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

Third Avenue–149th Street
New York City Subway rapid transit station
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)       5  (all except late nights)
Transit connections	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
Wireless service
Traffic
Passengers (2015)	7,363,663  5.1%
Rank	58 out of 422
Station succession
Next north	East 180th Street (express): 5  Jackson Avenue (local): 2  5
Next south	149th Street–Grand Concourse: 2  5
Next north	East 180th Street (express): 5  Simpson Street (local): 2  5
Next south	135th Street (via Lenox): 2  125th Street (via Lexington): 5
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops all times except late nights Stops all times except rush hours in the peak direction Stops all times Stops rush hours in the peak direction only
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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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