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'''161st Street–Yankee Stadium''' is a [[New York City Subway]] [[metro station|station]] complex shared by the elevated [[IRT Jerome Avenue Line]] and the underground [[IND Concourse Line]]. Located at the intersection of 161st Street and River Avenue in the [[Highbridge, Bronx|Highbridge]] and [[Concourse, Bronx|Concourse]] neighborhoods of [[the Bronx]], it is served by the:
'''161st Street–Yankee Stadium''' is a [[New York City Subway]] [[metro station|station]] complex shared by the elevated [[IRT Jerome Avenue Line]] and the underground [[IND Concourse Line]]. It is located at the intersection of 161st Street and River Avenue in the [[Highbridge, Bronx|Highbridge]] and [[Concourse, Bronx|Concourse]] neighborhoods of [[the Bronx]]. It is served by the [[4 (New York City Subway service)|4]] train at all times, the [[D (New York City Subway service)|D]] train at all times except rush hours in the peak direction, and by the [[B (New York City Subway service)|B]] train during rush hours.
*[[4 (New York City Subway service)|4]] train at all times
*[[D (New York City Subway service)|D]] train at all times except rush hours in the peak direction
*[[B (New York City Subway service)|B]] train during rush hours


The combined passenger count for 161st Street–Yankee Stadium station in 2017 was 8,596,506, making it the busiest station in the Bronx and 39th busiest overall.<ref name="riderref" />
The combined passenger count for 161st Street–Yankee Stadium station in 2018 was 8,254,928, making it the busiest station in the Bronx and 49th busiest overall.<ref name="ridership" /> This station is one of only two station complexes in the Bronx (the other being [[149th Street–Grand Concourse (New York City Subway)|149th Street–Grand Concourse]]).


==History==
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This station is one of only two station complexes in the Bronx (the other being [[149th Street–Grand Concourse (New York City Subway)|149th Street–Grand Concourse]]). When the IND portion was built in 1933, paper tickets were used to transfer between the two lines; this method was used until the 1950s, when the indoor escalators were built.{{citation needed|date=April 2013}}
===Construction and opening===
====IRT Jerome Avenue Line====
The [[Dual Contracts]], which were signed on March 19, 1913, were contracts for the construction and/or rehabilitation and operation of rapid transit lines in the [[New York City|City of New York]]. The contracts were "dual" in that they were signed between the City and two separate private companies (the [[Interborough Rapid Transit Company]] and the [[Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company]]), all working together to make the construction of the Dual Contracts possible. The Dual Contracts promised the construction of several lines in the Bronx. As part of Contract 3, the IRT agreed to build an elevated line along Jerome Avenue in the Bronx.<ref name="chapter 5">{{cite book|url=http://www.nycsubway.org/wiki/Chapter_5:_Terms_and_Conditions_of_Dual_System_Contracts|title=New Subways For New York: The Dual System of Rapid Transit Chapter 5: Terms and Conditions of Dual System Contracts|publisher=New York Public Service Commission|date=1913|accessdate=February 16, 2015}}</ref><ref name="nycsubway dual">{{cite book|url=http://www.nycsubway.org/wiki/The_Dual_System_of_Rapid_Transit_(1912)|title=The Dual System of Rapid Transit (1912)|publisher=New York State Public Service Commission|date=1912}}</ref><ref name="DualSystemMap">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/35605250/the-brooklyn-daily-eagle/|title=Most Recent Map of the Dual Subway System Which Shows How Brooklyn Borough Is Favored In New Transit Lines|date=September 9, 1917|work=The Brooklyn Daily Eagle|accessdate=August 23, 2016|via=newspapers.com}} {{open access}}</ref>

161st Street station opened as part of the initial section of the line to Kingsbridge Road on June 2, 1917. Service was initially operated as a shuttle between Kingsbridge Road and 149th Street.<ref name="1917Opening">{{Cite journal|last=|first=|date=June 1917|title=Service Begun on the Jerome Avenue Line|url=https://www.nycsubway.org/wiki/Service_Begun_on_the_Jerome_Avenue_Line_(1917)|journal=Public Service Record|volume=4|issue=6|pages=|via=}}</ref><ref name="AnnualReport">{{cite book | title=Annual report of the Interborough Rapid Transit Company For The Year Ended June 30, 1917 | website=HathiTrust | date=1917 | url=http://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015016416920?urlappend=%3Bseq=24 | publisher=Interborough Rapid Transit Company | hdl=2027/mdp.39015016416920?urlappend=%3Bseq=24}}</ref>

