167th Street station (IRT Jerome Avenue Line)
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Structure | Elevated | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tracks | 3 (2 in regular service) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Opened | June 2, 1917 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Opposite- direction transfer | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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2023 | 1,901,393[3] 2.9% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rank | 171 out of 423[3] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 167th Street station 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. This station was constructed by the Interborough Rapid Transit Company as part of the Dual Contracts and opened in 1917.
History
The Dual Contracts, which were signed on March 19, 1913, were contracts for the construction and/or rehabilitation and operation of rapid transit lines in the City of New York. The contracts were "dual" in that they were signed between the City and two separate private companies (the Interborough Rapid Transit Company and the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company), all working together to make the construction of the Dual Contracts possible. The Dual Contracts promised the construction of several lines in the Bronx. As part of Contract 3, the IRT agreed to build an elevated line along Jerome Avenue in the Bronx.[4][5][6]
167th Street station opened as part of the initial section of the line to Kingsbridge Road on June 2, 1917. Service was initially operated as a shuttle between Kingsbridge Road and 149th Street.[7][8]
On July 1, 1918, trains on the
Through service to the
A new high exit turnstile entrance from the southern end of the northbound platform opened on October 6, 1931.[15]
The city government took over the IRT's operations on June 12, 1940.
From 1940 to 1958, 167th Street served as a terminal for the last remnant of the Ninth Avenue Elevated operating from
This station was rehabilitated in 2004.[22][23]
Station layout
Platform level | Side platform | |
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 | ||
Mezzanine | Fare control, station agent, MetroCard machines | |
Ground | Street level | Entrances/exits |
This elevated station has three tracks with two side platforms.[24] The 4 stops here at all times.[25]
This station has old-style signs that have been painted over and covered up with new-style signs. It also features new[
Exits
References
- ^ "Glossary". Second Avenue Subway Supplemental Draft Environmental Impact Statement (SDEIS) (PDF). Vol. 1. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. March 4, 2003. pp. 1–2. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 26, 2021. Retrieved January 1, 2021.
- ^ "Bronx Bus Map" (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. October 2018. Retrieved December 1, 2020.
- ^ a b "Annual Subway Ridership (2018–2023)". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2023. Retrieved April 20, 2024.
- ^ New Subways For New York: The Dual System of Rapid Transit Chapter 5: Terms and Conditions of Dual System Contracts. New York Public Service Commission. 1913. Retrieved February 16, 2015.
- ^ The Dual System of Rapid Transit (1912). New York State Public Service Commission. 1912.
- ^ "Most Recent Map of the Dual Subway System Which Shows How Brooklyn Borough Is Favored In New Transit Lines". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. September 9, 1917. Retrieved August 23, 2016 – via newspapers.com.
- ^ a b "Service Begun on the Jerome Avenue Line". Public Service Record. 4 (6). June 1917.
- – via HathiTrust.
- ^ a b Brooklyn Daily Eagle Almanac. The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. 1922. p. 372.
- ^ "Along the Line". Time Traveling on the NYC Ninth Ave El. February 18, 1903. Archived from the original on November 11, 2016. Retrieved October 26, 2015.
- ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved October 25, 2015.
- ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved June 5, 2016.
- ^ Brooklyn Daily Eagle Almanac. The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. 1916. p. 100.
- ^ Cunningham, Joseph; DeHart, Leonard O. (1993). A History of the New York City Subway System. J. Schmidt, R. Giglio, and K. Lang. p. 48.
- ^ Eleventh Annual Report For The Calendar Year 1931. New York State Transit Commission. 1922. p. 80.
- from the original on January 7, 2022. Retrieved 2022-05-14.
- ProQuest 1248134780.
- ^ New York Board of Transportation; Spinrad, Isidor (1945). Report, Including Analysis of Operations of the New York City Transit System: For Five Years Ended June 30, 1945. New York. p. 123.
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: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ "History of the Independent Subway". nycsubway.org. Retrieved June 16, 2020.
- ISBN 978-0-82325-369-2.
- ^ "Polo Grounds Shuttle". Charlie's 9th Ave El. Archived from the original on June 16, 2020. Retrieved June 16, 2020.
- ^ "Three Bronx subway stations closed to undergo renovations for four months". news12. July 5, 2004. Archived from the original on June 30, 2020. Retrieved June 30, 2020.
- ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-12-29.
- OCLC 1056711733.
- ^ "4 Subway Timetable, Effective December 4, 2022". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved August 26, 2023.
- ^ "167th Street Neighborhood Map" (PDF). mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. April 2018. Retrieved February 28, 2019.
External links
- 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 Archived 2017-06-15 at the Wayback Machine
- MTA's Arts For Transit — 167th Street (IRT Jerome Avenue Line)
- 167th Street entrance from Google Maps Street View
- Platforms from Google Maps Street View