Morrison Avenue–Soundview (IRT Pelham Line)
Morrison Avenue–Soundview | |||||||
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| New York City Subway rapid transit station | |||||||
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| Station statistics | |||||||
| Address |
Morrison Avenue & Westchester Avenue Bronx, NY 10472 | ||||||
| Borough | The Bronx | ||||||
| Locale | Soundview | ||||||
| Coordinates | 40°49′46″N 73°52′28″W / 40.829495°N 73.874474°WCoordinates: 40°49′46″N 73°52′28″W / 40.829495°N 73.874474°W | ||||||
| Division | A (IRT) | ||||||
| Line | IRT Pelham Line | ||||||
| Services |
6  (all times) | ||||||
| Transit connections |
 NYCT Bus: Bx4, Bx4A, Bx27 | ||||||
| Structure | Elevated | ||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||
| Tracks | 3 | ||||||
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| Opened | May 27, 1920 | ||||||
| Former/other names |
Sound View Avenue Morrison–Sound View Avenues Morrison Avenue–Sound View Avenue | ||||||
| Traffic | |||||||
| Passengers (2015) |
2,097,203[1]  1.3% | ||||||
| Rank | 236 out of 422 | ||||||
| Station succession | |||||||
| Next north |
St. Lawrence Avenue: 6 | ||||||
| Next south |
Elder Avenue: 6 | ||||||
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Morrison Avenue–Soundview[2] 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.
Station layout
| P Platform level |
Side platform, doors will open on the right | |
| Southbound local | ← toward Brooklyn Bridge–City Hall (Elder Avenue) | |
| Peak-direction express | ←  does not stop here → | |
| Northbound local | → toward Pelham Bay Park or Parkchester (St. Lawrence Avenue) → | |
| 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 has three tracks and two side platforms. The center track is used by the <6> train on weekdays in the peak direction. The platforms have beige windscreen, green canopies, and red roofs in the center and waist-level black steel fence at both ends.
Two staircases from each platform lead to the wooden elevated mezzanine beneath the tracks. The station house has a turnstile bank, token booth, and three street staircases to all four corners of Morrison and Westchester Avenues except for the southeast one.
The station opened on May 27, 1920 as Sound View Avenue and has also been known as Morrison Avenue–Sound View Avenue and Morrison – Sound View Avenues.[3]
In 1981, the MTA listed the station among the 69 most deteriorated stations in the subway system.[4]
References
- ↑ "Facts and Figures: Annual Subway Ridership". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved 2016-04-19.
- ↑ "Subway Map" (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. November 2016. Retrieved 2016-11-07.
- ↑ "Bronx Subway Extension Opened". New York Times. May 28, 1920. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
- ↑ Gargan, Edward A. (June 11, 1981). "AGENCY LISTS ITS 69 MOST DETERIORATED SUBWAY STATIONS". The New York Times. Retrieved 13 August 2016.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Morrison Avenue – Soundview (IRT Pelham Line). |
- nycsubway.org – IRT Pelham Line: Morrison/Soundview Aves.
- The Subway Nut — Morrison–Soundview Avenues Pictures
- Morrison Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View