Woodlawn (IRT Jerome Avenue Line)

Woodlawn
New York City Subway rapid transit station
The platforms at Woodlawn, looking south
Station statistics
Address	Bainbridge Avenue & Jerome Avenue Bronx, NY 10467
Borough	The Bronx
Locale	Norwood
Coordinates	40°53′10″N 73°52′44″W / 40.886005°N 73.878808°W / 40.886005; -73.878808Coordinates: 40°53′10″N 73°52′44″W / 40.886005°N 73.878808°W / 40.886005; -73.878808
Division	A (IRT)
Line	IRT Jerome Avenue Line
Services	4  (all times)
Transit connections	NYCT Bus: Bx16, Bx34 MTA Bus: BxM4 Bee-Line Bus: 4, 20, 21
Structure	Elevated
Platforms	1 island platform (in service) 2 side platforms (unused) Spanish solution
Tracks	2
Other information
Opened	April 15, 1918; 98 years ago (1918-04-15)
Traffic
Passengers (2015)	2,418,890  1.8%
Rank	203 out of 425
Station succession
Next north	(Terminal): 4
Next south	Mosholu Parkway (local): 4  Burnside Avenue (express): no regular service
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops all times
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Woodlawn Station (Dual System IRT)
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
MPS	New York City Subway System MPS
NRHP Reference #	05000679
Added to NRHP	July 6, 2005

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Panels from Children at Play

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Memorial mural on a wall of the station

Woodlawn is the northern terminal of the New York City Subway's IRT Jerome Avenue Line. The station is located at the intersection of Bainbridge and Jerome Avenues. Despite the station name, this intersection is in the Norwood section of the Bronx, and not in Woodlawn. It is served by the 4 train at all times.

The station was built in 1917 and opened the following year, from an Arts and Crafts design by the subway's chief architect, Squire J. Vickers. Its opening helped spur development of the area that had begun with the opening of nearby Woodlawn Cemetery. Following renovations in 2005, it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places for its use of ornamental concrete. A public art display of stained glass called Children at Play was also installed.

The station is located above Jerome Avenue just south of its oblique intersection with Bainbridge Avenue at that street's northern end. Woodlawn Cemetery is on the east side of the street, and its main entrance and gatehouse are a block to the north of the station. A large wooded portion of Van Cortlandt Park, including its golf course, on the other side buffers the cemetery, although it has been the site of a large construction project recently. The east side of Jerome to 213th Street is a mixture of small-scale commercial development and parking lots.