225th Street station

This article is about the IRT White Plains Road Line station. For the IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line station, see Marble Hill–225th Street station.

The 225th Street station is a local station on the IRT White Plains Road Line of the New York City Subway. Located in Williamsbridge, Bronx, at the intersection of 225th Street and White Plains Road, it is served by the 2 train at all times and by the 5 train during rush hours in the peak direction.

225 Street  ​
New York City Subway station (rapid transit)
Southbound platform
Station statistics
Address	East 225th Street & White Plains Road Bronx, NY
Borough	The Bronx
Locale	Williamsbridge
Coordinates	40°53′17″N 73°51′36″W / 40.888°N 73.86°W / 40.888; -73.86
Division	A (IRT)^[1]
Line	IRT White Plains Road Line
Services	2  (all times) ​   5  (limited weekday rush hour service in the peak direction)
Transit	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; 107 years ago (1917-03-31)
Opposite- direction transfer	Yes
Traffic
2023	589,541^[2]  5.1%
Rank	363 out of 423^[2]
Services Preceding station New York City Subway Following station 233rd Street 2  ​5  toward Wakefield–241st Street Local 219th Street 2  ​5  toward Flatbush 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 to 233rd Street to 219th Street
Street map
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops all times Stops rush hours in the peak direction only

History

This station was built under the Dual Contracts. On March 3, 1917, the IRT White Plains Road Line was extended 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 was initially operated as a four-car shuttle from 177th Street due to the power conditions at the time.^[3][4][5] An extension to Nereid Avenue, including the 225th Street and 233rd Street stations, finally opened on March 31, 1917.^[3][4] The city government took over the IRT's operations on June 12, 1940.^[6][7]

It was renovated in fall 2005 at a cost of $13.23 million.^[8]

Station layout

Platform level	Side platform
	Northbound local	←   toward Wakefield–241st Street (233rd Street) ←   PM rush toward Nereid Avenue (233rd Street)
	Peak-direction express	→ No regular service
	Southbound local	←   toward Flatbush Avenue–Brooklyn College via Seventh (219th Street) → ←   AM rush toward Flatbush Avenue–Brooklyn College via Lexington (219th Street) →
	Side platform
Mezzanine		Fare control, station agent, MetroCard machines
Ground	Street level	Entrances/exits

 

Street stair

This elevated station has three tracks and two side platforms.^[9] 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 white lettering on black name plates.

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, orbiting planets, and moons.^[10]

Exits

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 the 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.^[11]

References

1. "Glossary". (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. "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. (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. (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. 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. (PDF) (Report). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2006. p. 45. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 24, 2019. Retrieved March 27, 2020.
9. Dougherty, Peter (2006) [2002]. Tracks of the New York City Subway 2006 (3rd ed.). Dougherty. OCLC 49777633 – via Google Books.
10. "225th Street - Nicky Enright - Universal City, 2006". web.mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. from the original on August 18, 2020. Retrieved August 18, 2020.
11. "225th Street Neighborhood Map" (PDF). new.mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. April 2018. Retrieved February 28, 2019.

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)
• The Subway Nut — 225th Street Pictures July 6, 2020, at the Wayback Machine
• MTA's Arts For Transit — 225th Street (IRT White Plains Road Line)
• 225th Street entrance from Google Maps Street View
• Platforms from Google Maps Street View