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Third Avenue – 149th Street (IRT White Plains Road Line)

Third Avenue–149th Street
"2" train "5" train
New York City Subway rapid transit station
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Station statistics
Address East 149th Street, Third, Willis & Melrose Avenues
Bronx, NY 10455
Borough The Bronx
Locale The Hub, Mott Haven
Coordinates 40°48′58″N 73°55′04″W / 40.816099°N 73.917676°W / 40.816099; -73.917676Coordinates: 40°48′58″N 73°55′04″W / 40.816099°N 73.917676°W / 40.816099; -73.917676
Division A (IRT)
Line IRT White Plains Road Line
Services       2 all times (all times)
      5 all except late nights (all except late nights)
Transit connections Bus transport NYCT Bus: Bx2, Bx4, Bx4A, Bx15, Bx19, Bx21, Bx41, Bx41 SBS
Structure Underground
Platforms 2 side platforms
Tracks 2
Other information
Opened July 10, 1905; 111 years ago (1905-07-10)
Accessible This station is compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990
Wireless service Wi-Fi and cellular service is provided at this station
Traffic
Passengers (2015) 7,363,663 Decrease 5.1%
Rank 58 out of 422
Station succession
Next north East 180th Street (express): 5 rush hours until 8:45, peak direction
Jackson Avenue (local): 2 all times 5 all except late nights and rush hours, peak direction
Next south 149th Street–Grand Concourse: 2 all times 5 all except late nights


Next adjacent station compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 north East 180th Street (express): 5 rush hours until 8:45, peak direction
Simpson Street (local): 2 all times 5 all except late nights and rush hours, peak direction
Next adjacent station compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 south 135th Street (via Lenox): 2 all times
125th Street (via Lexington): 5 all except late nights

Third Avenue–149th Street is a station on the IRT White Plains Road Line of the New York City Subway. It is located at Third Avenue and East 149th Street (the latter of which is also known as Eugenio Maria de Hostos Boulevard) in the Hub in the South Bronx adjacent to Mott Haven and Melrose, and is served by the 2 and 5 trains, the latter of which does not stop here during late night hours. It is the second busiest station in the Bronx (161st Street–Yankee Stadium has more riders), 58th overall, with over 7 million passengers as of 2015.

The station opened on July 10, 1905, along with the 149th Street–Grand Concourse station and the connection with the IRT Lenox Avenue Line in Manhattan. Free transfers were provided between the subway and the existing 149th Street elevated station of the IRT Third Avenue Line, which opened in 1887. The convergence of the two rapid transit lines, the surface trolley lines along Third Avenue and 149th Street, and the ensuing commercial development led to the coining of the name "the Hub" for the intersection in the early 20th century.

Following the closure of the Third Avenue elevated in 1973, free paper transfers were provided between the subway and the Bx55 limited bus which replaced the elevated. Because of the unique transfer, the station was one of the first to test the MetroCard system in the early 1990s.

In 1981, the MTA listed the station among the 69 most deteriorated stations in the subway system.


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