St. Lawrence Avenue (IRT Pelham Line)

 St. Lawrence Avenue
 "6" train
New York City Subway rapid transit station
Station statistics
Address St. Lawrence Avenue & Westchester Avenue
Bronx, NY 10472
Borough The Bronx
Locale Parkchester
Coordinates 40°49′54″N 73°52′02″W / 40.831573°N 73.867307°W / 40.831573; -73.867307Coordinates: 40°49′54″N 73°52′02″W / 40.831573°N 73.867307°W / 40.831573; -73.867307
Division A (IRT)
Line IRT Pelham Line
Services       6  (all times)
Transit connections NYCT Bus: Bx4, Bx4A
Structure Elevated
Platforms 2 side platforms
Tracks 3
Other information
Opened May 30, 1920 (1920-05-30)[1]
Rebuilt February 28, 2011 (February 28, 2011) to October 16, 2011 (October 16, 2011)
Station code 367[2]
Traffic
Passengers (2017) 1,334,387[3] Increase 0.3%
Rank 320 out of 425
Station succession
Next north Parkchester: 6 
Next south Morrison Avenue–Soundview: 6 

St. Lawrence Avenue is a local station on the IRT Pelham Line of the New York City Subway, located at the intersection of St. Lawrence Avenue and Westchester Avenue in the Bronx. It is served by 6 train at all times.

History

St. Lawrence Avenue station opened on May 30, 1920 as the Pelham Line was extended to East 177th Street from Hunts Point Avenue.[1][4][5] The construction of the Pelham Line was part of the Dual Contracts, signed on March 19, 1913 and also known as the Dual Subway System.[6] The Pelham Line was built as a branch of the Lexington Avenue Line running northeast via 138th Street, Southern Boulevard and Westchester Avenue.[7] Initially, service to the extension was served by a shuttle service operating with elevated cars. Passengers transferred to the shuttle at Hunts Point Avenue.[8]

Station layout

Track layout
to Parkchester
to Morrison Av
P
Platform level		 Side platform, doors will open on the right
Southbound local ← "6" train toward Brooklyn Bridge–City Hall (Morrison Avenue–Soundview)
Peak-direction express ← "6" express train does not stop here →
Northbound local → "6" train toward Parkchester (PM rush) or Pelham Bay Park (other times) (Parkchester) →
Side platform, doors will open on the right
M Mezzanine Fare control, station agent, MetroCard machines
G Street level Exit/entrance
An R142A 6 Express train runs through Saint Lawrence Avenue station.

This elevated station has three tracks and two side platforms. The center track is used by the <6> train on weekdays in the peak direction.[9]

The station resembles other elevated stations along the line: it has a wood mezzanine and no windscreens along the platform edges. St. Lawrence Avenue is the northernmost station on the IRT Pelham Line that does not serve rush-hour express service.

Exits

There is a mezzanine below the east end of the station, which contains the station's only exit. Outside fare control, exit stairs lead to the southwest and northeast corners of Westchester Avenue and St. Lawrence Avenue.[10]

References

  1. 1 2 "Bronx Subway Extension Opened" (PDF). New York Times. May 28, 1920. Retrieved January 25, 2016.
  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.
  4. ↑ Brooklyn Daily Eagle Almanac. Brooklyn Daily Eagle. 1922. p. 372.
  5. ↑ Annual Report for the Year Ending June 30, 1920. Interborough Rapid Transit Company. 1920. pp. 5, 13.
  6. ↑ nycsubway.org—The Dual Contracts
  7. ↑ "The Dual System of Rapid Transit (1912)". www.nycsubway.org. Retrieved March 25, 2014.
  8. ↑ Cunningham, Joseph; DeHart, Leonard O. (1993). A History of the New York City Subway System. J. Schmidt, R. Giglio, and K. Lang. p. 48.
  9. ↑ Dougherty, Peter (2006) [2002]. Tracks of the New York City Subway 2006 (3rd ed.). Dougherty. OCLC 49777633 – via Google Books.
  10. ↑ "MTA Neighborhood Maps: Bronx Zoo" (PDF). mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2015. Retrieved July 20, 2016.
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