Norwood-205 St Station: Ridership & Busiest Hours
Bronx · D trains · From MTA open data, Oct 23, 2025 – Oct 22, 2026 · Not affiliated with the MTA
How busy is Norwood-205 St?
About 3,774 riders a day enter Norwood-205 St (Oct 23, 2025 – Oct 22, 2026). It is the #257 busiest of 424 subway stations. Ridership at Norwood-205 St is down 2% 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 479 riders entering on an average day. The quietest hour is 1 AM (about 9).
- 12 AM12
- 1 AM9
- 2 AM12
- 3 AM22
- 4 AM69
- 5 AM174
- 6 AM341
- 7 AM479
- 8 AM393
- 9 AM219
- 10 AM181
- 11 AM165
- 12 PM170
- 1 PM202
- 2 PM217
- 3 PM213
- 4 PM219
- 5 PM202
- 6 PM130
- 7 PM92
- 8 PM76
- 9 PM58
- 10 PM36
- 11 PM21
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 |
| Escalators working (1) | 97.5% of the time · all stations: 95.5% |
| Escalators: unplanned outages | 46 |
| Riders vs 2019 | 52% 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 20% of subway trips that start at Norwood-205 St.
- 159 St-Columbus Circle1 A C B D · Manhattan5.4%
- 234 St-Herald SqB D F M N Q R W · Manhattan4.8%
- 3145 StA C B D · Manhattan3.4%
- 4Times Sq-42 St/Port Authority Bus Terminal1 2 3 7 A C E N Q R W S · Manhattan3.1%
- 5161 St-Yankee Stadium4 B D · Bronx3%
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.
Norwood-205 St is served by the D train.
Nearby stations
Straight-line distance.
| Station | Lines | Riders a day | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bedford Park Blvd | B D | 4,064 | 0.4 mi |
| Mosholu Pkwy | 4 | 4,309 | 0.5 mi |
| Bedford Park Blvd-Lehman College | 4 | 3,048 | 0.6 mi |
| Burke Av | 2 5 | 1,443 | 0.7 mi |
| Gun Hill Rd | 2 5 | 3,444 | 0.7 mi |
Questions
How many people use Norwood-205 St station?
About 3,774 riders a day enter Norwood-205 St (Oct 23, 2025 – Oct 22, 2026). It is the #257 busiest of 424 subway stations.
When is Norwood-205 St station busiest?
The busiest hour is 7 AM, with about 479 riders entering on an average day. The quietest hour is 1 AM (about 9).
Is Norwood-205 St getting busier?
Ridership at Norwood-205 St is down 2% in 2026 so far compared with the same days of 2025 (whole subway: +2.9%).
Which trains stop at Norwood-205 St?
Norwood-205 St is served by the D 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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