Kingsbridge Road (IND Concourse Line)

Kingsbridge Road
"B" train "D" train
New York City Subway rapid transit station
Station statistics
Address East Kingsbridge Road & Grand Concourse
Bronx, NY 10468
Borough The Bronx
Locale Fordham Manor, Kingsbridge Heights
Coordinates 40°51′58″N 73°53′40″W / 40.866146°N 73.894343°W / 40.866146; -73.894343Coordinates: 40°51′58″N 73°53′40″W / 40.866146°N 73.894343°W / 40.866146; -73.894343
Division B (IND)
Line IND Concourse Line
Services       B  (rush hours until 7:00 p.m.)
      D  (all times)
Transit connections NYCT Bus: Bx1, Bx2, Bx9, Bx22, Bx28
MTA Bus: BxM4
Structure Underground
Platforms 2 island platforms
cross-platform interchange
Tracks 3
Other information
Opened July 1, 1933 (1933-07-01)
Station code 212[1]
Accessible ADA-accessible
Wireless service [2]
Traffic
Passengers (2016) 2,566,076[3]Increase 1.4%
Rank 195 out of 422
Station succession
Next north Bedford Park Boulevard: B  D 
Next south Fordham Road: B  D 


Next north none: B  D 
Next south 161st Street–Yankee Stadium (via Concourse local): B  D 
125th Street (via Concourse express): D 

Kingsbridge Road is an express station on the IND Concourse Line of the New York City Subway. It is served by the D train at all times and the B train during rush hours only. It has three tracks and two island platforms.

Station layout

Track layout
to Bedford Pk Blvd
to Fordham Rd
G Street Level Exit/Entrance
B1 Upper Mezzanine
196th Street entrances
Fare control
(Note: Upper mezzanine exit/entrance is not handicapped accessible)
B2
Platform level
Northbound local "B" train toward Bedford Park Boulevard rush hours (Terminus)
"D" train toward Norwood–205th Street off-peak hours (Bedford Park Boulevard)
Island platform, doors will open on the left, right
Peak direction express "D" train toward Norwood–205th Street PM rush (Bedford Park Boulevard)
"D" train toward Coney Island–Stillwell Avenue AM rush (Fordham Road)
Island platform, doors will open on the left, right
Southbound local "B" train toward Brighton Beach rush hours (Fordham Road)
"D" train toward Coney Island–Stillwell Avenue off-peak hours (Fordham Road)
B3 Lower Mezzanine
Kingsbridge Road entrances
Fare control, station agent, underpass to Kingsbridge Road
(Elevator at NE corner of Grand Concourse and Kingsbridge Road)
Station entrance

The station has three tracks and two island platforms. The tile band in this station is Marine Blue and vent chambers are also present.[4] Strange white walls exist at both platform staircases to the Kingsbridge Road exit. It is not known why they were built.

The station was renovated to comply with ADA standards, with two elevators from the Kingsbridge Road mezzanine to both platforms and another from the mezzanine to the northeast corner of the Concourse and Kingsbridge Road.[5] The elevators were opened in December 2014.[5][6]

Exits

The station has one mezzanine above the platforms and another below them. The part-time and unstaffed entrance is at 196th Street on the north end and contains two street stairs to the northwest and southeast corners of the intersection, and one stair to each platform.[5][7] This mezzanine is above the platform area.

The full-time entrance with a staffed token booth is at Kingsbridge Road on the south end and contains three pairs of staircases from platform level down to the lower mezzanine. Exits to the street are via two stairs to the northeast and northwest corners of the Concourse. A ramp also leads to the Kingsbridge Road underpass.[5][7]

The current booth setup (full-time at Kingsbridge; part-time at 196th Street) was instituted in 2013.[5] This was also the original setup. However, after to a booth operation switch in the 1990s, the part-time side was at the current full-time side (Kingsbridge) and vice versa. The current setup was created in order to accommodate new elevators in the station (see below).[5] There are two now closed additional exits still visible on the south side of Kingsbridge Road, blocked by the current elevator shafts to the street.[5][7]

References

  1. "Station Developers' Information". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved June 13, 2017.
  2. "NYC Subway Wireless – Active Stations". Transit Wireless Wifi. Retrieved 2016-05-18.
  3. "Facts and Figures: Annual Subway Ridership 2011–2016". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. May 31, 2017. Retrieved June 1, 2017.
  4. Dave Frattini (May 27, 2014). The Underground Guide to New York City Subways. St. Martin's Press. ISBN 978-1-4668-7249-3.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Transit & Bus Committee Meeting January 2013" (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. January 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 31, 2013. Retrieved March 9, 2016.
  6. "Elevators up and running at Bronx subway stop". bronx.news12.com. News 12 The Bronx. December 19, 2014. Retrieved September 29, 2015.
  7. 1 2 3 "MTA Neighborhood Maps: Van Cortlandt Park / NY Botanical Garden" (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2015. Retrieved September 24, 2015.
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