219th Street (IRT White Plains Road Line)

219th Street
New York City Subway rapid transit station
300px The 219th Street station facing northbound towards 225th Street.
Station statistics
Address	East 219th Street & White Plains Road Bronx, NY 10467
Borough	The Bronx
Locale	Williamsbridge
Coordinates
Division	A (IRT)
Line	IRT White Plains Road Line
Services	2  (all times)       5  (rush hours, peak direction)
Transit connections	NYCT Bus: Bx39 MTA Bus: BxM11
Structure	Elevated
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	3 (2 in regular service)
Other information
Opened	March 3, 1917 (1917-03-03)
Traffic
Passengers (2015)	1,108,859  1.4%
Rank	353
Station succession
Next north	225th Street: 2  5
Next south	Gun Hill Road: 2  5
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops all times Stops rush hours in the peak direction only
Location

219th Street is a local station on the IRT White Plains Road Line of the New York City Subway. Located at the intersection of 219th Street and White Plains Road in the Bronx, it is served by the 2 train at all times and the 5 train during rush hours in peak direction.

Station layout

P Platform level	Side platform, doors will open on the right
	Southbound local	← toward Flatbush Avenue – Brooklyn College (Gun Hill Road) ←  toward Flatbush Avenue – Brooklyn College (AM rush) (Gun Hill Road)
	Peak-direction express	→ No regular service
	Northbound local	→ toward 241st Street (225th Street) → → toward Nereid Avenue (PM rush) (225th Street) →
	Side platform, doors will open on the right
M	Mezzanine	Station agent, MetroCard vending machines, fare control
G	Street Level	Exit / Entrance

This elevated station, opened on March 3, 1917 and renovated in mid-2006, has three tracks and two side platforms. The center track is not normally used in revenue service. There is a mechanical room below the northbound platform at its north end that is reachable by a closed-off staircase.

Both platforms have beige windscreens and red canopies with green outlines, frames, and support columns in the center and black, waist-high steel fences at either ends with lampposts at regular intervals. The windscreens have mesh fences at various points. The station signs are in the standard black name plates with white lettering.

This station has one elevated station house beneath the center of the platforms and tracks. Two staircases from each platform go down to a waiting area. The back of the token booth faces this crossunder with a steel fences on either side. On the Wakefield-bound side, there are two exit only turnstiles. On the Manhattan-bound side, there is an emergency gate and a bank of three turnstiles. Outside fare control, two staircases go down to the northwest and southeast corners of 219th Street and White Plains Road. The station house has glass windows.

The 2006 artwork here is called Homage by Joseph D'Alesandro. It consists of stained glass panels on the platform windscreens that depict colors showing certain human emotions and qualities.

There are track switches that connect the tracks between this station and the next station south, Gun Hill Road.

External links

• nycsubway.org—IRT White Plains Road Line: 219th Street
• nycsubway.org — Homage Artwork by Joseph D'Alesandro (2006)
• Station Reporter — 2 Train
• The Subway Nut — 219th Street Pictures
• MTA's Arts For Transit — 219th Street (IRT White Plains Road Line)
• 219th Street entrance from Google Maps Street View