170th Street station (IRT Jerome Avenue Line)
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 New York City Subway station (rapid transit) | |||||||
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| Address | 170th Street & Jerome Avenue Bronx, NY 10452 | ||||||
| Borough | The Bronx | ||||||
| Locale | Highbridge | ||||||
| Division | A (IRT)[1] | ||||||
| Line | IRT Jerome Avenue Line | ||||||
| Services | 4  (all times) | ||||||
| Transit |  NYCT Bus: Bx11, Bx18 | ||||||
| Structure | Elevated | ||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||
| Tracks | 3 | ||||||
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| Opened | June 2, 1917 | ||||||
| Opposite- direction transfer | Yes | ||||||
| Traffic | |||||||
| 2023 | 1,448,193[2]  3.4% | ||||||
| Rank | 219 out of 423[2] | ||||||
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| Next north | Template:NYCS next | ||||||
| Next south | Template:NYCS next | ||||||
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170th Street is a local station on the IRT Jerome Avenue Line of the New York City Subway. Located at the intersection of 170th Street and Jerome Avenue in the Bronx, it is served by the 4 train at all times, and is the southernmost station along the line to be located on the street it was named for.
Station layout
| Platform level | Side platform | |
| Northbound local | ← toward Woodlawn (Mount Eden Avenue)
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| Peak-direction express | ← does not stop here (select rush hour trips)
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| Southbound local | toward Crown Heights–Utica Avenue (New Lots Avenue late nights) (167th Street) →
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| Side platform | ||
| Mezzanine | Fare control, station agent, MetroCard and OMNY machines Elevator at southeast corner of East 170th Street and Jerome Avenue
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| Ground | Street level | Entrances/exits |
This elevated station, opened on June 2, 1917, and rehabilitated in 2004, has three tracks and two side platforms. Both platforms have beige windscreens and mesh fences and red canopies with green frames and support columns in the center and white steel waist-level fences at either ends with white lampposts at regular intervals.
The station's only entrance/exit is an elevated station house beneath the tracks. Inside fare control, it has two staircases to each platform at the center and a waiting area that allows a free transfer between directions. Outside fare control, it has a turnstile bank, token booth, and three street stairs going down to either side of Jerome Avenue between 170th Street and Elliot Place, two to the east side and one to the west.
The 2005 artwork here is called Views from Above by Dina Bursztyn. It features stained glass windows on the platform windscreens and station house based on Bursztyn's experience on riding elevated trains.
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.
- ^ "Facts and Figures: Annual Subway Ridership". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved 2016-04-19.
External links
- nycsubway.org – IRT Woodlawn Line: 170th Street
- nycsubway.org — Views from Above Artwork by Dina Bursztyn (2005)
- Station Reporter — 4 Train
- The Subway Nut — 170th Street Pictures
- MTA's Arts For Transit — 170th Street (IRT Jerome Avenue Line)
- 170th Street entrance from Google Maps Street View
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