On July 1, 1918, trains on the [[IRT Ninth Avenue Line|Ninth Avenue El]] began stopping here, as they were extended from [[155th Street (IRT Ninth Avenue Line)|155th Street]], entering the Bronx via the [[Putnam Bridge (New York City)|Putnam Bridge]], a now-demolished [[swing bridge]] immediately north of the [[Macombs Dam Bridge]], to connect with the Jerome Avenue line between 161st Street and 167th Street.<ref name=":3" /><ref name="Time Traveling on the NYC Ninth Ave El 1903">{{cite web|title=Along the Line|website=Time Traveling on the NYC Ninth Ave El|date=February 18, 1903|url=http://databear.webs.com/alongtheline.htm|access-date=October 26, 2015}}</ref><ref name=1918Extension>{{cite news|title=Open New Subway To Regular Traffic — First Train On Seventh Avenue Line Carries Mayor And Other Officials — To Serve Lower West Side — Whitney Predicts An Awakening Of The District — New Extensions Of Elevated Railroad Service|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1918/07/02/archives/open-new-subway-to-regular-traffic-first-train-on-seventh-avenue.html?searchResultPosition=1|accessdate=October 25, 2015|work=The New York Times|date=July 2, 1918|issn=0362-4331|page=11}}</ref>

Through service to the [[IRT Lexington Avenue Line]] began on July 17, 1918.<ref name=":3">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ob0JAAAAIAAJ&|title=Brooklyn Daily Eagle Almanac|date=1922|publisher=The Brooklyn Daily Eagle|pages=372|language=en}}</ref> The line was completed with a final extension to [[Woodlawn (IRT Jerome Avenue Line)|Woodlawn]] on April 15, 1918.<ref name="OpeningtoWoodlawn">{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1918/04/13/archives/jerome-av-line-ordered-opened.html?searchResultPosition=1|title=Jerome Av. Line Ordered Opened.|work=The New York Times|date=April 13, 1918|issn=0362-4331|accessdate=June 5, 2016}}</ref> This section was initially served by shuttle service, with passengers transferring at this station.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=nyp.33433081730503;view=1up;seq=151|title=Brooklyn Daily Eagle Almanac|publisher=The Brooklyn Daily Eagle|year=1916|pages=100}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Fg4KAQAAMAAJ&|title=A History of the New York City Subway System|last1=Cunningham|first1=Joseph|last2=DeHart|first2=Leonard O.|date=1993|publisher=J. Schmidt, R. Giglio, and K. Lang|language=en|page=48}}</ref> The construction of the line encouraged development along Jerome Avenue, and led to the growth of the surrounding communities.<ref name="1917Opening"/>

====IND Concourse Line====
The IND Concourse Line, also referred to as the Bronx−Concourse Line, was one of the original lines of the city-owned [[Independent Subway System]] (IND).<ref name=NYTimes-OurGreatSubway-IND2ndSystem-1929>{{cite news|last1=Duffus|first1=R.L.|title=Our Great Subway Network Spreads Wider – New Plans of Board of Transportation Involve the Building of More Than One Hundred Miles of Additional Rapid Transit Routes for New York|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1929/09/22/archives/our-great-subway-network-spreads-wider-new-plans-of-board-of.html?searchResultPosition=1|work=The New York Times|accessdate=August 19, 2015|date=September 22, 1929}}</ref><ref name=NYTimes-HylanSubway-CulverCrstwnQBL-1925>{{cite news|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1925/03/21/archives/new-subway-routes-in-hylan-program-to-cost-186046000-board-of.html?searchResultPosition=1|title=New Subway Routes in Hylan Program to Cost $186,046,000|date=March 21, 1925|page=1|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> The line running from Bedford Park Boulevard to the [[IND Eighth Avenue Line]] in Manhattan was approved by the [[New York City Board of Transportation]] on March 10, 1925, with the connection between the two lines approved on March 24, 1927.<ref name=Raskin-RoutesNotTaken-2013>{{cite book|author=Joseph B. Raskin|title=The Routes Not Taken: A Trip Through New York City's Unbuilt Subway System|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5b6cAQAAQBAJ&pg=PT112 |accessdate=August 12, 2015|date=November 1, 2013|publisher=Fordham University Press|isbn=978-0-8232-5369-2}}</ref> The line was originally intended to be four tracks, rather than three tracks, to Bedford Park Boulevard.<ref name=NYTimes-HylanSubway-CulverCrstwnQBL-1925/><ref name=Raskin-RoutesNotTaken-2013/>

