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'''Parkchester''' (formerly '''Parkchester–East 177th Street''') is an elevated [[metro station|station]] on the [[IRT Pelham Line]] of the [[New York City Subway]]. Served by the {{NYCS|6}} train at all times, it is located in [[the Bronx]] at the intersection of the [[Cross-Bronx Expressway]] eastbound service road (formerly East 177th Street), Metropolitan Avenue, and Westchester Avenue, atop Hugh J. Grant Circle. Before the construction of the expressway, the cross-street here was East 177th Street. |
'''Parkchester''' (formerly '''Parkchester–East 177th Street''') is an elevated [[metro station|station]] on the [[IRT Pelham Line]] of the [[New York City Subway]]. Served by the {{NYCS|6}} train at all times, it is located in [[the Bronx]] at the intersection of the [[Cross-Bronx Expressway]] eastbound service road (formerly East 177th Street), Metropolitan Avenue, and Westchester Avenue, atop Hugh J. Grant Circle. Before the construction of the expressway, the cross-street here was East 177th Street. |
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It is an express station with two island platforms and three tracks. There are a couple of 1950s-style mushroom-shaped lights at the end of the platforms. An unusual feature is the covered exits from the platform to the mezzanine, which features a crossunder and windows in a simulated 12-pane pattern similar to those at [[Whitlock Avenue (IRT Pelham Line)|Whitlock Avenue]]. The fare control is at street level, and the room features a painting entitled ''Live The Dream''. There is an escalator from the fare control to the southbound platform, bypassing the mezzanine. Just |
It is an express station with two island platforms and three tracks. There are a couple of 1950s-style mushroom-shaped lights at the end of the platforms. An unusual feature is the covered exits from the platform to the mezzanine, which features a crossunder and windows in a simulated 12-pane pattern similar to those at [[Whitlock Avenue (IRT Pelham Line)|Whitlock Avenue]]. The fare control is at street level, and the room features a painting entitled ''Live The Dream''. There is an escalator from the fare control to the southbound platform, bypassing the mezzanine. Just North of the station is a [[signal tower]] which was used until the late 1990s, when a new master tower was created in Westchester Yard. |
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When the 6 express operates, 6 local trains terminate here. |
When the 6 express operates, 6 local trains terminate here. |
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Borough | Bronx | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Division | [1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Line | IRT Pelham Line | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Services | 6 (all times) <6> (weekdays until 8:45 p.m., peak direction) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Platforms | 2 island platforms | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tracks | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Opened | May 30, 1920 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Opposite- direction transfer | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Traffic | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2023 | 3,295,956[2] 17.3% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rank | 99 out of 423[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Parkchester (formerly Parkchester–East 177th Street) is an elevated station on the IRT Pelham Line of the New York City Subway. Served by the 6 train at all times, it is located in the Bronx at the intersection of the Cross-Bronx Expressway eastbound service road (formerly East 177th Street), Metropolitan Avenue, and Westchester Avenue, atop Hugh J. Grant Circle. Before the construction of the expressway, the cross-street here was East 177th Street.
It is an express station with two island platforms and three tracks. There are a couple of 1950s-style mushroom-shaped lights at the end of the platforms. An unusual feature is the covered exits from the platform to the mezzanine, which features a crossunder and windows in a simulated 12-pane pattern similar to those at Whitlock Avenue. The fare control is at street level, and the room features a painting entitled Live The Dream. There is an escalator from the fare control to the southbound platform, bypassing the mezzanine. Just North of the station is a signal tower which was used until the late 1990s, when a new master tower was created in Westchester Yard.
When the 6 express operates, 6 local trains terminate here.
Bus connections
Photo Gallery
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The lamposts at the station still read "E 177 ST".The lamposts at the station still read "E 177 ST".
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Winter on the platform
External links
- nycsubway.org – IRT Pelham Line: East 177th Street/Parkchester
- Station Reporter — 6 Train
- the parkchester information network
- ^ "Glossary". Second Avenue Subway Supplemental Draft Environmental Impact Statement (SDEIS) (PDF). Vol. 1. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. March 4, 2003. pp. 1–2. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 26, 2021. Retrieved January 1, 2021.
- ^ a b "Annual Subway Ridership (2018–2023)". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2023. Retrieved April 20, 2024.