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

For other places with the same name, see Third Avenue (New York City Subway).

Third Avenue – 149th Street New York City Subway rapid transit station
Station statistics
Address	intersection of East 149th Street, Third, Willis & Melrose Avenues Bronx, NY 10455
Borough	The Bronx
Locale	The Hub & Mott Haven
Coordinates	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)
Connection	New York City Bus: Bx2, Bx4, Bx4A, Bx15, Bx19, Bx21, Bx41, Bx55
Structure	Underground
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Other information
Opened	July 10, 1905 (July 10, 1905)
Accessible
Traffic
Passengers (2010)	7,239,167  2.3%
Rank	50 out of 422
Station succession
Next north	Jackson Avenue (local): 2  5  East 180th Street (express): 5
Next south	149th Street – Grand Concourse: 2  5
Next north	Simpson Street: 2  5
Next south	135th Street (via Lenox): 2  3  125th Street (via Lexington): 5
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)

Street stair

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 (also known as Eugenio Maria de Hostos Boulevard) in Mott Haven, Bronx 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), 50th overall, with 7,239,167 passengers as of 2010.

The station has two tracks, two side platforms and has been renovated. It has had ADA-accessible elevators installed. The fare control is at platform level and there is a closed crossunder. Each fare control area has a bus transfer booth, which was used for a separate connection to the Bx55 bus that replaced the IRT Third Avenue Line in the Bronx. The extra booths and turnstiles, while still present, are no longer in use, having closed in July 1997 when system-wide free transfers were introduced with the MetroCard.

The station tiles have dark red and dark green/gray lower accents and dark red upper border. There is a mosaic artwork, installed in 1996, entitled Una Raza, Un Mundo, Universo (One Race, One World, One Universe), by Jose Ortega. Four such mosaics are on each platform near the fare control. The token booths are built into the wall. Prior to the renovation, terra cotta "3" plaques were on the platform walls. One of these has been preserved at the New York Transit Museum.

North of the station, the track ascends to become an elevated structure for the trip to East 180th Street. This is the longest section of elevated track built under IRT Contract I. Rising to the El level one can still see the shortened supports for former connections the Third Avenue El.

See also

• 149th Street elevated station

External links

• nycsubway.org — IRT White Plains Road Line: 3rd Avenue/149th Street
• nycsubway.org — Una Raza, Un Mundo, Universo (One Race, One World, One Universe) Artwork by Jose Ortega (1996)
• Station Reporter — 2 Train
• Station Reporter — 5 Train
• The Subway Nut — 3rd Avenue – 149th Street Pictures
• MTA's Arts For Transit — 3rd Avenue – 149th Street (IRT White Plains Road Line)
• Third Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View