text: norwood – 205th street ( ind concourse line ) norwood – 205th street ( formerly 205th street ) is the northern terminal station on the ind concourse line of the new york city subway . located at the intersection of 205th street and bainbridge avenue in norwood , bronx , it is served by the d train at all times . history the station was built as part of the sixth and seventh sections of the ind concourse line beginning in the late 1920s . the station was built under east 205th street at its eastern end , and underneath preexisting private property for most of its length . the station opened on july 1 , 1933 , along with the rest of the concourse subway . on july 1 , 1937 , an escalator was opened in the station , the first of its kind in the bronx . on august 23 , 1954 , a d train relaying east of the station overshot the bumper blocks at the end of the track , crashing into the wall at the end of the line . the train motorman was trapped in the tunnel for seven hours , and when he was freed , his left foot had to be amputated . station layout this underground station has two tracks and one island platform . both track walls have a lime green trim line with a medium kelly green border . small " 205 " signs are placed below them at regular intervals . the platform has a row of concrete - clad i - beam columns on both sides ; these are painted medium hunter green . there is clear evidence of water damage and mold due to poor drainage in numerous areas along the platform ceiling , the wall tiles , and to a number of the support columns . the station is also notorious for having piles of trash bags on the platform and at entrances , as well as for large amounts of litter on the tracks due to an absence of trash cans . 205th street station was declared one of the five worst in the system in terms of maintenance and appearance by the new york city transit riders council in 2005 , problems which have persisted into the 2010s . due to changes in the street grid of the neighborhood , the station is located at east 205th street and perry avenue at its eastern end , and at east 206th street and bainbridge avenue at its western end . 205th street turns diagonally southwest at perry street , while the subway maintains its previous direction , lining up with van cortland avenue before turning south onto grand concourse . the station is located close to several norwood landmarks , including the new york public library 's mosholu branch ; the montefiore medical center and north central bronx hospital , north of the station on east 210th street ; st. brendan 's church and school ; the valentine – varian house ; and the oval , the former site of the reservoir . fare control this station has two fare control areas . the full - time side at the south ( geographical west ) end has a turnstile bank , token booth , and two staircases going up to the southeast and northwest corners of east 206th street and bainbridge avenue . because of the varying topography of the surrounding neighborhood , a single escalator was installed in 1937 in this fare control area , traversing an elevation difference of 25 feet ( 7 . 6 m ) between the mezzanine and platform . access to fare control otherwise requires walking up three flights of stairs from platform level . the other fare control area at the station 's north ( geographical east ) end , accessed by a ramp to the platform , is unstaffed , containing full height turnstiles and two staircases going up to the northwest and southeast corners of east 205th street and perry avenue . the token booth at this location was closed on july 30 , 2005 and removed sometime afterward . track layout this station was not intended to be the terminus of the concourse line or the d train ; both were supposed to have been extended east past bronx park and the irt white plains road line along burke avenue to serve the northeast section of the bronx . this idea was postponed due to lack of funding , and ultimately abandoned when the city of new york bought the right - of - way of the bankrupt new york , westchester and boston railway and converted it for subway use in 1941 . another proposal in the 1970s involved extending the concourse line to white plains road , but financial troubles caused the plan to be aborted . as a result of the planned extension , the two tracks continue east of this station for about 700 feet along 205th street to webster avenue , ending at a concrete wall , and this station does not have any crew quarters . crews are changed at bedford park boulevard , the next station south . additionally , there is no diamond crossover between the tracks west of this station ; here , a center track forms leading west to the concourse yard . because of this , terminating trains arrive on the southern ( railroad northbound ) track and discharge their passengers before continuing east to the end of the track . they then use the diamond crossover there to return to this station on the northern ( railroad southbound ) track and begin service to manhattan and brooklyn . due to the track configuration , trains may reverse into the yard from the southern track , and trains from the yard may start service on the northern track .