Intervale Avenue station
Intervale Avenue Bx6 SBS[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Structure | Elevated | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Platforms | 2 side platforms | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tracks | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Opened | April 30, 1910 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rebuilt | April 21, 1992 | (re-opened after 1989 fire)|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Opposite- direction transfer | Yes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Former/other names | Intervale Avenue–163rd Street | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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2023 | 580,512[3] 1.8% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rank | 366 out of 423[3] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Intervale Avenue station (formerly the Intervale Avenue–163rd Street station[4]) is a local station on the IRT White Plains Road Line of the New York City Subway. Located at the intersection of Intervale and Westchester Avenues in Longwood, Bronx, it is served by the 2 train at all times, and the 5 train at all times except late nights and rush hours in the peak direction.
History
Early history
The initial segment of the IRT White Plains Road Line opened on November 26, 1904 between
1930s and 1940s
The New York State Transit Commission announced plans to extend the southbound platforms at seven stations on the line from
The city government took over the IRT's operations on June 12, 1940.
Station house arson
On March 15, 1989, three men set the wooden station house on fire after a failed attempt to rob the token booth. The clerk was not seriously injured, while the suspects fled and were never identified.[4][16]
After the incident,
Station layout
Platform level | Side platform | |
Northbound local | ← toward Wakefield–241st Street (Simpson Street) ← toward Eastchester–Dyre Avenue (Simpson Street) | |
Peak-direction express | ← PM rush does not stop here ← AM rush does not stop here → | |
Southbound local | toward Flatbush Avenue–Brooklyn College via Seventh (Prospect Avenue) → toward Flatbush Avenue–Brooklyn College via Lexington weekdays, Bowling Green evenings/weekends (Prospect Avenue) → | |
Side platform | ||
Mezzanine | Fare control, station agent, MetroCard machines | |
Ground | Street level | Exit/entrance |
This elevated station has three tracks and two side platforms. The center express track is used by the 5 train during rush hours in the peak direction. Both platforms have beige windscreens that run along the entire length and brown canopies with green frames and support columns in the center.[citation needed]
Exits
The station's only entrance is an elevated station house beneath the tracks. Inside
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.
- ^ a b c Blair, William G. (December 26, 1989). "Intervale Pleads for Reopening of El Station". The New York Times. Archived from the original on March 23, 2020. Retrieved October 26, 2015.
- (PDF) from the original on March 24, 2020.
- ^ a b c Kahn, Alan Paul (January 1, 1973). Tracks of New York /. New York : Electric Railroaders' Association.
- (PDF) from the original on March 24, 2020. Retrieved September 4, 2016.
- ^ "New Escalator Subway Station Ready" (PDF). The New York Times. April 28, 1910. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 24, 2020. Retrieved September 22, 2016.
- ^ District, New York (State) Public Service Commission 1st (January 1, 1912). Report of the Public Service Commission for the First District of the State of New York. J.B. Lyon Company, printers. Archived from the original on August 2, 2022. Retrieved November 28, 2020.
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: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "Discuss Subway Signs in 18th St. Station" (PDF). The New York Times. November 27, 1904. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 24, 2020.
- ^ "Subway Trains Running From Bronx to Battery" (PDF). The New York Times. July 10, 1905. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 24, 2020. Retrieved September 4, 2016.
- from the original on January 8, 2021. Retrieved January 4, 2020.
- from the original on January 7, 2022. Retrieved May 14, 2022.
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- ^ "3 Men Burn Station In a Failed Robbery". The New York Times. March 16, 1989. Archived from the original on March 24, 2020. Retrieved October 26, 2015.
- from the original on May 25, 2015. Retrieved March 24, 2020.
- ^ New York City Transit's Facts & Figures Celebrating 90 Years of Subway Service 1904–1994. New York City Transit. 1994. p. 6.
- ^ "Intervale Avenue Neighborhood Map" (PDF). new.mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. April 2018. Archived (PDF) from the original on July 3, 2018. Retrieved February 28, 2019.