167th Street (IRT Jerome Avenue Line)

167th Street
New York City Subway rapid transit station
Two trains running on the 4 service (one arriving, one leaving) at the 167th Street Station, facing southbound.
Station statistics
Address	East 167th Street & River Avenue Bronx, NY 10452
Borough	The Bronx
Locale	Highbridge
Coordinates	40°50′08″N 73°55′17″W / 40.835665°N 73.921337°WCoordinates: 40°50′08″N 73°55′17″W / 40.835665°N 73.921337°W
Division	A (IRT)
Line	IRT Jerome Avenue Line IRT Ninth Avenue Line (formerly)
Services	4  (all times)
Transit connections	NYCT Bus: Bx35
Structure	Elevated
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	3 (2 in regular service)
Other information
Opened	June 2, 1917
Traffic
Passengers (2015)	3,180,274[1]  3.7%
Rank	159 out of 422
Station succession
Next north	170th Street: 4
Next south	161st Street – Yankee Stadium: 4  Anderson–Jerome Avenues (Ninth Ave elevated; demolished)
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops all times
Location

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

P Platform level	Side platform, doors will open on the right
	Northbound local	← toward Woodlawn (170th Street) ← toward Burnside Avenue (select rush hour trips) (Terminus)
	Peak-direction express	→ No regular service
	Southbound local	→ toward Crown Heights – Utica Avenue (New Lots Avenue late nights) (161st Street – Yankee Stadium) →
	Side platform, doors will open on the right
M	Mezzanine	to entrances/exits, station agent, MetroCard vending machines
G	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^[2] 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.

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.^[3] 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. The next southbound stop was Anderson–Jerome Avenues.

References

1. "Facts and Figures: Annual Subway Ridership". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved 2016-04-19.
2. "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". New York Times. July 2, 1918. Retrieved 25 October 2015.
3. Polo Grounds Shuttle

External links

Eastern stairs

• 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.
• The Subway Nut — 167th Street Pictures
• MTA's Arts For Transit — 167th Street (IRT Jerome Avenue Line)
• 167th Street entrance from Google Maps Street View