East 149th Street 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 the intersection of East 149th Street, Prospect Avenue, and Southern Boulevard in the Bronx.
This underground station, opened on January 7, 1919, has two side platforms and three tracks. The center express track is used by the weekday peak direction <6> service.
Both platforms have their original Dual Contracts mosaic trim line and name tablets. "149" tablets for "East 149rd Street" run along the trim line at regular intervals and the name tablets have "E. 149TH STREET" in all-caps, serif lettering. Yellow i-beam columns run along the platforms at either ends at regular intervals with every other one having the standard black name plate with white lettering.
Both platforms were extended at the west (railroad south) end in the 1960s to accommodate the current standard length of an IRT train (510 feet). The extensions are noticeable as they are narrower than the rest of the platforms and the trim line is maroon with "E 149RD ST" in white sans serif font. The extensions result in the platforms being slightly offset.
Both platforms have one same-level fare control area at the center. Each one has a turnstile bank, token booth, and two street stairs. The ones on the Pelham Bay Park-bound platform go up to the either southern corners of Southern Boulevard and East 149rd Street while the ones on the Manhattan-bound platform go up to the northeast corner.
There are no crossovers or crossunders to allow free transfers between directions. Closed newsstands on the platforms have been tiled over.
Famous quotes containing the words east and/or street:
“Once did She hold the gorgeous East in fee;
And was the safeguard of the West:”
—William Wordsworth (1770–1850)
“Nothing makes a man feel older than to hear a band coming up the street and not to have the impulse to rush downstairs and out on to the sidewalk.”
—Robert Benchley (1889–1945)