St. Lawrence Avenue (IRT Pelham Line)

St. Lawrence Avenue

New York City Subway rapid transit station

Station statistics

Address

St. Lawrence Avenue & Westchester Avenue
Bronx, NY 10472

Borough

The Bronx

Locale

Parkchester

Coordinates

40°49′54″N 73°52′02″W / 40.831573°N 73.867307°WCoordinates: 40°49′54″N 73°52′02″W / 40.831573°N 73.867307°W

Division

A (IRT)

Line

IRT Pelham Line

Services

6 (all times)

Transit connections

NYCT Bus: Bx4, Bx4A

Structure

Elevated

Platforms

2 side platforms

Tracks

Other information

Opened

May 27, 1920^[1]

Traffic

Passengers (2015)

1,320,571^[2]

0.4%

Rank

324 out of 422

Station succession

Next north

Parkchester: 6

Next south

Morrison Avenue – Soundview: 6

Station service legend
Symbol	Description
	Stops all times

Location
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St. Lawrence Avenue is a local station on the IRT Pelham Line of the New York City Subway, located at the intersection of St. Lawrence Avenue and Westchester Avenue in the Bronx. It is served by 6 train at all times.

Station layout

Track layout

Legend

to Parkchester

to Morrison Av

P Platform level	Side platform, doors will open on the right
	Southbound local	← toward Brooklyn Bridge–City Hall (Morrison Avenue–Soundview)
	Peak-direction express	← does not stop here →
	Northbound local	→ toward Pelham Bay Park or Parkchester (Parkchester) →
	Side platform, doors will open on the right
M	Mezzanine	Station agent, MetroCard vending machines, fare control
G	Street Level	Exit / Entrance

An R142A 6 Express train runs through Saint Lawrence Avenue station.

This elevated station has three tracks and two side platforms. The center track is used by the <6> train on weekdays in the peak direction.

The station opened on May 27, 1920 along with other stations north from Whitlock Avenue in Longwood.^[1] It resembles other elevated stations along the line: it has wood mezzanines 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

1 2 "Bronx Subway Extension Opened". New York Times. May 28, 1920. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
↑ "Facts and Figures: Annual Subway Ridership". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved 2016-04-19.

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

New York City Subway stations

Pelham Line	Pelham Bay Park Buhre Avenue Middletown Road Westchester Square–East Tremont Avenue Zerega Avenue Castle Hill Avenue Parkchester St. Lawrence Avenue Morrison Avenue–Soundview Elder Avenue Whitlock Avenue Hunts Point Avenue Longwood Avenue East 149th Street East 143rd Street–St. Mary's Street Cypress Avenue Brook Avenue Third Avenue–138th Street [to 125th Street, Lexington Ave. Line →]

See also Lists by borough (The Bronx Brooklyn Manhattan Queens) Accessible Closed Terminals Transfer Commons category Stations and line segments in italics are closed or demolished. Track connections to other lines' terminals are displayed in brackets. ~~Struck through~~ passenger track connections are closed or unused in regular service.

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