Bedford Park Boulevard station

Bedford Park Boulevard
Bedford Park Boulevard
New York City Subway station (rapid transit)
	Northeastern street stair
Station statistics
Address	Bedford Park Boulevard & Grand Concourse; Bronx, NY 10468
Borough	The Bronx
Locale	Bedford Park
Division	B (IND)
Line	IND Concourse Line
Services	B (weekdays only); D (all times)
Transit	NYCT Bus: Bx1, Bx2, Bx26; MTA Bus: BxM4
Structure	Underground
Platforms	2 island platforms; cross-platform interchange
Tracks	3
Other information
Opened	July 1, 1933; 91 years ago
Opposite-; direction; transfer	Yes
Traffic
2023	1,182,701 8.4%
Rank	264 out of 423
Station succession
Next north	Template:NYCS next; Template:NYCS next
Next south	Template:NYCS next
Station service legend
Symbol	Description
	Stops all times except rush hours in the peak direction
	Stops all times
	Stops rush hours only

Bedford Park Boulevard is an express station on the IND Concourse Line of the New York City Subway. Located at Bedford Park Boulevard and Grand Concourse in Bedford Park, Bronx, it is served by the D train at all times. It is also the northern terminal for the B train during rush hours.

Station layout

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Track layout

Legend

					to 205 St
					to Concourse Yard















					to Kingsbridge Rd

G	Ground Level	Exit/Entrance to Grand Concourse
B1	Mezzanine	Fare control, station agent
B1	Bedford Park Boulevard tunnel	Exit/Entrance to Bedford Park Boulevard
B2	Northbound local	← toward Norwood – 205th Street (Terminus)
	Island platform, doors will open on the left for D trains, right for B trains
	Southbound local	→ toward Brighton Beach rush hours only (Kingsbridge Road) →
	Island platform, doors will open on the left
	Southbound local/express	→ toward Coney Island – Stillwell Avenue (Kingsbridge Road) →

This underground station, opened on July 1, 1933, has three tracks and two island platforms. Both outer track walls have a lawn green trim line on a darker green border. There are small black "BEDFORD" signs with white lettering below them at regular intervals. Dark green I-beam columns run along both sides of both platforms at regular intervals with alternating ones having the standard black station name plate in white lettering.

This station has two mezzanines above the platform, but formerly had a full length one. The closed portion is now a master tower that controls the entire Concourse Line. Both platforms also have several closed staircases to this area. The full-time fare control is at the south end of this station. Staircases from each platform go up to a crossover, where a turnstile bank provides access to and from the station. Outside the turnstile bank is a token booth, two staircases going up to either northern corners of Bedford Park Boulevard and Grand Concourse, and a short, but double-wide staircase going down to the north side of Bedford Park Boulevard below the Grand Concourse underpass.^[4]

The fare control area at the north end of the station is unstaffed, containing just full height turnstiles, one staircase going up to the northeast corner of 203rd Street and Grand Concourse, and another staircase going up to the west side of Grand Concourse near this intersection.^[4]

There is an equipment room on the south end of the northbound platform. Additionally, a short, one-car length platform is in the tunnel just north of the southbound platform after a gap of about one or two car lengths.

Track layout

South of this station, the center track splits into two and forms the local tracks of the line while the outer tracks pass under the two center tracks and merge into a single track between them. This center track is the express track of the line and is only used during rush hours in the peak direction. The track layout allows for trains stopping on the outer tracks to remain on the local tracks for the rest of the line. North of the station, the center track widens to two tracks that lead to the Concourse Yard to the west. The outer tracks curve to the east to Norwood – 205th Street, the last stop on this line.

References

^ "Glossary". Second Avenue Subway Supplemental Draft Environmental Impact Statement (SDEIS) (PDF). Vol. 1. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. March 4, 2003. pp. 1–2. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 26, 2021. Retrieved January 1, 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Annual Subway Ridership (2018–2023)". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2023. Retrieved April 20, 2024.
^ "Facts and Figures: Annual Subway Ridership". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved 2016-04-19.
^ ^a ^b "MTA Neighborhood Maps: Van Cortlandt Park / NY Botanical Garden" (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2015. Retrieved 24 September 2015.

External links

nycsubway.org – IND Concourse: Bedford Park Boulevard
Station Reporter — B Train
Station Reporter — D Train
The Subway Nut — Bedford Park Boulevard Pictures
Bedford Park Boulevard entrance from Google Maps Street View
203rd Street entrance from Google Maps Street View
underpass entrance from Google Maps Street View

[SASDEIS-DIVISION-1] "Glossary". Second Avenue Subway Supplemental Draft Environmental Impact Statement (SDEIS) (PDF). Vol. 1. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. March 4, 2003. pp. 1–2. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 26, 2021. Retrieved January 1, 2021.

[riderref-2] "Annual Subway Ridership (2018–2023)". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2023. Retrieved April 20, 2024.

[3] "Facts and Figures: Annual Subway Ridership". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved 2016-04-19.

[MTAMap-VanCourtland-Botanic-FordhamPlz-2015-4] "MTA Neighborhood Maps: Van Cortlandt Park / NY Botanical Garden" (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2015. Retrieved 24 September 2015.

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