167th Street (IRT Jerome Avenue Line)

167th Street
New York City Subway rapid transit station
Two trains running on the 4 service (one arriving, one leaving) at the 167th Street Station, facing southbound.
Station statistics
Address	East 167th Street & River Avenue Bronx, NY 10452
Borough	The Bronx
Locale	Highbridge, Concourse
Coordinates	40°50′08″N 73°55′17″W / 40.835665°N 73.921337°W / 40.835665; -73.921337Coordinates: 40°50′08″N 73°55′17″W / 40.835665°N 73.921337°W / 40.835665; -73.921337
Division	A (IRT)
Line	IRT Jerome Avenue Line IRT Ninth Avenue Line (formerly)
Services	4  (all times)
Transit connections	NYCT Bus: Bx35
Structure	Elevated
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	3 (2 in regular service)
Other information
Opened	June 2, 1917 (100 years ago) (1917-06-02)
Traffic
Passengers (2015)	3,180,274  3.7%
Rank	159 out of 422
Station succession
Next north	170th Street: 4
Next south	161st Street–Yankee Stadium: 4  Anderson–Jerome Avenues (Ninth Ave elevated; demolished)
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops all times
Location Show map of New York City Subway Show map of New York City Show map of New York Show map of the US

167th Street is a local station on the IRT Jerome Avenue Line of the New York City Subway. Located at the intersection of 167th Street and River Avenue in the Bronx, it is served by the 4 train at all times.

The station has three tracks with two side platforms. The station was opened in 1917, gained additional service from the Ninth Avenue Elevated on July 1, 1918 and was rehabilitated in 2004. It has old-style signs painted over and covered up with new style signs, and features new fare control railings as a crossunder.

Fare control is via a mezzanine under the tracks. Outside fare control, exit stairs go to all corners of River Avenue and 167th Street.

From 1940 to 1958, 167th Street served as a terminal for the last remnant of the Ninth Avenue Elevated operating from 155th Street (Polo Grounds) to 167th Street. On reaching 167th Street, trains would switch to the center track, change direction, and return to 155th Street on the downtown track. Service was eventually reduced to a single two-car train operating in both directions on the uptown track. In 1958, service was discontinued after the New York Giants left for San Francisco. From the southern end of the station, the ramps leading to the Ninth Avenue line structure can still be seen. These ramps end south of the southwest corner of River Avenue and 164th Street between Gate 8 and the 164th Street parking garage at Yankee Stadium. The next southbound stop was Anderson–Jerome Avenues.