Parkchester (IRT Pelham Line)

Parkchester
Parkchester
	New York City Subway rapid transit station
Station statistics
Address	Hugh J. Grant Circle; Bronx, NY 10472
Borough	The Bronx
Locale	Parkchester
Coordinates	40°50′0″N 73°51′39.5″W / 40.83333°N 73.860972°WCoordinates: 40°50′0″N 73°51′39.5″W / 40.83333°N 73.860972°W
Division	A (IRT)
Line	IRT Pelham Line
Services	6 (all times) <6> (weekdays until 8:45 p.m., peak direction)
Transit connections	NYCT Bus: Bx4, Bx4A, Bx36, Bx39, Q44 SBS; MTA Bus: BxM6
Structure	Elevated
Platforms	2 island platforms; cross-platform interchange
Tracks	3
Other information
Opened	May 30, 1920[1]
Station code	365[2]
Former/other names	Parkchester–East 177th Street; East 177th Street–Parkchester; East 177th Street
Traffic
Passengers (2017)	5,071,740[3] 2.5%
Rank	92 out of 425
Station succession
Next north	Pelham Bay Park (express): no regular service; Castle Hill Avenue (local): 6 <6> ; (Terminal): 6
Next south	St. Lawrence Avenue (local): 6 ; Hunts Point Avenue (express): <6>
Location
Street map
Station service legend
Symbol	Description
	Stops all times except rush hours in the peak direction
	Stops all times
	Stops rush hours in the peak direction only

Parkchester (also known as Parkchester–East 177th Street) is an express station on the IRT Pelham Line of the New York City Subway. The station opened on May 30, 1920.^[1] It is located in the Bronx inside Hugh J. Grant Circle, where East 177th Street (the Cross Bronx Expressway service road), Metropolitan Avenue, and Westchester Avenue intersect. It is served by the 6 train at all times and the <6> train during weekdays in the peak direction. By passenger count, Parkchester was the third-busiest station in the Bronx in 2017, behind 161st Street–Yankee Stadium and Third Avenue–149th Street, and the busiest station on the Pelham Line.

Station layout

P Platform level	Southbound local	← toward Brooklyn Bridge–City Hall (St. Lawrence Avenue)
	Island platform, doors will open on the left, right
	Peak-direction express	← toward Brooklyn Bridge–City Hall (weekday mornings and early afternoons) (Hunts Point Avenue) → toward Pelham Bay Park (weekday afternoon and early evenings) (Castle Hill Avenue) (No service: Pelham Bay Park) →
	Island platform, doors will open on the left, right
	Northbound local	→ toward Pelham Bay Park (all but weekday afternoon and early evenings) (Castle Hill Avenue) → → alighting passengers only (weekdays) →
M	Mezzanine	Station agent, MetroCard vending machines, fare control
G	Street Level	Exit/Entrance

Track layout

to Pelham Bay Park

to Castle Hill Av

to St. Lawrence Av

to Hunts Point Av

Parkchester is an express station with three tracks and two island platforms. There are 1950s-style mushroom-shaped lights at the end of the platforms and the staircases to the mezzanine are sheltered. Just north of the station is a signal tower which was used until the late 1990s, when a new master tower was created in Westchester Yard. This station was rehabilitated in 2010.

When <6> express trains operate, 6 local trains terminate here. <6> express trains always stop on the center track and 6 local trains always stop on the outer track, even when they terminate there. Trains use the switches north of the station to get to their respective track. Terminating trains use the center track past those switches as a pocket track to relay.

The IRT Pelham Line north of this station is served by a local train at all times except rush hours when <6> trains make local stops between this station and Pelham Bay Park. During this time, trains switch designations at Pelham Bay Park for the return trip to Manhattan.

Exit

The station's only exit is a mezzanine in the center of the Hugh Grant Circle, a traffic circle. It has a crossunder and windows in a simulated 12-pane pattern similar to those at Whitlock Avenue. The fare control is at street level and the room features a painting entitled Live The Dream. There is an escalator from fare control to the southbound platform, bypassing the mezzanine.^[4]

Image gallery

Entrance to Parkchester station
The lampposts at the station, which still read "E 177 ST"
Snow on the platform
A R142A train approaching Parkchester

References

1 2 "Bronx Subway Extension Opened" (PDF). New York Times. May 28, 1920. Retrieved January 25, 2016.
↑ "Station Developers' Information". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved June 13, 2017.
↑ "Facts and Figures: Annual Subway Ridership 2012–2017". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. July 12, 2018. Retrieved July 12, 2018.
↑ "MTA Neighborhood Maps: Bronx Zoo" (PDF). mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2015. Retrieved July 20, 2016.

External links

nycsubway.org – IRT Pelham Line: East 177th Street/Parkchester
nycsubway.org — Live the Dream Artwork (Artist and date unknown)
Station Reporter — 6 Train
Map of Bronx Subways
The Subway Nut — Parkchester – East 177th Street Pictures
Hugh Grant Circle (west) entrance from Google Maps Street View
Hugh Grant Circle (east) entrance from Google Maps Street View
Platforms from Google Maps Street View

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[NYTIMES-1] 1 2 "Bronx Subway Extension Opened" (PDF). New York Times. May 28, 1920. Retrieved January 25, 2016.

[stationinformation-2] "Station Developers' Information". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved June 13, 2017.

[3] "Facts and Figures: Annual Subway Ridership 2012–2017". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. July 12, 2018. Retrieved July 12, 2018.

[maps-4] "MTA Neighborhood Maps: Bronx Zoo" (PDF). mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2015. Retrieved July 20, 2016.

Stations of the New York City Subway, by service
Lexington Avenue Local	Pelham Bay Park Buhre Avenue Middletown Road Westchester Square–East Tremont Avenue Zerega Avenue Castle Hill Avenue Parkchester St. Lawrence Avenue Morrison Avenue–Soundview Elder Avenue Whitlock Avenue Hunts Point Avenue Longwood Avenue East 149th Street East 143rd Street–St. Mary's Street Cypress Avenue Brook Avenue Third Avenue–138th Street 125th Street 116th Street 110th Street 103rd Street 96th Street 86th Street 77th Street 68th Street–Hunter College 59th Street 51st Street Grand Central–42nd Street 33rd Street 28th Street 23rd Street 14th Street Astor Place Bleecker Street Spring Street Canal Street Brooklyn Bridge–City Hall
Pelham Bay Park Express	Pelham Bay Park Buhre Avenue Middletown Road Westchester Square–East Tremont Avenue Zerega Avenue Castle Hill Avenue Parkchester Hunts Point Avenue Third Avenue–138th Street 125th Street 116th Street 110th Street 103rd Street 96th Street 86th Street 77th Street 68th Street–Hunter College 59th Street 51st Street Grand Central–42nd Street 33rd Street 28th Street 23rd Street 14th Street Astor Place Bleecker Street Spring Street Canal Street Brooklyn Bridge–City Hall
See also Lists by borough (The Bronx Brooklyn Manhattan Queens) Accessible Closed Terminals Transfer Commons category Note: Service variations, station closures, and reroutes are not reflected here. Stations with asterisks have no regular peak, reverse peak, or midday service on that route. See linked articles for more information.