Intervale Avenue (IRT White Plains Road Line)

 Intervale Avenue
 "2" train ​"5" train
New York City Subway rapid transit station
Northbound stair
Station statistics
Address Intervale Avenue & Westchester Avenue
Bronx, NY 10459
Borough The Bronx
Locale Foxhurst, Longwood
Coordinates 40°49′19″N 73°53′49″W / 40.822°N 73.897°W / 40.822; -73.897Coordinates: 40°49′19″N 73°53′49″W / 40.822°N 73.897°W / 40.822; -73.897
Division A (IRT)
Line IRT White Plains Road Line
Services       2  (all times)
​      5  (all times except rush hours in the peak direction and late nights)
Transit connections NYCT Bus: Bx4, Bx4A, Bx6, Bx6 SBS
Structure Elevated
Platforms 2 side platforms
Tracks 3
Other information
Opened April 30, 1910 (1910-04-30)
Rebuilt April 21, 1992 (1992-04-21) (re-opened after 1989 fire)
Station code 430[1]
Former/other names Intervale Avenue–163rd Street
Traffic
Passengers (2017) 1,045,483[2] Decrease 1.5%
Rank 352 out of 425
Station succession
Next north Simpson Street: 2  ​5 
Next south Prospect Avenue: 2  ​5 

Intervale Avenue (formerly Intervale Avenue – 163rd Street[3]) 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.

Station layout

Track layout
to Simpson St
to Prospect Av
Underneath the station
P
Platform level		 Side platform, doors will open on the right
Southbound local ← "2" train toward Flatbush Avenue–Brooklyn College (Prospect Avenue)
← "5" train toward Flatbush Avenue–Brooklyn College weekdays, Bowling Green weekends (Prospect Avenue)
Peak-direction express ← "5" train does not stop here (rush hours only) →
Northbound local → "2" train toward Wakefield–241st Street (Simpson Street) →
→ "5" train toward Eastchester–Dyre Avenue except PM rush and nights (Simpson Street) →
Side platform, doors will open on the right
M Mezzanine Fare control, station agent, MetroCard machines
G Street level Exit/entrance

This elevated station opened on April 30, 1910, and was the first station in the Bronx with escalators. It was built at the cost of $100,000, which was paid with private capital.[4][5] It 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.

Exits

The station's only entrance is an elevated station house beneath the tracks. Inside fare control, it has two staircases to the center of each platform and a waiting area that allows a free transfer between directions. Outside fare control, there is a turnstile bank, token booth, one staircase going down to the southeast corner of Intervale and Westchester Avenues, and one staircase and one enclosed escalator (both perpendicular from each other) going down to the northeast corner.[6]

Station house arson

Platform with the former name from 1977.

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.[3][7]

After the incident, New York City Transit considered closing this station permanently due to its close proximity to Prospect Avenue and Simpson Street. However, a community uproar led to the scrapping of the plans.[3] The station was rebuilt with steel canopies and windscreens and a concrete station house with glass block windows and embossed leather-looking walls. Renovations took two and a half years.[8] Artwork called El 2/El 5 by Michael Kelly Williams was installed in the mezzanine and features two mosaic murals depicting underground and elevated tracks. The renovated station reopened on April 21, 1992.

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. 1 2 3 Blair, William G. (1989-12-26). "Intervale Pleads for Reopening of El Station". The New York Times. Retrieved 2015-10-26.
  4. ↑ "MOTHER ANGEL'S BODY FOUND.; Bones of Brigham Young's First Mother-in-Law Long Missing" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-09-22.
  5. ↑ District, New York (State) Public Service Commission 1st (1912-01-01). Report of the Public Service Commission for the First District of the State of New York. J.B. Lyon Company, printers.
  6. ↑ "MTA Neighborhood Maps: Pelham Bay" (PDF). mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2015. Retrieved 20 July 2016.
  7. ↑ "METRO DATELINES; 3 Men Burn Station In a Failed Robbery". The New York Times. 1989-03-16. Retrieved 2015-10-26.
  8. ↑ "IRT Station to Take 2 1/2 Years". The New York Times. 1990-03-17. Retrieved 2015-10-26.
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