161st Street–Yankee Stadium station

161 Street–Yankee Stadium
161 Street–Yankee Stadium
New York City Subway station (rapid transit)
	Northbound platform with Wall-Slide detail.
Station statistics
Division	B (IND)
Line	IND Concourse Line
Services	B (rush hours until 7:00 p.m.); D (all except rush hours, peak direction)
Structure	Underground
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	3
Other information
Opened	July 1, 1933 (90 years ago)
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 east	Template:NYCS next
Next west	Template:NYCS next
Station service legend
Symbol	Description
	Stops all times except rush hours in the peak direction
	Stops rush hours only

161 Street–Yankee Stadium
161 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 (106 years ago)
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

161 Street–Yankee Stadium
161 Street–Yankee Stadium
New York City Subway station complex
	Elevator to station
Station statistics
Address	East 161st Street & River Avenue; Bronx, NY 10451
Borough	The Bronx
Locale	Highbridge, Concourse
Coordinates	40°49′41″N 73°55′33″W / 40.827937°N 73.925886°W
Division	A (IRT), B (IND)
Line	IRT Jerome Avenue Line; IND Concourse Line
Services	4 (all times); B (rush hours until 7:00 p.m.); D (all except rush hours, peak direction)
Transit	NYCT Bus: Bx6, Bx6 SBS, 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
Location
Street map
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 Highbridge and Concourse neighborhoods of 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 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.^[2]

This station 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.^{[citation needed]}

Station layout

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

The station is ADA-accessible, with elevators available to all platforms.^[3]

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 three blocks away from the MTA's Metro-North Yankees–East 153rd Street station, which also provides service to Yankee Stadium.^[4]

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.^[5]

IRT Jerome Avenue Line platforms

Track layout

Legend

					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 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.^[6] A stub of the Ninth Avenue Line connecting trackway still exists and is visible today.^[7]^[8]

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.^[4]

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

IND Concourse Line platforms

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Track layout

Legend


					to 167 St







					to 155 St

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. It is the southernmost station on the IND Concourse Line within the Bronx.^[9]

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.^[4] 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.

References

^ ^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.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "Annual Subway Ridership (2018–2023)". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2023. Retrieved April 20, 2024.
^ "MTA Accessible Stations". MTA. Archived from the original on May 15, 2020. Retrieved May 22, 2020.
^ ^a ^b ^c "161st Street–Yankee Stadium Neighborhood Map" (PDF). new.mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. April 2018. Retrieved February 28, 2019.
^ "161st Street-Yankee Stadium - Vito Acconci (Acconci Studio) - Wall-Slide, 2002". web.mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Archived from the original on September 1, 2019. Retrieved May 10, 2020.
^ nycsubway.org – IRT Woodlawn Line: The 9th Avenue Elevated-Polo Grounds Shuttle
^ nycsubway.org – IRT Woodlawn Line: 161st Street/River Avenue (Yankee Stadium)
^ nycsubway.org – IRT Woodlawn Line: Image 100342
^ "www.nycsubway.org: IRT Woodlawn Line". www.nycsubway.org. Retrieved May 22, 2020.

External links

Google Maps Street View
161st Street & River Avenue — southwest corner entrance
161st Street & River Avenue entrance to Jerome Avenue Line
161st Street & River Avenue — northeast corner entrance to Concourse Line
Walton Avenue entrances
IRT platforms (360° View)
IND platforms (360° View)

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

[SASDEIS-DIVISION-1] "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.

[riderref-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "Annual Subway Ridership (2018–2023)". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2023. Retrieved April 20, 2024.

[3] "MTA Accessible Stations". MTA. Archived from the original on May 15, 2020. Retrieved May 22, 2020.

[:0-4] "161st Street–Yankee Stadium Neighborhood Map" (PDF). new.mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. April 2018. Retrieved February 28, 2019.

[5] "161st Street-Yankee Stadium - Vito Acconci (Acconci Studio) - Wall-Slide, 2002". web.mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Archived from the original on September 1, 2019. Retrieved May 10, 2020.

[NYCS-9thAve-6] ycsubway.org – IRT Woodlawn Line: The 9th Avenue Elevated-Polo Grounds Shuttle

[NYCS-Woodlawn-7] ycsubway.org – IRT Woodlawn Line: 161st Street/River Avenue (Yankee Stadium)

[8] ycsubway.org – IRT Woodlawn Line: Image 100342

[9] "www.nycsubway.org: IRT Woodlawn Line". www.nycsubway.org. Retrieved May 22, 2020.

