Kingsbridge Road station (IND Concourse Line)

Kingsbridge Road is an express station on the IND Concourse Line of the New York City Subway. Located within the Fordham Manor and Kingsbridge Heights neighborhoods in the Bronx, it is served by the D train at all times and the B train during rush hours only. It has three tracks and two island platforms.

 Kingsbridge Road
 
New York City Subway station (rapid transit)
Station statistics
AddressEast Kingsbridge Road & Grand Concourse
Bronx, NY 10468
BoroughThe Bronx
LocaleFordham Manor, Kingsbridge Heights
Coordinates40.866146°N 73.894343°W / 40.866146; -73.894343
DivisionB (IND)
LineIND Concourse Line
Services   B  (rush hours until 7:00 p.m.)
   D  (all times)
Transit NYCT Bus: Bx1, Bx2, Bx9, Bx22, Bx28
MTA Bus: BxM4
StructureUnderground
Platforms2 island platforms
cross-platform interchange
Tracks3
Other information
OpenedJuly 1, 1933 (1933-07-01)
Station code212[1]
Accessible ADA-accessible
Opposite-
direction
transfer
Yes
Traffic
20192,485,283[2] 0.4%
Rank193 out of 424[2]
Station succession
Next northBedford Park Boulevard: B  D 
Next southFordham Road: B  D 

History

This station was built as part of the IND Concourse Line, which was one of the original lines of the city-owned Independent Subway System (IND).[3][4] The route of the Concourse Line was approved to Bedford Park Boulevard on June 12, 1925 by the New York City Board of Transportation.[4][5] Construction of the line began in July 1928.[6] The station opened on July 1, 1933, along with the rest of the Concourse subway.[7][8]

Station layout

G Street level 196th Street exit/entrance
B1 Upper mezzanine Fare control (not ADA-accessible)
B2
Platform level
Northbound local toward Bedford Park Boulevard rush hours (Terminus)
toward 205th Street (Bedford Park Boulevard)
Island platform
Peak direction express PM rush toward 205th Street (Bedford Park Boulevard)
AM rush toward Coney Island (Fordham Road)
Island platform
Southbound local toward Brighton Beach rush hours (Fordham Road)
toward Coney Island (Fordham Road)
B3 Lower mezzanine Kingsbridge Road exit/entrance, fare control, station agent
Elevator at northeast corner of Grand Concourse and Kingsbridge Road
The ADA-compliant Kingsbridge Road mezzanine located below platform level
Station entrance from East 196th Street

The station has three tracks and two island platforms. The tile band in this station is Marine Blue and vent chambers are also present.[9] White walls exist at the two northernmost platform staircases to the Kingsbridge Road exit. It is not known why they were built.

The station was renovated to comply with ADA standards, with one elevator from each platform to the Kingsbridge Road mezzanine underneath it, and another from the mezzanine to the northeast corner of the Concourse and Kingsbridge Road.[10] The elevators were opened in December 2014.[10][11]

Exits

The station has one mezzanine above the platforms and another below them. The part-time and unstaffed entrance is at 196th Street on the north end and contains two street stairs to the northwest and southeast corners of the intersection, and one stair to each platform.[10][12] This mezzanine is above the platform area.

The full-time entrance with a staffed token booth is at Kingsbridge Road on the south end and contains three pairs of staircases from platform level down to the lower mezzanine. Exits to the street are via a staircase to either northern corner of Kingsbridge Road and Grand Concourse; the exit to the northeastern corner also has an elevator. A ramp also leads to the north side of the Kingsbridge Road underpass, below the Grand Concourse.[10][12]

The current booth setup (full-time at Kingsbridge; part-time at 196th Street) was instituted in 2013.[13] This was also the original setup. From a booth operation switch in the 1990s until the switch in 2013, the part-time side was at the current full-time side (Kingsbridge) and vice versa. The current setup was created in order to accommodate new elevators in the station.[10]

There is a closed passageway that begins next to the current exit to the Kingsbridge Road underpass. It led to an exit to the south side of the underpass. The exit is sealed by a concrete wall, and the stair to the passageway is walled off. The passageway also had two stairs that led to small spaces currently used as parking lots, on each side of Grand Concourse. Both exits to Kingsbridge Road and Grand Concourse also have closed passageways to both southern corners of the same intersection. They are sealed on street level. The passageway to the southwestern corner is blocked by a metal wall, and the one to the southeastern corner was walled off following the installation of the elevator shaft to the northeast corner.[10][12]

References

  1. "Station Developers' Information". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved June 13, 2017.
  2. "Facts and Figures: Annual Subway Ridership 2014–2019". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2020. Retrieved May 26, 2020.
  3. Duffus, R.L. (September 22, 1929). "Our Great Subway Network Spreads Wider – New Plans of Board of Transportation Involve the Building of More Than One Hundred Miles of Additional Rapid Transit Routes for New York" (PDF). The New York Times. Retrieved August 19, 2015.
  4. "New Subway Routes in Hylan Program to Cost $186,046,000" (PDF). The New York Times. March 21, 1925. p. 1.
  5. "Board Speeds Subway on Grand Concourse – Bids on Last Section Expected Before New Year – Eastern Spur Contemplated" (PDF). The New York Times. September 2, 1928. Retrieved November 4, 2015.
  6. Joseph B. Raskin (November 1, 2013). The Routes Not Taken: A Trip Through New York City's Unbuilt Subway System. Fordham University Press. ISBN 978-0-8232-5369-2. Retrieved August 12, 2015.
  7. "New Bronx Subway Starts Operation". The New York Times. July 1, 1933. Archived from the original on March 26, 2020. Retrieved February 13, 2010.
  8. "Bronx-Concourse New Subway Link Opened at 12:57 A.M.: Adds 21 1/2 Miles to City's System−Connects With Manhattan Line at 145th". Brooklyn Daily Eagle. July 1, 1933. p. 20. Retrieved October 26, 2015 via Newspapers.com.
  9. Dave Frattini (May 27, 2014). The Underground Guide to New York City Subways. St. Martin's Press. ISBN 978-1-4668-7249-3.
  10. Transit & Bus Committee Meeting - January 2013 (PDF) (Report). January 28, 2013. p. 163. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 26, 2020. Retrieved March 26, 2020.
  11. "Elevators up and running at Bronx subway stop". News12. December 19, 2014. Archived from the original on March 26, 2020. Retrieved March 26, 2020.
  12. "Kingsbridge Road Neighborhood Map" (PDF). new.mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. April 2018. Retrieved February 28, 2019.
  13. "Transit & Bus Committee Meeting January 2013" (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. January 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 31, 2013. Retrieved March 9, 2016.
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