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Kingsbridge Road station (IND Concourse Line)

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For the station at Kingsbridge Road & Jerome Avenue, see Kingsbridge Road (IRT Jerome Avenue Line).

The Kingsbridge Road station 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 weekdays only. It has three tracks and two island platforms.

 Kingsbridge Road
 "B" train​"D" train
New York City Subway station (rapid transit)
View from the southbound platform
Station statistics
AddressEast Kingsbridge Road & Grand Concourse
Bronx, New York
BoroughThe Bronx
LocaleFordham Manor, Kingsbridge Heights
Coordinates40°51′58″N 73°53′40″W / 40.866146°N 73.894343°W / 40.866146; -73.894343
DivisionB (IND)[1]
LineIND Concourse Line
Services   B weekdays only (weekdays only)
​   D all times (all times)
Transit
StructureUnderground
Platforms2 island platforms
cross-platform interchange
Tracks3
Other information
OpenedJuly 1, 1933; 91 years ago (1933-07-01)
AccessibleThis station is compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 ADA-accessible
Opposite-
direction
transfer		Yes
Traffic
20231,140,981[2] Decrease 5%
Rank271 out of 423[2]
Services
Preceding station New York City Subway New York City Subway Following station
Bedford Park Boulevard
B weekdays only ​D all times
toward Norwood–205th Street
 Fordham Road
B weekdays only ​D all times
toward Coney Island–Stillwell Avenue
Location
Kingsbridge Road station (IND Concourse Line) is located in New York City Subway
Kingsbridge Road station (IND Concourse Line)
Kingsbridge Road station (IND Concourse Line) is located in New York City
Kingsbridge Road station (IND Concourse Line)
Kingsbridge Road station (IND Concourse Line) is located in New York
Kingsbridge Road station (IND Concourse Line)
Track layout

Legend
to Bedford Park Boulevard
to Fordham Road
Street map

Map

Station service legend
Symbol Description
Stops all times except rush hours in the peak direction Stops all times except rush hours in the peak direction
Stops all times Stops all times
Stops rush hours only Stops rush hours only
Stops weekdays during the day Stops weekdays during the day

History

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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]

Elevators at the station opened in December 2014, making it compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990.[9][10] The Metropolitan Transportation Authority announced in 2024 that it would replace the station's existing waist-high turnstiles with taller, wide-aisle turnstiles.[11]

Station layout

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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 and select midday trips (Terminus)
←   toward Norwood–205th Street (Bedford Park Boulevard)
Island platform  
Peak direction express ←   PM rush toward Norwood–205th Street (Bedford Park Boulevard)
→   AM rush toward Coney Island–Stillwell Avenue (Fordham Road) →
Island platform  
Southbound local →   toward Brighton Beach rush hours and select midday trips (Fordham Road) →
→   toward Coney Island–Stillwell Avenue (Fordham Road) →
B3 Lower mezzanine Kingsbridge Road exit/entrance, fare control, station agent
  Elevator at northeast corner of Grand Concourse (service road) and East 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.[12] 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.[9]

Exits

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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.[9][13] 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.[9][13]

The current booth setup (full-time at Kingsbridge; part-time at 196th Street) was instituted in 2013.[14] 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.[9]

There is a closed passageway that begins next to the current exit to the Kingsbridge Road underpass, which led to an exit on the south side of the underpass. This exit is sealed by a concrete wall, and the stair to the passageway is walled off.[15] During the summer of 2019, the underpass was the center of unsanitary conditions, a hangout spot for the homeless and a hotspot for fights and drug addicts.[16][17][18] As a safety measure, the walkway was sealed off to the public on July 10, 2020.[19]

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.[20][21] The passageway to the southwestern corner is blocked by a metal wall,[22] and the one to the southeastern corner was walled off following the installation of the elevator shaft to the northeast corner.[23][9][13]

References

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  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.
  2. ^ a b "Annual Subway Ridership (2018–2023)". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2023. Retrieved April 20, 2024.
  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. ^ a b "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. ^ a b c d e f 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.
  10. ^ "Elevators up and running at Bronx subway stop". News12. December 19, 2014. Archived from the original on March 26, 2020. Retrieved March 26, 2020.
  11. ^ Brachfeld, Ben (May 22, 2024). "MTA will test middle-out turnstiles at 15 subway stops this year". amNewYork. Retrieved May 23, 2024.
  12. ^ Dave Frattini (May 27, 2014). The Underground Guide to New York City Subways. St. Martin's Press. ISBN 978-1-4668-7249-3.
  13. ^ a b c "Kingsbridge Road Neighborhood Map" (PDF). new.mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. April 2018. Retrieved February 28, 2019.
  14. ^ "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.
  15. ^ Google Maps: Sealed entrance on the southern side of the Kingsbridge Road underpass
  16. ^ As Opioid Crisis Rages, 52nd Precinct Leads in Overdoses
  17. ^ Neighbors: Kingsbridge underpass has become hangout for the homeless, site for fights
  18. ^ @NYPD52Pct (August 8, 2019). "The 52 Pct along with @NYPDPBBronx Operations collaborated to take care of this trash heap that created an unsanit…" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  19. ^ @NYC_DOT (July 10, 2020). "Work on Kingsbridge Rd under the Grand Concourse will begin 7/12 & last six weeks. Work will take place Sundays-Fri…" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  20. ^ Google maps: Slabbed over entrance on the southeastern side of Kingsbridge Road and Grand Concourse
  21. ^ Google maps: Slabbed over entrance on the southwestern side of Kingsbridge Road and Grand Concourse
  22. ^ "Showing Image 107522".
  23. ^ "Showing Image 107525".
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