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| Address | East 219th Street & White Plains Road Bronx, New York | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Borough | The Bronx | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Locale | Williamsbridge | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 40°52′59″N73°51′47″W / 40.883°N 73.863°W /40.883; -73.863 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Division | A (IRT)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Line | IRT White Plains Road Line | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Services | 2  (all times) 5  (limited weekday rush hour service in the peak direction) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Structure | Elevated | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2side platforms | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 3 (2 in regular service) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | March 3, 1917; 108 years ago (1917-03-03) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2024 | 434,397[2]  11.4% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rank | 396 out of 423[2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The219th Street station is a localstation on theIRT White Plains Road Line of theNew York City Subway. Located at the intersection of 219th Street andWhite Plains Road in theWilliamsbridge neighborhood ofthe Bronx, it is served by the2 train at all times and by the5 train during rush hours in the peak direction.
This station was built under theDual Contracts. It opened on March 3, 1917, as part of an extension of the IRT White Plains Road Line fromEast 177th Street–East Tremont Avenue to East 219th Street–White Plains Road, providing the Bronx communities ofWilliamsbridge andWakefield 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]
| Platform level | Side platform | |
| Northbound local | ← towardWakefield–241st Street(225th Street) ← PM rush towardNereid Avenue(225th Street) | |
| Peak-direction express | No regular service | |
| Southbound local | towardFlatbush Avenue–Brooklyn College viaSeventh(Gun Hill Road) → AM rush towardFlatbush Avenue–Brooklyn College viaLexington(Gun Hill Road) → | |
| Side platform | ||
| Mezzanine | Fare control, station agent,MetroCard andOMNY machines | |
| Ground | Street level | Entrances/exits |
This elevated station has three tracks and twoside 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 calledHomage by Joseph D'Alesandro. It consists ofstained 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]
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 theWakefield-bound side, there are two exit only turnstiles. On theManhattan-bound side, there is an emergency gate and a bank of threeturnstiles. Outsidefare 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]
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