Construction of the line began in July 1928.<ref name=Raskin-RoutesNotTaken-2013/> The building of the line and proposed extensions to central and eastern Bronx (see below) led to real estate booms in the area.<ref name=Raskin-RoutesNotTaken-2013/> The entire Concourse Line, including 161st Street—River Avenue station, opened on July 1, 1933,<ref name=BklynEagle-INDCncrseOpen-1933>{{cite news|title=Bronx-Concourse New Subway Link Opened at 12:57 A.M.: Adds 21 1/2 Miles to City's System−Connects With Manhattan Line at 145th|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/30303616/the-brooklyn-daily-eagle/|via=[[Newspapers.com]]|work=The Brooklyn Daily Eagle|accessdate=October 26, 2015|page=20|date=July 1, 1933}} {{open access}}</ref><ref name="NYTimes-INDCncrseOpen-1933">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1933/07/01/archives/new-bronx-subway-starts-operation-40000000-branch-of-city-system.html|title=New Bronx Subway Starts Operation|date=July 1, 1933|work=The New York Times|issn=0362-4331|accessdate=February 13, 2010}}</ref> less than ten months after the IND's first line, the [[IND Eighth Avenue Line]], opened for service. Initial service was provided by the [[C (New York City Subway service)|C]] train, at that time an express train, between 205th Street, then via the Eighth Avenue Line, [[Cranberry Street Tunnel]] and the IND South Brooklyn Line (now [[IND Culver Line|Culver Line]]) to [[Bergen Street (IND Culver Line)|Bergen Street]].<ref name=NYTimes-INDCncrseOpen-1933/> The CC provided local service between [[Bedford Park Boulevard (IND Concourse Line)|Bedford Park Boulevard]] and [[Hudson Terminal (IND Eighth Avenue Line)|Hudson Terminal]] (now World Trade Center).<ref name=NYTimes-INDCncrseOpen-1933/>

On December 15, 1940, with the opening of the [[IND Sixth Avenue Line]], the [[D (New York City Subway service)|D]] train began serving the IND Concourse Line along with the C and CC. It made express stops in peak during rush hours and Saturdays and local stops at all other times.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1940/12/15/archives/the-new-subway-routes.html|title=The New Subway Routes|date=December 15, 1940|newspaper=The New York Times|issn=0362-4331|access-date=June 20, 2016}}</ref> C express service was discontinued in 1949-51, but the C designation was reinstated in 1985 when double letters used to indicate local service was discontinued. During this time, the D made local stops along the Concourse Line at all times except rush hours, when the C ran local to Bedford Park Boulevard. On March 1, 1998, the [[B (New York City Subway service)|B]] train replaced the C as the rush-hour local on the Concourse Line, with the C moving to the Washington Heights portion of the Eighth Avenue Line.<ref name=NYCDCP-BwayJctStudy-2008>{{cite web|title=Broadway Junction Transportation Study: NYC Department of City Planning Final Report-November 2008 |url=http://www.nyc.gov/html/dcp/pdf/transportation/broadway_junction_complete.pdf |website=[[Government of New York City|nyc.gov]] |publisher=[[New York City Department of City Planning]] |accessdate=October 27, 2015 |date=November 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100606140932/http://www.nyc.gov/html/dcp/pdf/transportation/broadway_junction_complete.pdf |archive-date=June 6, 2010 |df=mdy-all }}</ref>

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When the IND portion was built in 1933, paper tickets were used to transfer between the two lines; this method was used until the 1950s, when the indoor escalators were built.{{citation needed|date=April 2013}}

===Station renovations===
Elevators at the station were installed in the early 2000s as part of a three-year renovation of the station complex and opened in late 2002, making the station only the fourth in the Bronx to be fully ADA-compliant.


==Station layout==
==Station layout==
{{NYCS Platform Layout 161st Street-Yankee Stadium Station}}
{{NYCS Platform Layout 161st Street-Yankee Stadium Station}}


The station complex is [[Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990|ADA-accessible]], with elevators available to all platforms.<ref>{{Cite web|title=MTA Accessible Stations|url=https://new.mta.info/accessibility/stations|website=MTA|language=en|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200515112641/https://new.mta.info/accessibility/stations|archive-date=May 15, 2020|access-date=2020-05-22}}</ref> They were installed in the early 2000s as part of a three-year renovation of the station complex and opened in late 2002, making the station only the fourth in the Bronx to be fully ADA-compliant.
The station complex is [[Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990|ADA-accessible]], with elevators available to all platforms.<ref>{{Cite web|title=MTA Accessible Stations|url=https://new.mta.info/accessibility/stations|website=mta.info|publisher=Metropolitan Transportation Authority|language=en|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200515112641/https://new.mta.info/accessibility/stations|archive-date=May 15, 2020|access-date=May 22, 2020}}</ref>


