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.

Morrison Avenue–Soundview
New York City Subway station (rapid transit)
A R142A 6 train arriving at Morrison Avenue
Station statistics
Address	Morrison Avenue & Westchester Avenue Bronx, NY 10472
Borough	The Bronx
Locale	Soundview
Coordinates	40.829495°N 73.874474°W / 40.829495; -73.874474
Division	A (IRT)
Line	IRT Pelham Line
Services	6  (all times)
Transit connections	NYCT Bus: Bx4, Bx4A, Bx27 ⛴ NYC Ferry: Soundview route (at Soundview Park)
Structure	Elevated
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	3
Other information
Opened	May 30, 1920 (1920-05-30)
Rebuilt	February 8, 2010 (February 8, 2010) to September 13, 2010 (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]  0.9%
Rank	239 out of 424[2]
Station succession
Next north	St. Lawrence Avenue: 6
Next south	Elder Avenue: 6
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Street map
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops all times

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. The Pelham Line was built as a branch of the Lexington Avenue Line running northeast via 138th Street, Southern Boulevard and Westchester Avenue.[7] Initially, service to the extension was served by a shuttle service operating with elevated cars. Passengers transferred to the shuttle at Hunts Point Avenue.[8]

In 1981, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority listed the station among the 69 most deteriorated stations in the subway system.[9]

Station layout

Track layout
to St. Lawrence Av to Elder Av

P Platform level	Side platform
	Southbound local	← toward Brooklyn Bridge (Elder Avenue)
	Peak-direction express	← does not stop here →
	Northbound local	→ toward Pelham Bay Park (Parkchester PM rush) (St. Lawrence Avenue) →
	Side platform
M	Mezzanine	Fare control, station agent, MetroCard machines
G	Street level	Exit/entrance

Southwest street 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.[10] The platforms have beige windscreen, green canopies, and red roofs in the center and waist-level black steel fence at both ends.

Exits

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.[11]

References

1. "Station Developers' Information". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved June 13, 2017.
2. "Facts and Figures: Annual Subway Ridership 2014–2019". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2020. Retrieved May 26, 2020.
3. "Subway Map" (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. October 21, 2019. Retrieved January 18, 2018.
4. "Bronx Subway Extension Opened" (PDF). The New York Times. May 28, 1920. Retrieved January 25, 2016.
5. Brooklyn Daily Eagle Almanac. Brooklyn Daily Eagle. 1922. p. 372.
6. Annual Report for the Year Ending June 30, 1920. Interborough Rapid Transit Company. 1920. pp. 5, 13.
7. The Dual System of Rapid Transit (1912). New York State Public Service Commission. September 1912. Retrieved March 25, 2014 – via nycsubway.org.
8. Cunningham, Joseph; DeHart, Leonard O. (1993). A History of the New York City Subway System. J. Schmidt, R. Giglio, and K. Lang. p. 48.
9. Gargan, Edward A. (June 11, 1981). "Agency Lists Its 69 Most Deteriorated Subway Stations". The New York Times. Retrieved August 13, 2016.
10. Dougherty, Peter (2006) [2002]. Tracks of the New York City Subway 2006 (3rd ed.). Dougherty. OCLC 49777633 – via Google Books.
11. "MTA Neighborhood Maps: Bronx Zoo" (PDF). mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2015. Retrieved July 20, 2016.

External links

• nycsubway.org – IRT Pelham Line: Morrison/Soundview Aves.
• The Subway Nut — Morrison–Soundview Avenues Pictures
• Morrison Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View
• Platforms from Google Maps Street View