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Concourse Yard Entry Buildings

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2006. 15 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1891.

From the record

“The New York City Transit Authority operates 24 rail yards for the New York City Subway system and one for the Staten Island Railway. There are 10 active A Division yards and 11 active B Division yards, two of which are shared between divisions for storage and car washing.”

Wikipedia article List of New York City Subway yards, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 91 National Register listings published here for Bronx County · listed in 2006 · category: Structure.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service · the Wikipedia article

The listing

  • What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 2 structuress as contributing to the listing.
  • Address. W. 205th St., bet. Jerome and Paul Aves., Bronx, 10468
  • When was it listed? February 2006
  • Category. structure
  • Also known as. New York City Subway System MPS
  • Borough. The Bronx
  • Architectural style. Art Deco architecture
  • Architect. Robert Ridgway
  • National Register reference number. 06000014 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.

Then and now

1891 to 1998

The ground this property stands on, surveyed 107 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet covering Concourse Yard Entry Buildings, surveyed 1998
Topographic sheet covering Concourse Yard Entry Buildings, surveyed 1891

Fires near this property

2,713 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2,713 fires within 5 miles of Concourse Yard Entry Buildings between 2000 and 2020, burning about 874 acres in total. 160 started naturally. 152 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1905
Smoking167
Recreation and ceremony164
Natural160
Arson/incendiarism152
Debris and open burning62
Equipment and vehicle use62
Misuse of fire by a minor22
Power generation/transmission/distribution9
Other causes6
Railroad operations and maintenance4

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
9 September 2016Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
9 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
9 September 2015Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
9 September 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Every fire recorded in Bronx County

Mines and quarries near this property

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Concourse Yard Entry Buildings: 5 occurrences, 2 past producers, 1 plant. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Titanium, Garnet, Zirconium, Beryllium. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
(Facility) Laurel Hill RefineryCopper, Gold, Nickel, Silver, Tellurium, Selenium, Palladium, PlatinumPlant
155th St & 10th Ave Garnet DepositGarnet, ZirconiumOccurrence
159th St & 11th Ave Beryl DepositBerylliumOccurrence
176/178 Sts & 11th Ave DepositTitanium, Garnet, GemstoneOccurrence
200th St & 10th Ave Kyanite DepositKyaniteOccurrence
National Gypsum/ Bronx MillGypsum-AnhydritePast Producer
Star Sand and Gravel Inc. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
180th St & 10th Ave Rutile DepositTitaniumOccurrence

Every working recorded in Bronx County

Storms near this property

31 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bronx, the town this property stands in, in 31 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 14 thunderstorm wind, 10 flash flood, 4 hail, 2 lightning. The reports record 1 death and 4 injuries. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
September 1998Thunderstorm WindBronx1 killed, 2 hurtno account filed
June 2006LightningBronx1 hurtLightning stuck a person at Crotona Park pool. Extent of injuries unknown.
May 1997Thunderstorm WindBronx1 hurtno account filed
September 2012Thunderstorm WindBronx$12,500Numerous trees and limbs were reported down throughout the Bronx.
August 2020Thunderstorm WindBronx$1,000Large tree branch down on Hoe Avenue in the Longwood section of the Bronx.
July 2025Flash FloodBronx-Cross Bronx Expressway at Jerome Avenue closed in both directions due to flooding.
July 2022Flash FloodBronx-All lanes blocked on the I-87 Major Deegan Expressway Northbound approaching Exit 8 - West 179th Street.
July 2022HailBronx-MPING report of 1 inch hail.
July 2014Flash FloodBronx-All lanes were closed on the Cross Bronx Expressway at Jerome Ave. due to flooding. The northbound exit ramp to Jerome Ave. was also closed due to flooding.
July 2009Flash FloodBronx-In the neighborhood of Morrisania in the Bronx, 3rd Ave. in the vicinity of the Bronx-Lebanon Hospital was closed due to flooding.
June 2007Thunderstorm WindBronx-Large Tree and limbs down on West 231st Street between Palisade and Independence Avenues.
June 2007Flash FloodBronx-Flash Flooding of Major Deegan Expressway (I-87) Soutbound at 230th St (W).
October 2006Flash FloodBronx-Heavy rain produced flash flooding along portions of the Bronx River Parkway and Bruckner Expressway in East Tremont.
August 2004Thunderstorm WindBronx-A large tree was downed on Van Ness Street.
September 2004Flash FloodBronx-Flash flooding on the Bronx River Parkway.
May 2002Thunderstorm WindBronx-As a severe thunderstorm moved east, it produced high winds that downed trees at the intersection of the Henry Hudson Parkway and West 247th Street.
June 2002Thunderstorm WindBronx-Police reported that strong winds knocked down several trees and power lines.
June 2002Flash FloodBronx-Radio media reported widespread street flooding in the Bronx.
August 2002Thunderstorm WindBronx-New York City Office of Emergency Management reported a building collapse.
June 2002Thunderstorm WindBronx-Police reported that several trees were knocked down in the Bronx.
April 2007FloodBronx-no account filed
August 2004HailBronx-no account filed
May 2000Thunderstorm WindBronx-no account filed
August 2000Flash FloodBronx-no account filed
June 2000Thunderstorm WindBronx-no account filed
June 1998HailBronx-no account filed
July 1997Thunderstorm WindBronx-no account filed
May 1997Thunderstorm WindBronx-no account filed
November 1997HailBronx-no account filed
August 1996LightningBronx-no account filed
September 1996Flash FloodBronx-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Bronx County

Maps showing this location

15 surveys

United States Geological Survey topographic sheets whose coverage includes this point. Matched by taking the coordinate the National Park Service records for this property, then testing that coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet.

Listed places nearby

6 within 8 miles

Other National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.

Photograph PropertyDistance Listed
Concourse Yard Substationunder 500 feet2006
High Pumping Station0.2 miles1983
Jerome Park Reservoir0.3 miles2000
Valentine-Varian House0.5 miles1978
Fort Independence Historic District0.6 miles2016
Williamsbridge Oval Park0.6 miles2015

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 06000014 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Bronx CountyAll 91 listed properties in this county.

Provenance

  • Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
  • Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
  • How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
  • Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
  • Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
  • Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.