Kingsbridge Road (IND Concourse Line)

Kingsbridge Road
New York City Subway rapid transit station
Station statistics
Address	East Kingsbridge Road & Grand Concourse Bronx, NY 10468
Borough	The Bronx
Locale	Kingsbridge Heights
Coordinates	40°51′58″N 73°53′40″W / 40.866146°N 73.894343°WCoordinates: 40°51′58″N 73°53′40″W / 40.866146°N 73.894343°W
Division	B (IND)
Line	IND Concourse Line
Services	B  (rush hours until 7:00 p.m.)       D  (all times)
Transit connections	NYCT Bus: Bx1, Bx2, Bx9, Bx22, Bx28 MTA Bus: BxM4
Structure	Underground
Platforms	2 island platforms cross-platform interchange
Tracks	3
Other information
Opened	July 1, 1933
Accessible
Traffic
Passengers (2015)	2,530,782[1]  1.2%
Rank	193 out of 422
Station succession
Next north	Bedford Park Boulevard: B  D
Next south	Fordham Road: B  D
Next north	none: B  D
Next south	161st Street – Yankee Stadium (via Concourse local): B  D  125th Street (via Concourse express): D
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops all times except rush hours in the peak direction Stops all times Stops rush hours only
Location

Kingsbridge Road is an express station on the IND Concourse Line of the New York City Subway. 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.

Station layout

G	Street Level	Exit/Entrance
B1	Upper Mezzanine	Fare control, station agent (Elevator at NE corner of Grand Concourse and Kingsbridge Road)
B2 Platform level	Northbound local	← toward Bedford Park Boulevard rush hours (Terminus) ← toward Norwood – 205th Street off-peak hours (Bedford Park Boulevard)
	Island platform, doors will open on the left, right
	Peak direction express	← toward Norwood – 205th Street PM rush (Bedford Park Boulevard) → toward Coney Island – Stillwell Avenue AM rush (Fordham Road) →
	Island platform, doors will open on the left, right
	Southbound local	→ toward Brighton Beach rush hours (Fordham Road) → toward Coney Island – Stillwell Avenue off-peak hours (Fordham Road) →
B3	Lower Mezzanine	Exit/Entrance (Note: Lower mezzanine exit/entrance is not handicapped accessible)

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 and one stair to each platform. 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 down to the lower mezzanine. Exits to the street is via two stairs to the northeast and northwest corners of the Concourse. A ramp also leads to the Kingsbridge Road underpass.^[2] The current booth setup (full-time at Kingsbridge; part-time at 196th Street) was instituted in 2013.^[2] This was also the original setup. However, after to a booth operation switch in the 1990s, 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 (see below).^[2] There are two now closed additional exits still visible on the south side of Kingsbridge Road, blocked by the current elevator shafts to the street.^[2]

The tile band in this station is Marine Blue and vent chambers are also present.^[3] Strange white walls exist at both 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 two elevators from the Kingsbridge Road mezzanine to both platforms and another from the mezzanine to the northeast corner of the Concourse and Kingsbridge Road.^[2] The elevators were opened in December 2014.^[2][4]

References

1. "Facts and Figures: Annual Subway Ridership". New York City Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved 2016-04-19.
2. "Transit & Bus Committee Meeting January 2013" (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Authority (New York). January 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-05-31. Retrieved 9 March 2016.
3. Dave Frattini (27 May 2014). The Underground Guide to New York City Subways. St. Martin's Press. ISBN 978-1-4668-7249-3.
4. "Elevators up and running at Bronx subway stop". bronx.news12.com. News 12 The Bronx. December 19, 2014. Retrieved 29 September 2015.

External links

• MTA — Kingsbridge Road Station Plan
• nycsubway.org—IND Concourse Line: Kingsbridge Road
• Station Reporter — B Train
• Station Reporter — D Train
• The Subway Nut — Kingsbridge Road Pictures
• Kingsbridge Road underpass entrance from Google Maps Street View
• Kingsbridge Road entrance from Google Maps Street View
• 196th Street entrance from Google Maps Street View