Prospect Avenue station (IRT White Plains Road Line)

Prospect Avenue is a local station on the IRT White Plains Road Line of the New York City Subway. Located at the intersection of Prospect and Westchester Avenues in the 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.

 Prospect Avenue
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New York City Subway station (rapid transit)
Northbound platform with Casa Amadeo
Station statistics
AddressProspect & Westchester Avenues
Bronx, NY 10459
BoroughThe Bronx
LocaleLongwood
Coordinates40.819°N 73.901°W / 40.819; -73.901
DivisionA (IRT)
LineIRT 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, Bx17, Bx46
StructureElevated
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks3
Other information
OpenedNovember 26, 1904 (1904-11-26) (3rd Ave. Line; Bergen Avenue By-pass)
July 10, 1905 (1905-07-10) (White Plains Rd. Line)
Station code432[1]
Opposite-direction transfer availableNo
Traffic
Passengers (2019)2,148,059[2]  0.3%
Rank217 out of 424[2]
Station succession
Next northIntervale Avenue: 2  ​5 
Next southJackson Avenue: 2  ​5 
Prospect Avenue Subway Station (IRT)
MPSNew York City Subway System MPS
NRHP reference No.04001026[3]
Added to NRHPSeptember 17, 2004

History

The initial segment of the IRT White Plains Road Line opened on November 26, 1904 between 180th Street–Bronx Park and Jackson Avenue. Initially, trains on the line were served by elevated trains from the IRT Second Avenue Line and the IRT Third Avenue Line. Once the connection to the IRT Lenox Avenue Line opened on July 10, 1905, trains from the newly opened IRT subway ran via the line.[4][5][6]

The Bergen Avenue cutoff, which allowed Third Avenue trains to access the White Plains Road Line, was abandoned on November 5, 1946, as part of the gradual curtailment of elevated service on the IRT Third Avenue Line.[5] On June 13, 1949, the platform extensions at this station, as well as those on White Plains Road Line stations between Jackson Avenue and 177th Street, opened. The platforms were lengthened to 514 feet (157 m) to allow full ten-car express trains to open their doors. Previously the stations could only accommodate six-car local trains.[7]

This station was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on September 17, 2004.[3] It was renovated in 2006.

Station layout
Track layout
to Intervale Av
to Jackson Av
P
Platform level		 Side platform
Northbound local ← toward 241st Street (Intervale Avenue)
← toward Dyre Avenue (Intervale Avenue)
Peak-direction express ← PM rush does not stop here →
← AM rush does not stop here →
Southbound local ← toward Flatbush Avenue via Seventh (Jackson Avenue) →
← toward Flatbush Avenue via Lexington weekdays, Bowling Green evenings/weekends (Jackson Avenue) →
Side platform
G Street level Exit/entrance
Artwork
Northbound station house
Western stair

The station has three tracks and two side platforms. The center express track is used by the 5 train during rush hours in the peak direction.

The center of both platforms have beige windscreens with green frames, red canopies, and green support columns. The ends have waist high, green steel fences with lampposts at regular intervals. The station signs are in the standard black station name plate with white lettering.

As with other original IRT elevated viaducts, the elevated structure at Prospect Avenue is carried on two column bents, one on each side of the road, at places where the tracks are no more than 29 feet (8.8 m) above the ground level. There is zigzag lateral bracing at intervals of every four panels.[8]

The 2006 artwork here is called Bronx, Four Seasons by Ukrainian artist Marina Tsersarskaya. It consists of stained glass panels on the platform windscreens and station houses depicting images related the four seasons of meteorology.[9]

Exits

This station is very close to street level. As a result, the stations houses are adjacent to their respective platforms and there are no crossovers or crossunders.

On the Manhattan-bound side, one staircase from the northwest corner of Westchester Avenue and 160th Street goes up to the north side of the station house. Another from the northern intersection of Prospect Avenue and 160th Street goes up to the south side. Inside the station house, there is a token booth, turnstile bank, waiting area, and doors leading to the platform. The platform has two exit-only turnstiles, each of which leads to one of the street stairs.[10]

On the northbound side, two staircases from the northeast corner of Longwood and Westchester Avenues go up to the north side of the station house, which has a now closed customer assistance booth, turnstile bank, waiting area, and doors leading directly to the platform. A high exit-only turnstile from the platform leads directly to the staircases. Towards the south end of the platform, another exit-only turnstile leads to a double-flight staircase going down to the northeast corner of Prospect and Westchester Avenue.[10] Both station houses have heaters.

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. "New York MPS Prospect Avenue Subway Station (IRT)". Records of the National Park Service, 1785 - 2006, Series: National Register of Historic Places and National Historic Landmarks Program Records, 2013 - 2017, Box: National Register of Historic Places and National Historic Landmarks Program Records: New York, ID: 75312124. National Archives.
  4. "Discuss Subway Signs in 18th St. Station" (PDF). The New York Times. November 27, 1904. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 24, 2020.
  5. Kahn, Alan Paul (January 1, 1973). Tracks of New York /. New York : Electric Railroaders' Association.
  6. "Subway Trains Running From Bronx to Battery" (PDF). The New York Times. July 10, 1905. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 24, 2020. Retrieved September 4, 2016.
  7. Report for the three and one-half years ending June 30, 1949. New York City Board of Transportation. 1949. hdl:2027/mdp.39015023094926.
  8. Transit Journal. 1904. p. 470. Retrieved April 16, 2020. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain..
  9. "Prospect Avenue - MARINA TSERSARSKAYA - Bronx. Four Seasons., 2008". web.mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Archived from the original on March 24, 2020. Retrieved March 24, 2020.
  10. "MTA Neighborhood Maps: Pelham Bay" (PDF). mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2015. Retrieved July 20, 2016.
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