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The 149th Street–Grand Concourse station is a New York City Subway station complex shared by the IRT Jerome Avenue Line and the IRT White Plains Road Line.It is located at East 149th Street and Grand Concourse in Mott Haven, Melrose and Concourse in the Bronx.
The East 149th Street station 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 Woodstock neighborhood of the Bronx.
The Third Avenue–149th Street station is a station on the IRT White Plains Road Line of the New York City Subway.It is located at Third Avenue and East 149th Street (the latter of which is also known as Eugenio Maria de Hostos Boulevard) in the Hub in the South Bronx adjacent to Mott Haven and Melrose.
Police investigating the scene of a stabbing at the 149th Street-Grand Concourse subway station in the Bronx on Jan. 26, 2025. Peter Gerber
It is located where four roads converge: East 149th Street, Willis Avenue, Melrose Avenue, and Third Avenues. [1] It is primarily located inside the neighborhood of Melrose but also lines the northern border of Mott Haven. [2] The Hub, short for "the Hub of the Bronx," [3] [4] has also been called "the Broadway of the Bronx". [5]
On May 12, 1955, the Third Avenue Line was closed south of 149th Street in response to developers wishing to construct newer residences and commercial buildings on the East Side of Manhattan. [2] [3] [4] The remainder of the Third Avenue Line, wholly within the Bronx, was closed on April 28, 1973 and was subsequently demolished. [5]
The spur to 180th Street—Bronx Park closed on August 4, 1952. [26] Express service on the IRT White Plains Road Line began on April 23, 1953 with alternate 5 trains using the middle track between East 180th Street and 149th Street
“These streets are full of zombies,” said Emilio Morales, general manager of the landmark Opera House Hotel, a 3-star inn on East 149th Street. “It has never been as bad as it is now.”