917. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 24, 2020. Retrieved 17 August 2015.
  7. ^ "White Plains Road Extension of Subway Opened to the Public; New Branch, Which Runs from 177th to 219th Street, Gives the Williamsbridge and Wakefield Sections of the East Bronx Rapid Transit for the First Time" (PDF). The New York Times. March 4, 1917. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 23, 2020.
  8. ^ MTA 2006 Adopted Budget - February Financial Plan - Part 3 (PDF) (Report). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2006. p. 45. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 24, 2019. Retrieved March 27, 2020.
  9. ^ Dougherty, Peter (2006) [2002]. Tracks of the New York City Subway 2006 (3rd ed.). Dougherty. OCLC 49777633 – via Google Books.
  10. ^ "225th Street - Nicky Enright - Universal City, 2006". web.mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Archived from the original on August 18, 2020. Retrieved August 18, 2020.
  11. ^ "225th Street Neighborhood Map" (PDF). new.mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. April 2018. Retrieved February 28, 2019.

External links[]

Media related to 225th Street (IRT White Plains Road Line) at Wikimedia Commons

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