233rd Street (IRT White Plains Road Line)

233rd Street
New York City Subway rapid transit station

Western side
Station statistics
Address East 233rd Street & White Plains Road
Bronx, NY 10466
Borough The Bronx
Locale Wakefield
Division A (IRT)
Line IRT White Plains Road Line
Services       2  (all times)
      5  (rush hours, peak direction)
Connection
Structure Elevated
Platforms 2 side platforms
Tracks 3 (2 in regular service)
Other information
Opened March 31, 1917; 94 years ago (March 31, 1917)
Accessible
Traffic
Passengers (2010) 1,614,436[1]  7%
Rank 276 out of 422
Station succession
Next north Nereid Avenue: 2  5 
Next south 225th Street: 2  5 


Next north none
Next south Gun Hill Road: 2  5 

233rd Street is a local station on the IRT White Plains Road Line of the New York City Subway. It is located in the Bronx at the intersection of 233rd Street and White Plains Road. It is served by the 2 train at all times and the 5 train during rush hours in the peak direction.

This elevated station, opened on March 31, 1917, contains three tracks and two side platforms. The center express track is not normally used in revenue service. Both platforms have beige windscreens and red canopies supported by green frames and columns in the center. They also have yellow ADA tactile strips on their edges. These were all installed during a Spring 2006 rehabilitation. On either ends, both platforms have black, steel, waist-high fences with white lampposts at regular intervals. The station signs are in the standard black name plates with white lettering.

This station has one elevated station house below the tracks and platforms. Two staircases and one elevator from each platform go down to a waiting area/crossover, where a turnstile bank and two exit-only turnstiles provide access to/from the subway system. Outside fare control, there is a token booth and two staircases going down to either northern corners of White Plains Road and East 233rd Street. There is also an elevator going down to the northwest corner. The three elevators make the station ADA-accessible.

The 2006 artwork here is called Secret Garden: There's No Place Like Home by Skowmon Hastanan. It consists of stained glass panels on the platform windscreens and station house depicting plants, fruits, and trees. It is associated with the New York Botanical Garden.

References

  1. ^ "Facts and Figures: 2010 Annual Subway Ridership". New York City Metropolitan Transportation Authority. http://mta.info/nyct/facts/ridership/ridership_sub_annual.htm. Retrieved 2011-05-26. 

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