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Photograph of Mott Avenue Control House
Photograph by DanTD, CC BY-SA 4.0. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Mott Avenue Control House

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. 15 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1891.

From the record

One of 91 National Register listings published here for Bronx County · listed in 1980 · category: Building.

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

The listing

  • Address. 149th St. and Grand Concourse, New York, 10017
  • When was it listed? May 1980
  • Category. building
  • Also known as. Interborough Rapid Transit Subway Control Houses TR
  • Architect. Heins & LaFarge
  • National Register reference number. 80002590 - 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 1995

The ground this property stands on, surveyed 104 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet covering Mott Avenue Control House, surveyed 1995
Topographic sheet covering Mott Avenue Control House, surveyed 1891

Fires near this property

1,183 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1,183 fires within 5 miles of Mott Avenue Control House between 1995 and 2020, burning about 349 acres in total. 80 started naturally. 72 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/undetermined751
Smoking85
Natural80
Arson/incendiarism72
Equipment and vehicle use66
Misuse of fire by a minor51
Debris and open burning40
Fireworks19
Recreation and ceremony9
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Railroad operations and maintenance4
Other causes2

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 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 September 2005Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
8 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
8 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.9 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.9 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named

Every fire recorded in Bronx County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 12 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Mott Avenue Control House: 8 occurrences, 4 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Iron, Garnet, Gemstone. 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
102nd St & 4th Ave Garnet DepositGarnet, GemstoneOccurrence
49th St & 1st Ave Beryl DepositBerylliumOccurrence
64th St & 10th Ave Stilbite DepositZeolitesOccurrence
69th/70th Sts & 2nd Ave DepositIron, Garnet, TitaniumOccurrence
Manhattan Island OccurrenceMolybdenumOccurrence
2nd St & 4th Ave Siderite DepositIronOccurrence
55th/56th Sts & 3rd Ave DepositIronOccurrence
85th/86th Sts, 9th/10th Aves Dep.IronOccurrence
Granton QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer1897
John S. Lane and Son's QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer1897

Every working 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 middle of the area the National Park Service maps for this listing, 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
Port Morris Ferry Bridges4.8 miles2014
Mott Haven Historic District4.8 miles1980
Mott Haven Health Center4.8 miles2026
St. Ann's Church Complex4.9 miles1980
C. Rieger's Sons Factory5.2 miles2004
Hertlein and Schlatter Silk Trimmings Factory5.2 miles2001

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 80002590 in Record Group 79.
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.