219th Street station

 219 Street
 "2" train​"5" train
New York City Subway station (rapid transit)
The 219th Street station facing northbound towards 225th Street.
Station statistics
AddressEast 219th Street & White Plains Road
Bronx, New York
BoroughThe Bronx
LocaleWilliamsbridge
Coordinates40°52′59″N 73°51′47″W / 40.883°N 73.863°W / 40.883; -73.863
DivisionA (IRT)[1]
LineIRT White Plains Road Line
Services   2 all times (all times)
​   5 limited weekday rush hour service in the peak direction (limited weekday rush hour service in the peak direction)
Transit
StructureElevated
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks3 (2 in regular service)
Other information
OpenedMarch 3, 1917; 107 years ago (1917-03-03)
Opposite-
direction
transfer		Yes
Traffic
2023490,047[2] Decrease 7.7%
Rank386 out of 423[2]
Services
Preceding station New York City Subway New York City Subway Following station
225th Street
2 all times ​5 limited weekday rush hour service in the peak direction
toward Wakefield–241st Street
Local 		Gun Hill Road
2 all times ​5 limited weekday rush hour service in the peak direction
toward Flatbush Avenue–Brooklyn College
Location
219th Street station is located in New York City Subway
219th Street station
219th Street station is located in New York City
219th Street station
219th Street station is located in New York
219th Street station
Track layout

Legend
to 225th Street
to Gun Hill Road
Street map

Map

Station service legend
Symbol Description
Stops all times Stops all times
Stops rush hours in the peak direction only Stops rush hours in the peak direction only

The 219th Street station is a local station on the IRT White Plains Road Line of the New York City Subway. Located at the intersection of 219th Street and White Plains Road in the Williamsbridge neighborhood of the Bronx, it is served by the 2 train at all times and by the 5 train during rush hours in the peak direction.

History

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This station was built under the Dual Contracts. It opened on March 3, 1917, as part of an extension of the IRT White Plains Road Line from East 177th Street–East Tremont Avenue to East 219th Street–White Plains Road, providing the Bronx communities of Williamsbridge and Wakefield with access to rapid transit service. Service on the new portion of the line was operated as a four-car shuttle from 177th Street due to the power conditions at the time.[3][4][5] The city government took over the IRT's operations on June 12, 1940.[6][7]

The station was renovated in mid-2006, with work being completed in April 2007. The project cost $13.67 million.[8]

Station layout

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Platform level Side platform
Northbound local ← "2" train toward Wakefield–241st Street (225th Street)
← "5" train PM rush toward Nereid Avenue (225th Street)
Peak-direction express → No regular service
Southbound local ← "2" train toward Flatbush Avenue–Brooklyn College via Seventh (Gun Hill Road) →
← "5" train AM rush toward Flatbush Avenue–Brooklyn College via Lexington (Gun Hill Road) →
Side platform
Mezzanine Fare control, station agent, MetroCard and OMNY machines
Ground Street level Entrances/exits
The mural on the station wall

This elevated station has three tracks and two side platforms.[9] The center track is not normally used in revenue service. There is a mechanical room below the northbound platform at its north end that is reachable by a closed-off staircase.

Both platforms have beige windscreens and red canopies with green outlines, frames, and support columns in the center and black, waist-high steel fences at either ends with lampposts at regular intervals. The windscreens have mesh fences at various points. The station signs are in the standard black name plates with white lettering.

The 2006 artwork here is called Homage by Joseph D'Alesandro. It consists of stained glass panels on the platform windscreens that depict colors showing certain human emotions and qualities.[10]

There are track switches that connect the tracks between this station and the next station south, Gun Hill Road.[9]

Exits

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This station has one elevated station house beneath the center of the platforms and tracks. Two staircases from each platform go down to a waiting area. The back of the token booth faces this crossunder with a steel fences on either side. On the Wakefield-bound side, there are two exit only turnstiles. On the Manhattan-bound side, there is an emergency gate and a bank of three turnstiles. Outside fare control, two staircases go down to the northwest and southeast corners of 219th Street and White Plains Road. The station house has glass windows.[11]

References

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  1. ^ "Glossary". Second Avenue Subway Supplemental Draft Environmental Impact Statement (SDEIS) (PDF). Vol. 1. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. March 4, 2003. pp. 1–2. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 26, 2021. Retrieved January 1, 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Annual Subway Ridership (2018–2023)". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2023. Retrieved April 20, 2024.
  3. ^ "Annual report. 1916-1917". HathiTrust. Interborough Rapid Transit Company. December 12, 2013. hdl:2027/mdp.39015016416920. Retrieved September 5, 2016.
  4. ^ "New Subway Line Opened: White Plains Extension is Now Running to 238th Street" (PDF). The New York Times. April 1, 1917. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 24, 2020. Retrieved August 17, 2015.
  5. ^ "White Plains Road Extension of Subway Opened to the Public; New Branch, Which Runs from 177th to 219th Street, Gives the Williamsbridge and Wakefield Sections of the East Bronx Rapid Transit for the First Time" (PDF). The New York Times. March 4, 1917. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 23, 2020.
  6. ^ "City Transit Unity Is Now a Reality; Title to I.R.T. Lines Passes to Municipality, Ending 19-Year Campaign". The New York Times. June 13, 1940. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on January 7, 2022. Retrieved May 14, 2022.
  7. ^ "Transit Unification Completed As City Takes Over I. R. T. Lines: Systems Come Under Single Control After Efforts Begun in 1921; Mayor Is Jubilant at City Hall Ceremony Recalling 1904 Celebration". New York Herald Tribune. June 13, 1940. p. 25. ProQuest 1248134780.
  8. ^ MTA 2006 Adopted Budget - February Financial Plan - Part 3 (PDF) (Report). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2006. p. 46. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 24, 2019. Retrieved March 27, 2020.
  9. ^ a b Dougherty, Peter (2006) [2002]. Tracks of the New York City Subway 2006 (3rd ed.). Dougherty. OCLC 49777633 – via Google Books.
  10. ^ "219th Street - Joseph D'Alesandro - Homage, 2006". web.mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Archived from the original on August 14, 2020. Retrieved August 14, 2020.
  11. ^ "219th Street Neighborhood Map" (PDF). new.mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. April 2018. Retrieved February 28, 2019.
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