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v t e Stations of the New York City Subway, by service
Lexington Avenue Express	Woodlawn Mosholu Parkway Bedford Park Boulevard–Lehman College Kingsbridge Road Fordham Road 183rd Street Burnside Avenue 176th Street Mount Eden Avenue 170th Street 167th Street 161st Street–Yankee Stadium 149th Street–Grand Concourse 138th Street–Grand Concourse 125th Street 116th Street* 110th Street* 103rd Street* 96th Street* 86th Street 77th Street* 68th Street–Hunter College* 59th Street 51st Street* Grand Central–42nd Street 33rd Street* 28th Street* 23rd Street* 14th Street–Union Square Astor Place* Bleecker Street* Spring Street* Canal Street* Brooklyn Bridge–City Hall Fulton Street Wall Street Bowling Green Borough Hall Nevins Street Atlantic Avenue–Barclays Center Bergen Street* Grand Army Plaza* Eastern Parkway–Brooklyn Museum* Franklin Avenue–Medgar Evers College Nostrand Avenue* Kingston Avenue* Crown Heights–Utica Avenue Sutter Avenue–Rutland Road* Saratoga Avenue* Rockaway Avenue* Junius Street* Pennsylvania Avenue* Van Siclen Avenue* New Lots Avenue*
Sixth Avenue Express	Bedford Park Boulevard Kingsbridge Road Fordham Road 182nd–183rd Streets Tremont Avenue 174th–175th Streets 170th Street 167th Street 161st Street–Yankee Stadium 155th Street 145th Street 135th Street 125th Street 116th Street Cathedral Parkway–110th Street 103rd Street 96th Street 86th Street 81st Street–Museum of Natural History 72nd Street 59th Street–Columbus Circle Seventh Avenue 47th–50th Streets–Rockefeller Center 42nd Street–Bryant Park 34th Street–Herald Square West Fourth Street–Washington Square Broadway–Lafayette Street Grand Street DeKalb Avenue Atlantic Avenue–Barclays Center Seventh Avenue Prospect Park Church Avenue Newkirk Plaza Kings Highway Sheepshead Bay Brighton Beach
Sixth Avenue Express	Norwood–205th Street Bedford Park Boulevard Kingsbridge Road Fordham Road 182nd–183rd Streets Tremont Avenue 174th–175th Streets 170th Street 167th Street 161st Street–Yankee Stadium 155th Street 145th Street 125th Street 59th Street–Columbus Circle Seventh Avenue 47th–50th Streets–Rockefeller Center 42nd Street–Bryant Park 34th Street–Herald Square West Fourth Street–Washington Square Broadway–Lafayette Street Grand Street DeKalb Avenue* Atlantic Avenue–Barclays Center Union Street* Ninth Street* Prospect Avenue* 25th Street* 36th Street Ninth Avenue Fort Hamilton Parkway 50th Street 55th Street 62nd Street 71st Street 79th Street 18th Avenue 20th Avenue Bay Parkway 25th Avenue Bay 50th Street Coney Island–Stillwell Avenue
See also Lists by borough (The Bronx Brooklyn Manhattan Queens) Accessible Closed Terminals Transfer Commons category Note: Service variations, station closures, and reroutes are not reflected here. Stations with asterisks have no regular peak, reverse peak, or midday service on that route. See linked articles for more information.

v t e Stations of the New York City Subway, by line (physical trackage)
Jerome Ave. Line	Woodlawn Mosholu Parkway Bedford Park Boulevard–Lehman College Kingsbridge Road Fordham Road 183rd Street Burnside Avenue 176th Street Mount Eden Avenue 170th Street 167th Street 161st Street–Yankee Stadium 149th Street–Grand Concourse [← to 149th Street–Grand Concourse, White Plains Rd. Line] 138th Street–Grand Concourse [to 125th Street, Lexington Ave. Line →]
Concourse Line	Norwood–205th Street Bedford Park Boulevard Kingsbridge Road Fordham Road 182nd–183rd Streets Tremont Avenue 174th–175th Streets 170th Street 167th Street 161st Street–Yankee Stadium 155th Street 145th Street [to 135th Street, Eighth Ave. Line →]
See also Lists by borough (The Bronx Brooklyn Manhattan Queens) Accessible Closed Terminals Transfer Commons category Stations and line segments in italics are closed, demolished, or planned (temporary closures are marked with asterisks). Track connections to other lines' terminals are displayed in brackets. ~~Struck through~~ passenger track connections are closed or unused in regular service.