170th Street (IRT Jerome Avenue Line)
170th Street | |||||||
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| New York City Subway rapid transit station | |||||||
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Western side | |||||||
| Station statistics | |||||||
| Address |
170th Street & Jerome Avenue Bronx, NY 10452 | ||||||
| Borough | The Bronx | ||||||
| Locale | Highbridge | ||||||
| Coordinates | 40°50′25″N 73°55′04″W / 40.840178°N 73.917732°WCoordinates: 40°50′25″N 73°55′04″W / 40.840178°N 73.917732°W | ||||||
| Division | A (IRT) | ||||||
| Line | IRT Jerome Avenue Line | ||||||
| Services |
4  (all times) | ||||||
| Transit connections |
 NYCT Bus: Bx11, Bx18 | ||||||
| Structure | Elevated | ||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||
| Tracks | 3 | ||||||
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| Opened | June 2, 1917 | ||||||
| Traffic | |||||||
| Passengers (2015) |
3,045,205[1]  3.5% | ||||||
| Rank | 169 out of 422 | ||||||
| Station succession | |||||||
| Next north |
Mount Eden Avenue: 4 | ||||||
| Next south |
167th Street: 4 | ||||||
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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
| P Platform level |
Side platform, doors will open on the right | |
| Northbound local | ← toward Woodlawn (Mount Eden Avenue) | |
| Peak-direction express | ← does not stop here (select rush hour trips) | |
| Southbound local | → toward Crown Heights – Utica Avenue (New Lots Avenue late nights) (167th Street) → | |
| Side platform, doors will open on the right | ||
| M | Mezzanine | to entrances/exits, station agent, MetroCard vending machines |
| G | 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
- ↑ "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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