Jackson Avenue (IRT White Plains Road Line)
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Jackson Avenue
 
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| New York City Subway rapid transit station | |||||||||
Northbound platform
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| Address | Jackson Avenue & Westchester Avenue Bronx, NY 10455 |
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| Borough | The Bronx | ||||||||
| Locale | Melrose | ||||||||
| Coordinates | 40°48′59″N 73°54′29″W / 40.8163°N 73.908°WCoordinates: 40°48′59″N 73°54′29″W / 40.8163°N 73.908°W | ||||||||
| Division | A (IRT) | ||||||||
| Line | IRT White Plains Road Line | ||||||||
| Services |
2  (all times)5  (all except late nights and rush hours, peak direction) |
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| Transit connections |
 NYCT Bus: Bx4, Bx4A
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| Structure | Elevated | ||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||
| Tracks | 3 | ||||||||
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| Opened | November 26, 1904 (3rd Ave. Line; Bergen Avenue By-pass) July 10, 1905 (White Plains Rd. Line) |
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| Passengers (2015) | 1,731,638  1.2% |
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| Rank | 277 out of 422 | ||||||||
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| Next north |
Prospect Avenue: 2 5
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| Next south |
Third Avenue – 149th Street: 2 5 143rd Street (Third Ave elevated; demolished) |
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Jackson Avenue Subway Station (IRT)
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HABS image of the northbound station house and staircase at 152nd Street.
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| MPS | New York City Subway System MPS | ||||||||
| NRHP Reference # | 04001025 | ||||||||
| Added to NRHP | September 17, 2004 | ||||||||
Jackson Avenue is a local station on the IRT White Plains Road Line of the New York City Subway. Located at the intersection of Jackson and Westchester Avenues in Melrose, Bronx, it is served by the 2 train at all times, and the 5 train at all other times except during late nights and rush hours in the peak direction.
The first contract for the construction of a subway in New York, Contract 1, was executed on February 21, 1900, between the Board of Rapid Transit Railroad Commissioners and the Rapid Transit Construction Company, organized by John B. McDonald and funded by August Belmont, for the construction of the subway and a 50-year operating lease from the opening of the line. Contract 1 called for the construction of a line from City Hall north to Kingsbridge and a branch under Lenox Avenue and to Bronx Park.
The initial segment of the IRT White Plains Road Line opened on November 26, 1904 between East 180th Street and this station. Initially, trains on the line were served by elevated trains from the IRT Second Avenue Line and the IRT Third Avenue Line, with a connection running from the Third Avenue local tracks at Third Avenue and 149th Street to Westchester Avenue and Eagle Avenue. Once the connection to the IRT Lenox Avenue Line opened on July 10, 1905, trains from the newly opened IRT subway ran via the line. Elevated service via this connection was resumed on October 1, 1907 when Second Avenue locals were extended to Freeman Street during rush hours.
On July 1, 1917, a new connection between the White Plains Road Line and the Third Avenue el express tracks was opened as part of the Dual Contracts expansion of the Third Avenue Line, and since it ran via Bergen Avenue and bypassed the 149th Street station, it was called the Bergen Avenue cutoff or bypass. The Bergen Avenue cutoff was abandoned on November 5, 1946, as part of the gradual curtailment of elevated service on the IRT Third Avenue Line. The cutoff was removed in 1950.
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