219th Street (IRT White Plains Road Line)
219th Street  | |||||||||
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| New York City Subway rapid transit station | |||||||||
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The 219th Street station facing northbound towards 225th Street. | |||||||||
| Station statistics | |||||||||
| Address |
East 219th Street & White Plains Road Bronx, NY 10467 | ||||||||
| Borough | The Bronx | ||||||||
| Locale | Williamsbridge | ||||||||
| Coordinates | 40°52′59″N 73°51′47″W / 40.883°N 73.863°WCoordinates: 40°52′59″N 73°51′47″W / 40.883°N 73.863°W | ||||||||
| Division | A (IRT) | ||||||||
| Line | IRT White Plains Road Line | ||||||||
| Services |
2  (all times) 5  (rush hours, peak direction) | ||||||||
| Transit connections |
 NYCT Bus: Bx39 MTA Bus: BxM11 | ||||||||
| Structure | Elevated | ||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||
| Tracks | 3 (2 in regular service) | ||||||||
| Other information | |||||||||
| Opened | March 3, 1917 | ||||||||
| Traffic | |||||||||
| Passengers (2015) |
1,108,859[1]  1.4% | ||||||||
| Rank | 353 out of 422 | ||||||||
| Station succession | |||||||||
| Next north |
225th Street: 2 5 | ||||||||
| Next south |
Gun Hill Road: 2 5 | ||||||||
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219th Street is a local station on the IRT White Plains Road Line of the New York City Subway. Located at the intersection of 219th Street and White Plains Road in the Bronx, it is served by the 2 train at all times and the 5 train during rush hours in peak direction.
Station layout
| P Platform level |
Side platform, doors will open on the right | |
| Southbound local | ← toward Flatbush Avenue (Gun Hill Road) ← toward Flatbush Avenue weekdays, Bowling Green weekends (Gun Hill Road) | |
| Peak-direction express | ← does not stop here (rush hours only) → | |
| Northbound local | → toward 241st Street (225th Street) → → toward Dyre Avenue (225th Street) → | |
| Side platform, doors will open on the right | ||
| M | Mezzanine | Station agent, MetroCard vending machines, fare control |
| G | Street Level | Exit / Entrance |
This elevated station, opened on March 3, 1917 and renovated in mid-2006, has three tracks and two side platforms.[2] The center track is not normally used in revenue service. There is a mechanical room below the northbound platform at its north end that is reachable by a closed-off staircase.
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 black name plates with white lettering.
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 this crossunder with a 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 219th Street and White Plains Road. The station house has glass windows.
The 2006 artwork here is called Homage by Joseph D'Alesandro. It consists of stained glass panels on the platform windscreens that depict colors showing certain human emotions and qualities.
There are track switches that connect the tracks between this station and the next station south, Gun Hill Road.[2]
References
- ↑ "Facts and Figures: Annual Subway Ridership". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved 2016-04-19.
- 1 2 Marrero, Robert (2015-09-13). "469 Stations, 846 Miles" (PDF). B24 Blog, via Dropbox. Retrieved 2015-10-09.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to 219th Street (IRT White Plains Road Line). |
- nycsubway.org – IRT White Plains Road Line: 219th Street
- nycsubway.org — Homage Artwork by Joseph D'Alesandro (2006)
- Station Reporter — 2 Train
- The Subway Nut — 219th Street Pictures
- MTA's Arts For Transit — 219th Street (IRT White Plains Road Line)
- 219th Street entrance from Google Maps Street View