Bedford Park Blvd Station: Ridership & Busiest Hours

4,064riders a day
#235 of 424busiest stations
+7.3%vs last year so far
7 AMbusiest hour

How busy is Bedford Park Blvd?

About 4,064 riders a day enter Bedford Park Blvd (Oct 23, 2025 – Oct 22, 2026). It is the #235 busiest of 424 subway stations. Ridership at Bedford Park Blvd is up 7.3% 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 536 riders entering on an average day. The quietest hour is 2 AM (about 17).

  • 12 AM23
  • 1 AM19
  • 2 AM17
  • 3 AM25
  • 4 AM72
  • 5 AM174
  • 6 AM343
  • 7 AM536
  • 8 AM462
  • 9 AM263
  • 10 AM206
  • 11 AM177
  • 12 PM185
  • 1 PM223
  • 2 PM253
  • 3 PM296
  • 4 PM253
  • 5 PM222
  • 6 PM144
  • 7 PM100
  • 8 PM87
  • 9 PM84
  • 10 PM59
  • 11 PM39

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)98.9% of the time · all stations: 97%
Elevators: unplanned outages24 · entrapments: 2
Riders vs 201967% 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 21% of subway trips that start at Bedford Park Blvd.

  1. 1
    59 St-Columbus Circle1 A C B D · Manhattan5.6%
  2. 2
    34 St-Herald SqB D F M N Q R W · Manhattan4.8%
  3. 3
    125 StA C B D · Manhattan3.7%
  4. 4
    47-50 Sts-Rockefeller CtrB D F M · Manhattan3.5%
  5. 5
    145 StA C B D · Manhattan3.4%

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.

Bedford Park Blvd 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
Bedford Park Blvd-Lehman College43,0480.2 mi
Norwood-205 StD3,7740.4 mi
Mosholu Pkwy44,3090.5 mi
Kingsbridge RdB D3,5680.5 mi
Kingsbridge Rd45,0720.6 mi

Questions

How many people use Bedford Park Blvd station?

About 4,064 riders a day enter Bedford Park Blvd (Oct 23, 2025 – Oct 22, 2026). It is the #235 busiest of 424 subway stations.

When is Bedford Park Blvd station busiest?

The busiest hour is 7 AM, with about 536 riders entering on an average day. The quietest hour is 2 AM (about 17).

Is Bedford Park Blvd getting busier?

Ridership at Bedford Park Blvd is up 7.3% in 2026 so far compared with the same days of 2025 (whole subway: +2.9%).

Which trains stop at Bedford Park Blvd?

Bedford Park Blvd 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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