Pelham Bay Park (IRT Pelham Line)

Pelham Bay Park   New York City Subway rapid transit station
Station statistics
Address	Bruckner Boulevard & Westchester Avenue Bronx, NY 10461
Borough	The Bronx
Locale	Pelham Bay
Coordinates	40.852871°N 73.827138°W / 40.852871; -73.827138
Division	A (IRT)
Line	IRT Pelham Line
Services	6  (all except weekdays until 8:45 p.m., peak direction) <6> (weekdays until 8:45 p.m., peak direction)
Connection	New York City Bus: Bx5, Bx12, Bx12 Select Bus Service, Bx24, Bx29 MTA Bus: Bx23, BxM7A, Q50 Bee-Line Bus: 45
Structure	Elevated
Platforms	1 island platform (in service) 2 side platforms (unused)
Tracks	2
Other information
Opened	December 20, 1920 (December 20, 1920)
Accessible
Traffic
Passengers (2010)	1,997,392  2.6%
Rank	226 out of 422
Station succession
Next north	(Terminal): 6  <6>
Next south	Buhre Avenue (local): 6  <6> Parkchester (express): no regular service
Next north	(none)
Next south	125th Street: 6  <6>
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops in station at all times Stops all times except late nights Stops late nights only Stops late nights and weekends only Stops weekdays only Stops all times except rush hours in the peak direction Stops all times except weekdays Stops rush hours only Stops rush hours in the peak direction only Station is closed (Details about time periods)

Pelham Bay Park is the northern terminal station of the IRT Pelham Line of the New York City Subway. Located by Pelham Bay Park, at the intersection of the Bruckner Expressway and Westchester Avenue in the Bronx, it is served by the 6 train at all times except weekdays in the peak direction and <6> train on weekdays in the peak direction.

Scheduled Services

During weekdays from approximately 6:30 AM to 8:45 PM (6:30 to 20:45), trains change designations here. In the morning, 6 trains arriving become <6> trains for the return trip to Manhattan. In the afternoon and early evening, <6> trains arriving become 6 trains for the return trip. The northern end of the Pelham line is served by a local train at all times. The <6> trains are express using the center track, from Parkchester to Third Avenue in the morning and the opposite in the evening.

Station Description

Pedestrian overpass and headhouse

This is an elevated station which has two tracks, one island platform and two disused side platforms. The tracks end at bumper blocks at the north end of the platforms. The station was formerly set up as a Spanish solution with alighting passengers using the side platforms and boarding passengers using the island platform. Now all passengers use the island platform. In 2005, work commenced to build rooms on the side platforms for temporary crew use while the crew quarters at the north end of the station was rebuilt. At the south end is a staff-only crossover bridge between the center and west side platform. It also used to connect to the east side platform but that portion has been removed. There is also a tower and crew facilities at the south end. There are old style signs which are covered over on the main platform.

Fare control is in the mezzanine below the platforms. There is a pedestrian bridge from the station entrance that crosses the Bruckner Expressway and leads to Westchester Avenue.

The Taking of Pelham One Two Three Superstition

In the novel The Taking of Pelham One Two Three by Morton Freedgood and its film adaptations (the 1974 original and the 1998 and 2009 remakes), the train that gets hijacked leaves the Pelham Bay Park station at 1:23 p.m. (hence the title). Realizing that it would become too much of a reminder to the public, after the 1974 film's release, the New York City Transit Authority, for many years, banned any schedule of a train leaving this station either at 1:23 in the afternoon, or in the morning. Eventually, this policy was rescinded, but due to the superstitions involved, dispatchers have continued to avoid scheduling a Manhattan-bound train to leave at 1:23.

Nearby points of interest

• Pelham Bay Park
• Bartow-Pell Mansion
• City Island
• Co-op City
• Bay Plaza
• Orchard Beach

External links

• nycsubway.org — IRT Pelham Line: Pelham Bay Park
• Station Reporter — 6 Train
• The Subway Nut — Pelham Bay Park Pictures
• Burr Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View
• Bruckner Boulevard entrance from Google Maps Street View