242nd Street/Van Cortlandt Park
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242nd Street/Van Cortlandt Park Station · Opened 8/1/1908

Terminal station, two tracks with one island platform and two side platforms. The bumper blocks for the two tracks are at the north end of the station; the station house is just beyond the ends of the tracks at platform level. The two side platforms are normally unused, and have windscreen along nearly their entire length. A crew quarters straddles the tracks and platforms at the south end of the station.

The layout of three and two tracks on the route from between 96th Street and 242nd Street is unusual; along the three-track stretches there are no express stations at all. No service has ever been regularly operated using the express track in this section.

This station is adjacent to Van Cortlandt Park, Manhattan College, and the 240th Street Yard of the subway system. A snaking steep walk along W. 242nd Street and Manhattan College Parkway west of Broadway leads to the college and along the way you can get a panoramic view of the yard.

A journey from South Ferry to 242nd Street, local all the way, takes 49 minutes by the schedule. From 242nd St. there is bus service via Bee Line Bus further north into the Bronx and Westchester County.

Artwork: Title unknown, artist unknown (2007)


(image 102271) (241k, 1044x788)
Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: IRT West Side Line
Location: 242nd Street/Van Cortlandt Park
Route: 1
Car: R62A (Bombardier, 1984-1987) 2470
Photo by: Emmanuel Robinson
Date: 6/24/2009
Viewed (this week/total): 12 / 597


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Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: IRT West Side Line
Location: 242nd Street/Van Cortlandt Park
Route: Transit Museum Nostalgia Train
Car: R33-WF 9306
Photo by: Danny Molina
Date: 8/2/2008
Viewed (this week/total): 5 / 1305


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Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: IRT West Side Line
Location: 242nd Street/Van Cortlandt Park
Route: 1
Car: R62A (Bombardier, 1984-1987)
Photo by: Danny Molina
Date: 8/1/2008
Viewed (this week/total): 3 / 865


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Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: IRT West Side Line
Location: 242nd Street/Van Cortlandt Park
Car: R160B (Option 1) (Kawasaki, 2008-2009) 8993
Photo by: Chris C. Shaffer
Date: 5/28/2008
Notes: New R160 being trucked from Kawasaki plant in Yonkers, NY
Viewed (this week/total): 15 / 1139


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Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: IRT West Side Line
Location: 242nd Street/Van Cortlandt Park
Route: 1
Car: R62A (Bombardier, 1984-1987) 1826
Photo by: John Barnes
Date: 3/20/2007
Viewed (this week/total): 2 / 2532


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Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: IRT West Side Line
Location: 242nd Street/Van Cortlandt Park
Route: 1
Car: R62A (Bombardier, 1984-1987)
Photo by: Phillip Lee
Date: 2/14/2007
Viewed (this week/total): 5 / 3090


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Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: IRT West Side Line
Location: 242nd Street/Van Cortlandt Park
Photo by: Robbie Rosenfeld
Date: 1/19/2007
Notes: View of station from Van Cortlandt Park.
Viewed (this week/total): 12 / 3964


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Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: IRT West Side Line
Location: 242nd Street/Van Cortlandt Park
Route: 9
Car: R62A (Bombardier, 1984-1987) 2365
Photo by: Jose Martinez
Date: 5/27/2005
Notes: Last #9 train on the last day of the skip-stop #9 service.
Viewed (this week/total): 2 / 5085


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Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: IRT West Side Line
Location: 242nd Street/Van Cortlandt Park
Route: Fan Trip
Car: R22 7371
Photo by: Jose Martinez
Date: 5/1/2005
Notes: Work Motor 37371 on fantrip.
Viewed (this week/total): 4 / 2812


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Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: IRT West Side Line
Location: 242nd Street/Van Cortlandt Park
Route: Fan Trip
Car: R33-WF 9327
Photo by: Gary Chatterton
Date: 5/1/2005
Viewed (this week/total): 3 / 4394


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Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: IRT West Side Line
Location: 242nd Street/Van Cortlandt Park
Route: Fan Trip
Car: R33-WF 9327
Photo by: Gary Chatterton
Date: 5/1/2005
Viewed (this week/total): 4 / 2919


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Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: IRT West Side Line
Location: 242nd Street/Van Cortlandt Park
Route: Fan Trip
Car: R33-WF 9327
Photo by: Jorge Catayi
Date: 5/1/2005
Viewed (this week/total): 4 / 2482


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Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: IRT West Side Line
Location: 242nd Street/Van Cortlandt Park
Route: Fan Trip
Car: R22 37371
Photo by: Chris M.
Date: 5/1/2005
Viewed (this week/total): 1 / 1436


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Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: IRT West Side Line
Location: 242nd Street/Van Cortlandt Park
Route: Fan Trip
Car: Low-V (Museum Train) 5443
Photo by: Richard Panse
Date: 11/21/2004
Viewed (this week/total): 10 / 2999


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Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: IRT West Side Line
Location: 242nd Street/Van Cortlandt Park
Route: Fan Trip
Car: Low-V (Museum Train) 5292
Photo by: Richard Panse
Date: 11/21/2004
Viewed (this week/total): 2 / 2257


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Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: IRT West Side Line
Location: 242nd Street/Van Cortlandt Park
Route: 1
Photo by: Richard Panse
Date: 11/21/2004
Viewed (this week/total): 9 / 3739


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Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: IRT West Side Line
Location: 242nd Street/Van Cortlandt Park
Route: 1
Car: R62A (Bombardier, 1984-1987) 2260
Photo by: Richard Panse
Date: 11/21/2004
Viewed (this week/total): 0 / 3746


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Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: IRT West Side Line
Location: 242nd Street/Van Cortlandt Park
Route: 1
Car: R62A (Bombardier, 1984-1987) 2441
Photo by: David Pirmann
Date: 11/6/2004
Viewed (this week/total): 3 / 4512


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Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: IRT West Side Line
Location: 242nd Street/Van Cortlandt Park
Photo by: Ted Siuta
Date: 7/25/2004
Notes: Station house exterior.
Viewed (this week/total): 2 / 2827


(image 33598) (106k, 820x620)
Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: IRT West Side Line
Location: 242nd Street/Van Cortlandt Park
Photo by: Ted Siuta
Date: 7/25/2004
Notes: Station house exterior.
Viewed (this week/total): 8 / 5763


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