174-175 Sts Station: Ridership & Busiest Hours

2,620riders a day
#324 of 424busiest stations
+1.3%vs last year so far
7 AMbusiest hour

How busy is 174-175 Sts?

About 2,620 riders a day enter 174-175 Sts (Oct 23, 2025 – Oct 22, 2026). It is the #324 busiest of 424 subway stations. Ridership at 174-175 Sts is up 1.3% 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 7 AM, with about 258 riders entering on an average day. The quietest hour is 1 AM (about 5).

  • 12 AM9
  • 1 AM5
  • 2 AM6
  • 3 AM15
  • 4 AM37
  • 5 AM88
  • 6 AM152
  • 7 AM258
  • 8 AM240
  • 9 AM158
  • 10 AM134
  • 11 AM114
  • 12 PM108
  • 1 PM134
  • 2 PM158
  • 3 PM181
  • 4 PM183
  • 5 PM170
  • 6 PM91
  • 7 PM74
  • 8 PM42
  • 9 PM38
  • 10 PM29
  • 11 PM18

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)No
Riders vs 201963% 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 22% of subway trips that start at 174-175 Sts.

  1. 1
    34 St-Herald SqB D F M N Q R W · Manhattan5.2%
  2. 2
    59 St-Columbus Circle1 A C B D · Manhattan4.9%
  3. 3
    125 StA C B D · Manhattan4.2%
  4. 4
    161 St-Yankee Stadium4 B D · Bronx3.8%
  5. 5
    Times Sq-42 St/Port Authority Bus Terminal1 2 3 7 A C E N Q R W S · Manhattan3.5%

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.

174-175 Sts is served by the B, D trains.

B train · 72.2% on time D train · 78.3% on time

Nearby stations

Straight-line distance.

StationLinesRiders a dayDistance
176 St43,3220.2 mi
Mt Eden Av42,6330.3 mi
Tremont AvB D4,9700.4 mi
170 StB D3,9400.5 mi
Burnside Av44,5610.5 mi

Questions

How many people use 174-175 Sts station?

About 2,620 riders a day enter 174-175 Sts (Oct 23, 2025 – Oct 22, 2026). It is the #324 busiest of 424 subway stations.

When is 174-175 Sts station busiest?

The busiest hour is 7 AM, with about 258 riders entering on an average day. The quietest hour is 1 AM (about 5).

Is 174-175 Sts getting busier?

Ridership at 174-175 Sts is up 1.3% in 2026 so far compared with the same days of 2025 (whole subway: +2.9%).

Which trains stop at 174-175 Sts?

174-175 Sts is served by the B, D 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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