174 Street  ​
View of the Station house with southeast entrance to the station
Station statistics
Address	East 174th Street, Southern Boulevard, & Boston Road Bronx, New York
Borough	The Bronx
Locale	Crotona Park East
Coordinates	40°50′13″N73°53′17″W / 40.837°N 73.888°W /40.837; -73.888
Division	A (IRT)[1]
Line	IRT White Plains Road Line
Services	2  (all times) ​  5  (all times except rush hours in the peak direction and late nights)
Transit	NYCT Bus:Bx11,Bx19,Bx21
Structure	Elevated
Platforms	2side platforms
Tracks	3
Other information
Opened	November 26, 1904; 121 years ago (1904-11-26)
Traffic
2024	1,045,557[2]  6.5%
Rank	286 out of 423[2]
Services Preceding station New York City Subway Following station West Farms Square–East Tremont Avenue 2  ​5  viaEast 180th Street Local Freeman Street 2  ​5  towardFlatbush Avenue–Brooklyn College
Location Show map of New York City Subway Show map of New York City Show map of New York
Track layout Legend toEast Tremont Avenue toFreeman Street
Street map
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops all times Stops all times except rush hours in the peak direction

The174th Street station is a localstation on theIRT White Plains Road Line of theNew York City Subway. Located at the intersection of 174th Street,Southern Boulevard and Boston Road in theCrotona Park East neighborhood ofthe Bronx, it is served by the2 train at all times, and the5 train at all times except late nights and rush hours in the peak direction.

The initial segment of the IRT White Plains Road Line opened on November 26, 1904, between180th Street–Bronx Park andJackson Avenue. Initially, trains on the line were served by elevated trains from theIRT Second Avenue Line and theIRT Third Avenue Line. Once the connection to theIRT Lenox Avenue Line opened on July 10, 1905, trains from the newly opened IRT subway ran via the line.^[3][4][5]

To address overcrowding, in 1909, theNew York Public Service Commission (PSC) proposed lengthening the platforms at stations along the original IRT subway.^[6]: 168 As part of a modification to the IRT's construction contracts made on January 18, 1910, the company was to lengthen station platforms to accommodate ten-car express and six-car local trains. In addition to $1.5 million (equivalent to $50.6 million in 2024) spent on platform lengthening, $500,000 (equivalent to $16.9 million in 2024) was spent on building additional entrances and exits. It was anticipated that these improvements would increase capacity by 25 percent.^[7]: 15 The northbound platform at the 174th Street station was extended 43 feet (13 m) to the front and 40 feet (12 m) to the rear,^[7]: 114 while the southbound platform was not lengthened.^[7]: 106 On January 23, 1911, ten-car express trains began running on the White Plains Road Line.^{[6]: 168 [8]}

On June 18, 1915, the PSC approved a resolution approving a plan to relocate two supporting columns and one stairway at the station to accommodate the widening of 174th Street. The work, which was paid for by the borough of the Bronx, started on May 2, 1916, and was completed in August 1916.^[9]

The New York State Transit Commission announced plans to extend the southbound platforms at seven stations on the line fromJackson Avenue to177th Street to accommodate ten-car trains for $81,900 on August 8, 1934. The platform at 174th Street would be lengthened from 361 feet (110 m) to 489 feet (149 m).^[10]

The city government took over the IRT's operations on June 12, 1940.^[11][12] The Bergen Avenue cutoff, which allowed Third Avenue trains to access the White Plains Road Line, was abandoned on November 5, 1946, as part of the gradual curtailment of elevated service on the IRT Third Avenue Line.^[4] On June 13, 1949, the platform extensions at this station, as well as those on other White Plains Road Line stations between Jackson Avenue and177th Street, opened. The platforms were lengthened to 514 feet (157 m) to allow full ten-car express trains to open their doors. Previously, the stations could only accommodate six-car local trains.^[13]

The station was closed from July to November 2003 and was completely rehabilitated.^[14] The station reopened on November 24, 2003, after undergoing a $12 million renovation.^[15]

Platform level	Side platform
	Northbound local	← towardWakefield–241st Street(West Farms Square–East Tremont Avenue) ← towardEastchester–Dyre Avenue(West Farms Square–East Tremont Avenue)
	Peak-direction express	← PM rush does not stop here ← AM rush does not stop here →
	Southbound local	← towardFlatbush Avenue–Brooklyn College viaSeventh(Freeman Street) → ← toward Flatbush Avenue–Brooklyn College viaLexington weekdays, Bowling Green evenings/weekends(Freeman Street) →
	Side platform
Ground	Street level	Exit/entrance

This elevated station, which has twoside platforms and three tracks, is built on a curve, which results in large gaps between the center doors of trains and the platform. The gaps were almost wide enough to needgap fillers. By 2008, most of the station's gaps had been filled, but train announcements still warn passengers to "be careful of the gap between the platform and the train."^{[citation needed]}

The station has a white windscreen and black fencing. The ends of the platform are very narrow.^[14]

The 2004 artwork here is calledA Trip up the Bronx River by Daniel del Valle. It features stained glass windows on the platform windscreens and station house depicting sites along theBronx River.^[16]

The station does not have a mezzanine, therefore in-system transfers between the two directions are not possible. The station houses are at the same level as the platforms. The two southbound exits lead to the northwestern corner of the skewed intersection of 174th Street and Southern Boulevard. The two northbound exits are on either eastern corner of that intersection.^[17]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to174th Street (IRT White Plains Road Line).

• nycsubway.org –IRT White Plains Road Line: 174th Street
• nycsubway.org —A Trip Up The Bronx River Artwork by Daniel Del Valle (2004)
• Station Reporter —2 Train
• Station Reporter —5 Train
• The Subway Nut —174th Street PicturesArchived 2020-02-23 at theWayback Machine
• MTA's Arts For Transit —174th Street (IRT White Plains Road Line)
• 174th Street entrance from Google Maps Street View
• Platforms from Google Maps Street View

• IRT White Plains Road Line stations
• New York City Subway stations in the Bronx
• Railway stations in the United States opened in 1904
• 1904 establishments in New York City

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