149th Street–Grand Concourse (New York City Subway)

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149th Street–Grand Concourse
New York City Subway station
Station information
Services	2 (all times) 4 (all times) 5 (all except late nights)
Other
Borough	Bronx

149th Street–Grand Concourse is a New York City Subway station complex shared by the IRT Jerome Avenue Line and the IRT White Plains Road Line. Located at East 149th Street and Grand Concourse in Mott Haven, Bronx, it is served by the 2 (all times), the 5 (all times except late nights) on the lower level and 4 trains (all times) on the upper level.

1 IRT Jerome Avenue Line platforms (Upper level)
2 IRT White Plains Road Line platforms (Lower level)
3 Bus connections
4 External links

[edit] IRT Jerome Avenue Line platforms (Upper level)

Station information
Line	IRT Jerome Avenue Line
Services	4 (all times)
Platforms	2 island platforms
Tracks	3
Other
Opened	June 2, 1917
Next north	161st Street–Yankee Stadium (local): 4 Burnside Avenue (express): no regular service
Next south	138th Street–Grand Concourse (local): 4 125th Street (express): 4

149th Street–Grand Concourse on the IRT Jerome Avenue Line has three tracks and two island platforms, with the center track used during rush hours in the peak direction. This station is on the upper level of a 2 level station complex, with a free transfer to the IRT White Plains Road Line on the lower level. There are some remaining signs on the walls that point to the New York Central Lines, which are now part of Metro-North Railroad.

[edit] IRT White Plains Road Line platforms (Lower level)


Station information
Line	IRT White Plains Road Line
Services	2 (all times) 5 (all except late nights)
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Other
Opened	July 10, 1905
Next north	Third Avenue–149th Street: 2 5
Next south	135th Street (Lenox): 2 138th Street–Grand Concourse (Jerome): 5

149th Street–Grand Concourse on the IRT White Plains Road Line has two tracks and two side platforms, with a high rounded ceiling similar to 168th Street on the IRT Broadway-Seventh Avenue Line. It is located on the lower level of this 2 level complex. There are elevators (now closed) and a pedestrian bridge between the two platforms (also closed) on this level at the southern end of the platforms.

Opened as Mott Avenue on July 10, 1905, 149th Street–Grand Concourse was the first subway station to be opened in the Bronx. Today, nearly all of the original mosaic "Mott Avenue" name tablets have all been covered over with metal "149 St–Grand Concourse" signs. Only one name tablet, located on the downtown platform between the last two staircases at the northern end, remains uncovered and survived intact until a few years into the 21st century when a serious water leak after very heavy rainfall caused individual tiles to separate from the wall and fall off. There are no known plans by the MTA to repair or restore this name tablet.

South of the station, there are track connections to the IRT Jerome Avenue Line. The Jerome Line station lies above and perpendicular to the White Plains Road Line station.