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176th Street (IRT Jerome Avenue Line)

176th Street
"4" train
New York City Subway rapid transit station
176th Street station with departing downtown train.jpg
View south from northbound platform
Station statistics
Address 176th Street & Jerome Avenue
Bronx, NY 10453
Borough The Bronx
Locale Morris Heights
Coordinates 40°50′55″N 73°54′42″W / 40.848619°N 73.911767°W / 40.848619; -73.911767Coordinates: 40°50′55″N 73°54′42″W / 40.848619°N 73.911767°W / 40.848619; -73.911767
Division A (IRT)
Line IRT Jerome Avenue Line
Services       4 all times (all times)
Transit connections Bus transport NYCT Bus: Bx32
Structure Elevated
Platforms 2 side platforms
Tracks 3
Other information
Opened June 2, 1917 (99 years ago) (1917-06-02)
Traffic
Passengers (2015) 1,969,221 Increase 6.5%
Rank 251 out of 425
Station succession
Next north Burnside Avenue: 4 all times
Next south Mount Eden Avenue: 4 all times

176th Street is a local station on the IRT Jerome Avenue Line of the New York City Subway. Located at the intersection of 176th Street and Jerome Avenue in the Bronx, it is served by the 4 train at all times.

This station opened with the first part of the Jerome Avenue Line on June 2, 1917 as a shuttle service between Kingsbridge Road and 149th Street. Only the southbound platform was in use at Kingsbridge Road. This was in advance of through service to the IRT Lexington Avenue Line, which began on July 17, 1918. This station 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. The station has three tracks with two side platforms.

The fare control is in a mezzanine below the tracks. Outside fare control, stairs lead to either southwest corner of Jerome Avenue and 176th Street.


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