167th Street station (IRT Jerome Avenue Line)
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 Two trains running on the 4 service (one arriving, one leaving) at the 167th Street Station, facing southbound. | |||||||
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| Address | East 167th Street & River Avenue Bronx, NY 10452 | ||||||
| Borough | The Bronx | ||||||
| Locale | Highbridge, Concourse | ||||||
| Coordinates | 40°50′08″N 73°55′17″W / 40.835665°N 73.921337°W | ||||||
| Division | A (IRT)[1] | ||||||
| Line | IRT Jerome Avenue Line IRT Ninth Avenue Line (formerly) | ||||||
| Services | 4  (all times) | ||||||
| Transit |  NYCT Bus: Bx35 | ||||||
| Structure | Elevated | ||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||
| Tracks | 3 (2 in regular service) | ||||||
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| Opened | June 2, 1917 | ||||||
| Opposite- direction transfer | Yes | ||||||
| Traffic | |||||||
| 2023 | 1,901,393[2]  2.9% | ||||||
| Rank | 171 out of 423[2] | ||||||
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| Next north | Template:NYCS next | ||||||
| Next south | Anderson–Jerome Avenues (Ninth Ave elevated; demolished) Template:NYCS next | ||||||
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167th Street is a local station on the IRT Jerome Avenue Line of the New York City Subway. Located at the intersection of 167th Street and River Avenue in the Bronx, it is served by the 4 train at all times.
Station layout
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| Platform level | Side platform | |
| Northbound local | ← toward Woodlawn (170th Street) ← toward Burnside Avenue (select rush hour trips) (Terminus)
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| Peak-direction express | No regular service | |
| Southbound local | toward Crown Heights–Utica Avenue (New Lots Avenue late nights) (161st Street–Yankee Stadium) →
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| Side platform | ||
| Mezzanine | Fare control, station agent, MetroCard machines | |
| Ground | Street level | Entrances/exits |
The station has three tracks with two side platforms. The station was opened in 1917, gained additional service from the Ninth Avenue Elevated on July 1, 1918[4] and was rehabilitated in 2004. It has old-style signs painted over and covered up with new style signs, and features new fare control railings as a crossunder.
Exits
Fare control is via a mezzanine under the tracks. Outside fare control, exit stairs go to all corners of River Avenue and 167th Street.[5]
Polo Grounds Shuttle
From 1940 to 1958, 167th Street served as a terminal for the last remnant of the Ninth Avenue Elevated operating from 155th Street (Polo Grounds) to 167th Street. On reaching 167th Street, trains would switch to the center track, change direction, and return to 155th Street on the downtown track. Service was eventually reduced to a single two-car train operating in both directions on the uptown track.[6] In 1958, service was discontinued after the New York Giants left for San Francisco. From the southern end of the station, the ramps leading to the Ninth Avenue line structure can still be seen. These ramps end south of the southwest corner of River Avenue and 164th Street between Gate 8 and the 164th Street parking garage at Yankee Stadium.
In 1940, the New York City Board of Transportation proposed that the IRT Ninth Avenue Line be connected to the IRT Lenox Avenue Line in Manhattan near the current Harlem–148th Street station.[7] However, the tunnel from Sedgwick Avenue to Anderson–Jerome Avenues was built to elevated-railway standards, whose "open" third rails were shorter than the subway's "covered" third rails because the "open" rails did not have any protective covers on top. This incompatibility prevented the connection from being built.[8] Another issue was that the Ninth Avenue Line could not carry subway cars, as it was only strong enough to carry the lighter elevated cars.[9]: 244
References
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Annual Subway Ridership (2018–2023)". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2023. Retrieved April 20, 2024.
- ^ "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" (PDF). New York Times. July 2, 1918. Retrieved 25 October 2015.
- ^ "MTA Neighborhood Maps: University Heights" (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2015. Retrieved 7 October 2015.
- ^ Polo Grounds Shuttle
- ^ Transportation, New York (N Y. ) Board of; Spinrad, Isidor (1945). Report, Including Analysis of Operations of the New York City Transit System: For Five Years Ended June 30, 1945. The Board. p. 123.
- ^ nycsubway.org—History of the Independent Subway
- ^ Raskin, Joseph B. (2013). The Routes Not Taken: A Trip Through New York City's Unbuilt Subway System. New York, New York: Fordham University Press. doi:10.5422/fordham/9780823253692.001.0001. ISBN 978-0-82325-369-2.
External links
- nycsubway.org – IRT Woodlawn Line: 167th Street
- nycsubway.org – 9th Avenue El:
- nycsubway.org — A Bronx Reflection Artwork by Carol Sun (2006)
- Station Reporter — 4 Train
- Forgotten NY: Subways and Trains — 9th Avenue Line
- "Ninth Avenue Express". Station Reporter. Archived from the original on December 5, 2014. Retrieved 2009-01-25.
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- MTA's Arts For Transit — 167th Street (IRT Jerome Avenue Line)
- 167th Street entrance from Google Maps Street View
- Platforms from Google Maps Street View
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