Longwood Avenue station
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| Address | Longwood Avenue & Southern Boulevard Bronx, NY 10459 | ||||||
| Borough | The Bronx | ||||||
| Locale | Woodstock | ||||||
| Division | A (IRT)[1] | ||||||
| Line | IRT Pelham Line | ||||||
| Services | 6  (all times) | ||||||
| Transit |  NYCT Bus: Bx19, Bx46 | ||||||
| Structure | Underground | ||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||
| Tracks | 3 | ||||||
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| Opened | January 7, 1919[2] | ||||||
| Opposite- direction transfer | No | ||||||
| Traffic | |||||||
| 2023 | 686,670[3]  1.6% | ||||||
| Rank | 351 out of 423[3] | ||||||
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| Next north | Template:NYCS next | ||||||
| Next south | Template:NYCS next | ||||||
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Longwood Avenue 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 Longwood Avenue and Southern Boulevard in the Bronx.
Station layout
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| Ground | Street level | Exit/entrance |
| Platform level | Side platform | |
| Southbound local | ← toward Brooklyn Bridge–City Hall (East 149th Street)
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| Peak-direction express | ←  does not stop here →
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| Northbound local | toward Pelham Bay Park (Parkchester PM rush) (Hunts Point Avenue) →
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This underground station, opened on January 7, 1919,[2] and has three tracks and two side platforms. 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. The Vickers geometric design shows a diamond pattern in sea-foam green with a border of darker green mixed with blue. "L" plaques for "Longwood Avenue" run along the trim line at regular intervals. The name tablets are bordered in mixed shades of green and brown, and read "LONGWOOD AVE." in all-caps, serif white lettering on a mottled blue background. Light green I-beam columns run along the platforms at their center at regular intervals with every other one having the standard black name plate with white lettering.
Both platforms were extended at either ends 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, have no columns, and the trim line is blue with "LONGWOOD AVE" in white sans serif font. The extensions result in the platforms being slightly offset.
Both platforms have one same-level fare control area at the east (railroad north) end. 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 Longwood Avenue while the ones on the Manhattan-bound platform go up to either northern corners.
There are no crossovers or crossunders to allow free transfers between directions. The southbound platform has a green fiberglass bucket seat bench built in the extended area in the 1960s.
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 "New Lines In Bronx Coming This Year: Rays of Rapid Transit to be Let Into Dark Sections in the West and North". nytimes.com. The New York Times. January 7, 1919. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
- ^ a b "Annual Subway Ridership (2018–2023)". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2023. Retrieved April 20, 2024.
- ^ "Facts and Figures: Annual Subway Ridership". New York City Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved 2016-04-19.
External links
Media related to Longwood Avenue (IRT Pelham Line) at Wikimedia Commons
- nycsubway.org – IRT Pelham Line: Longwood Avenue
- Station Reporter — 6 Train
- The Subway Nut — Longwood Avenue Pictures
- Longwood Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View
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