E 143 St-St Mary's St Station: Ridership & Busiest Hours

1,109riders a day
#407 of 424busiest stations
-4.1%vs last year so far
3 PMbusiest hour

How busy is E 143 St-St Mary's St?

About 1,109 riders a day enter E 143 St-St Mary's St (Oct 23, 2025 – Oct 22, 2026). It is the #407 busiest of 424 subway stations. Ridership at E 143 St-St Mary's St is down 4.1% 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 3 PM, with about 140 riders entering on an average day. The quietest hour is 1 AM (about 1).

  • 12 AM3
  • 1 AM1
  • 2 AM1
  • 3 AM1
  • 4 AM5
  • 5 AM23
  • 6 AM41
  • 7 AM76
  • 8 AM61
  • 9 AM33
  • 10 AM29
  • 11 AM25
  • 12 PM35
  • 1 PM48
  • 2 PM84
  • 3 PM140
  • 4 PM138
  • 5 PM66
  • 6 PM45
  • 7 PM30
  • 8 PM17
  • 9 PM15
  • 10 PM3
  • 11 PM4

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 2019122% 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 17% of subway trips that start at E 143 St-St Mary's St.

  1. 1
    125 St4 5 6 · Manhattan4.2%
  2. 2
    Parkchester6 · Bronx4%
  3. 3
    Grand Central-42 St4 5 6 7 S · Manhattan3.2%
  4. 4
    Morrison Av-Soundview6 · Bronx2.8%
  5. 5
    3 Av-138 St6 · Bronx2.7%

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.

E 143 St-St Mary's St is served by the 6 train.

6 train · 78% on time

Nearby stations

Straight-line distance.

StationLinesRiders a dayDistance
E 149 St62,5770.3 mi
Cypress Av61,7520.4 mi
Jackson Av2 53,3170.5 mi
Brook Av62,9730.6 mi
3 Av-149 St2 511,3320.7 mi

Questions

How many people use E 143 St-St Mary's St station?

About 1,109 riders a day enter E 143 St-St Mary's St (Oct 23, 2025 – Oct 22, 2026). It is the #407 busiest of 424 subway stations.

When is E 143 St-St Mary's St station busiest?

The busiest hour is 3 PM, with about 140 riders entering on an average day. The quietest hour is 1 AM (about 1).

Is E 143 St-St Mary's St getting busier?

Ridership at E 143 St-St Mary's St is down 4.1% in 2026 so far compared with the same days of 2025 (whole subway: +2.9%).

Which trains stop at E 143 St-St Mary's St?

E 143 St-St Mary's St is served by the 6 train.

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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