Mount Eden Avenue station

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

 Mount Eden Avenue
 
New York City Subway station (rapid transit)
Southbound train arriving
Station statistics
AddressMount Eden Avenue & Jerome Avenue
Bronx, NY 10452
BoroughThe Bronx
LocaleHighbridge
Coordinates40.844268°N 73.914814°W / 40.844268; -73.914814
DivisionA (IRT)
LineIRT Jerome Avenue Line
Services      4  (all times)
StructureElevated
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks3
Other information
OpenedJune 2, 1917 (June 2, 1917)
Station code386[1]
Opposite-direction transfer availableYes
Traffic
Passengers (2019)1,551,038[2]  6.1%
Rank289 out of 424[2]
Station succession
Next north176th Street: 4 
Next south170th Street: 4 

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 with new canopies and windscreens.

Station layout
Track layout
to 176 St
to 170 St
P
Platform level		 Side platform
Northbound local ← toward Woodlawn (176th Street)
Peak-direction express ← does not stop here (select rush hour trips)
Southbound local → toward Utica Avenue (New Lots Avenue late nights) (170th Street) →
Side platform
M Mezzanine Fare control, station agent, MetroCard machines
G Street level Entrances/exits
Eastern street stairs

This elevated station has three tracks and two side platforms with the center express track not used in revenue service.[6] The original IRT-era signs are painted over and covered up with more contemporary Helvetica signs.

The 2006 artwork here is called The Procession of Folk, No. 3 by Amir Bey.

Exits

The station house is directly under the platforms and tracks. It has two staircases going up to each platform, a waiting area/crossunder, turnstile bank, token booth, and two street stairs going down to the northern corners of Mount Eden and Jerome Avenues. The eastern staircase faces south while the western one faces north. The northern edge of the station is visible from the Cross Bronx Expressway, especially for drivers in the northbound/eastbound lanes.[7]

References
  1. "Station Developers' Information". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved June 13, 2017.
  2. "Facts and Figures: Annual Subway Ridership 2014–2019". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2020. Retrieved May 26, 2020.
  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 (2020). Tracks of the New York City Subway 2020 (16th ed.). Dougherty. OCLC 1056711733.
  7. "MTA Neighborhood Maps: University Heights" (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2015. Retrieved October 7, 2015.
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