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225th Street station

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.

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

 225 Street
 "2" train​"5" train
New York City Subway station (rapid transit)
Southbound platform
Station statistics
AddressEast 225th Street & White Plains Road
Bronx, New York
BoroughThe Bronx
LocaleWilliamsbridge
Coordinates40°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)
Transit
StructureElevated
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks3 (2 in regular service)
Other information
OpenedMarch 31, 1917; 107 years ago (1917-03-31)
Opposite-
direction
transfer		Yes
Traffic
2023589,541[2] Decrease 5.1%
Rank363 out of 423[2]
Services
Preceding station New York City Subway New York City Subway Following station
233rd Street
2 all times ​5 limited weekday rush hour service in the peak direction
toward Wakefield–241st Street
Local 		219th Street
2 all times ​5 limited weekday rush hour service in the peak direction
toward Flatbush Avenue–Brooklyn College
Location
225th Street station is located in New York City Subway
225th Street station
225th Street station is located in New York City
225th Street station
225th Street station is located in New York
225th Street station
Track layout

Legend
to 233rd Street
to 219th Street
Street map

Map

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

History

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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.[3][4][5] An extension to Nereid Avenue, including the 225th Street and 233rd Street stations, finally opened on March 31, 1917.[3][4] The city government took over the IRT's operations on June 12, 1940.[6][7]

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

Station layout

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Platform level Side platform
Northbound local ←   toward Wakefield–241st Street (233rd Street)
←   PM rush toward Nereid Avenue (233rd Street)
Peak-direction express → No regular service
Southbound local ←   toward Flatbush Avenue–Brooklyn College via Seventh (219th Street) →
←   AM rush toward Flatbush Avenue–Brooklyn College via Lexington (219th Street) →
Side platform
Mezzanine Fare control, station agent, MetroCard and OMNY machines
Ground 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

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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

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  1. ^ "Glossary". Second Avenue Subway Supplemental Draft Environmental Impact Statement (SDEIS) (PDF). Vol. 1. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. March 4, 2003. pp. 1–2. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 26, 2021. Retrieved January 1, 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Annual Subway Ridership (2018–2023)". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2023. Retrieved April 20, 2024.
  3. ^ a b "Annual report. 1916-1917". HathiTrust. Interborough Rapid Transit Company. December 12, 2013. hdl:2027/mdp.39015016416920. Retrieved September 5, 2016.
  4. ^ 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 August 17, 2015.
  5. ^ "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.
  6. ^ "City Transit Unity Is Now a Reality; Title to I.R.T. Lines Passes to Municipality, Ending 19-Year Campaign". The New York Times. June 13, 1940. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on January 7, 2022. Retrieved May 14, 2022.
  7. ^ "Transit Unification Completed As City Takes Over I. R. T. Lines: Systems Come Under Single Control After Efforts Begun in 1921; Mayor Is Jubilant at City Hall Ceremony Recalling 1904 Celebration". New York Herald Tribune. June 13, 1940. p. 25. ProQuest 1248134780.
  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.
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