Wakefield–241 Street
Station statistics
Address	East 241st Street & White Plains Road Bronx, New York
Borough	The Bronx
Locale	Wakefield
Coordinates	40°54′11″N73°51′00″W / 40.903°N 73.85°W /40.903; -73.85
Division	A (IRT)[1]
Line	IRT White Plains Road Line
Services	2  (all times)
Transit	NYCT Bus:Bx39 MTA Bus:BxM11 Bee-Line Bus:40, 41, 42, 43 Metro-North:Harlem Line (atWakefield)
Structure	Elevated
Platforms	1island platform (in service) 2side platforms (unused) Spanish solution
Tracks	2
Other information
Opened	December 13, 1920; 104 years ago (1920-12-13)
Accessible	notADA-accessible; accessibility planned
Former/other names	241 Street (used on entrances and platform signs) East 241 Street Becker Avenue
Traffic
2024	778,337[2]  2.1%
Rank	332 out of 423[2]
Services Preceding station New York City Subway Following station Terminus Local Nereid Avenue towardFlatbush Avenue–Brooklyn College
Non-revenue services and lines Preceding station New York City Subway Following station Terminus no service Gun Hill Road express
Location Show map of New York City Subway Show map of New York City Show map of New York
Track layout Legend toNereid Avenue toGun Hill Road
Street map
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops all times Stops rush hours in the peak direction only Stops weekdays and weekday late nights Stops weekends and weekend late nights

TheWakefield–241st Street station (signed as241st Street) is aterminal station on theIRT White Plains Road Line of theNew York City Subway. Located at the intersection of 241st Street and White Plains Road in theWakefield neighborhood ofthe Bronx,^[3] it is served by the2 train at all times.^[4] This station is geographically the northernmost station in the entire New York City Subway system.

The station officially opened on December 13, 1920, asEast 241st Street, when the final portion of the line was opened. The line had been extended one stop north fromEast 238th Street.^[5] This portion of the line had its opening delayed, owing to construction on the line between the two stations for the construction of the239th Street Yard. Additional time was required to modify the structure to avoid a grade crossing at the entrance to the yard.^[6] The city government took over the IRT's operations on June 12, 1940.^[7][8]

The station was renovated from July to December 2005 at a cost of $17.25 million.^[9] The station, as part of the renovation, got a new high-quality public address system, new platform edge andADA tactile warning strips, major structural repairs, new canopies over the stairs and platforms, repaired walls, renewed floors, and a redesign of the area around the station booth.^[10][11]

In 2019, theMetropolitan Transportation Authority announced that this station would become ADA-accessible as part of the agency's 2020–2024 Capital Program.^[12] In May 2024, theFederal Transit Administration awarded the MTA $157 million for accessibility renovations at five stations, including Wakefield–241st Street.^[13][14][15] The funds would be used to add elevators, signs, and public-announcement systems, as well as repair platforms and stairs, at each station.^[15]

This terminal station has gone by a number of different names.Becker Avenue was an earlier name for the station at the time of its construction,^[16] and it officially opened asEast 241st Street on December 13, 1920.^[17] By 1984, it was renamed241st Street on entrances and platform signs.^[18]

The station was initially signed on theNew York City Subway map as241st Street–Wakefield. It has been signed on the map under its current name since 1998.

Platform level	Side platform, not in service
	Track 2	← towardFlatbush Avenue–Brooklyn College(Nereid Avenue) → ←(No service:Gun Hill Road)
	Island platform
	Track 3	← towardFlatbush Avenue–Brooklyn College(Nereid Avenue) → ←(No service:Gun Hill Road)
	Side platform, not in service
Mezzanine		Fare control, station agent,OMNY machines
Ground	Street level	Exit/entrance

At this station, there are two tracks, one centerisland platform and two disusedside platforms here. The two tracks end atbumper blocks at the north end of the platforms. The station was formerly set up as aSpanish solution with alighting passengers using the side platforms and boarding passengers using the island platform. Now all passengers use the island platform.^[19]

The middle of the platform features a backlit track departure sign labeled Tracks 3 and 2, indicating which train leaves first.^[20] There are also crew quarters at platform level.

To the south of the station, the tracks make a connection to the239th Street Yard before splitting into three tracks.^[19] Just three blocks north of the station on White Plains Road lies the border betweenThe Bronx andWestchester.

The 2006 artwork featured at the station isPermanent Residents and Visitors by Alfredo Ceibal, which focuses on birds living in and visiting the city. The artwork is made of faceted glass in the platform windscreens.^[21][22]

The exit is at the north end.Fare control is past the bumper blocks, from where there is one stair to the southwest corner of 241st Street and White Plains Road, and two stairs to the southeast corner.^[3]

Wikimedia Commons has media related toWakefield – 241st Street (IRT White Plains Road Line).

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