Pelham Bay Park (IRT Pelham Line)
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Pelham Bay Park
 
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Station platform
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| Address |
Bruckner Boulevard & Westchester Avenue Bronx, NY 10461 |
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| Borough | The Bronx | ||||||||
| Locale | Pelham Bay | ||||||||
| Coordinates | 40°51′10″N 73°49′38″W / 40.852871°N 73.827138°WCoordinates: 40°51′10″N 73°49′38″W / 40.852871°N 73.827138°W | ||||||||
| Division | A (IRT) | ||||||||
| Line | IRT Pelham Line | ||||||||
| Services |
6  (all times except weekdays until 8:45 p.m., peak direction) <6> (weekdays until 8:45 p.m., peak direction) |
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| Transit connections |
 NYCT Bus: Bx5, Bx12, Bx12 SBS, Bx24, Bx29 MTA Bus: Bx23, BxM8, Q50 Bee-Line Bus: 45 |
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| Structure | Elevated | ||||||||
| Platforms | 1 island platform (in service) 2 side platforms (unused) |
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| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||
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| Opened | December 20, 1920 | ||||||||
| Accessible |  |
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| Passengers (2015) | 2,337,689  0.8% |
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| Rank | 211 out of 425 | ||||||||
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| Next north | (Terminal): 6 <6>
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| Next south |
Buhre Avenue (local): 6 <6> Parkchester (express): no regular service |
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| Next north |
none: 6 <6>
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| Next south |
Hunts Point Avenue: 6  <6>
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Pelham Bay Park is the northern terminal station of the IRT Pelham Line of the New York City Subway. Located by Pelham Bay Park, at the intersection of the Bruckner Expressway and Westchester Avenue in the Bronx, it is served by the 6 train at all times, except weekdays in the peak direction, when the <6> serves it.
This is an elevated station which has two tracks, one island platform and two disused side platforms. The tracks end at bumper blocks at the north end of the platforms. The station was formerly set up as a Spanish solution with alighting passengers using the side platforms and boarding passengers using the island platform. Now all passengers use the island platform.
During 2005, rooms were located on the side platforms for temporary crew use while the crew quarters at the north end of the station was rebuilt. At the south end is a staff-only crossover bridge between the center and west side platform. It also used to connect to the east side platform but that portion has been removed. There is also a tower and crew facilities at the south end. There are old style signs which are covered over on the main platform.
Pelham Bay Park is the only New York City Subway terminal that does not use numerical track labels, but rather track labels based on the compass points of the world (i.e. North track, South track). Punch boxes exist, however, at the south end of the island platform where the corresponding track numbers (Track 1 and 2) are used,
In 1981, the MTA listed the station among the 69 most deteriorated stations in the subway system.
Fare control is in the mezzanine below the platforms. There are two staircases, an escalator, and an elevator that lead to Westchester Avenue. There is also a pedestrian bridge from the station entrance that crosses the Bruckner Expressway and leads to Pelham Bay Park. The elevators were renovated from June 2015 to April 2016.
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