Division A (IRT) Services 6 (all times) Structure Underground Opened 7 January 1919 Tracks 3 | Line IRT Pelham Line Transit connections NYCT Bus: Bx17, Bx19 Borough The Bronx Locale Longwood | |
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Address East 149th Street & Southern Boulevard
Bronx, NY 10455 Similar 149th Street–Grand Concourse, Lincoln Hospital, Grand Concourse, West Farms Square, Third Avenue–149th Street | ||
East 149th Street 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 the intersection of East 149th Street, Prospect Avenue, and Southern Boulevard in the Bronx.
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Map of E 149th St, Bronx, NY, USA
Station layout
This underground station, opened on January 7, 1919, and has two side platforms and three tracks. The center express track is used by the weekday peak direction <6> service.
Both platforms have their original Dual Contracts mosaic trim line and name tablets. "149" tablets for "East 149th Street" run along the trim line at regular intervals and the name tablets have "E. 149TH STREET" in all-caps, serif lettering. Yellow i-beam columns run along the platforms at either ends at regular intervals with every other one having the standard black name plate with white lettering.
Both platforms were extended at the west (railroad south) end in the 1960s to accommodate the current standard length of an IRT train (510 feet). The extensions are noticeable as they are narrower than the rest of the platforms and the trim line is maroon with "E 149TH ST" in white sans serif font. The extensions result in the platforms being slightly offset.
There are no crossovers or crossunders to allow free transfers between directions. Closed newsstands on the platforms have been tiled over.
Exits
Both platforms have one same-level fare control area at the center. Each one has a turnstile bank, token booth, and two street stairs. The ones on the Pelham Bay Park-bound platform go up to the either southern corners of Southern Boulevard and East 149th Street while the ones on the Manhattan-bound platform go up to the northeast corner.