Wakefield–241st Street station

The station officially opened on December 13, 1920, as East 241st Street, when the final portion of the line was opened. The line had been extended one stop north from East 238th Street.{{cite news|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1920/12/12/112665334.pdf|title=Subway Line Extended: White Plains Avenue Branch Opens to 241st Street Tomorrow|date=December 12, 1920|work=The New York Times|access-date=December 20, 2015|issn=0362-4331|archive-date=May 14, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210514165833/https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1920/12/12/112665334.pdf|url-status=live}} This portion of the line had its opening delayed, owing to construction on the line between the two stations for the construction of the 239th Street Yard. Additional time was required to modify the structure to avoid a grade crossing at the entrance to the yard.{{cite web|url=http://www.nycsubway.org/wiki/Operation_of_the_White_Plains_Road_Line_(1917)|title=www.nycsubway.org: Operation of the White Plains Road Line (1917)|date=March 24, 1914|website=www.nycsubway.org|access-date=September 6, 2016|archive-date=September 14, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160914165507/http://www.nycsubway.org/wiki/Operation_of_the_White_Plains_Road_Line_(1917)|url-status=live}} The city government took over the IRT's operations on June 12, 1940.{{Cite news |date=1940-06-13 |title=City Transit Unity Is Now a Reality; Title to I.R.T. Lines Passes to Municipality, Ending 19-Year Campaign |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1940/06/13/archives/city-transit-unity-is-now-a-reality-title-to-irt-lines-passes-to.html |access-date=2022-05-14 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=January 7, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220107193115/https://www.nytimes.com/1940/06/13/archives/city-transit-unity-is-now-a-reality-title-to-irt-lines-passes-to.html |url-status=live }}{{cite news |date=June 13, 1940 |title=Transit Unification Completed As City Takes Over I. R. T. Lines: Systems Come Under Single Control After Efforts Begun in 1921; Mayor Is Jubilant at City Hall Ceremony Recalling 1904 Celebration |page=25 |work=New York Herald Tribune |id={{ProQuest|1248134780}}}}

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The station was renovated from July to December 2005 at a cost of $17.25 million.{{Cite report|url=http://web.mta.info/mta/budget/pdf/adopted06/MTA%202006%20Adopted%20Budget%20-%20February%20Financial%20Plan%20-%20Part%203.pdf|title=MTA 2006 Adopted Budget - February Financial Plan - Part 3|date=2006|publisher=Metropolitan Transportation Authority|page=46|access-date=March 27, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190524004440/http://web.mta.info/mta/budget/pdf/adopted06/MTA%202006%20Adopted%20Budget%20-%20February%20Financial%20Plan%20-%20Part%203.pdf|archive-date=May 24, 2019}} The station, as part of the renovation, got a new high-quality public address system, new platform edge and ADA tactile warning strips, major structural repairs, new canopies over the stairs and platforms, repaired walls, renewed floors, and a redesign of the area around the station booth.{{Cite web|url=http://bronx.news12.com/news/subway-riders-have-mixed-reactions-to-241st-street-stop-closure-during-renovations-1.8260336|title=Subway riders have mixed reactions to 241st Street stop closure during renovations|access-date=September 30, 2016|archive-date=October 3, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161003090621/http://bronx.news12.com/news/subway-riders-have-mixed-reactions-to-241st-street-stop-closure-during-renovations-1.8260336|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=http://mta.info/nyct/service/pdf_f/30_22413.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051210122210/http://mta.info/nyct/service/pdf_f/30_22413.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 10, 2005|title=241 St Station Closed for Rehabilitation|date=July 2005|publisher=New York City Transit|access-date=September 30, 2016}}

