161st Street – Yankee Stadium (New York City Subway)

161st Street–Yankee Stadium
New York City Subway rapid transit station complex
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)       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
Other information
Accessible
Wireless service
Traffic
Passengers (2015)	8,922,188 (station complex)  0.4%
Rank	39 out of 422
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops all times except rush hours in the peak direction Stops all times Stops rush hours only
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161st Street–Yankee Stadium
New York City Subway rapid transit station
View of southbound platform and current Yankee Stadium
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)
Other information
Opened	June 2, 1917 (99 years ago) (1917-06-02)
Accessible
Wireless service
Station succession
Next north	167th Street: 4
Next south	149th Street–Grand Concourse: 4
Next north	Fordham Road: 4
Next south	125th Street: 4
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops all times

161st Street–Yankee Stadium
New York City Subway rapid transit station
Northbound platform
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)
Structure	Underground
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	3
Other information
Opened	July 1, 1933 (83 years ago) (1933-07-01)
Accessible
Wireless service
Former/other names	161st Street–River Avenue
Station succession
Next north	167th Street: B  D
Next south	155th Street: B  D
Next north	Kingsbridge Road: B  D
Next south	125th Street: B  D
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops all times except rush hours in the peak direction Stops rush hours only

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.