Van Cortlandt Park–242nd Street (IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line)

Van Cortlandt Park–242nd Street
New York City Subway rapid transit station
Looking south from the north end of the tracks, a 1 train enters Track 1. Another 1 train sits at Track 4.
Station statistics
Address	West 242nd Street & Broadway Bronx, NY 10471
Borough	The Bronx
Locale	Riverdale
Coordinates	40°53′21″N 73°53′55″W / 40.889222°N 73.898583°W / 40.889222; -73.898583Coordinates: 40°53′21″N 73°53′55″W / 40.889222°N 73.898583°W / 40.889222; -73.898583
Division	A (IRT)
Line	IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line
Services	1  (all times)
Transit connections	NYCT Bus: Bx9 MTA Bus: BxM3 Bee-Line Bus: 1, 2, 3
Structure	Elevated
Platforms	1 island platform (in service) 2 side platforms (unused) Spanish solution
Tracks	2
Other information
Opened	August 1, 1908; 108 years ago (1908-08-01)
Former/other names	242 St–Van Cortlandt Park
Traffic
Passengers (2015)	2,266,986  3.6%
Rank	219 out of 425
Station succession
Next north	(Terminal): 1
Next south	238th Street (local): 1  Dyckman Street (express): no regular service
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops all times
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242nd Street - Van Cortlandt Park Station (IRT)
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Architect	Heins and Lafarge
Architectural style	Victorian Gothic
MPS	New York City Subway System MPS
NRHP Reference #	05000226
Added to NRHP	March 30, 2003

Van Cortlandt Park–242nd Street is the northern terminal station on the IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line of the New York City Subway. Located at the intersection of 242nd Street and Broadway (US Route 9) in the Bronx, it is served by the 1 train at all times. It is adjacent to Van Cortlandt Park to the east, Manhattan College, and the 240th Street Yard of the subway system, along with the affluent neighborhoods of Fieldston and Riverdale to the west.

It was built from a design by subway architects Heins and Lafarge. Today it is the only remaining Victorian Gothic elevated terminal station on the subway, and contains the subway's only remaining scrolled station sign among its decorative flourishes. In 2005, it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

The station is located 29 feet (8.8 m) above the west side of the street, where parking is located, on either side of where West 242nd Street intersects from the west. On that side of the street are commercial buildings, including a large parking garage on the southwest corner; the east side has the track, football field, tennis courts, swimming pools and other athletic facilities of Van Cortlandt Park. Also in the park nearby, to the northeast, is the Van Cortlandt House Museum, a National Historic Landmark. The 240th Street Yard is beyond the parking garage to the southwest, next to the campus of Manhattan College, a few blocks west of the station.