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| image = 242ndBack.jpg
| image_caption = Looking south from the north end of the tracks, a 1 train enters Track 1. Another 1 train sits at Track 4.
| address = West 242nd Street & Broadway<br>Bronx, NY 10471▼
| bg_color = #E20F00
▲| address = West 242nd Street & Broadway<br>Bronx, NY 10471
| borough = [[The Bronx]]
| locale = [[Riverdale, Bronx|Riverdale]] & [[Fieldston, Bronx|Fieldston]]
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| line = [[IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line]]
| service = Broadway-Seventh north
| connection = {{Unbulleted list
| connection = {{bus icon}} '''[[NYCT Bus]]''': {{NYC bus link|Bx9}}<br>{{bus icon}} '''[[MTA Bus]]''': {{NYC bus link|BxM3}}<br>{{bus icon}} '''[[Bee-Line Bus]]''': 1, 2, 3
| {{bus icon}} [[NYCT Bus]]: {{NYC bus link|Bx9}}
| {{bus icon}} [[MTA Bus]]: {{NYC bus link|BxM3}}
| {{bus icon}} [[Bee-Line Bus]]: [[List of bus routes in Westchester County|1, 2, 3]]
}}
| structure = Elevated
| platforms = 1 [[island platform]] (in service)<br>2 [[side platform]]s (unused)<br>[[Spanish solution]]
| tracks = 2
| code = 293
| open_date = {{start date and age|1908|08|01}}
| passengers = 2,333,136<ref name="2016-rider">{{NYCS const|riderref}}</ref>
| pass_year = 2018
| pass_percent = 3.7
| rank = 199
| accessible = future
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The '''Van Cortlandt Park–242nd Street station''' is the northern [[terminal station]] onof the [[IRTNew Broadway–SeventhYork AvenueCity LineSubway]] of the's [[NewIRT YorkBroadway–Seventh CityAvenue SubwayLine]]. Located at the intersection of 242nd Street and [[Broadway (Manhattan)|Broadway]] ([[U.S. Route 9 in New York|US Route 9]]) in the [[Riverdale, Bronx|Riverdale]] neighborhood of [[the Bronx]], it is served by the [[1 (New York City Subway service)|1]] train at all times. It is adjacent to [[Van Cortlandt Park]] to the east, [[Manhattan College]], and the [[240th Street Yard]] of the subway system, along with the affluent neighborhoods of [[Fieldston, Bronx|Fieldston]] and [[Riverdale, Bronx|Riverdale]] to the west.
 
It was built from a design by subway architects [[Heins and Lafarge]]. Today it is the only remaining [[Victorian Gothic]] [[elevated train|elevated]] terminal station on the subway, and contains the subway's only remaining [[scrollwork|scrolled]] station sign among its [[ornament (architecture)|decorative]] flourishes. In 2005, it was listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]].
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===Later years===
To address overcrowding, in 1909, the [[New York Public Service Commission]] proposed lengthening the platforms at stations along the original IRT subway.<ref name="HAER Impact">{{cite web|last=Hood|first=Clifton|date=1978|title=The Impact of the IRT in New York City|url=https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/master/pnp/habshaer/ny/ny0300/ny0387/data/ny0387data.pdf|access-date=December 20, 2020|publisher=Historic American Engineering Record|pages=146–207 (PDF pp. 147–208)}} {{PD-notice}}</ref>{{Rp|168}} 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 ${{inflation|fmt=c|index=US|value=1.5|start_year=1910|r=1}} million in {{inflation/year|index=US}}) spent on platform lengthening, $500,000 (equivalent to ${{Inflationinflation|fmt=c|index=US|500000value=0.5|start_year=1910|fmtr=eq1}} million in {{inflation/year|index=US}}) was spent on building additional entrances and exits. It was anticipated that these improvements would increase capacity by 25 percent.<ref name="Report 1911">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0fBLAQAAMAAJ&q=+zoological+station&pg=PA596|title=Report of the Public Service Commission for the First District of the State of New York For The Year Ending December 31, 1910|date=1911|publisher=Public Service Commission|language=en}}</ref>{{Rp|15}} The side platforms at the 242nd Street station were extended {{convert|62|ft}} to the south.<ref name="Report 1911"/>{{rp|114}} Six-car local trains began operating in October 1910,<ref name="HAER Impact" />{{Rp|168}} and ten-car express trains began running on the West Side Line on January 24, 1911.<ref name="HAER Impact" />{{Rp|168}}<ref>{{Cite news|url-access=limited|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1911/01/23/archives/tencar-trains-in-subway-today-new-service-begins-on-lenox-av-line.html|title=Ten-car Trains in Subway to-day; New Service Begins on Lenox Av. Line and Will Be Extended to Broadway To-morrow.|date=January 23, 1911|work=The New York Times|access-date=April 5, 2018|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
 
In 1947, [[Jack Kerouac]] passed through the station, then a busy trolley hub, at the end of the first leg of his escape from the city in what became ''[[On the Road]]''. His goal was to reach [[U.S. Route 6 in New York|U.S. Route 6]] at the [[Bear Mountain Bridge]] and use it as a route along which to go [[Western United States|West]] to [[Denver]]. The attempt failed when he found very little traffic on Route 6 to [[hitchhiking|hitch]] rides from, and he returned to the city to take a bus instead.<ref name="NYT On the Road story">{{cite news|last=Keller|first=Mitch|title=City Lore: When On the Road was On the Subway|url-access=limited|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/15/nyregion/thecity/15kero.html|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=July 15, 2007|access-date=December 16, 2010}}</ref>
 
