170th Street station (IND Concourse Line)
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Structure | Underground | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Platforms | 2 side platforms | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tracks | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Opened | July 1, 1933 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Opposite- direction transfer | Yes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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2022 | 1,121,869[2] 1.6% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rank | 257 out of 423[2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 170th Street station is a local
History
This station was built as part of the IND Concourse Line, which was one of the original lines of the city-owned
Station layout
Ground | Street level | Exit/entrance |
Mezzanine | Fare control, station agent, MetroCard machines | |
Platform level | Side platform | |
Northbound local | ← toward Bedford Park Boulevard rush hours (174th–175th Streets) ← toward Norwood–205th Street (174th–175th Streets) | |
Peak-direction express | ← PM rush does not stop here AM rush does not stop here → | |
Southbound local | toward Brighton Beach rush hours (167th Street) → toward Coney Island–Stillwell Avenue (167th Street) → | |
Side platform |
This underground station has three tracks and two side platforms. The center express track is used by the D train during rush hours in the peak direction.[9]
Both platforms have an orange trim line on a black border and name tablets reading "170TH ST." in white
South of this station, a fourth track to the west of the line begins at a
Exits
The full-time mezzanine is at the north end of the station. Two staircases from each platform go up to a waiting area/crossover, where a
Each platform has a same-level un-staffed fare control area at their south ends. On the
Below this station is a tunnel carrying East 170th Street underneath the Grand Concourse. On both sides of the platforms at the southern end, there were staircases that led down to the East 170th Street underpass;[14][15] they were closed off to the public for security reasons in 1992.[16][17][18][10]
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.
- ^ "Annual Subway Ridership (2017–2022)". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2022. Retrieved November 8, 2023.
- ^ Duffus, R.L. (September 22, 1929). "Our Great Subway Network Spreads Wider" (PDF). The New York Times. Retrieved August 19, 2015.
- ^ a b "New Subway Routes in Hylan Program to Cost $186,046,000" (PDF). The New York Times. March 21, 1925. p. 1.
- ^ "Board Speeds Subway on Grand Concourse" (PDF). The New York Times. September 2, 1928. Retrieved November 4, 2015.
- ISBN 978-0-8232-5369-2. Retrieved August 12, 2015.
- ^ "New Bronx Subway Starts Operation". The New York Times. July 1, 1933. Retrieved February 13, 2010.
- Newspapers.com.
- ^ OCLC 49777633 – via Google Books.
- ^ a b c "170th Street Neighborhood Map" (PDF). new.mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. April 2018. Retrieved February 28, 2019.
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- ^ "Img_1217". August 5, 2019.
- ^ Google maps: northern corner at the 170th Street underpass
- ^ Google maps: southern corner at the 170th Street underpass
External links
- nycsubway.org – IND Concourse: 170th Street
- Station Reporter — B Train
- Station Reporter — D Train
- The Subway Nut — 170th Street Pictures Archived February 23, 2020, at the Wayback Machine
- 170th Street entrance from Google Maps Street View
- 171st Street entrance from Google Maps Street View
- Platforms from Google Maps Street View