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| Address | Bedford Park Boulevard (200th Street) & Jerome Avenue Bronx, NY 10468 |
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| Borough | The Bronx | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Locale | Bedford Park | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Division | A (IRT) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Line | IRT Jerome Avenue Line | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Services | 4 (all times) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Structure | Elevated | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 3 (2 in regular service) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | April 15, 1918 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Former/other names | Bedford Park Boulevard – 200th Street | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Traffic | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Passengers (2010) | 1,786,305[1] 3% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rank | 251 out of 422 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Next north | Mosholu Parkway: 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Next south | Kingsbridge Road: 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Bedford Park Boulevard – Lehman College (formerly Bedford Park Boulevard – 200th Street) is a local station on the IRT Jerome Avenue Line of the New York City Subway. Located at the intersection of Bedford Park Boulevard (formerly 200th Street) and Jerome Avenue in the Bronx, it is served by the 4 train at all times. It has three tracks and two side platforms. The middle track is generally not used in revenue service.
The station building is at street level with the tracks above the building due to the street layout. Until the 2006 renovation, the downtown platform had several old small 200 signs behind a chain-link fence toward the front of the platform. These signs have been removed.
The Jerome Yard – Concourse Yard complex is located on the west of the station. The track connections to Jerome Yard are at the north end. Concourse Yard has a single track connected to the southbound local; south of the station. The Concourse Yard serves as one of the few interconnections between the IRT and IND divisions.
The station has a brick mezzanine and stairway walls with "BPB" and restroom mosaics in the station house. A storeroom is located on the landing of the stairs to the platforms. Walking to the east connects to the New York Botanical Garden and a Metro-North Railroad station of the same name, and walking to the west around the yard complex connects to Lehman College and the Bronx High School of Science.
This station was renovated in the Summer–Fall 2006. During this time, the street level mezzanine area and the platforms were renovated. The platforms had yellow tactile edge warning strips installed. The IRT directional tablets inside fare control have been preserved.
From October 26, 2009 to December 11, 2009, a pilot program had five southbound 4 trains running express in the AM rush hour. Although Bedford Park Boulevard is not designed as an express station, the trains used a switch for the express track south of the station.[2]
On March 6, circa 1960, an R10 car was accidentally hauled through the station, scraping the platform edge.[3]
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