Substation 219

United States historic place


Substation 219
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

Substation 219, March 2009
40°48′56″N 73°56′53″W / 40.81556°N 73.94806°W / 40.81556; -73.94806
Area	less than one acre
Built	1932
Architectural style	Art Deco
MPS	New York City Subway System MPS
NRHP reference No.	06000023 ^[1]
Added to NRHP	February 9, 2006

Substation 219, also known as the Harlem Substation, is a historic electrical substation located in Harlem, New York, New York. It was constructed by the Independent Subway System in 1932 to provide power to the IND Eighth Avenue Line.^[2] It is a single-story, double-height masonry building in the Art Deco style. It features a low brick parapet topped by a band of limestone coping and a limestone frieze consisting of diamond-shaped limestone pieces and a brick chevron pattern. The main entrance doors are faced in aluminium and incorporate Art Deco-style geometric motifs.^[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2006.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
^ "Harlem IND Substation". Forgotten New York. May 2017. Retrieved 2019-09-12.
^ Kathleen A. Howe (March 2004). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Substation 219". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Archived from the original on 2012-10-19. Retrieved 2011-03-19. See also: "Accompanying six photos". Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2011-03-23.

New York City Subway

Current
services

Shuttles	42nd Street Franklin Avenue Rockaway Park
Planned

Defunct
services

1985–present
Pre-1985	8 9 (Dyre Avenue) AA BB CC EE (Eighth Avenue) EE (Broadway) GG HH (Court Street) JJ K (Jamaica) KK LL MJ NX QB QJ QT RJ RR T TT
Shuttles	Bowling Green Broadway/63rd Street Culver Grand Street Nassau Street Polo Grounds Sixth Avenue/63rd Street
BMT numbers	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Brooklyn Loops East New York Loop
Unused labels	Unused New York City Subway service labels

Stations (List)

By borough	The Bronx Brooklyn Manhattan Queens
By type	Closed Terminals Transfer Accessible

Divisions

A Division
- IRT
B Division
- BMT
- IND

Other lists

History

Early history	IRT BMT BRT Dual Contracts
Expansions	MTA Capital Construction and Development Company Chrystie Street Connection Interborough Express Program for Action 7 Subway Extension Second Avenue Subway Historic proposals Construction Other proposals LaGuardia Airport extension
Notable crashes	Ninth Avenue, 1905 Malbone Street, 1918 Times Square, 1928 Union Square, 1991 Williamsburg Bridge, 1995 96th Street, 2024
Strikes	1966 1980 2005
Service disruptions	2017–2021 New York City transit crisis 2019–2020 L train shutdown
Other major incidents	1984 shooting 2000 lawsuit 2017 bombing 2020 fire 2022 attack 2023 killing

Infrastructure

Accessibility
58 Joralemon Street
Fulton Center
- Corbin Building
- Dey Street Passageway
Substations
- 7
- 18
- 219
- 401
- IRT
- Dyckman-Hillside

Arts and
culture

Miscellaneous

Other rapid
transit in NYC

Historical	Beach Pneumatic Transit Manhattan Railway Company

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