225th Street (IRT White Plains Road Line)
225th Street  | |||||||||
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| New York City Subway rapid transit station | |||||||||
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Southbound platform | |||||||||
| Station statistics | |||||||||
| Address |
East 225th Street & White Plains Road Bronx, NY 10466 | ||||||||
| Borough | The Bronx | ||||||||
| Locale | Wakefield | ||||||||
| Coordinates | 40°53′17″N 73°51′36″W / 40.888°N 73.86°WCoordinates: 40°53′17″N 73°51′36″W / 40.888°N 73.86°W | ||||||||
| Division | A (IRT) | ||||||||
| Line | IRT White Plains Road Line | ||||||||
| Services |
2  (all times) 5  (rush hours, peak direction) | ||||||||
| Transit connections |
 NYCT Bus: Bx8, Bx39 MTA Bus: BxM11 | ||||||||
| Structure | Elevated | ||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||
| Tracks | 3 (2 in regular service) | ||||||||
| Other information | |||||||||
| Opened | March 31, 1917 | ||||||||
| Traffic | |||||||||
| Passengers (2015) |
1,439,495[1]  0.4% | ||||||||
| Rank | 315 out of 422 | ||||||||
| Station succession | |||||||||
| Next north |
233rd Street: 2 5 | ||||||||
| Next south |
219th Street: 2 5 | ||||||||
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225th Street is a local station on the IRT White Plains Road Line of the New York City Subway. Located in Wakefield, Bronx, at the intersection of 225th Street and White Plains Road, it is served by the 2 train at all times, and the 5 train during rush hours in the peak direction.
Station layout
| P Platform level |
Side platform, doors will open on the right | |
| Southbound local | ← toward Flatbush Avenue–Brooklyn College (219th Street) ← toward Flatbush Avenue–Brooklyn College (AM rush) (219th Street) | |
| Peak-direction express | → No regular service | |
| Northbound local | → toward Wakefield–241st Street (233rd Street) → → toward Nereid Avenue (PM rush) (233rd Street) → | |
| Side platform, doors will open on the right | ||
| M | Mezzanine | Station agent, MetroCard vending machines, fare control |
| G | Street Level | Exit / Entrance |
This elevated station, opened on March 31, 1917[2] and renovated in Fall 2005, has three tracks and two side platforms.[3]
The center track is normally not used in revenue service. 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.
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 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 225th Street and White Plains Road. The station house has glass windows.
The 2006 artwork here is called Universal City by Nicky Enright. It consists of stained glass windows on the platform windscreens depicting images related to astronomy, including constellations, shooting stars, and orbiting planets and moons.
References
- ↑ "Facts and Figures: Annual Subway Ridership". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved 2016-04-19.
- ↑ "New Subway Line Opened: White Plains Extension is Now Running to 238th Street". New York Times. Retrieved 17 August 2015.
- ↑ Marrero, Robert (2015-09-13). "469 Stations, 846 Miles" (PDF). B24 Blog, via Dropbox. Retrieved 2015-10-09.
External links
Media related to 225th Street (IRT White Plains Road Line) at Wikimedia Commons
- nycsubway.org – IRT White Plains Road Line: 225th Street
- nycsubway.org — Universal City Artwork by Nicky Enright (2006)
- Station Reporter — 2 Train
- The Subway Nut — 225th Street Pictures
- MTA's Arts For Transit — 225th Street (IRT White Plains Road Line)
- 225th Street entrance from Google Maps Street View