219th Street station

219th Street is a local station on the IRT White Plains Road Line of the New York City Subway. Located at the intersection of 219th Street and White Plains Road in the Bronx, it is served by the 2 train at all times and by the 5 train during rush hours in the peak direction.

219 Street  ​
New York City Subway station (rapid transit)
The 219th Street station facing northbound towards 225th Street.
Station statistics
Address	East 219th Street & White Plains Road Bronx, NY 10467
Borough	The Bronx
Locale	Williamsbridge
Coordinates	40.883°N 73.863°W
Division	A (IRT)
Line	IRT White Plains Road Line
Services	2  (all times) ​   5  (limited weekday rush hour service in the peak direction)
Transit	NYCT Bus: Bx39 MTA Bus: BxM11
Structure	Elevated
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	3 (2 in regular service)
Other information
Opened	March 3, 1917
Station code	420[1]
Opposite- direction transfer	Yes
Traffic
2019	979,390[2]  4.6%
Rank	364 out of 424[2]
Station succession
Next north	225th Street: 2  ​5
Next south	Gun Hill Road: 2  ​5
Location
Track layout to 225 St to Gun Hill Rd
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. It opened on March 3, 1917, as part of an extension of the IRT White Plains Road Line 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 on the new portion of the line was operated as a four-car shuttle from 177th Street due to the power conditions at the time.[3][4][5]

The station was renovated in mid-2006.[6]

Station layout

P Platform level	Side platform
	Northbound local	← toward 241st Street (225th Street) ← PM rush toward Nereid Avenue (225th Street)
	Peak-direction express	→ No regular service
	Southbound local	← toward Flatbush Avenue via Seventh (Gun Hill Road) → ← AM rush toward Flatbush Avenue via Lexington (Gun Hill Road) →
	Side platform
M	Mezzanine	Fare control, station agent, MetroCard machines
G	Street level	Entrances/exits

The mural on the station wall

This elevated station has three tracks and two side platforms.[7] The center track is not normally used in revenue service. There is a mechanical room below the northbound platform at its north end that is reachable by a closed-off staircase.

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 black name plates with white lettering.

The 2006 artwork here is called Homage by Joseph D'Alesandro. It consists of stained glass panels on the platform windscreens that depict colors showing certain human emotions and qualities.[8]

There are track switches that connect the tracks between this station and the next station south, Gun Hill Road.[7]

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 this crossunder with a 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 219th Street and White Plains Road. The station house has glass windows.[9]

References

1. "Station Developers' Information". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved June 13, 2017.
2. "Facts and Figures: Annual Subway Ridership 2014–2019". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2020. Retrieved May 26, 2020.
3. "Annual report. 1916-1917". HathiTrust. Interborough Rapid Transit Company. 2013-12-12. Retrieved 2016-09-05.
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. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 24, 2020. Retrieved 17 August 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. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 23, 2020.
6. MTA 2006 Adopted Budget - February Financial Plan - Part 3 (PDF) (Report). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2006. p. 46. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 27, 2020. Retrieved March 27, 2020.
7. Dougherty, Peter (2006) [2002]. Tracks of the New York City Subway 2006 (3rd ed.). Dougherty. OCLC 49777633 – via Google Books.
8. "219th Street - Joseph D'Alesandro - Homage, 2006". web.mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Archived from the original on August 14, 2020. Retrieved August 14, 2020.
9. "219th Street Neighborhood Map" (PDF). new.mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. April 2018. Retrieved February 28, 2019.

External links

• nycsubway.org – IRT White Plains Road Line: 219th Street
• nycsubway.org — Homage Artwork by Joseph D'Alesandro (2006)
• Station Reporter — 2 Train
• The Subway Nut — 219th Street Pictures
• MTA's Arts For Transit — 219th Street (IRT White Plains Road Line)
• 219th Street entrance from Google Maps Street View
• Platforms from Google Maps Street View