Morrison Avenue–Soundview station
Morrison Avenue–Soundview[3] 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 Morrison Avenue and Westchester Avenue in the Soundview neighborhood of the Bronx.
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Address | Morrison Avenue & Westchester Avenue Bronx, NY 10472 | ||||||
Borough | The Bronx | ||||||
Locale | Soundview | ||||||
Coordinates | 40.829495°N 73.874474°W | ||||||
Division | A (IRT) | ||||||
Line | IRT Pelham Line | ||||||
Services | 6 | ||||||
Transit connections | ⛴ NYC Ferry: Soundview route (at Soundview Park) | ||||||
Structure | Elevated | ||||||
Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||
Tracks | 3 | ||||||
Other information | |||||||
Opened | May 30, 1920 | ||||||
Rebuilt | February 8, 2010 | to September 13, 2010||||||
Station code | 368[1] | ||||||
Opposite-direction transfer available | Yes | ||||||
Former/other names | Sound View Avenue Morrison–Sound View Avenues Morrison Avenue–Sound View Avenue | ||||||
Traffic | |||||||
Passengers (2019) | 1,970,185[2] | ||||||
Rank | 239 out of 424[2] | ||||||
Station succession | |||||||
Next north | St. Lawrence Avenue: 6 | ||||||
Next south | Elder Avenue: 6 | ||||||
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History
The station opened on May 30, 1920 as Sound View Avenue and has also been known as Morrison Avenue–Sound View Avenue and Morrison–Sound View Avenues.[4] The station was opened as the Pelham Line was extended to East 177th Street from Hunts Point Avenue.[5][6] The construction of the Pelham Line was part of the Dual Contracts, signed on March 19, 1913 and also known as the Dual Subway System.[7] The Pelham Line was built as a branch of the Lexington Avenue Line running northeast via 138th Street, Southern Boulevard and Westchester Avenue.[8] Initially, service to the extension was served by a shuttle service operating with elevated cars. Passengers transferred to the shuttle at Hunts Point Avenue.[9]
In 1981, the MTA listed the station among the 69 most deteriorated stations in the subway system.[10]
Station layout
P Platform level |
Side platform | |
Southbound local | ← | |
Peak-direction express | ← | |
Northbound local | ||
Side platform | ||
M | Mezzanine | Fare control, station agent, MetroCard machines |
G | Street level | Exit/entrance |
This elevated station has three tracks and two side platforms. The center track is used by the <6> train on weekdays in the peak direction.[11] The platforms have beige windscreen, green canopies, and red roofs in the center and waist-level black steel fence at both ends.
References
- "Station Developers' Information". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved June 13, 2017.
- "Facts and Figures: Annual Subway Ridership 2014–2019". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2020. Retrieved May 26, 2020.
- "Subway Map" (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. October 21, 2019. Retrieved January 18, 2018.
- "Bronx Subway Extension Opened" (PDF). New York Times. May 28, 1920. Retrieved January 25, 2016.
- Brooklyn Daily Eagle Almanac. Brooklyn Daily Eagle. 1922. p. 372.
- Annual Report for the Year Ending June 30, 1920. Interborough Rapid Transit Company. 1920. pp. 5, 13.
- nycsubway.org—The Dual Contracts
- "The Dual System of Rapid Transit (1912)". www.nycsubway.org. Retrieved March 25, 2014.
- Cunningham, Joseph; DeHart, Leonard O. (1993). A History of the New York City Subway System. J. Schmidt, R. Giglio, and K. Lang. p. 48.
- Gargan, Edward A. (June 11, 1981). "AGENCY LISTS ITS 69 MOST DETERIORATED SUBWAY STATIONS". The New York Times. Retrieved August 13, 2016.
- Dougherty, Peter (2006) [2002]. Tracks of the New York City Subway 2006 (3rd ed.). Dougherty. OCLC 49777633 – via Google Books.
- "MTA Neighborhood Maps: Bronx Zoo" (PDF). mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2015. Retrieved July 20, 2016.
External links
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