This station is located adjacent to [[Yankee Stadium]], and also provides service to many Bronx County courts, government facilities, and shopping districts in [[Concourse, Bronx|Concourse Village]], which are a short walk to the east. The station is three blocks away from the [[Yankees–East 153rd Street (Metro-North station)|Yankees–East 153rd Street]] station, a [[Metro-North Railroad]] stop on the [[Hudson Line (Metro-North)|Hudson Line]], which provides service to Yankee Stadium from Manhattan and the [[Hudson Valley|Lower Hudson Valley]] up to [[Poughkeepsie station|Poughkeepsie]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://new.mta.info/sites/default/files/2018-04/161%20St%20Yankee%20Stadium%20%28B%29%28D%29%20web.pdf|title=161st Street–Yankee Stadium Neighborhood Map|date=April 2018|website=new.mta.info|publisher=Metropolitan Transportation Authority|access-date=February 28, 2019}}</ref> Additional service is provided to this station in the form of shuttles from Grand Central, as well as select trains on the [[Harlem Line|Harlem]] and [[New Haven Line|New Haven]] lines on game days.
This station is located adjacent to [[Yankee Stadium]], and also provides service to many Bronx County courts, government facilities, and shopping districts in [[Concourse, Bronx|Concourse Village]], which are a short walk to the east. The station is three blocks away from the [[Yankees–East 153rd Street (Metro-North station)|Yankees–East 153rd Street]] station, a [[Metro-North Railroad]] stop on the [[Hudson Line (Metro-North)|Hudson Line]], which provides service to Yankee Stadium from Manhattan and the [[Hudson Valley|Lower Hudson Valley]] up to [[Poughkeepsie station|Poughkeepsie]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://new.mta.info/sites/default/files/2018-04/161%20St%20Yankee%20Stadium%20%28B%29%28D%29%20web.pdf|title=161st Street–Yankee Stadium Neighborhood Map|date=April 2018|website=mta.info|publisher=Metropolitan Transportation Authority|access-date=February 28, 2019}}</ref> Additional service is provided to this station in the form of shuttles from Grand Central, as well as select trains on the [[Harlem Line|Harlem]] and [[New Haven Line|New Haven]] lines on game days.


The 2002 artwork here is called ''Wall-Slide'' by Vito Acconci, which consists of sections of the station walls "sliding" out of place, sometimes out of the station. ''Wall-Slide'' forms seating on the IND platforms, and also reveals a mosaic work, ''Room of Tranquility'' by Helene Brandt, on the IRT mezzanine.<ref>{{Cite web|title=161st Street-Yankee Stadium - Vito Acconci (Acconci Studio) - Wall-Slide, 2002|url=http://web.mta.info/mta/aft/permanentart/permart.html?agency=nyct&line=4&station=12&xdev=1230|website=web.mta.info|publisher=Metropolitan Transportation Authority|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190901071904/http://web.mta.info/mta/aft/permanentart/permart.html?agency=nyct&line=R&artist=1&station=12|archive-date=September 1, 2019|access-date=May 10, 2020}}</ref>
The 2002 artwork here is called ''Wall-Slide'' by Vito Acconci, which consists of sections of the station walls "sliding" out of place, sometimes out of the station. ''Wall-Slide'' forms seating on the IND platforms, and also reveals a mosaic work, ''Room of Tranquility'' by Helene Brandt, on the IRT mezzanine.<ref>{{Cite web|title=161st Street-Yankee Stadium - Vito Acconci (Acconci Studio) - Wall-Slide, 2002|url=http://web.mta.info/mta/aft/permanentart/permart.html?agency=nyct&line=4&station=12&xdev=1230|website=mta.info|publisher=Metropolitan Transportation Authority|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190901071904/http://web.mta.info/mta/aft/permanentart/permart.html?agency=nyct&line=R&artist=1&station=12|archive-date=September 1, 2019|access-date=May 10, 2020}}</ref>


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'''161st Street–Yankee Stadium''' is a local [[metro station|station]] on the [[IRT Jerome Avenue Line]] that has three tracks and two [[side platform]]s. The station has extra exit stairs to handle stadium crowds at the southern end of each platform, which make the platforms at this station much longer than traditional IRT platforms. These stairs lead to a separate mezzanine and [[fare control]] that were built to serve [[Yankee Stadium (1923)|the old Yankee Stadium]] located across 161st Street; they continue to serve the new [[Yankee Stadium]] during events.
'''161st Street–Yankee Stadium''' is a local [[metro station|station]] on the [[IRT Jerome Avenue Line]] that has three tracks and two [[side platform]]s.<ref name="Tracks">{{NYCS const|trackref|trackbook}}</ref> The 4 stops here at all times.<ref name="tt4">{{NYCS const|timetable|4}}</ref>


