Marble Hill–225th Street (IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line)

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Marble Hill–225th Street
New York City Subway station

Station information
Line	IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line
Services	1 (all times)
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	3
Other
Borough	Manhattan
Opened	January 7, 1907
Connection	Metro-North Railroad at Marble Hill
Next north	231st Street: 1
Next south	215th Street: 1

Marble Hill–225th Street is a station on the IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line of the New York City Subway. Located at the intersection of Broadway and 225th Street, it is served by the 1 train at all times. It is a short distance away from the Marble Hill station of the Metro-North Railroad. Just south of the station, trains cross the Broadway Bridge onto the island of Manhattan.

The Marble Hill neighborhood and the station today reside on the northern 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 creekbed was filled in, Marble Hill became part of the mainland, although it is still considered part of Manhattan for administrative and political purposes.

Note: See Manhattan for an explanation of the distinction between island of Manhattan and the borough of Manhattan, a political entity consisting of the island of Manhattan, several other islands, and the Marble Hill neighborhood on the mainland.

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