170th Street (IRT Jerome Avenue Line)

 170 Street
 "4" train
New York City Subway rapid transit station
Western side
Station statistics
Address 170th Street & Jerome Avenue
Bronx, NY 10452
Borough The Bronx
Locale Highbridge
Coordinates 40°50′25″N 73°55′04″W / 40.840178°N 73.917732°W / 40.840178; -73.917732Coordinates: 40°50′25″N 73°55′04″W / 40.840178°N 73.917732°W / 40.840178; -73.917732
Division A (IRT)
Line IRT Jerome Avenue Line
Services       4  (all times)
Transit connections NYCT Bus: Bx11, Bx18
Structure Elevated
Platforms 2 side platforms
Tracks 3
Other information
Opened June 2, 1917 (1917-06-02)
Station code 387[1]
Accessible not ADA-accessible; accessibility planned
Traffic
Passengers (2017) 2,785,331[2] Decrease 8.3%
Rank 184 out of 425
Station succession
Next north Mount Eden Avenue: 4 
Next south 167th Street: 4 

170th Street is a local station on the IRT Jerome Avenue Line of the New York City Subway. Located at the intersection of 170th Street and Jerome Avenue in the Bronx, it is served by the 4 train at all times.

History

This station opened with the first part of the Jerome Avenue Line on June 2, 1917 as a shuttle service between Kingsbridge Road and 149th Street. Only the southbound platform was in use at Kingsbridge Road.[3][4] This was in advance of through service to the IRT Lexington Avenue Line, which began on July 17, 1918.[5] This station was rehabilitated in 2004.

Station layout

Track layout
to Mount Eden Av
to 167 St
P
Platform level		 Side platform, doors will open on the right
Northbound local ← "4" train toward Woodlawn (Mount Eden Avenue)
Peak-direction express ← "4" train does not stop here (select rush hour trips)
Southbound local → "4" train toward Crown Heights–Utica Avenue (New Lots Avenue late nights) (167th Street) →
Side platform, doors will open on the right
M Mezzanine Fare control, station agent, MetroCard machines
G Street level Entrances/exits
Eastern side as seen from west of Grand Concourse.

This elevated station has three tracks and two side platforms.[6] Both platforms have beige windscreens and mesh fences and red canopies with green frames and support columns in the center and white steel waist-level fences at either ends with white lampposts at regular intervals.

The 2005 artwork here is called Views from Above by Dina Bursztyn. It features stained glass windows on the platform windscreens and station house based on Bursztyn's experience on riding elevated trains.

Exits

The station's only entrance/exit is an elevated station house beneath the tracks. Inside fare control, it has two staircases to each platform at the center and a waiting area that allows a free transfer between directions. Outside fare control, it has a turnstile bank, token booth, and three street stairs going down to either side of Jerome Avenue between 170th Street and Elliot Place, two to the east side and one to the west.[7]

References

  1. ↑ "Station Developers' Information". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved June 13, 2017.
  2. ↑ "Facts and Figures: Annual Subway Ridership 2012–2017". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. July 12, 2018. Retrieved July 12, 2018.
  3. ↑ "www.nycsubway.org: Service Begun on the Jerome Avenue Line (1917)". www.nycsubway.org. June 1, 1905. Retrieved September 6, 2016.
  4. ↑ "Annual report. 1916-1917". HathiTrust. Interborough Rapid Transit Company. December 12, 2013. Retrieved September 5, 2016.
  5. ↑ Brooklyn Daily Eagle Almanac. Brooklyn Daily Eagle. 1922. p. 372.
  6. ↑ Dougherty, Peter (2018). Tracks of the New York City Subway 2018 (16th ed.). Dougherty.
  7. ↑ "MTA Neighborhood Maps: University Heights" (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2015. Retrieved October 7, 2015.

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