The station has extra exit stairs to handle stadium crowds at the southern end of each platform, which make the platforms at this station much longer than traditional IRT platforms. These stairs lead to a separate mezzanine and [[fare control]] that were built to serve [[Yankee Stadium (1923)|the old Yankee Stadium]] located across 161st Street; they continue to serve the new [[Yankee Stadium]] during events.
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The former [[IRT Ninth Avenue Line]] connected with the [[IRT Jerome Avenue Line]] just north of this station, near 162nd Street.<ref name="NYCS-9thAve">{{NYCS ref|http://www.nycsubway.org/wiki/The_9th_Avenue_Elevated-Polo_Grounds_Shuttle|IRT Woodlawn Line|The 9th Avenue Elevated-Polo Grounds Shuttle}}</ref> A stub of the Ninth Avenue Line connecting trackway still exists and is visible today.<ref name="NYCS-Woodlawn">{{NYCS ref|https://www.nycsubway.org/wiki/IRT_Woodlawn_Line#161st_Street-Yankee_Stadium|IRT Woodlawn Line|161st Street/River Avenue (Yankee Stadium)}}</ref><ref>{{NYCS ref|http://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?100342|IRT Woodlawn Line|Image 100342}}</ref>


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The former [[IRT Ninth Avenue Line]] connected with the [[IRT Jerome Avenue Line]] just north of this station, near 162nd Street.<ref name="NYCS-9thAve">{{NYCS ref|http://www.nycsubway.org/wiki/The_9th_Avenue_Elevated-Polo_Grounds_Shuttle|IRT Woodlawn Line|The 9th Avenue Elevated-Polo Grounds Shuttle}}</ref> A stub of the Ninth Avenue Line connecting trackway still exists and is visible today.<ref name="NYCS-Woodlawn">{{NYCS ref|https://www.nycsubway.org/wiki/IRT_Woodlawn_Line#161st_Street-Yankee_Stadium|IRT Woodlawn Line|161st Street/River Avenue (Yankee Stadium)}}</ref><ref>{{NYCS ref|http://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?100342|IRT Woodlawn Line|Image 100342}}</ref>
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On each side of River Avenue, there are two street stairs to the medians of 161st Street (one to each median). There are also two stairs to the southwest corner and one to the southeast corner. The northeast corner has the ADA-accessible elevator and transfer passageway.<ref name=":0" />
On each side of River Avenue, there are two street stairs to the medians of 161st Street (one to each median). There are also two stairs to the southwest corner and one to the southeast corner. The northeast corner has the ADA-accessible elevator and transfer passageway.<ref name=":0" />


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'''161st Street–Yankee Stadium''' ('''161st Street–River Avenue''' on some signage) is a local [[metro station|station]] on the [[IND Concourse Line]] that has three tracks and two [[side platform]]s. It is the southernmost station on the IND Concourse Line within the Bronx.<ref>{{Cite web|title=www.nycsubway.org: IRT Woodlawn Line|url=https://www.nycsubway.org/wiki/IRT_Woodlawn_Line#161st_Street-Yankee_Stadium|website=www.nycsubway.org|access-date=2020-05-22}}</ref>
'''161st Street–Yankee Stadium''' ('''161st Street–River Avenue''' on some signage) is a local [[metro station|station]] on the [[IND Concourse Line]] that has three tracks and two [[side platform]]s.<ref name="Tracks"/> It is the southernmost station on the IND Concourse Line within the Bronx.<ref>{{Cite web|title=IRT Woodlawn Line|url=https://www.nycsubway.org/wiki/IRT_Woodlawn_Line#161st_Street-Yankee_Stadium|website=nycsubway.org|access-date=May 22, 2020}}</ref>


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For the demolished station serving the IRT Third Avenue Line, see 161st Street (IRT Third Avenue Line).

 161 Street–Yankee Stadium
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Station statistics
AddressEast 161st Street & River Avenue
Bronx, NY 10451[1]
BoroughThe Bronx
LocaleHighbridge, Concourse
Coordinates40°49′41″N 73°55′33″W / 40.827937°N 73.925886°W / 40.827937; -73.925886
DivisionA (IRT), B (IND)[2]
LineIRT Jerome Avenue Line
IND Concourse Line
Services   4 all times (all times)​
   B rush hours until 7:00 p.m. (rush hours until 7:00 p.m.)
​   D all except rush hours, peak direction (all except rush hours, peak direction)
TransitBus transport NYCT Bus: Bx6, Bx6 SBS, Bx13[3]
Railway transportation Metro-North: Hudson Line (at Yankees–East 153rd Street)
Levels2
Other information
AccessibleThis station is compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 ADA-accessible
Traffic
20235,316,351[4] Increase 5.8%
Rank49 out of 423[4]
Location
161st Street–Yankee Stadium station is located in New York City Subway
161st Street–Yankee Stadium station
161st Street–Yankee Stadium station is located in New York City
161st Street–Yankee Stadium station
161st Street–Yankee Stadium station is located in New York
161st Street–Yankee Stadium station
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Station service legend
Symbol Description
Stops all times except rush hours in the peak direction Stops all times except rush hours in the peak direction
Stops all times Stops all times
Stops rush hours only Stops rush hours only

161st Street–Yankee Stadium is a New York City Subway station complex shared by the elevated IRT Jerome Avenue Line and the underground IND Concourse Line. It is located at the intersection of 161st Street and River Avenue in the Highbridge and Concourse neighborhoods of the Bronx. It is served by the 4 train at all times, the D train at all times except rush hours in the peak direction, and by the B train during rush hours.

