176th Street (IRT Jerome Avenue Line)

 176 Street
 "4" train
New York City Subway rapid transit station
View south from northbound platform
Station statistics
Address 176th Street & Jerome Avenue
Bronx, NY 10453
Borough The Bronx
Locale Morris Heights
Coordinates 40°50′55″N 73°54′42″W / 40.848619°N 73.911767°W / 40.848619; -73.911767Coordinates: 40°50′55″N 73°54′42″W / 40.848619°N 73.911767°W / 40.848619; -73.911767
Division A (IRT)
Line IRT Jerome Avenue Line
Services       4  (all times)
Transit connections NYCT Bus: Bx32
Structure Elevated
Platforms 2 side platforms
Tracks 3
Other information
Opened June 2, 1917 (1917-06-02)
Station code 385[1]
Traffic
Passengers (2017) 1,943,854[2] Decrease 4.6%
Rank 252 out of 425
Station succession
Next north Burnside Avenue: 4 
Next south Mount Eden Avenue: 4 

176th Street is a local station on the IRT Jerome Avenue Line of the New York City Subway. Located at the intersection of 176th 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 Burnside Av
to Mount Eden Av
P
Platform level		 Side platform, doors will open on the right
Northbound local ← "4" train toward Woodlawn (Burnside 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) (Mount Eden Avenue) →
Side platform, doors will open on the right
M Mezzanine Fare control, station agent, MetroCard machines
G Street level Entrances/exits

It has old style signs painted over and covered up with new style signs, and features new fare control railings as a crossunder. The station has three tracks with two side platforms.[6]

Exits

The fare control is in a mezzanine below the tracks. Outside fare control, stairs lead to either southwest corner of Jerome Avenue and 176th Street.[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.
Street stair
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