Wakefield-241 St Station: Ridership & Busiest Hours

2,600riders a day
#326 of 424busiest stations
+3.2%vs last year so far
7 AMbusiest hour

How busy is Wakefield-241 St?

About 2,600 riders a day enter Wakefield-241 St (Oct 23, 2025 – Oct 22, 2026). It is the #326 busiest of 424 subway stations. Ridership at Wakefield-241 St is up 3.2% 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 322 riders entering on an average day. The quietest hour is 2 AM (about 18).

  • 12 AM26
  • 1 AM19
  • 2 AM18
  • 3 AM31
  • 4 AM75
  • 5 AM146
  • 6 AM269
  • 7 AM322
  • 8 AM200
  • 9 AM132
  • 10 AM105
  • 11 AM101
  • 12 PM113
  • 1 PM118
  • 2 PM124
  • 3 PM154
  • 4 PM159
  • 5 PM157
  • 6 PM106
  • 7 PM77
  • 8 PM70
  • 9 PM68
  • 10 PM47
  • 11 PM36

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 201965% 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 Wakefield-241 St.

  1. 1
    Gun Hill Rd2 5 · Bronx4.7%
  2. 2
    Pelham Pkwy2 5 · Bronx4.4%
  3. 3
    Flatbush Av-Brooklyn College2 5 · Brooklyn4.2%
  4. 4
    E 180 St2 5 · Bronx3.9%
  5. 5
    Times Sq-42 St/Port Authority Bus Terminal1 2 3 7 A C E N Q R W S · Manhattan3.8%

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.

Wakefield-241 St is served by the 2 train.

2 train · 72.4% on time

Nearby stations

Straight-line distance.

StationLinesRiders a dayDistance
Nereid Av2 51,6220.4 mi
233 St2 52,0900.8 mi
225 St2 51,6811.2 mi
Eastchester-Dyre Av52,5071.5 mi
219 St2 51,6101.5 mi

Questions

How many people use Wakefield-241 St station?

About 2,600 riders a day enter Wakefield-241 St (Oct 23, 2025 – Oct 22, 2026). It is the #326 busiest of 424 subway stations.

When is Wakefield-241 St station busiest?

The busiest hour is 7 AM, with about 322 riders entering on an average day. The quietest hour is 2 AM (about 18).

Is Wakefield-241 St getting busier?

Ridership at Wakefield-241 St is up 3.2% in 2026 so far compared with the same days of 2025 (whole subway: +2.9%).

Which trains stop at Wakefield-241 St?

Wakefield-241 St is served by the 2 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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