Whitlock Avenue (IRT Pelham Line)
Whitlock Avenue | |||||||
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| New York City Subway rapid transit station | |||||||
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Whitlock Avenue station looking northeast toward the curve at the bridge over the Northeast Corridor and Bronx River. | |||||||
| Station statistics | |||||||
| Address |
Whitlock Avenue & Westchester Avenue Bronx, NY 10459 | ||||||
| Borough | The Bronx | ||||||
| Locale | North Hunts Point | ||||||
| Coordinates | 40°49′39″N 73°53′10″W / 40.827514°N 73.886147°WCoordinates: 40°49′39″N 73°53′10″W / 40.827514°N 73.886147°W | ||||||
| Division | A (IRT) | ||||||
| Line | IRT Pelham Line | ||||||
| Services |
6  (all times) | ||||||
| Transit connections |
 NYCT Bus: Bx4, Bx4A, Bx27 | ||||||
| Structure | Elevated | ||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||
| Tracks | 3 | ||||||
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| Opened | May 27, 1920 | ||||||
| Traffic | |||||||
| Passengers (2015) |
545,079[1]  0.2% | ||||||
| Rank | 403 out of 422 | ||||||
| Station succession | |||||||
| Next north |
Elder Avenue: 6 | ||||||
| Next south |
Hunts Point Avenue: 6 | ||||||
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Whitlock Avenue is a local station on the IRT Pelham Line of the New York City Subway. It is served by the 6 train at all times and is located at Whitlock Avenue and Westchester Avenue in the Bronx.
Station layout
| P Platform level |
Side platform, doors will open on the right | |
| Southbound local | ← toward Brooklyn Bridge – City Hall (Hunts Point Avenue) | |
| Peak-direction express | ←  does not stop here → | |
| Northbound local | → toward Pelham Bay Park or Parkchester (Elder Avenue) → | |
| Side platform, doors will open on the right | ||
| M | Mezzanine | Station agent, MetroCard vending machines, fare control |
| G | Street Level | Exit / Entrance |
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The station which opened on May 27, 1920,[2] has three tracks and two side platforms, with the center express track used by the <6> service on weekdays in the peak direction. The station has covered-over old signs and a windscreen on the south end. The north end has a full canopy over the platform. The mezzanine is wood and features frosted windows in a simulated 16-pane pattern. At one time there were doors to the fare control but they have been removed; doors from fare control to the street remain.
The station is adjacent to an abandoned railroad station called Westchester Avenue which was served by the New York, Westchester and Boston Railroad, and the Harlem River Branch of the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad. Currently, the line is used by Amtrak. The former NYW&B line was at one time proposed to be converted into an extension of the IRT Dyre Avenue Line leading to this station, rather than its current terminus at East 180th Street on the IRT White Plains Road Line. The station is also located right next to the Sheridan Expressway.
Southbound, this is the last elevated station before the wholly underground stretch to Brooklyn Bridge station.
References
- ↑ "Facts and Figures: Annual Subway Ridership". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved 2016-04-19.
- ↑ "Bronx Subway Extension Opened". New York Times. May 28, 1920. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
External links
- nycsubway.org—IRT Pelham Line: Whitlock Avenue
- Station Reporter — 6 Train
- The Subway Nut — Whitlock Avenue Pictures
- Whitlock Avenue entrances from Google Maps Street View
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