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161st Street–Yankee Stadium (IRT Jerome Avenue Line)

161st Street–Yankee Stadium
"4" train"B" train"D" train
New York City Subway rapid transit station complex
161 Street entrance vc.jpg
Station statistics
Address East 161st Street & River Avenue
Bronx, NY 10451
Borough The Bronx
Locale Highbridge, Concourse
Coordinates 40°49′41″N 73°55′33″W / 40.827937°N 73.925886°W / 40.827937; -73.925886Coordinates: 40°49′41″N 73°55′33″W / 40.827937°N 73.925886°W / 40.827937; -73.925886
Division A (IRT), B (IND)
Line IRT Jerome Avenue Line
IND Concourse Line
Services       4 all times (all times)​
      B rush hours until 7:00 p.m. (rush hours until 7:00 p.m.)
      D all except rush hours, peak direction (all except rush hours, peak direction)
Transit connections Bus transport NYCT Bus: Bx6, Bx6 SBS, Bx13
Railway transportation Metro-North: Hudson Line (at Yankees–East 153rd Street)
Levels 2
Other information
Station code 604
Accessible This station is compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 ADA-accessible
Wireless service Wi-Fi and cellular service is provided at this station
Traffic
Passengers (2016) 8,784,407 (station complex) Decrease 1.5%
Rank 40 out of 422
161st Street–Yankee Stadium
"4" train
New York City Subway rapid transit station
161st Street Yankee Stadium IRT Jerome southbound platform 2009 Yankee Stadium.JPG
View of southbound platform and current Yankee Stadium
Station statistics
Division A (IRT)
Line IRT Jerome Avenue Line
Services       4 all times (all times)
Structure Elevated
Platforms 2 side platforms
Tracks 3 (2 in regular service)
Other information
Opened June 2, 1917 (100 years ago) (1917-06-02)
Station code 389
Accessible This station is compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 ADA-accessible
Wireless service Wi-Fi and cellular service is provided at this station
Station succession
Next north 167th Street: 4 all times
Next south 149th Street–Grand Concourse: 4 all times


Next adjacent station compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 north Fordham Road: 4 all times
Next adjacent station compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 south 125th Street: 4 all times
161st Street–Yankee Stadium
"B" train"D" train
New York City Subway rapid transit station
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Northbound platform
Station statistics
Division B (IND)
Line IND Concourse Line
Services       B rush hours until 7:00 p.m. (rush hours until 7:00 p.m.)
      D all except rush hours, peak direction (all except rush hours, peak direction)
Structure Underground
Platforms 2 side platforms
Tracks 3
Other information
Opened July 1, 1933 (84 years ago) (1933-07-01)
Station code 219
Accessible This station is compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 ADA-accessible
Wireless service Wi-Fi and cellular service is provided at this station
Former/other names 161st Street–River Avenue
Station succession
Next north 167th Street: B rush hours until 7:00 p.m.D all except rush hours, peak direction
Next south 155th Street: B rush hours until 7:00 p.m.D all except rush hours, peak direction


Next adjacent station compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 north Kingsbridge Road: B rush hours until 7:00 p.m.D all except rush hours, peak direction
Next adjacent station compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 south 125th Street: B rush hours until 7:00 p.m.D all except rush hours, peak direction

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 Highbridge and Concourse neighborhoods of the Bronx, it is served by the:

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.

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 station is ADA-accessible, with elevators available to all platforms.

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 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.

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.


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