Morrison Avenue – Soundview (IRT Pelham Line)
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Morrison Avenue–Soundview
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| New York City Subway rapid transit station | |||||||
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| Address | Morrison Avenue & Westchester Avenue Bronx, NY 10472 |
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| Borough | The Bronx | ||||||
| Locale | Soundview | ||||||
| Coordinates | 40°49′46″N 73°52′28″W / 40.829495°N 73.874474°WCoordinates: 40°49′46″N 73°52′28″W / 40.829495°N 73.874474°W | ||||||
| Division | A (IRT) | ||||||
| Line | IRT Pelham Line | ||||||
| Services |
6  (all times) |
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| Transit connections |
 NYCT Bus: Bx4, Bx4A, Bx27
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| Structure | Elevated | ||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||
| Tracks | 3 | ||||||
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| Opened | May 27, 1920 | ||||||
| Former/other names | Sound View Avenue Morrison–Sound View Avenues Morrison Avenue–Sound View Avenue |
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| Passengers (2015) | 2,097,203  1.3% |
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| Rank | 236 out of 422 | ||||||
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| Next north |
St. Lawrence Avenue: 6
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| Next south |
Elder Avenue: 6
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Morrison Avenue–Soundview is a local station on the IRT Pelham Line of the New York City Subway. It is served by the 6 train at all times and is located at Morrison Avenue and Westchester Avenue in the Soundview neighborhood of the Bronx.
This elevated station has three tracks and two side platforms. The center track is used by the <6> train on weekdays in the peak direction. The platforms have beige windscreen, green canopies, and red roofs in the center and waist-level black steel fence at both ends.
The station opened on May 27, 1920 as Sound View Avenue and has also been known as Morrison Avenue–Sound View Avenue and Morrison – Sound View Avenues.
In 1981, the MTA listed the station among the 69 most deteriorated stations in the subway system.
Two staircases from each platform lead to the wooden elevated mezzanine beneath the tracks. The station house has a turnstile bank, token booth, and three street staircases to all four corners of Morrison and Westchester Avenues except for the southeast one.
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