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| Address | Longwood Avenue & Southern Boulevard Bronx, NY 10459 |
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| Borough | The Bronx | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Locale | Longwood | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Division | A (IRT) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Line | IRT Pelham Line | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Services | 6 (all times) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Structure | Underground | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | January 17, 1919 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Passengers (2010) | 1,026,772[1] 4.5% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rank | 349 out of 422 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Next north | Hunts Point Avenue: 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Next south | East 149th Street: 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Longwood Avenue is a local station on the IRT Pelham Line of the New York City Subway. It is served by the 6 train at all times and is located at Longwood Avenue and Southern Boulevard in the Bronx.
This underground station, opened on January 7, 1919, has three tracks and two side platforms. The center express track is used by the weekday peak direction <6> service.
Both platforms have their original Dual Contracts mosaic trim line and name tablets. "L" tablets for "Longwood Avenue" run along the trim line at regular intervals and the name tablets have "LONGWOOD AVE." in Times New Roman font. Dark green i-beam columns run along the platforms at their center at regular intervals with every other one having the standard black name plate with white lettering.
Both platforms were extended at either ends in the 1960s to accommodate the current standard length of an IRT train (510 feet). The extensions are noticeable as they are narrower than the rest of the platforms, have no columns, and the trim line is blue with "LONGWOOD AVE" in white sans serif font. The extensions result in the platforms being slightly offset.
Both platforms have one same-level fare control area at the east (railroad north) end. Each one has a turnstile bank, token booth, and two street stairs. The ones on the Pelham Bay Park-bound platform go up to the either southern corners of Southern Boulevard and Longwood Avenue while the ones on the Manhattan-bound platform go up to either northern corners.
There are no crossovers or crossunders to allow free transfers between directions. The southbound platform has a green fiberglass bucket seat bench built in the extended area in the 1960s.