Simpson Street (IRT White Plains Road Line)

Simpson Street New York City Subway rapid transit station
station house as viewed from the street
Station statistics
Address	Simpson Street & Westchester Avenue Bronx, NY 10459
Borough	The Bronx
Locale	Longwood
Coordinates	40.824°N 73.893°W / 40.824; -73.893
Division	A (IRT)
Line	IRT White Plains Road Line
Services	2  (all times)       5  (daily except rush hours, peak direction)
Connection	New York City Bus: Bx4, Bx4A, Bx5, Bx11, Bx19, Bx27, Bx35
Structure	Elevated
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	3
Other information
Opened	November 26, 1904 (November 26, 1904)
Accessible
Traffic
Passengers (2010)	3,057,192  6.4%
Rank	149 out of 422
Station succession
Next north	Freeman Street: 2  5
Next south	Intervale Avenue: 2  5
Next north	Pelham Parkway: 2  5
Next south	Third Avenue – 149th Street: 2  5
Simpson Street Subway Station and Substation #18 (IRT)
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
MPS:	New York City Subway System MPS
NRHP Reference#:	04001027
Added to NRHP:	September 17, 2004
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops in station at all times Stops all times except late nights Stops late nights only Stops late nights and weekends only Stops weekdays only Stops all times except rush hours in the peak direction Stops all times except weekdays Stops rush hours only Stops rush hours in the peak direction only Station is closed (Details about time periods)

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

This elevated station, opened on November 26, 1904, and renovated in the early 2000s, has two side platforms and three tracks. The center express track is used by the 5 train during rush hours in the peak direction. To the north, the line curves from Westchester Avenue to Southern Boulevard. The IRT Pelham Line, which curves above Westchester Avenue five blocks northeast of this station, is viewable from the east end of the platforms.

Both platforms have cream-colored windscreens and red canopies. Both platforms also have green outlines, frames and support columns, in their center and green waist-high, ornament-style steel fences at either ends with several lampposts. The station's signs are in the standard black name plates with white Helvetica lettering.

Due to low clearance of the line above ground, both station houses are at platform level and there are no crossovers or crossunders. The station has been renovated to be ADA-accessible. The Manhattan-bound platform's station house is staffed full-time and contains several sets of doors leading to the small waiting area from the platform, a turnstile bank, token booth, two staircases going down to either northern corners of Simpson Street and Westchester Avenue, and one elevator going down to the northeast corner. A high exit-only turnstile on either side of the station house leads directly to one of the street stairs from the platform.

The northbound platform's station house is unstaffed, containing several sets of doors leading to the small waiting area from the platform, a bank of three turnstiles, two staircases going down to either southern corners of Simpson Street and Westchester Avenue, and one elevator going down to the southwest corner. It had a customer assistance booth until April 2010. A high exit-only turnstile on either side of the station house leads directly to one of the street stairs from the platform.

The 2006 artwork here is called What We Build is Not Permanent, We Are Not What We Build by Lisa Amowitz. It consists of stained glass panels on the platform windscreens and station houses with the theme with renewing or rebuilding what has died or fallen.

This station listed on the National Register of Historic Places on September 17, 2004, along with IRT Substation #18.

The station during a snowfall

External links

• nycsubway.org — IRT White Plains Road Line: Simpson Street
• nycsubway.org — What We Build is Not Permanent, We Are Not What We Build Artwork by Lisa Amowitz (2006)
• Station Reporter — 2 Train
• Station Reporter — 5 Train
• The Subway Nut — Simpson Street Pictures
• MTA's Arts For Transit — Simpson Street (IRT White Plains Road Line)
• Simpson Street entrance from Google Maps Street View