Hunts Point Avenue station

Not to be confused with Hunters Point Avenue (IRT Flushing Line).

Hunts Point Avenue  ​
New York City Subway station (rapid transit)
Station statistics
Address	Hunts Point Avenue & Southern Boulevard Bronx, NY 10459
Borough	The Bronx
Locale	Hunts Point, Woodstock
Division	A (IRT)
Line	IRT Pelham Line
Services	6  (all times) <6>  (weekdays until 8:45 p.m., peak direction)​
Transit	NYCT Bus: Bx5, Bx6, Bx19
Structure	Underground
Platforms	2 island platforms cross-platform interchange
Tracks	3
Other information
Opened	January 7, 1919 (1919-01-07)
Accessible	ADA-accessible
Opposite- direction transfer	Yes
Traffic
2023	2,140,557  7.4%
Rank	156 out of 423
Station succession
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Station service legend Symbol Description Stops all times Stops rush hours in the peak direction only

Hunts Point Avenue is an express station on the IRT Pelham Line of the New York City Subway, served by the 6 train at all times and the <6> train on weekdays in the peak direction. It is located at Hunts Point Avenue and Southern Boulevard in the Bronx.

Station layout

G	Street Level	Exit / Entrance
M	Mezzanine	Fare control, station agent Elevator in Monsignor Del Valle Square, at northeast corner of Bruckner Boulevard and Hunts Point Avenue
P Platform level	Southbound local	← toward Brooklyn Bridge – City Hall (Longwood Avenue)
	Island platform, doors will open on the left, right
	Peak-direction express	← toward Brooklyn Bridge – City Hall (weekday mornings) (Third Avenue – 138th Street) → toward Pelham Bay Park (weekday afternoons and evenings) (Parkchester) →
	Island platform, doors will open on the left, right
	Northbound local	→ toward Parkchester (weekdays) or Pelham Bay Park (all times except weekday afternoons and evenings) (Whitlock Avenue) →

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to Parkchester to Whitlock Av to Longwood Av to 138 St

Stairwell entrance into the station from street level, as seen in winter

Exit-only station house on Southern Boulevard

This underground station, opened on January 7, 1919, and has three tracks and two island platforms. The 6 stops on the outer local tracks while the <6> stops at the center express track. This is the northernmost underground station on the line before the elevated stretch to Pelham Bay Park station.

This station's main fare control area is a mezzanine above the center of the platforms and tracks. Two staircases from each platform go up to a waiting area/crossover, where a turnstile bank provides access to and from the station. Outside fare control, there is a token booth and two street stairs going up to Monsignor Del Valle Square, a city-owned park on the triangle formed by East 163rd Street, Hunts Point Avenue, and Bruckner Boulevard. Unusually for this station, the street-level facility, street stair enclosures, and lights are all made of bricks. Although the platform level is lit by fluorescent bulbs, the mezzanine remains lit by incandescent lights, which were replaced along every platform in the subway by the late 1980s.

The northbound platform has an exit-only at its extreme northern end. A twisting staircase goes up to a street-level steel and glass structure, where exit-only turnstiles provide access out of the station. It is located at the southeast corner of Southern Boulevard and Hunts Point Avenue.

The track walls have geometric Vickers-designed mosaic friezes in muted shades of blue, grey and beige, with occasional bits of pale pink. The large identifying plaques show "H P". Matching "uptown" and "downtown" directional mosaics are found in the mezzanine, along with a smaller, simplified version of the frieze found on the lower level. Dark green i-beam columns run along both platforms at regular intervals, a single line in the middle at their ends and one line on each side at their center.

Station condition

In 1981, the MTA listed the station among the 69 most deteriorated stations in the subway system.

On November 18, 2014, a $17.8 million project to make the station compliant with the Americans With Disabilities Act was completed and the reconstructed entrances and fare control area opened to the public. There are three elevators: one from the mezzanine to each platform within fare control, and one from the mezzanine to Monsignor Del Valle Square.

Under the 2015–2019 MTA Capital Plan, the station, along with thirty other New York City Subway stations, will undergo a complete overhaul and would be entirely closed for up to 6 months. Updates would include cellular service, Wi-Fi, charging stations, improved signage, and improved station lighting.

External links

• nycsubway.org – IRT Pelham Line: Hunts Point Avenue
• Station Reporter — 6 Train
• The Subway Nut — Hunts Point Avenue Pictures
• Hunts Point Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View
• Southern Boulevard exit-only from Google Maps Street View