180th Street-Bronx Park (IRT White Plains Road Line)

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Not to be confused with East 180th Street (IRT White Plains Road Line).

New York City Subway station 180th Street–Bronx Park
Station Information
Line	IRT White Plains Road Line
Services	None (demolished)
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Other
Borough	Bronx
Opened	November 26, 1904
Closed	1952
Next north	(Terminal)
Next south	while open: West Farms Square–East Tremont Avenue

The 180th Street–Bronx Park station was the former terminal station for the IRT White Plains Road Line of the New York City Subway. The line was originally supposed to extend farther north during the construction but was changed into a terminal due to protests stating that the trains running over the park would be bad for animals in the Bronx Zoo. The line's extension is the reason for the S-curve north of the West Farms Square–East Tremont Avenue station. After the line's extension to Wakefield–241st Street, the Bronx Park spur was considered redundant, but was not closed and abandoned until 1952. Trackways of the Bronx Park spur can be seen north of the West Farms Square–East Tremont Avenue station. The station's former arrangement was two tracks and an island platform.