{"id":7526,"date":"2024-08-19T08:37:19","date_gmt":"2024-08-19T12:37:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.chelseascorner.org\/?p=7526"},"modified":"2024-08-19T08:37:19","modified_gmt":"2024-08-19T12:37:19","slug":"marble-hill-nycmta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chelseascorner.org\/index.php\/2024\/08\/19\/marble-hill-nycmta\/","title":{"rendered":"Marble Hill (NYCMTA)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Marble Hill is an oddball station, and quite possibly the only one where the subway and Metro-North almost directly interface with each other outside Harlem and Grand Central. But even then, it’s not a direct physical connection. With that, let’s look at Marble Hill.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Subway station signage!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Metro-North signage!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

225th St.-Marble Hill is your standard ex-IRT (Interborough Rapid Transit, more commonly the A division\/numbered lines) MTA elevated subway station, with a pair of side platforms. There’s no elevators, meaning this station is a fuck you to the ADA. Beneath is US-9\/Broadway, and a number of Bronx bus routes run through here….even though legally it’s Manhattan. The downtown side has a small headhouse with MetroCard machines, while the uptown side has nothing at all other than a singular OMNY\/MetroCard reader. The drawbridge, however, does make for some nice railfanning shots.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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An R62!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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An MTA bus beneath!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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A bigass drawbridge!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The only exit<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Bye!!!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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THERE IS AN. UPTOWN. ONE. TRAIN TO VAN COURTLANDT PARK-242ND STREET. ONE. MINUTE. AWAY.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The sole OMNY\/MetroCard reader heading uptown<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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That’s a long way down…<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Bus connections can be found on Broadway, with the Bx7, Bx9, and Bx20 bus routes providing service to various places around the Bronx, including Riverdale and West Farms Square. Going a block over brings one to the Metro-North station.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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BUS connection.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Bus stop!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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DUNKS<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Underneath the viaduct!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Metro-North station<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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That’s a lot of traffic…<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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And looking towards Van Courtlandt Park and Yonkers!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The uptown entrance<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The station house<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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FOAMER SHOT<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The Metro-North station is on 225th St. itself, and is also inaccessible. There’s stairs leading down to a rather small island platform, and in the overpass over the tracks is the ticketing machine. The platform is relatively normal otherwise, with a sheltered waiting area, a sign, a wastebasket, and benches. There’s also a departure board in the overpass and lining the platform. Yeah, not a lot to note here. The Hudson River makes for nice scenery though!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Metro-North station…<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Street sign<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The entrance<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The stairs down<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The overpass waiting area<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Departure board!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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HASTINGS?!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Ticketing machine!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Overpass shot towards Spuyten Duyvil and Poughkeepsie!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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And towards Yankee Stadium and Grand Central!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Another shot of the overpass<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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This was a Pride train!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Bye!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The mighty Hudson River!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The platform’s kinda narrow…<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Another river shot!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Subway train shot!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Another drawbridge shot!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Towards Croton-Harmon!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Train coming from Grand Central!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Hi!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The good: It’s a transfer point between the subway and Metro-North! Furthermore, it’s also a good place for railfanning. It’s also a pretty busy area!

The bad: The stations aren’t accessible! The subway station is also pretty normal otherwise. Throw some elevators or ramps in, dammit!!!

Nearby points of interest: There’s a housing development nearby and a shopping mall!

Transit connections:
Metro-North (Hudson Line)
7th Ave. (Line #1)
MTA bus (Bx7, Bx9, Bx20)

Overall, it’s an okay station. Nothing too special to remark aside from the views of the Hudson and the railfanning potential. Yeah, sorry!

Rating: 6\/10<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Marble Hill is an oddball station, and quite possibly the only one where the subway and Metro-North almost directly interface with each other outside Harlem and Grand Central. But even then, it’s not a direct physical connection. With that, let’s look at Marble Hill. 225th St.-Marble Hill is your standard ex-IRT (Interborough Rapid Transit, more … Continue reading “Marble Hill (NYCMTA)”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,8,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7526","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-extra","category-othertransit","category-public-transit"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chelseascorner.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7526","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chelseascorner.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chelseascorner.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chelseascorner.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chelseascorner.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7526"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.chelseascorner.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7526\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7752,"href":"https:\/\/www.chelseascorner.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7526\/revisions\/7752"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chelseascorner.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7526"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chelseascorner.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7526"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chelseascorner.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7526"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}