Marble Hill – 225th Street (IRT Broadway – Seventh Avenue Line)

Marble Hill – 225th Street
New York City Subway rapid transit station
300px View of southbound train from platform
Station statistics
Address	West 225th Street & Broadway New York, NY 10463
Borough	Manhattan
Locale	Marble Hill
Coordinates
Division	A (IRT)
Line	IRT Broadway – Seventh Avenue Line
Services	1  (all times)
Transit connections	NYCT Bus: Bx7, Bx9, Bx20 Metro-North: Hudson Line (at Marble Hill)
Structure	Elevated
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	3 (2 in regular service)
Other information
Opened	January 14, 1907 (January 14, 1907)
Traffic
Passengers (2015)	1,809,998  2%
Rank	270
Station succession
Next north	231st Street: 1
Next south	215th Street: 1  221st Street: no regular service (demolished)
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops all times
Location

Marble Hill – 225th Street is a local station on the IRT Broadway – Seventh Avenue Line of the New York City Subway. Located at the intersection of Broadway and 225th Street in Marble Hill, Manhattan, it is served by the 1 train at all times. It is the northernmost subway station in Manhattan, although it is not located on Manhattan Island itself.

Station layout

P Platform level	Side platform, doors will open on the right
	Northbound local	← toward Van Cortlandt Park – 242nd Street (231st Street)
	Peak-direction express	→ No regular service
	Southbound local	→ toward South Ferry (215th Street) →
	Side platform, doors will open on the right
M	Mezzanine	to entrances/exits, station agent, MetroCard vending machines
G	Street Level	Entrances/Exits

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Northbound view from southbound platform

This elevated station, opened on January 14, 1907, has three tracks and two side platforms. The center track is not used in revenue service. The southern half of the platforms has beige windscreens and red canopies with green frames and support columns while the northern half has black, steel, waist high fences and lampposts. The station signs are in the standard black name plates in white lettering.

The 1991 artwork here, by Wopo Holup, is called Elevated Nature I-IV. Portions are also located at four other stations on this line.

Exits and station houses

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Eastern street stair

All fare control areas are at platform level and there are no crossovers or crossunders. Both platforms have a station house, but only the southbound one is active. It has a turnstile bank, token booth, and one staircase going down to 225th Street and the northwest corner of Broadway. Access to and from the northbound platform is via two full-height turnstiles, one exit-only and the other entry-exit, and one staircase going down to the east side of Broadway across from the northwest corner of 225th Street.

Location

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View south toward bridge

This station is less than a 0.2-mile (0.32 km) walk from the Marble Hill station on Metro-North Railroad's Hudson Line. Just south of the station, the IRT Broadway – Seventh Avenue Line crosses the Broadway Bridge onto the island of Manhattan.

This station today and the neighborhood it serves reside on the north shore of the Harlem River Ship Canal, also known as Spuyten Duyvil Creek, and are thus geographically on the mainland. However, the neighborhood was formerly part of the island of Manhattan. The canal was constructed in 1895, separating the neighborhood from the rest of the island. After the original creek bed was filled in, Marble Hill became part of the mainland, although it is still considered part of Manhattan for administrative and political purposes.

External links

• nycsubway.org—IRT West Side: 225th Street
• Station Reporter — 1 Train
• The Subway Nut — Marble Hill – 225th Street Pictures
• 225th Street (North) entrance from Google Maps Street View
• 225th Street (South) entrance from Google Maps Street View