The city government took over the IRT's operations on June 12, 1940.<ref>{{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-access=subscription|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 }}</ref><ref name="p1248134780">{{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}}}}</ref> The IRT routes were given numbered designations in 1948 with the introduction of [[List of New York City Subway R-type contracts|"R-type" rolling stock]], which contained [[rollsign]]s with numbered designations for each service. <ref>{{cite web | last=Brown | first=Nicole | title=How did the MTA subway lines get their letter or number? NYCurious | website=amNewYork | date=May 17, 2019 | url=https://www.amny.com/transit/nyc-subway-name-1-31116195/ | access-date=January 27, 2021}}</ref> The route to 242nd Street became known as the [[1 (New York City Subway service)|1]].<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Friedlander|first=Alex|last2=Lonto|first2=Arthur|last3=Raudenbush|first3=Henry|date=April 1960|title=A Summary of Services on the IRT Division, NYCTA|url=https://erausa.org/pdf/bulletin/1960/1960-01-bulletin.pdf|journal=New York Division Bulletin|publisher=Electric Railroaders' Association|volume=3|issue=1|page=2|access-date=January 27, 2021|archive-date=September 14, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200914232631/https://erausa.org/pdf/bulletin/1960/1960-01-bulletin.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 1959, all 1 trains became local.<ref>{{cite news|date=February 7, 1959|title=Wagner Praises Modernized IRT — Mayor and Transit Authority Are Hailed as West Side Changes Take Effect|page=21|work=The New York Times|url-access=subscription|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1959/02/07/archives/wagner-praises-modernized-irt-mayor-and-transit-authority-are.html?_r=0|access-date=November 6, 2016}}</ref>
 
In 2019, the [[Metropolitan Transportation Authority]] announced that this station would become [[ADA-accessible]] as part of the agency's 2020–2024 Capital Program.<ref>{{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=March 22, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200322233116/http://www.mta.info/press-release/mta-headquarters/mta-announces-20-additional-subway-stations-receive-accessibility|url-status=dead}}</ref>
 
A request for proposals was put out on May 18, 2023 for the contract for a project bundle to make 13 stations accessible, including 242nd Street.<ref>{{cite web |date=May 18, 2023 |title=A37758 Design-Build Services for ADA Upgrades Package 5: Accessibility Upgrades at 13 Stations in the City of New York |url=https://new.mta.info/document/112391 |access-date=May 10, 2024 |website=mta.info |publisher=Metropolitan Transportation Authority}}</ref> A contract for one elevator at the station was awarded in December 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |date=20 Dec 2023 |title=December 2023 MTA Board Action Items |url=https://new.mta.info/document/129196 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231222012801/https://new.mta.info/document/129196 |archive-date=December 22, 2023 |access-date=2024-03-02 |website=Metropolitan Transportation Authority |pages=46–47}}</ref>
 
==Station layout==
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{{NYCS Platform Layout Terminal Station/elevated Spanish solution|track1=Track 4|track2=Track 1|color=red}}
 
The station is served by the [[1 (New York City Subway service)|1]] at all times.<ref>{{NYCS const|timetable|1}}</ref> It is the northern terminus of the 1 train; the next stop to the south is [[238th Street (IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line)|238th Street]].<ref name="submap">{{NYCS const|map}}</ref> There are three components to the station: the [[railway platform|platform]]s, a control house perpendicular to the tracks at the north end, and a crew quarters building spanning the platform at the south end. From the northeast corner an [[overpass]] crosses the through-traffic lanes of Broadway. Two stairs descend in either direction from its end, matching the two stairs that descend to the sidewalk from the west of the control house.<ref name="NRHP nom">{{cite web|last=Howe|first=Kathleen|title=National Register of Historic Places nomination, 242nd Street–Van Cortlandt Park Station|url=http://www.oprhp.state.ny.us/hpimaging/hp_view.asp?GroupView=101408|publisher=[[New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation]]|date=July 6, 2004|access-date=December 14, 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121017230813/http://www.oprhp.state.ny.us/hpimaging/hp_view.asp?GroupView=101408|archive-date=October 17, 2012}}</ref>
 
Just south of the station, the line widens to three tracks, which is the configuration up to just before [[Dyckman Street (IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line)|Dyckman Street]].
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* nycsubway.org — [http://www.nycsubway.org/perl/artwork_show?208 Unknown Artwork From 2007 at Van Cortlandt Park — 242nd Street]
* Station Reporter — [https://web.archive.org/web/20141010102251/http://www.stationreporter.net/1train.htm 1 Train]
* The Subway Nut — [http://www.subwaynut.com/irt/242n1/index.html 242nd Street–Van Cortlandt Park Pictures] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200706134659/http://www.subwaynut.com/irt/242n1/index.html |date=July 6, 2020 }}
* [https://maps.google.com/maps?ll=40.889661,-73.898096&spn=0.001,0.002406&t=h&z=19&layer=c&cbll=40.889736,-73.898061&panoid=4DjDmFAUGz2Ntc6mbd8c5Q&cbp=12,99.14,,0,4.41 242nd Street entrance from Google Maps Street View]
* [https://www.google.com/maps/@40.8899087,-73.8962209,3a,63.8y,19.41h,37.32t/data=!3m8!1e1!3m6!1sAF1QipNdcHSHo2sbVeKbgm9wkGwkVW4Mis6v-eyalkTz!2e10!3e11!6shttps:%2F%2Flh5.googleusercontent.com%2Fp%2FAF1QipNdcHSHo2sbVeKbgm9wkGwkVW4Mis6v-eyalkTz%3Dw203-h100-k-no-pi0-ya310.205-ro0-fo100!7i8192!8i4096 Platforms from Google Maps Street View]
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