Pelham Parkway station (IRT White Plains Road Line)
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Pelham Parkway 60, 61, 62 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Structure | Elevated | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Platforms | 2 side platforms | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tracks | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Opened | March 3, 1917 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Accessible | ADA-accessible | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Opposite- direction transfer | Yes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Traffic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2023 | 1,686,103[2] 17.7% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rank | 188 out of 423[2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Pelham Parkway Station (Dual System IRT) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
MPS | New York City Subway System MPS | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
NRHP reference No. | 05000228[3] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Added to NRHP | March 30, 2005 |
The Pelham Parkway station is a local
train during rush hours in the peak direction.History
This station was built under the Dual Contracts. It opened on March 3, 1917, as part of an extension of the IRT White Plains Road Line from East 177th Street–East Tremont Avenue to East 219th Street–White Plains Road, providing the Bronx communities of Williamsbridge and Wakefield with access to rapid transit service. Service on the new portion of the line was operated as a four-car shuttle from 177th Street due to the power conditions at the time.[4][5][6] The city government took over the IRT's operations on June 12, 1940.[7][8]
This station was added to the
Station layout
Platform level | Side platform | |
Northbound local | ← toward Wakefield–241st Street (Allerton Avenue) ← PM rush toward Nereid Avenue (Allerton Avenue) | |
Peak-direction express | ← does not stop here (select AM rush hour trips) | |
Southbound local | toward Flatbush Avenue–Brooklyn College via Seventh (Bronx Park East) → AM rush toward Flatbush Avenue–Brooklyn College via Lexington (Bronx Park East) → | |
Side platform | ||
Mezzanine | Fare control, station agent, MetroCard machines Elevator at southwest corner of Pelham Parkway and White Plains Road | |
Ground | Street level | Entrances/exits |
This elevated station has three tracks and two side platforms[11] with the center express track only used for select AM rush hour 5 trains terminating at Gun Hill Road.
Due to the width of Pelham Parkway and its service roads, the entire station, including the platform windscreens, canopies, and outer street support columns, is enclosed in concrete over the steel structure. A green trim line runs on top of the windscreens and no columns support the canopies.
Exits
This station has two
The north station house, which was renovated in the late 1990s, is unstaffed, containing two staircases from each platform, two more from either northern corners of Pelham Parkway's north service road and White Plains Road, and full height turnstiles.[12]
Artwork
In 1976, with funding from the Exxon Corporation, this station, as well as three others citywide, received new "artfully humorous graffiti" murals and artwork.[13] Local designer Peter Bradford Associates received $5,000 to repaint the station and put "16 bright posters of animals and parts of animals" on each platform wall, in the theme of the nearby Bronx Zoo.[13]
The current artwork at this station, installed during a 2004-2007 renovation, is called Back to the Garden by Tomie Arai. It consists of stained glass windows on the platform windscreens depicting images of trees and plants, inspired by the nearby
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.
- ^ a b "Annual Subway Ridership (2018–2023)". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2023. Retrieved April 20, 2024.
- ^ "NPS Focus". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. Retrieved December 24, 2011.
- . Retrieved September 5, 2016.
- (PDF) from the original on March 24, 2020. Retrieved August 17, 2015.
- (PDF) from the original on March 23, 2020.
- from the original on January 7, 2022. Retrieved May 14, 2022.
- ProQuest 1248134780.
- ^ "New York MPS Pelham Parkway Station (Dual System IRT)". Records of the National Park Service, 1785 - 2006, Series: National Register of Historic Places and National Historic Landmarks Program Records, 2013 - 2017, Box: National Register of Historic Places and National Historic Landmarks Program Records: New York, ID: 75312128. National Archives.
- ^ MTA 2006 Adopted Budget - February Financial Plan - Part 3 (PDF) (Report). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2006. p. 46. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 24, 2019. Retrieved March 27, 2020.
- OCLC 49777633 – via Google Books.
- ^ a b "MTA Neighborhood Maps: Pelham Parkway" (PDF). mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2015. Retrieved July 20, 2016.
- ^ from the original on March 24, 2020. Retrieved September 23, 2016.
External links
- nycsubway.org – IRT White Plains Road Line: Pelham Parkway