238 St

Feb 13th, 2024

Dec 24th, 2023

The emergency door does not open...this is unacceptable. The worst station.
Aug 27th, 2023

The 238th Street station is a local station on the IRT BroadwaySeventh Avenue Line of the New York City Subway. Located at the intersection of 238th Street and Broadway in the Kingsbridge neighborhood of the Bronx, it is served by the 1 train at all times. Built by the Interborough Rapid Transit Company (IRT), the station opened on August 1, 1908, as part of the first subway. The northbound platform was lengthened in 1910 while the southbound platform was lengthened in 1948. In 2018, the fare controls at the station were changed to allow entries in the northbound direction. To address overcrowding, in 1909, the New York Public Service Commission proposed lengthening the platforms at stations along the original IRT subway. As part of a modification to the IRT's construction contracts made on January 18, 1910, the company was to lengthen station platforms to accommodate ten-car express and six-car local trains. In addition to $1.5 million (equivalent to $49.1 million in 2023) spent on platform lengthening, $500,000 (equivalent to $16.4 million in 2023) was spent on building additional entrances and exits. It was anticipated that these improvements would increase capacity by 25 percent. The northbound platform at the 238th Street station was extended 200 feet (61 m) to the south, while the southbound platform was not lengthened. 106 Six-car local trains began operating in October 1910, 168 and ten-car express trains began running on the West Side Line on January 24, 1911. Subsequently, the station could accommodate six-car local trains, but ten-car trains could not open some of their doors.
May 6th, 2024

238th Street is a local station on the IRT BroadwaySeventh Avenue Line of the New York City Subway. Located at the intersection of 238th Street and Broadway in the Bronx, it is served by the 1 train at all times. This elevated station, opened on August 1, 1908, has two side platforms and three tracks with the center one not used in revenue service. On July 9, 1948, a platform extension at this station lengthening the platform to 514 feet, was opened to allow full ten-car trains to platform. Previously, only six-car locals were able to board at the station. This platform extension was part of a $423,000 project to lengthen the platforms of five stations on the IRT BroadwaySeventh Avenue Line. Each platform has beige windscreens and red canopies with green roofs in the center and black waist-high fences on either side. North of this station is the 240th Street Yard, which is where cars assigned to the 1 train are inspected and maintained. The yard has a footbridge to the IRT BroadwaySeventh Avenue Line and crossovers and leads that allow this station to serve as a terminal. During the morning and afternoon rush-hours, some 1 trains begin their trips here as direct put-ins from the nearby 240th Street Yard, and some morning and afternoon rush-hour 1 trains end their trips here or at 215 Street and drop-out and lay-up at the 240th Street Yard, to prevent congestion at the next terminal station at Van Cortlandt Park242nd Street.
Apr 24th, 2024