The combined passenger count for 161st Street–Yankee Stadium station in 2018 was 8,254,928, making it the busiest station in the Bronx and 49th busiest overall.[5] This station is one of only two station complexes in the Bronx (the other being 149th Street–Grand Concourse).

History

Construction and opening

IRT Jerome Avenue Line

The Dual Contracts, which were signed on March 19, 1913, were contracts for the construction and/or rehabilitation and operation of rapid transit lines in the City of New York. The contracts were "dual" in that they were signed between the City and two separate private companies (the Interborough Rapid Transit Company and the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company), all working together to make the construction of the Dual Contracts possible. The Dual Contracts promised the construction of several lines in the Bronx. As part of Contract 3, the IRT agreed to build an elevated line along Jerome Avenue in the Bronx.[6][7][8]

161st Street station opened as part of the initial section of the line to Kingsbridge Road on June 2, 1917. Service was initially operated as a shuttle between Kingsbridge Road and 149th Street.[9][10]

On July 1, 1918, trains on the Ninth Avenue El began stopping here, as they were extended from 155th Street, entering the Bronx via the Putnam Bridge, a now-demolished swing bridge immediately north of the Macombs Dam Bridge, to connect with the Jerome Avenue line between 161st Street and 167th Street.[11][12][13]

Through service to the IRT Lexington Avenue Line began on July 17, 1918.[11] The line was completed with a final extension to Woodlawn on April 15, 1918.[14] This section was initially served by shuttle service, with passengers transferring at this station.[15][16] The construction of the line encouraged development along Jerome Avenue, and led to the growth of the surrounding communities.[9]

IND Concourse Line

The IND Concourse Line, also referred to as the Bronx−Concourse Line, was one of the original lines of the city-owned Independent Subway System (IND).[17][18] The line running from Bedford Park Boulevard to the IND Eighth Avenue Line in Manhattan was approved by the New York City Board of Transportation on March 10, 1925, with the connection between the two lines approved on March 24, 1927.[19] The line was originally intended to be four tracks, rather than three tracks, to Bedford Park Boulevard.[18][19]

Construction of the line began in July 1928.[19] The building of the line and proposed extensions to central and eastern Bronx (see below) led to real estate booms in the area.[19] The entire Concourse Line, including 161st Street—River Avenue station, opened on July 1, 1933,[20][21] less than ten months after the IND's first line, the IND Eighth Avenue Line, opened for service. Initial service was provided by the C train, at that time an express train, between 205th Street, then via the Eighth Avenue Line, Cranberry Street Tunnel and the IND South Brooklyn Line (now Culver Line) to Bergen Street.[21] The CC provided local service between Bedford Park Boulevard and Hudson Terminal (now World Trade Center).[21]

On December 15, 1940, with the opening of the IND Sixth Avenue Line, the D train began serving the IND Concourse Line along with the C and CC. It made express stops in peak during rush hours and Saturdays and local stops at all other times.[22] C express service was discontinued in 1949-51, but the C designation was reinstated in 1985 when double letters used to indicate local service was discontinued. During this time, the D made local stops along the Concourse Line at all times except rush hours, when the C ran local to Bedford Park Boulevard. On March 1, 1998, the B train replaced the C as the rush-hour local on the Concourse Line, with the C moving to the Washington Heights portion of the Eighth Avenue Line.[23]

When the IND portion was built in 1933, paper tickets were used to transfer between the two lines; this method was used until the 1950s, when the indoor escalators were built.[citation needed]

Station renovations

Elevators at the station were installed in the early 2000s as part of a three-year renovation of the station complex and opened in late 2002, making the station only the fourth in the Bronx to be fully ADA-compliant.

Station layout

Template:NYCS Platform Layout 161st Street-Yankee Stadium Station

The station complex is ADA-accessible, with elevators available to all platforms.[24]

This station is located adjacent to Yankee Stadium, and also provides service to many Bronx County courts, government facilities, and shopping districts in Concourse Village, which are a short walk to the east. The station is three blocks away from the Yankees–East 153rd Street station, a Metro-North Railroad stop on the Hudson Line, which provides service to Yankee Stadium from Manhattan and the Lower Hudson Valley up to Poughkeepsie.[25] Additional service is provided to this station in the form of shuttles from Grand Central, as well as select trains on the Harlem and New Haven lines on game days.

