Tremont Avenue station

For other stations with a similar name, see Tremont Avenue (disambiguation).

The Tremont Avenue station is an express station on the IND Concourse Line of the New York City Subway. Located at the intersection of East Tremont Avenue and Grand Concourse, it is served by the D train at all times and B train weekdays only. It has three tracks and two island platforms.

Tremont Avenue  ​
New York City Subway station (rapid transit)
View from northbound platform
Station statistics
Address	East Tremont Avenue & Grand Concourse Bronx, New York
Borough	The Bronx
Locale	Tremont
Coordinates	40.849463°N 73.905973°W / 40.849463; -73.905973
Division	B (IND)[1]
Line	IND Concourse Line
Services	B  (weekdays only) ​   D  (all times)
Transit	NYCT Bus: Bx1, Bx2, Bx36 MTA Bus: BxM4
Structure	Underground
Platforms	2 island platforms cross-platform interchange
Tracks	3
Other information
Opened	July 1, 1933; 91 years ago (July 1, 1933)
Accessible	ADA-accessible
Opposite- direction transfer	Yes
Traffic
2023	1,192,367[2]  17.6%
Rank	261 out of 423[2]
Services Preceding station New York City Subway Following station Fordham Road D  express 145th Street D  express 182nd–183rd Streets B  ​D  toward Norwood–205th Street 174th–175th Streets B  ​D  toward Coney Island–Stillwell Avenue
Location Show map of New York City Subway Show map of New York City Show map of New York
Track layout Legend to Fordham Road to 182nd–183rd Streets to 174th–175th Streets to 145th Street
Street map
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops all times except rush hours in the peak direction Stops all times Stops rush hours only Stops weekdays during the day

Station layout

G	Street level	Exit/entrance
M	Mezzanine	Fare control, station agent Elevator at southeast corner of Grand Concourse (service road) and Echo Place
P Platform level	Northbound local	← toward Bedford Park Boulevard rush hours and select midday trips (182nd–183rd Streets) ← toward Norwood–205th Street (182nd–183rd Streets)
	Island platform
	Peak-direction express	← PM rush toward Norwood–205th Street (Fordham Road) → AM rush toward Coney Island–Stillwell Avenue (145th Street) →
	Island platform
	Southbound local	→ toward Brighton Beach rush hours and select midday trips (174th–175th Streets) → toward Coney Island–Stillwell Avenue (174th–175th Streets) →

Northwestern street stair

The tile band is Claret red and the name mosaics are replicas of the 1933 originals. The I-beams were originally painted a shade of red to match, but they were repainted black during the installation of elevators at the station. Tile bands are also present in the mezzanines, and matching "T" (for Tremont) plaques have been fitted—the only IND station to feature these. A closed tower sits on the south end of the Manhattan-bound platform.

The 2000 artwork here is called Uptown New York by Frank Leslie Hampton. It uses a mixture of glass and marble mosaics to create a full width display of a Bronx apartment building with a rooftop garden, and clothes hanging out on a line to dry on a cloudy day. This mural is as wide as the mezzanine and faces the full-time booth area.

In 2019, the MTA announced that this station would become ADA-accessible as part of the agency's 2020–2024 Capital Program.^[3] An elevator was installed to the southeast corner of Echo Place and Grand Concourse. An alternate proposal for the installation of the elevator to the street would have placed it at the southwest corner of that intersection. Two elevators lead from the southern fare control area to the two platforms.^[4] The elevators were opened on February 27, 2024.^[5][6]

Exits

The station had a full length mezzanine above the platforms.^[7] However, after a 1999 renovation, it was split into three sections. The northernmost and southernmost portions are separate fare control areas, and the central portion is now used as a storage area.

In January 1992, the MTA proposed closing the free zone passageway on the east side of the station, connecting to the station entrances at Tremont Avenue and East 179th Street;^[8] prior to the station renovation, it was gated off. The middle portion as well as the passageways on the east and west sides have been walled off to the public.^[9]

The full-time booth is in the southern portion. It has three street stairs leading to all corners except the southeast corner of Grand Concourse and Echo Place, and two stairs to each platform. The street stair on the west side has a small passageway. The elevator is located on the southeast corner of Grand Concourse and Echo Place. The part-time side at the northern portion. It had its booth removed during the aforementioned renovation, has two street stairs, one to each side of the Concourse at 179th Street, and has two stairs to each platform.^[10]

References

1. "Glossary". Second Avenue Subway Supplemental Draft Environmental Impact Statement (SDEIS) (PDF). Vol. 1. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. March 4, 2003. pp. 1–2. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 26, 2021. Retrieved January 1, 2021.
2. "Annual Subway Ridership (2018–2023)". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2023. Retrieved April 20, 2024.
3. "Press Release - MTA Headquarters - MTA Announces 20 Additional Subway Stations to Receive Accessibility Improvements Under Proposed 2020-2024 Capital Plan". MTA. December 19, 2019. Archived from the original on April 21, 2020. Retrieved December 25, 2019.
4. "2020-2024 Capital Plan Station Accessibility Projects New York City Transit Riders Council Update January, 2020" (PDF). pcac.org. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. January 29, 2020. Retrieved February 17, 2021.
5. "MTA announces accessibility upgrades to Tremont Avenue subway station". News 12 - The Bronx. February 27, 2024. Retrieved February 28, 2024.
6. "MTA Announces Tremont av B D Station in the Bronx Now Fully Accessible".
7. "Showing Image 871". www.nycsubway.org. Retrieved December 9, 2020.
8. Union Turnpike (August 5, 2019), IMG_0463, retrieved December 9, 2020
9. "Image 11". The Subway Nut. March 10, 2016. Archived from the original on March 10, 2016. Retrieved December 9, 2020.
   "Image 14". The Subway Nut. March 11, 2016. Archived from the original on March 11, 2016. Retrieved December 9, 2020.
   "Image 15". The Subway Nut. March 11, 2016. Archived from the original on March 11, 2016. Retrieved December 9, 2020.
   "Image 16". The Subway Nut. March 11, 2016. Archived from the original on March 11, 2016. Retrieved December 9, 2020.
10. "MTA Neighborhood Maps: University Heights" (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2018. Retrieved October 1, 2018.

External links

• nycsubway.org – IND Concourse: Tremont Avenue
• nycsubway.org — Uptown New York Artwork by Frank Leslie Hampton (2000)
• Station Reporter — B Train
• Station Reporter — D Train
• The Subway Nut — Tremont Avenue Pictures
• MTA's Arts For Transit — Tremont Avenue (IND Concourse Line)
• Echo Place entrance from Google Maps Street View
• 179th Street entrance from Google Maps Street View
• Platforms from Google Maps Street View