161st Street–Yankee Stadium station

161st Street–Yankee Stadium  ​​
New York City Subway station complex
Station statistics
Address	East 161st Street & River Avenue Bronx, NY 10451
Borough	The Bronx
Locale	Highbridge
Division	A (IRT), B (IND)
Line	IRT Jerome Avenue Line IND Concourse Line
Services	4  (all times)​    B  (weekdays only) ​   D  (all except rush hours, peak direction)
Transit	NYCT Bus: Bx6, Bx13 Metro-North: Hudson Line (at Yankees–East 153rd Street)
Levels	2
Other information
Accessible	ADA-accessible
Traffic
2023	5,316,351  5.8%
Rank	49 out of 423
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops all times except rush hours in the peak direction Stops all times 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. Located at the intersection of 161st Street and River Avenue in the Bronx, it is served by the:

• 4 train at all times
• D train at all times except rush hours in the peak direction
• B train during rush hours

The station is ADA-accessible, with elevators available to all platforms.

This station is located adjacent to Yankee Stadium, and also provides service to many Bronx County courts, government facilities, and shopping districts which are a short walk to the east. The station is eight blocks away from the MTA's Metro-North Yankees–East 153rd Street station, which also provides service to Yankee Stadium.

The combined passenger count for 161st Street–Yankee Stadium station in 2015 was 8,922,188, making it the busiest station in the Bronx and 39th overall.

This is one of only two station complexes in the Bronx (the other being 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.

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.

IRT Jerome Avenue Line platforms

161st Street–Yankee Stadium
New York City Subway station (rapid transit)
View of southbound platform and current Yankee Stadium
Station statistics
Division	A (IRT)
Line	IRT Jerome Avenue Line
Services	4  (all times)
Structure	Elevated
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	3 (2 in regular service)
Other information
Opened	June 2, 1917 (1917-06-02)
Accessible	ADA-accessible
Opposite- direction transfer	Yes
Traffic
2023	5,316,351  5.8%
Rank	49 out of 423
Station succession
Next north	Template:NYCS next
Next south	Template:NYCS next
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops all times

Track layout
to 167 St to 149 St

161st Street–Yankee Stadium is a local station on the IRT Jerome Avenue Line that has three tracks and two side platforms. The station has extra exit stairs to handle stadium crowds at each platform, which make the platforms at this station much longer than traditional IRT platforms.

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

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  The view of the old Yankee Stadium from the IRT Jerome Line platform.
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  The IRT Jerome Line station as seen from the street.

IND Concourse Line platforms

161st Street–Yankee Stadium  ​
New York City Subway station (rapid transit)
Northbound platform
Station statistics
Division	B (IND)
Line	IND Concourse Line
Services	B  (weekdays only) ​   D  (all except rush hours, peak direction)
Structure	Underground
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	3
Other information
Opened	July 1, 1933 (1933-07-01)
Accessible	ADA-accessible
Opposite- direction transfer	Yes
Former/other names	161st Street–River Avenue
Traffic
2023	5,316,351  5.8%
Rank	49 out of 423
Station succession
Next north	Template:NYCS next
Next south	Template:NYCS next
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops all times except rush hours in the peak direction Stops rush hours only

style="color:white;background:#Template:NYCS color;text-align:center;padding:5px"| Track layout
to 167 St to 155 St

Station identification signage, old and modern

161st Street–Yankee Stadium is a local station on the IND Concourse Line that has three tracks and two side platforms.

The full-time mezzanine is at 161st Street and River Avenue with four street staircases. The part-time entrance is at Walton Avenue and has two street staircases and a passageway to 161st Street. 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.

External links

• nycsubway.org – IRT Woodlawn Line: 161st Street-Yankee Stadium
• nycsubway.org – IND Concourse Line: 161st Street-Yankee Stadium
• nycsubway.org — Wall-Slide/Room of Tranquility Artwork by Acconci and Brandt (2002)
• Station Reporter — Yankee Stadium Complex
• The Subway Nut — 161st Street–Yankee Stadium Pictures
• MTA's Arts For Transit — 161st Street–Yankee Stadium
• 161st Street & River Avenue — southwest corner entrance from Google Maps Street View
• 161st Street & River Avenue entrance to Jerome Avenue Line from Google Maps Street View
• 161st Street & River Avenue — northeast corner entrance to Concourse Line from Google Maps Street View
• Walton Avenue entrances from Google Maps Street View