161st Street–Yankee Stadium (New York City Subway)
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| New York City Subway rapid transit station complex | |||||||||||
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| Address |
East 161st Street & River Avenue Bronx, NY 10451 | ||||||||||
| Borough | The Bronx | ||||||||||
| Locale | Highbridge | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 40°49′41″N 73°55′33″W / 40.827937°N 73.925886°WCoordinates: 40°49′41″N 73°55′33″W / 40.827937°N 73.925886°W | ||||||||||
| Division | A (IRT), B (IND) | ||||||||||
| Line |
IRT Jerome Avenue Line IND Concourse Line | ||||||||||
| Services |
4  (all times) B  (rush hours until 7:00 p.m.) D  (all except rush hours, peak direction) | ||||||||||
| Transit connections |
 NYCT Bus: Bx6, Bx13 Metro-North: Hudson Line (at Yankees–East 153rd Street) | ||||||||||
| Levels | 2 | ||||||||||
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| Accessible |
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| Wireless service |
 [1] | ||||||||||
| Traffic | |||||||||||
| Passengers (2015) |
8,922,188 (station complex)[2]  0.4% | ||||||||||
| Rank | 39 out of 422 | ||||||||||
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161st Street–Yankee Stadium is a New York City Subway station complex shared by the elevated IRT Jerome Avenue Line and the underground IND Concourse Line. Located at the intersection of 161st Street and River Avenue in the Bronx, it is served by the:
- 4 train at all times
- D train at all times except rush hours in the peak direction
- B train during rush hours
The station is ADA-accessible, with elevators available to all platforms.[3]
This station is located adjacent to Yankee Stadium, and also provides service to many Bronx County courts, government facilities, and shopping districts which are a short walk to the east. The station is eight blocks away from the MTA's Metro-North Yankees–East 153rd Street station, which also provides service to Yankee Stadium.
The combined passenger count for 161st Street–Yankee Stadium station in 2015 was 8,922,188, making it the busiest station in the Bronx and 39th overall.[2]
This is one of only two station complexes in the Bronx (the other being 149th Street–Grand Concourse). When the IND portion was built in 1933, paper tickets were used to transfer between the two lines; this method was used until the 1950s, when the indoor escalators were built.
The 2002 artwork here is called Wall-Slide by Vito Acconci, which consists of sections of the station walls "sliding" out of place, sometimes out of the station. Wall-Slide forms seating on the IND platforms, and also reveals a mosaic work, Room of Tranquility by Helene Brandt, on the IRT mezzanine.
Station layout
| 2F | Side platform, doors will open on the right | |
| Northbound local | ← toward Woodlawn (167th Street) | |
| Peak-direction express | → No regular service | |
| Southbound local | → toward Utica Avenue (New Lots Avenue late nights) (149th Street–Grand Concourse) → | |
| Side platform, doors will open on the right | ||
| 1F | Mezzanine | Station agent, MetroCard vending machines |
| G Street level |
Entrance/Exit | (Elevator at NE corner of 161st Street and River Avenue) |
| B1 | Mezzanine | Station agent, MetroCard vending machines |
| B2 | Side platform, doors will open on the right | |
| Southbound local | ← toward Brighton Beach rush hours (155th Street) ← toward Coney Island–Stillwell Avenue off-peak hours (155th Street) | |
| Peak-direction express | ← does not stop here (rush hours only in the peak direction) → | |
| Northbound local | → toward Bedford Park Boulevard rush hours (167th Street) → → toward Norwood–205th Street off-peak hours (167th Street) → | |
| Side platform, doors will open on the right | ||
IRT Jerome Avenue Line platforms
| 161st Street–Yankee Stadium | |||||||
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| New York City Subway rapid transit station | |||||||
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View of southbound platform and current Yankee Stadium | |||||||
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| Division | A (IRT) | ||||||
| Line | IRT Jerome Avenue Line | ||||||
| Services |
4 (all times) | ||||||
| Structure | Elevated | ||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||
| Tracks | 3 (2 in regular service) | ||||||
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| Opened | June 2, 1917 | ||||||
| Accessible |
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| Station succession | |||||||
| Next north |
167th Street: 4 | ||||||
| Next south |
149th Street–Grand Concourse: 4 | ||||||
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| Next north |
Fordham Road: 4 | ||||||
| Next south |
125th Street: 4 | ||||||
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161st Street–Yankee Stadium is a local station on the IRT Jerome Avenue Line that has three tracks and two side platforms. The station has extra exit stairs to handle stadium crowds at each platform, which make the platforms at this station much longer than traditional IRT platforms.
