West Farms Square–East Tremont Avenue station

West Farms Square–East Tremont Avenue (formerly 177th Street)[3] is a local station on the IRT White Plains Road Line of the New York City Subway. Located at the intersection of East Tremont Avenue and Boston Road in the West Farms neighborhood of 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.

For other uses, see Tremont Avenue.
 West Farms Square–
 East Tremont Avenue
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New York City Subway station (rapid transit)
View from the southbound platform, looking north
Station statistics
AddressEast Tremont Avenue & Boston Road
Bronx, NY 10460
BoroughThe Bronx
LocaleWest Farms
Coordinates40.84°N 73.88°W / 40.84; -73.88
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: Bx9, Bx21, Bx36, Bx40, Bx42, Q44 SBS
StructureElevated
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks3
Other information
OpenedNovember 26, 1904 (1904-11-26)
Station code427[1]
Opposite-direction transfer availableYes
Former/other names177th Street
Traffic
Passengers (2019)2,104,945[2]  0.5%
Rank224 out of 424[2]
Station succession
Next northEast 180th Street: 2  ​5 
180th Street–Bronx Park (demolished; connection severed after demolition)
Next south174th Street: 2  ​5 

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.[3] On June 13, 1949, the platform extensions at this station, as well as those on White Plains Road Line stations south to Jackson Avenue, 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]

On November 1, 1951, a contract for the construction of a mezzanine was awarded to Amdor Structures Incorporated. The mezzanine connected the subway station with a new escalator in Boston Road near the Bronx Zoo.[8]

Station layout
Track layout
to E 180 St
to 174 St
East Tremont Avenue exit
P
Platform level		 Side platform
Northbound local ← toward 241st Street (East 180th Street)
← toward Dyre Avenue (East 180th Street)
Peak-direction express ← PM rush does not stop here →
← AM rush does not stop here →
Southbound local ← toward Flatbush Avenue via Seventh (174th Street) →
← toward Flatbush Avenue via Lexington weekdays, Bowling Green evenings/weekends (174th Street) →
Side platform
M Mezzanine Fare control, station agent, MetroCard machines
G Street level Exit/entrance

This elevated station, situated on a high curve, one of the highest elevations on the line, has three tracks and two side platforms. The center track is used by the 5 train during rush hours in peak direction. The northbound platform is longer than the southbound one and can fit about 12 cars.[3][9]

Both platforms have beige windscreens with green frames and outlines and green canopies with red roofs on their northern half and gray, waist-high, steel fences with lamposts at regular intervals on their southern half. The station name signs are in the standard black name plate in white lettering.[9]

The 2004 artwork here is called Animal Tracks by Naomi Andrée Campbell. It consists of 450 square feet (42 m2) in 13 faceted glass murals on the platform windscreens depicting images related to the Bronx Zoo, which is several blocks to the north.[10][11]

Just north of the station are the abandoned trackways to 180th Street–Bronx Park, the original terminal of the White Plains Road Line.[3][12]

Exits

This station has two elevated station houses below the platforms and tracks. The full-time one is at the center. Two staircases from each platform go down to a crossunder, where doors lead to a waiting area.[3] Outside the turnstile bank that provides access to and from the station, there is a token booth, two staircases going down to the northeast corner of East Tremont Avenue and Boston Road, and one staircase and one enclosed escalator going down to the northwest corner.[13] The station's other station house at the north end is unstaffed, containing one staircase from the northwest corner of East 178th Street and Boston Road, a set of High Entry-Exit Turnstiles, and two staircases to each platform.[13][14]

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. "IRT Map - Official Railway Guide, November 1906". Retrieved July 1, 2019.
  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. "Station Contract Let" (PDF). The New York Times. November 2, 1951. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved February 21, 2016.
  9. "West Farms Square-East Tremont Avenue (2,5)-The SubwayNut". www.subwaynut.com. Retrieved February 21, 2016.
  10. "Artwork: Animal Tracks (Naomi Campbell)". www.nycsubway.org. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved February 21, 2016.
  11. "MTA Arts & Design - NAOMI CAMPBELL - Animal Tracks, 2004". web.mta.info. Archived from the original on March 25, 2020. Retrieved February 21, 2016.
  12. "IRT White Plains Road Line". www.nycsubway.org. Retrieved February 21, 2016.
  13. "MTA Neighborhood Maps: Bronx Zoo" (PDF). mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2015. Retrieved July 20, 2016.
  14. "IRT White Plains Road Line - Photos". www.nycsubway.org. Retrieved February 21, 2016.
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