The 2002 artwork here is called Wall-Slide by Vito Acconci, which consists of sections of the station walls "sliding" out of place, sometimes out of the station. Wall-Slide forms seating on the IND platforms, and also reveals a mosaic work, Room of Tranquility by Helene Brandt, on the IRT mezzanine.[26]

IRT Jerome Avenue Line platforms

 161 Street–Yankee Stadium
 "4" train
New York City Subway station (rapid transit)
View of southbound platform and current Yankee Stadium
Station statistics
DivisionA (IRT)[2]
LineIRT Jerome Avenue Line
Services   4 all times (all times)
StructureElevated
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks3 (2 in regular service)
Other information
OpenedJune 2, 1917 (107 years ago) (1917-06-02)
AccessibleThis station is compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 ADA-accessible
Opposite-
direction
transfer		Yes
Traffic
20235,316,351[4] Increase 5.8%
Rank49 out of 423[4]
Station succession
Next northTemplate:NYCS next
Next southTemplate:NYCS next
Track layout

Legend
to 167 St
to 149 St
Station service legend
Symbol Description
Stops all times Stops all times

161st Street–Yankee Stadium is a local station on the IRT Jerome Avenue Line that has three tracks and two side platforms.[27] The 4 stops here at all times.[28]

The station has extra exit stairs to handle stadium crowds at the southern end of each platform, which make the platforms at this station much longer than traditional IRT platforms. These stairs lead to a separate mezzanine and fare control that were built to serve the old Yankee Stadium located across 161st Street; they continue to serve the new Yankee Stadium during events.

The former IRT Ninth Avenue Line connected with the IRT Jerome Avenue Line just north of this station, near 162nd Street.[29] A stub of the Ninth Avenue Line connecting trackway still exists and is visible today.[30][31]

Exits

On each side of River Avenue, there are two street stairs to the medians of 161st Street (one to each median). There are also two stairs to the southwest corner and one to the southeast corner. The northeast corner has the ADA-accessible elevator and transfer passageway.[25]

  • The view of the old Yankee Stadium from the IRT Jerome Line platform.
    The view of the old Yankee Stadium from the IRT Jerome Line platform.
  • The IRT Jerome Line station as seen from the street.
    The IRT Jerome Line station as seen from the street.
  • Wall-Slide and Room of Tranquility on the mezzanine.
    Wall-Slide and Room of Tranquility on the mezzanine.
  • Wall-Slide detail beneath the mezzanine, over street level
    Wall-Slide detail beneath the mezzanine, over street level

IND Concourse Line platforms

 161 Street–Yankee Stadium
 "B" train​"D" train
New York City Subway station (rapid transit)
Northbound platform with Wall-Slide seating.
Station statistics
DivisionB (IND)[2]
LineIND Concourse Line
Services   B rush hours until 7:00 p.m. (rush hours until 7:00 p.m.)
​   D all except rush hours, peak direction (all except rush hours, peak direction)
StructureUnderground
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks3
Other information
OpenedJuly 1, 1933 (90 years ago) (1933-07-01)
AccessibleThis station is compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 ADA-accessible
Opposite-
direction
transfer		Yes
Former/other names161st Street–River Avenue
Traffic
20235,316,351[4] Increase 5.8%
Rank49 out of 423[4]
Station succession
Next eastTemplate:NYCS next
Next westTemplate:NYCS next
Track layout

Legend
to 167 St
to 155 St
Station service legend
Symbol Description
Stops all times except rush hours in the peak direction Stops all times except rush hours in the peak direction
Stops rush hours only Stops rush hours only

161st Street–Yankee Stadium (161st Street–River Avenue on some signage) is a local station on the IND Concourse Line that has three tracks and two side platforms.[27] It is the southernmost station on the IND Concourse Line within the Bronx.[32]

Exits

The full-time mezzanine to the west is at 161st Street and River Avenue with four street staircases. The part-time entrance to the east is at Walton Avenue and has two street staircases and a passageway to 161st Street.[25] Before the renovation, there was a full length mezzanine, with Transit Bureau Offices located to one side. After the renovation, the NYPD area was expanded, and public areas inside fare control were sealed, thus dividing the mezzanine into two separate areas. A few staircases to the platforms were also sealed and removed.

