Simpson Street

Simpson Street is a local station on the IRT White Plains Road Line of the New York City Subway. Located at the intersection of Simpson Street and Westchester Avenue in the Longwood neighborhood of the Bronx, it is served by the 2 train at all times, and the 5 train at all other times except during late nights on weekdays and rush hours in the peak direction.Station layoutThis elevated station, opened on November 26, 1904, but was originally for the Bergen Avenue By-pass spur of the IRT Third Avenue Line, until July 10, 1905 when the "IRT Broadway Express Line" was constructed at Jackson Avenue, eventually replacing the original line in 1955. It was renovated in the early 2000s, and has two side platforms and three tracks. The center express track is used by the 5 train during rush hours in the peak direction. To the north, the line curves from Westchester Avenue to Southern Boulevard. The IRT Pelham Line, which curves above Westchester Avenue five blocks northeast of this station, is visible from the east end of the platforms.Both platforms have cream-colored windscreens and red canopies. Both platforms also have green outlines, frames and support columns, in their center and green waist-high, ornament-style steel fences at either ends with several lampposts. The station's signs are in the standard black name plates with white Helvetica lettering.