Marble Hill–225th Street station

Marble Hill–225 Street
New York City Subway station (rapid transit)
Downtown 1 train arriving
Station statistics
Address	West 225th Street & Broadway New York, NY 10463
Borough	Manhattan
Locale	Marble Hill
Coordinates	40°52′26″N 73°54′36″W / 40.874°N 73.91°W / 40.874; -73.91Coordinates: 40°52′26″N 73°54′36″W / 40.874°N 73.91°W / 40.874; -73.91
Division	A (IRT)[1]
Line	IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line
Services	1  (all times)
Transit	NYCT Bus: Bx7, Bx9, Bx20 Metro-North: Hudson Line (at Marble Hill)
Structure	Elevated
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	3 (2 in regular service)
Other information
Opened	January 14, 1907; 114 years ago (January 14, 1907)
Station code	296[2]
Opposite- direction transfer	No
Traffic
2019	1,561,844[4]  7.4%
Rank	287 out of 424[4]
Station succession
Next north	231st Street: 1
Next south	215th Street: 1  221st Street: no regular service (demolished)
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Marble Hill–225th Street (signed 225th Street) is a local station on the IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line of the New York City Subway. Located at the intersection of Broadway and 225th Street in Marble Hill, Manhattan, it is served by the 1 train at all times.

History[]

Northbound view from southbound platform

The West Side Branch of the original subway line was extended to 225th Street on January 14, 1907, the structure of the 221st Street station was dismantled and was moved to 230th Street for a new temporary terminus.^[5] This station stopped being the terminal of the line, when on January 27, 1907, the line was extended to the new temporary terminal at 230th Street.

To address overcrowding, in 1909, the New York Public Service Commission proposed lengthening platforms at stations along the original IRT subway.^[6]: 168 As part of a modification to the IRT's construction contracts, made on January 18, 1910, the company was to lengthen station platforms to accommodate ten-car express and six-car local trains. In addition to $1.5 million (equivalent to $41.7 million in 2020) spent on platform lengthening, $500,000 (equivalent to $13,887,500 in 2020) was spent on building additional entrances and exits. It was anticipated that these improvements would increase capacity by 25 percent.^[7]: 15 The northbound platform at the 225th Street station was extended 95 feet (29 m) to the north.^[7]: 114 The southbound platform was not lengthened.^[7]: 106 On January 24, 1911, ten-car express trains began running on the West Side Line.^{[6]: 168 [8]} Subsequently, the station could accommodate six-car local trains, but ten-car trains could not open some of their doors.^[9]

In Fiscal Year 1924, an additional stairway was constructed to the northbound platform to accommodate additional ridership from the New York Velodrome.^[10]

Platforms at IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line stations between 103rd Street and 238th Street, including those at 225th Street, were lengthened to 514 feet (157 m) between 1946 and 1948, allowing full ten-car express trains to stop at these stations.^[9] A contract for the platform extensions at 225th Street and five other stations on the line was awarded to the Rao Electrical Equipment Company and the Kaplan Electric Company in June 1946.^[11] The platform extensions at these stations were opened in stages. On July 9, 1948, the platform extensions at stations between 207th Street and 238th Street, including the 225th Street station, were opened for use at the cost of $423,000.^[9][12] At the same time, the IRT routes were given numbered designations with the introduction of "R-type" rolling stock, which contained rollsigns with numbered designations for each service. The first such fleet, the R12, was put into service in 1948.^[13] The route to 242nd Street became known as the 1.^[14]

From August 21, 1989 to May 27, 2005 this was one of three (originally four) stations served by only the 9 train during rush hours (as well as middays before September 4, 1994), when skip stop service was operating. 1 trains served the station at all other times when the 9 was not operating. Skip-stop service as well as the 9 train were discontinued on May 29, 2005, at which point the 1 train began stopping at the station at all times.

Station layout[]

Eastern street stair

P Platform level	Side platform
	Northbound local	← toward 242nd Street (231st Street)
	Peak-direction express	→ No regular service
	Southbound local	→ toward South Ferry (215th Street) →
	Side platform
M	Mezzanine	Fare control, station agent, MetroCard machines
G	Street level	Entrances/exits

This elevated station has three tracks and two side platforms. The center track is not used in revenue service.^[15] The southern half of the platforms has beige windscreens and red canopies with green frames and support columns while the northern half has black, steel, waist high fences and lampposts. The station signs are in the standard black name plates in white lettering.

The 1991 artwork here, by Wopo Holup, is called Elevated Nature I-IV. Portions are also located at four other stations on this line.

Marble Hill–225th Street is the northernmost subway station in Manhattan, and is one of two subway stations in Manhattan that are not located on Manhattan Island itself, the other one being Roosevelt Island on the F and <F>​ trains.

Exits[]

All fare control areas are at platform level and there are no crossovers or crossunders. Both platforms have a station house, but only the southbound one is active. It has a turnstile bank, token booth, and one staircase going down to 225th Street and the northwest corner of Broadway. Access to and from the northbound platform is via two full-height turnstiles, one exit-only and the other entry-exit, and one staircase going down to the east side of Broadway across from the northwest corner of 225th Street.^[16]

Location[]

View south toward bridge

This station is less than 0.2 miles (0.32 km) from the Marble Hill station on Metro-North Railroad's Hudson Line. Just south of the station, the IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line crosses the Broadway Bridge onto the island of Manhattan.

This station today and the neighborhood it serves reside on the north shore of the Harlem River Ship Canal, also known as Spuyten Duyvil Creek, and are thus geographically on the mainland. However, the neighborhood was formerly part of the island of Manhattan. The canal was constructed in 1895, separating the neighborhood from the rest of the island. After the original creek bed was filled in, Marble Hill became part of the mainland, although it is still considered part of Manhattan for administrative and political purposes.^{[note 1][17]}

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External links[]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Marble Hill – 225th Street (IRT Broadway – Seventh Avenue Line).

• nycsubway.org – IRT West Side: 225th Street
• Station Reporter – 1 Train
• The Subway Nut – Marble Hill–225th Street Pictures
• 225th Street (North) entrance from Google Maps Street View
• 225th Street (South) entrance from Google Maps Street View
• Platforms from Google Maps Street View