  • Modern sign next to an original mosaic
    Modern sign next to an original mosaic
  • An inverted color scheme on the stairway walls
    An inverted color scheme on the stairway walls
  • Wall-Slide detail at street level
    Wall-Slide detail at street level

References

  1. ^ "Borough of The Bronx, New York City". Government of New York City. Retrieved December 28, 2020.
  2. ^ a b c "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.
  3. ^ "Bronx Bus Map" (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. October 2018. Retrieved December 1, 2020.
  4. ^ a b c d e f "Annual Subway Ridership (2018–2023)". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2023. Retrieved April 20, 2024.
  5. ^ a b "Annual Subway Ridership (2018–2023)". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2023. Retrieved April 20, 2024.
  6. ^ New Subways For New York: The Dual System of Rapid Transit Chapter 5: Terms and Conditions of Dual System Contracts. New York Public Service Commission. 1913. Retrieved February 16, 2015.
  7. ^ The Dual System of Rapid Transit (1912). New York State Public Service Commission. 1912.
  8. ^ "Most Recent Map of the Dual Subway System Which Shows How Brooklyn Borough Is Favored In New Transit Lines". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. September 9, 1917. Retrieved August 23, 2016 – via newspapers.com. Open access icon
  9. ^ a b "Service Begun on the Jerome Avenue Line". Public Service Record. 4 (6). June 1917.
  10. ^ Annual report of the Interborough Rapid Transit Company For The Year Ended June 30, 1917. Interborough Rapid Transit Company. 1917. hdl:2027/mdp.39015016416920. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)
  11. ^ a b Brooklyn Daily Eagle Almanac. The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. 1922. p. 372.
  12. ^ "Along the Line". Time Traveling on the NYC Ninth Ave El. February 18, 1903. Retrieved October 26, 2015.
  13. ^ "Open New Subway To Regular Traffic — First Train On Seventh Avenue Line Carries Mayor And Other Officials — To Serve Lower West Side — Whitney Predicts An Awakening Of The District — New Extensions Of Elevated Railroad Service". The New York Times. July 2, 1918. p. 11. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved October 25, 2015.
  14. ^ "Jerome Av. Line Ordered Opened". The New York Times. April 13, 1918. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved June 5, 2016.
  15. ^ Brooklyn Daily Eagle Almanac. The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. 1916. p. 100.
  16. ^ Cunningham, Joseph; DeHart, Leonard O. (1993). A History of the New York City Subway System. J. Schmidt, R. Giglio, and K. Lang. p. 48.
  17. ^ Duffus, R.L. (September 22, 1929). "Our Great Subway Network Spreads Wider – New Plans of Board of Transportation Involve the Building of More Than One Hundred Miles of Additional Rapid Transit Routes for New York". The New York Times. Retrieved August 19, 2015.
  18. ^ a b "New Subway Routes in Hylan Program to Cost $186,046,000". The New York Times. March 21, 1925. p. 1. ISSN 0362-4331.
  19. ^ a b c d Joseph B. Raskin (November 1, 2013). The Routes Not Taken: A Trip Through New York City's Unbuilt Subway System. Fordham University Press. ISBN 978-0-8232-5369-2. Retrieved August 12, 2015.
  20. ^ "Bronx-Concourse New Subway Link Opened at 12:57 A.M.: Adds 21 1/2 Miles to City's System−Connects With Manhattan Line at 145th". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. July 1, 1933. p. 20. Retrieved October 26, 2015 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  21. ^ a b c "New Bronx Subway Starts Operation". The New York Times. July 1, 1933. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved February 13, 2010.
  22. ^ "The New Subway Routes". The New York Times. December 15, 1940. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved June 20, 2016.
  23. ^ "Broadway Junction Transportation Study: NYC Department of City Planning Final Report-November 2008" (PDF). nyc.gov. New York City Department of City Planning. November 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 6, 2010. Retrieved October 27, 2015.
  24. ^ "MTA Accessible Stations". mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Archived from the original on May 15, 2020. Retrieved May 22, 2020.
  25. ^ a b c "161st Street–Yankee Stadium Neighborhood Map" (PDF). mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. April 2018. Retrieved February 28, 2019.
  26. ^ "161st Street-Yankee Stadium - Vito Acconci (Acconci Studio) - Wall-Slide, 2002". mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Archived from the original on September 1, 2019. Retrieved May 10, 2020.
  27. ^ a b Dougherty, Peter (2020). Tracks of the New York City Subway 2020 (16th ed.). Dougherty. OCLC 1056711733.
  28. ^ "4 Subway Timetable, Effective December 4, 2022". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved August 26, 2023.
  29. ^ nycsubway.org – IRT Woodlawn Line: The 9th Avenue Elevated-Polo Grounds Shuttle
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  31. ^ nycsubway.org – IRT Woodlawn Line: Image 100342
  32. ^ "IRT Woodlawn Line". nycsubway.org. Retrieved May 22, 2020.

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