Pelham Parkway (IRT Dyre Avenue Line)
Pelham Parkway | |||||||
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| New York City Subway rapid transit station | |||||||
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| Address |
Pelham Parkway, Williamsbridge Road & Esplanade Bronx, NY 10469 | ||||||
| Borough | The Bronx | ||||||
| Locale | Allerton, Pelham Parkway | ||||||
| Coordinates | 40°51′29″N 73°51′22″W / 40.85813°N 73.856063°WCoordinates: 40°51′29″N 73°51′22″W / 40.85813°N 73.856063°W | ||||||
| Division | A (IRT, formerly NYW&B) | ||||||
| Line | IRT Dyre Avenue Line | ||||||
| Services |
5  (all times) | ||||||
| Transit connections |
 NYCT Bus: Bx8, Bx12, Bx12 SBS | ||||||
| Structure | Underground | ||||||
| Platforms | 2 island platforms | ||||||
| Tracks | 4 (2 in regular service) | ||||||
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| Opened |
May 29, 1912 (NYW&B station) May 15, 1941 (re-opened as a Subway station) | ||||||
| Traffic | |||||||
| Passengers (2015) |
894,727[1]  1.4% | ||||||
| Rank | 373 out of 422 | ||||||
| Station succession | |||||||
| Next north |
Gun Hill Road (local): 5 Eastchester – Dyre Avenue (express): no regular service | ||||||
| Next south |
Morris Park (local): 5 East 180th Street (express): no regular service | ||||||
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Pelham Parkway is a station on the IRT Dyre Avenue Line of the New York City Subway. Located at the intersection of Pelham Parkway and the Esplanade (erroneously signed as "Esplanade Avenue" in the station) in the Bronx, it is served by the 5 train at all times.
Station layout
| G | Street level station house | Exit/Entrance, fare control, station agent |
| P Platform level |
Northbound local | ← toward Eastchester – Dyre Avenue (Gun Hill Road) |
| Northbound express | Trackbed | |
| Southbound express | No passenger service | |
| Southbound local | → toward Brooklyn College – Flatbush Avenue weekdays, Bowling Green weekends, East 180th Street late nights (Morris Park) → | |
This station was originally opened on May 29, 1912, as an express station of the New York, Westchester and Boston Railway, with two island platforms and four tracks. It was closed on December 12, 1937, after the NYW&B went bankrupt but was opened again when the City of New York purchased the Bronx portion of the railroad for use in the subway system. An original NYW&B-era train indicator can still be found inside the station.
Today, the two local tracks remain in revenue service, and the southbound express track remains in use as a test track. The northbound express track ends about halfway between the north end of the station and the northern tunnel portal, however, it used to end at a bumper block just south of the station. The station is designed with two island platforms; however it is not considered an express station. The northbound express track had been restored at this station in October 2014. The purpose of the restoration was to serve work trains for the Dyre Avenue Line signal modernization project.[2]
Pelham Parkway is the only completely underground station on the Dyre Avenue Line and the only underground station in the system not originally built for subway use. It is also the northernmost underground IRT station.
In 1981, the MTA listed the station among the 69 most deteriorated stations in the subway system.[3] However, 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.[4][5]
References
- ↑ "Facts and Figures: Annual Subway Ridership". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved 2016-04-19.
- ↑ "Signal System Modernization of the Dyre Avenue Line". judlau.com.
- ↑ Gargan, Edward A. (June 11, 1981). "AGENCY LISTS ITS 69 MOST DETERIORATED SUBWAY STATIONS". The New York Times. Retrieved 13 August 2016.
- ↑ "MTA Will Completely Close 30 Subway Stations For Months-Long "Revamp"". Gothamist. Retrieved 2016-07-18.
- ↑ "MTAStations" (PDF). governor.ny.gov. Government of the State of New York. Retrieved 2016-07-18.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Pelham Parkway (IRT Dyre Avenue Line). |
- nycsubway.org – IRT White Plains Road Line: Pelham Parkway
- Station Reporter — 5 Train
- The Subway Nut — Pelham Parkway Pictures
- New York Westchester and Boston Railway - Pelham Parkway Station
- entrance north of Pelham Parkway from Google Maps Street View