161st Street–Yankee Stadium
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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 |
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Borough | The Bronx | ||||||||||
Locale | Highbridge, Concourse | ||||||||||
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 |
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Services |
4 (all times) B (rush hours until 7:00 p.m.) D (all except rush hours, peak direction) |
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Transit connections |
NYCT Bus: Bx6, Bx6 SBS, Bx13 Metro-North: Hudson Line (at Yankees–East 153rd Street) |
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Levels | 2 | ||||||||||
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Station code | 604 | ||||||||||
Accessible | ADA-accessible | ||||||||||
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Traffic | |||||||||||
Passengers (2016) | 8,784,407 (station complex) 1.5% | ||||||||||
Rank | 40 out of 422 | ||||||||||
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161st Street–Yankee Stadium
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View of southbound platform and current Yankee Stadium
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Station statistics | |||||||
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 | ||||||
Station code | 389 | ||||||
Accessible | ADA-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
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New York City Subway rapid transit station | |||||||||
Northbound platform
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Station statistics | |||||||||
Division | B (IND) | ||||||||
Line | IND Concourse Line | ||||||||
Services |
B (rush hours until 7:00 p.m.) D (all except rush hours, peak direction) |
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Structure | Underground | ||||||||
Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||
Tracks | 3 | ||||||||
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Opened | July 1, 1933 | ||||||||
Station code | 219 | ||||||||
Accessible | ADA-accessible | ||||||||
Wireless service | |||||||||
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 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.