Morrison Avenue–Soundview station

{{Infobox NYCS

| name = Morrison Avenue–Soundview

| other_name = Sound View Avenue
Morrison–Sound View Avenues
Morrison Avenue–Sound View Avenue

| image = Morrison Avenue - 6 Train Arrives.jpg

| image_caption = A R142A 6 train arriving at Morrison Avenue

| address = Morrison Avenue and Westchester Avenue
Bronx, New York

| borough = The Bronx

| locale = Soundview

| coordinates = {{coord|40.829495|N|73.874474|W|display=inline,title}}

| division = IRT

| line = IRT Pelham Line

| service = Pelham south local

| connection = {{Unbulleted list

| {{bus icon}} NYCT Bus: {{NYC bus link|Bx4|Bx4A|Bx27}}

| {{Ferry icon}} NYC Ferry: Soundview (at Soundview Park)

}}

| platforms = 2 side platforms

| tracks = 3

| structure = Elevated

| open_date = {{start date and age|1920|05|30}}

| rebuilt = {{start date and age|February 8, 2010}} to {{start date and age|September 13, 2010}}

| adjacent_stations = {{Adjacent stations|system=New York City Subway

|line1=Pelham local|left1=St. Lawrence Avenue|right1=Elder Avenue

|note-row2={{Rail-interchange|nycs|6d}} does not stop here}}

| legend = {{NYCS infobox legend|alltimes}}

| layout = {{NYCS 3-tracked local station|inline=y

|1=St. Lawrence Avenue

|2=Elder Avenue

|deg=285

}}

The Morrison Avenue–Soundview 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 Morrison Avenue and Westchester Avenue in the Soundview neighborhood of the Bronx.

History

The station opened on May 30, 1920 as Sound View Avenue and has also been known as Morrison Avenue–Sound View Avenue and Morrison–Sound View Avenues.{{cite news|title = Bronx Subway Extension Opened|url = https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1920/05/28/118322488.pdf|access-date = January 25, 2016|work = The New York Times|date = May 28, 1920}} The station was opened as the Pelham Line was extended to East 177th Street from Hunts Point Avenue.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ob0JAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA372|title=Brooklyn Daily Eagle Almanac|date=1922|publisher=Brooklyn Daily Eagle|pages=372|language=en}}{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xRzVAAAAMAAJ&q=may+30,+1920+pelham+line|title=Annual Report for the Year Ending June 30, 1920|date=1920|publisher=Interborough Rapid Transit Company|pages=5, 13|language=en}} The construction of the Pelham Line was part of the Dual Contracts, signed on March 19, 1913 and also known as the Dual Subway System. The Pelham Line was built as a branch of the Lexington Avenue Line running northeast via 138th Street, Southern Boulevard and Westchester Avenue.{{cite book|url=http://www.nycsubway.org/wiki/The_Dual_System_of_Rapid_Transit_(1912)|title=The Dual System of Rapid Transit (1912)|date=September 1912|publisher=New York State Public Service Commission|via=nycsubway.org|access-date=March 25, 2014}} Initially, the extension was served by a shuttle service operating with elevated cars. Passengers transferred to the shuttle at Hunts Point Avenue.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Fg4KAQAAMAAJ&q=177|title=A History of the New York City Subway System|last1=Cunningham|first1=Joseph|last2=DeHart|first2=Leonard O.|date=1993|publisher=J. Schmidt, R. Giglio, and K. Lang|pages=48|language=en}}

In 1981, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority listed the station among the 69 most deteriorated stations in the subway system.{{cite news|last1=Gargan|first1=Edward A.|title=Agency Lists Its 69 Most Deteriorated Subway Stations|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1981/06/11/nyregion/agency-lists-its-69-most-deteriorated-subway-stations.html|access-date=August 13, 2016|work=The New York Times|date=June 11, 1981}}

Station layout

File:Morrison Avenue - SW Street Entrance.jpg

This elevated station has three tracks and two side platforms. The center track is used by the <6> train on weekdays in the peak direction.{{NYCS const|trackref|trackbook3}} The 6 local train serves the station at all times.{{NYCS const|timetable|6}} The next stop to the south is Elder Avenue, while the next stop to the north is St. Lawrence Avenue.{{NYCS const|map}} The platforms have beige windscreen, green canopies, and red roofs in the center and waist-level black steel fence at both ends.

=Exits=

Two staircases from each platform lead to the wooden elevated mezzanine beneath the tracks. The station house has a turnstile bank, token booth, and three street staircases to all four corners of Morrison and Westchester Avenues except for the southeast one.{{cite web|title=MTA Neighborhood Maps: Bronx Zoo|url=http://web.mta.info/maps/neighborhoods/bx/BX8_bronx_zoo_2015.pdf|website=mta.info|publisher=Metropolitan Transportation Authority|access-date=July 20, 2016|date=2015}}

References

External links

{{Commons category|Morrison Avenue – Soundview (IRT Pelham Line)}}

{{NYCS ref|http://www.nycsubway.org/perl/stations?201:2046|IRT Pelham Line|Morrison/Soundview Aves.}}
The Subway Nut — [http://www.subwaynut.com/irt/morrisonsoundviewn6/index.html Morrison–Soundview Avenues Pictures] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181020191039/http://www.subwaynut.com/irt/morrisonsoundviewn6/index.html |date=October 20, 2018 }}
[https://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=40.829552,-73.874559&spn=0.00384,0.013433&z=17&layer=c&cbll=40.829615,-73.87436&panoid=C9GAKLHHVTGQUX7wwd5kjw&cbp=12,314.26,,0,5 Morrison Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View]
[https://www.google.com/maps/contrib/103237729589375373179/photos/@40.8299065,-73.8759689,3a,75y,125h,90t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sAF1QipMFxDrw8OjqRtGqOoD1foDsjdvty403Dzq7Ic18!2e10!6shttps:%2F%2Flh5.googleusercontent.com%2Fp%2FAF1QipMFxDrw8OjqRtGqOoD1foDsjdvty403Dzq7Ic18%3Dw203-h100-p-k-no!7i8704!8i4352!4m3!8m2!3m1!1e1 Platforms from Google Maps Street View]

Category:IRT Pelham Line stations

Category:New York City Subway stations in the Bronx

Category:Railway stations in the United States opened in 1920

Category:1920 establishments in New York City

Category:Soundview, Bronx