Pelham Parkway (IRT White Plains Road Line)

Not to be confused with Pelham Parkway (IRT Dyre Avenue Line).
Pelham Parkway
New York City Subway rapid transit station

Street entrance, as seen from the eastbound Pelham Parkway
Station statistics
Address Pelham Parkway & White Plains Road
Bronx, NY 10467
Borough The Bronx
Locale Pelham Parkway
Coordinates 40°51′25″N 73°52′05″W / 40.857°N 73.868°W / 40.857; -73.868Coordinates: 40°51′25″N 73°52′05″W / 40.857°N 73.868°W / 40.857; -73.868
Division A (IRT)
Line IRT White Plains Road Line
Services       2  (all times)
      5  (rush hours, peak direction)
Transit connections NYCT Bus: Bx12, Bx12 SBS, Bx22, Bx39
MTA Bus: BxM11
Bee-Line Bus: 60, 61, 62
Structure Elevated
Platforms 2 side platforms
Tracks 3
Other information
Opened March 3, 1917 (1917-03-03)
Accessible
Traffic
Passengers (2015) 3,066,190[1] Increase 0.6%
Rank 167 out of 422
Station succession
Next north Allerton Avenue: 2  5 
Next south Bronx Park East: 2  5 
Next north Gun Hill Road: 2  5 
Next south East 180th Street: 2  5 
Pelham Parkway Station (Dual System IRT)
MPS New York City Subway System MPS
NRHP Reference # 05000228[2]
Added to NRHP March 30, 2005

Pelham Parkway is a local station on the IRT White Plains Road Line of the New York City Subway. Located in the Bronx at the intersection of Pelham Parkway and White Plains Road, it is served by the 2 train at all times, and the 5 train during rush hours in the peak direction.[3][4]

History

This station was opened along with the section of the IRT White Plains Road Line from East 177th Street–East Tremont Avenue to East 219th Street–White Plains Road on March 3, 1917, providing access to rapid transit service to the communities of Williamsbridge and Wakefield in the Bronx. Service on the new portion of the line was operated as a four-car shuttle from 177th Street due to the power conditions at the time.[5][6][7]

This station was added to the National Register of Historic Places on March 30, 2005.

Station layout

Track layout
Legend
to Allerton Av
to Bronx Pk E
P
Platform level		 Side platform, doors will open on the right
Southbound local ← toward Flatbush Avenue–Brooklyn College (Bronx Park East)
←  toward Flatbush Avenue–Brooklyn College (AM rush) (Bronx Park East)
Peak-direction express → No regular service
Northbound local → toward Wakefield–241st Street (Allerton Avenue) →
→ toward Nereid Avenue (PM rush) (Allerton Avenue) →
Side platform, doors will open on the right
M Mezzanine Station agent, MetroCard vending machines, fare control
(Elevator at SW corner of Pelham Parkway and White Plains Road)
G Street Level Exit / Entrance
Southbound platform

This elevated station has three tracks and two side platforms with the center express track not normally used in revenue service.[8]

Due to the wideness of Pelham Parkway and its service roads, the entire station, including the platform windscreens, canopies, and outer street support columns, is enclosed in concrete over the steel structure. A green trim line runs on top of the windscreens and no columns support the canopies.

This station has two mezzanines, both of which are beneath the tracks and platforms. The full-time one is at the south end and has a staircase and elevator from each platform going down to a waiting area/crossunder, where a turnstile bank provides access to and from the station. The Manhattan-bound platform also has a short, up-only escalator from the station house. Outside fare control, there is a token booth, one staircase and elevator going down to the southwest corner of Pelham Parkway's south service road and White Plains Road, and one up-escalator from the southeast corner of the same intersection. The three elevators make this station fully ADA-accessible.

The north station house, which was renovated in the late 1990s, is unstaffed, containing two staircases from each platform, two more from either northern corners of Pelham Parkway's north service road and White Plains Road, and full height turnstiles.

Artwork

In 1976, with funding from the Exxon Corporation, this station, as well as three others citywide, received new "artfully humorous graffiti" murals and artwork.[9] Local designer Peter Bradford Associates received $5,000 to repaint the station and put "16 bright posters of animals and parts of animals" on each platform wall, in the theme of the nearby Bronx Zoo.[9]

The current artwork at this station, installed during a 2004-2007 renovation, is called Back to the Garden by Tomie Arai. It consists of stained glass windows on the platform windscreens depicting images of trees and plants, inspired by the nearby zoo and botanical garden.

References

  1. ↑ "Facts and Figures: Annual Subway Ridership". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved 2016-04-19.
  2. ↑ "NPS Focus". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. Retrieved December 24, 2011.
  3. ↑ "2 Subway Timetable, Effective November 7, 2016" (PDF). New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved November 7, 2016.
  4. ↑ "5 Subway Timetable, Effective November 7, 2016" (PDF). New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved November 7, 2016.
  5. ↑ "Annual report. 1916-1917.". HathiTrust. Interborough Rapid Transit Company. 2013-12-12. Retrieved 2016-09-05.
  6. ↑ "New Subway Line Opened: White Plains Extension is Now Running to 238th Street". New York Times. Retrieved 17 August 2015.
  7. ↑ "WHITE PLAINS ROAD EXTENSION OF SUBWAY OPENED TO THE PUBLIC; New Branch, Which Runs from 177th to 219th Street, Gives the Williamsbridge and Wakefield Sections of the East Bronx Rapid Transit for the First Time". The New York Times. March 4, 1917.
  8. ↑ Marrero, Robert (2015-09-13). "469 Stations, 846 Miles" (PDF). B24 Blog, via Dropbox. Retrieved 2015-10-09.
  9. 1 2 Burks, Edward C. (1976-11-18). "A Subway Elongatomus? Why, It's Preposterous!". The New York Times. Retrieved 2016-09-21.
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