In 2019, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority announced that this station would become ADA-accessible as part of the agency's 2020–2024 Capital Program.{{cite web|url=http://www.mta.info/press-release/mta-headquarters/mta-announces-20-additional-subway-stations-receive-accessibility|title=Press Release - MTA Headquarters - MTA Announces 20 Additional Subway Stations to Receive Accessibility Improvements Under Proposed 2020-2024 Capital Plan|date=December 19, 2019|website=MTA|access-date=December 25, 2019|archive-date=April 21, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200421204344/http://www.mta.info/press-release/mta-headquarters/mta-announces-20-additional-subway-stations-receive-accessibility|url-status=live}} In May 2024, the Federal Transit Administration awarded the MTA $157 million for accessibility renovations at five stations, including Wakefield–241st Street.{{cite web |url=https://www.transit.dot.gov/funding/grants/grant-programs/all-stations-accessibility-program-fy24-projects |title=All Stations Accessibility Program FY24 Projects |date=May 28, 2024 |publisher=Federal Transit Administration}}{{cite press release |url=https://www.transit.dot.gov/about/news/biden-harris-administration-announces-343-million-modernize-transit-stations-improve |title=Biden-Harris Administration Announces $343 Million to Modernize Transit Stations, Improve Accessibility Across the Country |date=May 28, 2024 |publisher=Federal Transit Administration}}{{cite web | last=Gonella | first=Catalina | title=NYC subway stops and East Orange NJ Transit station are getting accessibility upgrades | website=Gothamist | date=May 28, 2024 | url=https://gothamist.com/news/nyc-subway-stops-and-east-orange-nj-transit-station-are-getting-accessibility-upgrades | access-date=May 30, 2024}} The funds would be used to add elevators, signs, and public-announcement systems, as well as repair platforms and stairs, at each station.

This terminal station has gone by a number of different names. Becker Avenue was an earlier name for the station at the time of its construction,{{cite web |publisher=Public Service Commission |title=Chapter 2: Interborough Routes and Stations |url=http://www.nycsubway.org/wiki/Chapter_2:_Interborough_Routes_and_Stations |website=www.nycsubway.org |access-date=July 6, 2016 |archive-date=June 22, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130622030401/http://www.nycsubway.org/wiki/Chapter_2:_Interborough_Routes_and_Stations |url-status=live }} and it officially opened as East 241st Street on December 13, 1920.{{cite news|title=Subway Line Extended: White Plains Avenue Branch Opens to 241st Street Tomorrow|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1920/12/12/112665334.pdf|access-date=December 20, 2015|work=New York Times|date=December 12, 1920|archive-date=May 14, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210514165833/https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1920/12/12/112665334.pdf|url-status=live}} By 1984, it was renamed 241st Street on entrances and platform signs.{{cite web|last1=Panse|first1=Richard|title=241 Street, before 2005 renovation|url=http://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?38345|website=www.nycsubway.org|publisher=www.nycsubway.org|access-date=July 6, 2016|location=241 Street|date=March 20, 2005|archive-date=August 9, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160809062733/http://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?38345|url-status=live}}

The station was initially signed on the New York City Subway map as 241st Street–Wakefield. It has been signed on the map under its current name since 1998.

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At this station, there are two tracks, one center island platform and two disused side platforms here. The two tracks end at bumper blocks at the north end of the platforms. The station was formerly set up as a Spanish solution with alighting passengers using the side platforms and boarding passengers using the island platform. Now all passengers use the island platform.{{NYCS const|trackref|trackbook3}}

The middle of the platform features a backlit track departure sign labeled Tracks 3 and 2, indicating which train leaves first.{{cite web|last1=Barnes|first1=John|title=Track departure sign|url=http://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?51533|website=www.nycsubway.org|access-date=July 6, 2016|location=241 Street|date=July 23, 2006|archive-date=August 9, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160809062806/http://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?51533|url-status=live}} There are also crew quarters at platform level.

To the south of the station, the tracks make a connection to the 239th Street Yard before splitting into three tracks. Just three blocks north of the station on White Plains Road lies the border between The Bronx and Westchester.

The 2006 artwork featured at the station is Permanent Residents and Visitors by Alfredo Ceibal, which focuses on birds living in and visiting the city. The artwork is made of faceted glass in the platform windscreens.{{cite web|last1=Rosenfeld|first1=Robbie|title=Permanent Residents and Visitors by Alfredo Ceibal|url=http://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?112611|website=www.nycsubway.org|access-date=July 6, 2016|location=241 Street|date=July 22, 2010|archive-date=June 29, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160629070201/http://nycsubway.org/perl/show?112611|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=http://web.mta.info/mta/aft/about/N11802_AFTenroutemechx.pdf|title=Art en Route: A Guide to Art in the MTA Network|website=mta.info|publisher=Metropolitan Transportation Authority Arts for Transit|access-date=September 30, 2016|archive-date=August 16, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160816160852/http://web.mta.info/mta/aft/about/N11802_AFTenroutemechx.pdf|url-status=live}}

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The exit is at the north end. Fare control is past the bumper blocks, from where there is one stair to the southwest corner of 241st Street and White Plains Road, and two stairs to the southeast corner.

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