St. Lawrence Avenue station
St. Lawrence Avenue is a local station on the IRT Pelham Line of the New York City Subway. The station, served by the 6 train at all times, is located at the intersection of St. Lawrence Avenue and Westchester Avenue in the Parkchester neighborhood of the Bronx.
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Address | St. Lawrence Avenue & Westchester Avenue Bronx, NY 10472 | ||||||
Borough | The Bronx | ||||||
Locale | Parkchester | ||||||
Coordinates | 40.831573°N 73.867307°W | ||||||
Division | A (IRT) | ||||||
Line | IRT Pelham Line | ||||||
Services | 6 | ||||||
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Structure | Elevated | ||||||
Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||
Tracks | 3 | ||||||
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Opened | May 30, 1920[1] | ||||||
Rebuilt | February 28, 2011 | to October 16, 2011||||||
Station code | 367[2] | ||||||
Opposite-direction transfer available | Yes | ||||||
Traffic | |||||||
Passengers (2019) | 1,276,865[3] | ||||||
Rank | 327 out of 424[3] | ||||||
Station succession | |||||||
Next north | Parkchester: 6 | ||||||
Next south | Morrison Avenue–Soundview: 6 | ||||||
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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
P Platform level |
Side platform | |
Southbound local | ← | |
Peak-direction express | ← | |
Northbound local | ||
Side platform | ||
M | Mezzanine | Fare control, station agent, MetroCard machines |
G | Street level | Exit/entrance |
The station has three tracks and two side platforms. The center express track is used by the <6> service during 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.
References
- "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 2014–2019". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2020. Retrieved May 26, 2020.
- Brooklyn Daily Eagle Almanac. Brooklyn Daily Eagle. 1922. p. 372.
- Annual Report for the Year Ending June 30, 1920. Interborough Rapid Transit Company. 1920. pp. 5, 13.
- nycsubway.org—The Dual Contracts
- "The Dual System of Rapid Transit (1912)". www.nycsubway.org. Retrieved March 25, 2014.
- Cunningham, Joseph; DeHart, Leonard O. (1993). A History of the New York City Subway System. J. Schmidt, R. Giglio, and K. Lang. p. 48.
- Dougherty, Peter (2006) [2002]. Tracks of the New York City Subway 2006 (3rd ed.). Dougherty. OCLC 49777633 – via Google Books.
- "MTA Neighborhood Maps: Bronx Zoo" (PDF). mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2015. Retrieved July 20, 2016.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Saint Lawrence Avenue (IRT Pelham Line). |
- nycsubway.org – IRT Pelham Line: St. Lawrence Avenue
- Station Reporter — 6 Train
- The Subway Nut — St. Lawrence Avenue Pictures
- St. Lawrence Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View
- Platforms from Google Maps Street View (Daytime)
- Platforms from Google Maps Street View (Night)