149 St-Grand Concourse Station: Ridership & Busiest Hours
Bronx · 2 4 5 trains · From MTA open data, Oct 23, 2025 – Oct 22, 2026 · Not affiliated with the MTA
How busy is 149 St-Grand Concourse?
About 7,126 riders a day enter 149 St-Grand Concourse (Oct 23, 2025 – Oct 22, 2026). It is the #151 busiest of 424 subway stations. Ridership at 149 St-Grand Concourse is up 0.1% in 2026 so far compared with the same days of 2025 (whole subway: +2.9%).
When is it busiest?
Average riders entering per hour, last 56 days (from Aug 28, 2026).
The busiest hour is 4 PM, with about 868 riders entering on an average day. The quietest hour is 1 AM (about 31).
- 12 AM78
- 1 AM31
- 2 AM31
- 3 AM34
- 4 AM68
- 5 AM151
- 6 AM325
- 7 AM671
- 8 AM561
- 9 AM379
- 10 AM332
- 11 AM364
- 12 PM430
- 1 PM495
- 2 PM620
- 3 PM788
- 4 PM868
- 5 PM729
- 6 PM457
- 7 PM370
- 8 PM278
- 9 PM184
- 10 PM144
- 11 PM120
Station report card
Elevators and escalators: share of hours in service over 24 hours, October 2025 – September 2026 (MTA availability). Entrapments = times riders were stuck inside an elevator. Riders vs 2019 compares the last 12 months with 2019, the last full year before the pandemic.
| Accessible (ADA) | Yes |
| Elevators working (3) | 97.3% of the time · all stations: 97% |
| Elevators: unplanned outages | 8 · entrapments: 5 |
| Riders vs 2019 | 65% of the 2019 level (October 2025 – September 2026) |
Where do riders from here go?
Share of subway trips starting here that end at each station, September 2026 (MTA origin-destination ridership estimate).
The top 5 destinations take 12% of subway trips that start at 149 St-Grand Concourse.
- 1Grand Central-42 St4 5 6 7 S · Manhattan2.8%
- 2Times Sq-42 St/Port Authority Bus Terminal1 2 3 7 A C E N Q R W S · Manhattan2.6%
- 3125 St4 5 6 · Manhattan2.4%
- 414 St-Union Sq4 5 6 L N Q R W · Manhattan2.1%
- 586 St4 5 6 · Manhattan2.1%
Lines at this station
On time = share of each line's trips reaching the last stop within 5 minutes of schedule (MTA terminal on-time performance), October 2025 – September 2026. The MTA measures this per line, not per station.
149 St-Grand Concourse is served by the 2, 4, 5 trains.
2 train · 72.4% on time 4 train · 80.2% on time 5 train · 81.2% on time
Nearby stations
Straight-line distance.
| Station | Lines | Riders a day | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 138 St-Grand Concourse | 4 5 | 2,620 | 0.4 mi |
| 145 St | 3 | 1,868 | 0.5 mi |
| 3 Av-149 St | 2 5 | 11,332 | 0.5 mi |
| 3 Av-138 St | 6 | 5,284 | 0.5 mi |
| Harlem-148 St | 3 | 1,884 | 0.6 mi |
Questions
How many people use 149 St-Grand Concourse station?
About 7,126 riders a day enter 149 St-Grand Concourse (Oct 23, 2025 – Oct 22, 2026). It is the #151 busiest of 424 subway stations.
When is 149 St-Grand Concourse station busiest?
The busiest hour is 4 PM, with about 868 riders entering on an average day. The quietest hour is 1 AM (about 31).
Is 149 St-Grand Concourse getting busier?
Ridership at 149 St-Grand Concourse is up 0.1% in 2026 so far compared with the same days of 2025 (whole subway: +2.9%).
Which trains stop at 149 St-Grand Concourse?
149 St-Grand Concourse is served by the 2, 4, 5 trains.
Data: MTA Subway Hourly Ridership (data.ny.gov). Riders are entries at the turnstiles and OMNY readers, so transfers inside the station are not counted. Updated Oct 29, 2026. All stations ranked → · All subway ridership →
Source code: github.com/MantieReid/mta-data-analysis · Analysis by Mantie Reid II (CC BY 4.0).
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