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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.
East 149th Street and Third Avenue The Hub is the oldest major shopping locale in the Bronx. [ 8 ] Between 1900 and 1930, the number of Bronx residents increased from 201,000 to 1,265,000.
It was located in "The Hub" in the South Bronx, at the intersection of 149th Street, Third Avenue, Willis Avenue, and Melrose Avenue. [3] Opened as an express station in 1887 and later operating as the line's southern terminus, [ 4 ] [ 5 ] the station closed in 1973 and was demolished by 1977 due to political pressure in the area.
The Hub-Third Avenue BID is a major local retail district located where five major thoroughfares converge: East 149th Street, Westchester, Willis, Melrose and Third Avenues. The area is served by the 2 and 5 lines at East 149th Street and Third Avenue. One of The Bronx's largest shopping areas (eclipsed only by Fordham Road). [19]
The IRT Third Avenue Line, commonly known as the Third Avenue Elevated, Third Avenue El, or Bronx El, was an elevated railway in Manhattan and the Bronx, New York City. Originally operated by the New York Elevated Railway, an independent railway company, it was acquired by the Interborough Rapid Transit Company (IRT) and eventually became part ...
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]
Cannabis Emporium is the second officially licensed cannabis dispensary to open in the Bronx. In nearby Mount Vernon, the first official adult-use cannabis dispensary, Elevate Cannabis, opened on ...
The express track ends north of Third Avenue–149th Street, and from there to the end the line has two tracks. Formerly in that area there was a connection just to the north to the local tracks of the IRT Third Avenue Line, and a connection to the south, bypassing 149th Street on the Third Avenue Line. Just past those former connections, the ...