The former IRT Ninth Avenue Line connected with the IRT Jerome Avenue Line just north of this station, near 162nd Street.[4] A stub of the Ninth Avenue Line connecting trackway still exists and is visible today.[5][6]
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The view of the old Yankee Stadium from the IRT Jerome Line platform.
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The IRT Jerome Line station as seen from the street.
IND Concourse Line platforms
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| New York City Subway rapid transit station | |||||||||
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Northbound platform | |||||||||
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| Division | B (IND) | ||||||||
| Line | IND Concourse Line | ||||||||
| Services |
B (rush hours until 7:00 p.m.) D (all except rush hours, peak direction) | ||||||||
| Structure | Underground | ||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||
| Tracks | 3 | ||||||||
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| Opened | July 1, 1933 | ||||||||
| Accessible |
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| Former/other names | 161st Street–River Avenue | ||||||||
| Station succession | |||||||||
| Next north |
167th Street: B D | ||||||||
| Next south |
155th Street: B D | ||||||||
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| Next north |
Kingsbridge Road: B D | ||||||||
| Next south |
125th Street: B D | ||||||||
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161st Street–Yankee Stadium is a local station on the IND Concourse Line that has three tracks and two side platforms.
The full-time mezzanine is at 161st Street and River Avenue with four street staircases. The part-time entrance is at Walton Avenue and has two street staircases and a passageway to 161st Street. Before the renovation, there was a full length mezzanine, with Transit Bureau Offices located to one side. After the renovation, the NYPD area was expanded, and public areas inside fare control were sealed, thus dividing the mezzanine into two separate areas. A few staircases to the platforms were also sealed and removed.
References
- ↑ "NYC Subway Wireless – Active Stations". Transit Wireless Wifi. Retrieved 2016-05-18.
- 1 2 "Facts and Figures: Annual Subway Ridership". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved 2016-04-19.
- ↑ "NYC Official Accessibility Guide" (PDF). nyc.gov. Retrieved 2013-04-08.
- ↑ nycsubway.org – IRT Woodlawn Line: The 9th Avenue Elevated-Polo Grounds Shuttle
- ↑ nycsubway.org – IRT Woodlawn Line: 161st Street/River Avenue (Yankee Stadium)
- ↑ nycsubway.org – IRT Woodlawn Line: Image 100342
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to 161st Street – Yankee Stadium (New York City Subway). |
- nycsubway.org – IRT Woodlawn Line: 161st Street-Yankee Stadium
- nycsubway.org – IND Concourse Line: 161st Street-Yankee Stadium
- nycsubway.org — Wall-Slide/Room of Tranquility Artwork by Acconci and Brandt (2002)
- Station Reporter — Yankee Stadium Complex
- The Subway Nut — 161st Street–Yankee Stadium Pictures
- MTA's Arts For Transit — 161st Street–Yankee Stadium
- 161st Street & River Avenue — southwest corner entrance from Google Maps Street View
- 161st Street & River Avenue entrance to Jerome Avenue Line from Google Maps Street View
- 161st Street & River Avenue — northeast corner entrance to Concourse Line from Google Maps Street View
- Walton Avenue entrances from Google Maps Street View