E 180 St Station: Ridership & Busiest Hours

5,397riders a day
#187 of 424busiest stations
+4.6%vs last year so far
7 AMbusiest hour

How busy is E 180 St?

About 5,397 riders a day enter E 180 St (Oct 23, 2025 – Oct 22, 2026). It is the #187 busiest of 424 subway stations. Ridership at E 180 St is up 4.6% 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 822 riders entering on an average day. The quietest hour is 1 AM (about 18).

  • 12 AM33
  • 1 AM18
  • 2 AM19
  • 3 AM39
  • 4 AM117
  • 5 AM321
  • 6 AM571
  • 7 AM822
  • 8 AM646
  • 9 AM365
  • 10 AM279
  • 11 AM241
  • 12 PM248
  • 1 PM305
  • 2 PM336
  • 3 PM358
  • 4 PM327
  • 5 PM285
  • 6 PM219
  • 7 PM149
  • 8 PM111
  • 9 PM102
  • 10 PM80
  • 11 PM58

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 (2)98.9% of the time · all stations: 97%
Elevators: unplanned outages18 · entrapments: 1
Riders vs 201987% 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 180 St.

  1. 1
    Times Sq-42 St/Port Authority Bus Terminal1 2 3 7 A C E N Q R W S · Manhattan4.3%
  2. 2
    34 St-Penn Station1 2 3 · Manhattan3.6%
  3. 3
    3 Av-149 St2 5 · Bronx3.1%
  4. 4
    Grand Central-42 St4 5 6 7 S · Manhattan2.9%
  5. 5
    Eastchester-Dyre Av5 · Bronx2.6%

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 180 St is served by the 2, 5 trains.

2 train · 72.4% on time 5 train · 81.2% on time

Nearby stations

Straight-line distance.

StationLinesRiders a dayDistance
West Farms Sq-E Tremont Av2 53,4950.4 mi
Bronx Park East2 51,3590.5 mi
St Lawrence Av62,3930.8 mi
174 St2 53,8410.8 mi
Morrison Av-Soundview63,5870.9 mi

Questions

How many people use E 180 St station?

About 5,397 riders a day enter E 180 St (Oct 23, 2025 – Oct 22, 2026). It is the #187 busiest of 424 subway stations.

When is E 180 St station busiest?

The busiest hour is 7 AM, with about 822 riders entering on an average day. The quietest hour is 1 AM (about 18).

Is E 180 St getting busier?

Ridership at E 180 St is up 4.6% in 2026 so far compared with the same days of 2025 (whole subway: +2.9%).

Which trains stop at E 180 St?

E 180 St is served by the 2, 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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