Third Avenue – 149th Street (IRT White Plains Road Line)

For other places with the same name, see Third Avenue (New York City Subway).
Third Avenue – 149th Street
New York City Subway rapid transit station
Station statistics
Address intersection of East 149th Street, Third, Willis & Melrose Avenues
Bronx, NY 10455
Borough The Bronx
Locale The Hub & Mott Haven
Division A (IRT)
Line IRT White Plains Road Line
Services       2  (all times)
      5  (all except late nights)
Connection
Structure Underground
Platforms 2 side platforms
Tracks 2
Other information
Opened July 10, 1905; 106 years ago (July 10, 1905)
Accessible
Traffic
Passengers (2010) 7,239,167[1]  2.3%
Rank 50 out of 422
Station succession
Next north Jackson Avenue (local): 2  5 
East 180th Street (express): 5 
Next south 149th Street – Grand Concourse: 2  5 
Next north Simpson Street: 2  5 
Next south 135th Street (via Lenox): 2  3 
125th Street (via Lexington): 5 

Third Avenue – 149th Street is a station on the IRT White Plains Road Line of the New York City Subway. It is located at Third Avenue and East 149th Street (also known as Eugenio Maria de Hostos Boulevard) in Mott Haven, Bronx and is served by the 2 and 5 trains, the latter of which does not stop here during late night hours. It is the second busiest station in the Bronx (161st Street – Yankee Stadium has more riders), 50th overall, with 7,239,167 passengers as of 2010.[1]

The station has two tracks, two side platforms and has been renovated. It has had ADA-accessible elevators installed. The fare control is at platform level and there is a closed crossunder. Each fare control area has a bus transfer booth, which was used for a separate connection to the Bx55 bus that replaced the IRT Third Avenue Line in the Bronx. The extra booths and turnstiles, while still present, are no longer in use, having closed in July 1997 when system-wide free transfers were introduced with the MetroCard.

The station tiles have dark red and dark green/gray lower accents and dark red upper border. There is a mosaic artwork, installed in 1996, entitled Una Raza, Un Mundo, Universo (One Race, One World, One Universe), by Jose Ortega. Four such mosaics are on each platform near the fare control. The token booths are built into the wall. Prior to the renovation, terra cotta "3" plaques were on the platform walls. One of these has been preserved at the New York Transit Museum.

North of the station, the track ascends to become an elevated structure for the trip to East 180th Street. This is the longest section of elevated track built under IRT Contract I. Rising to the El level one can still see the shortened supports for former connections the Third Avenue El.

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References

  1. ^ a b "Facts and Figures: 2010 Annual Subway Ridership". New York City Metropolitan Transportation Authority. http://mta.info/nyct/facts/ridership/ridership_sub_annual.htm. Retrieved 2011-05-27. 

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