170th Street station (IRT Jerome Avenue Line)

170th Street is a local station on the IRT Jerome Avenue Line of the New York City Subway. Located at the intersection of 170th Street and Jerome Avenue in the Bronx, it is served by the 4 train at all times.

 170 Street
 
New York City Subway station (rapid transit)
Western side
Station statistics
Address170th Street & Jerome Avenue
Bronx, NY 10452
BoroughThe Bronx
LocaleHighbridge
Coordinates40.840178°N 73.917732°W / 40.840178; -73.917732
DivisionA (IRT)
LineIRT Jerome Avenue Line
Services      4  (all times)
Transit connections NYCT Bus: Bx11, Bx18
StructureElevated
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks3
Other information
OpenedJune 2, 1917 (1917-06-02)
Station code387[1]
Accessiblenot ADA-accessible; accessibility planned
Opposite-direction transfer availableYes
Traffic
Passengers (2019)2,487,611[2]  2.9%
Rank192 out of 424[2]
Station succession
Next northMount Eden Avenue: 4 
Next south167th Street: 4 

History

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.[3][4] Through service to the IRT Lexington Avenue Line subsequently started on July 17, 1918.[5] This station was rehabilitated in 2004.[6]

Station layout
Track layout
to Mount Eden Av
to 167 St
P
Platform level		 Side platform
Northbound local ← toward Woodlawn (Mount Eden Avenue)
Peak-direction express ← does not stop here (select rush hour trips)
Southbound local → toward Utica Avenue (New Lots Avenue late nights) (167th Street) →
Side platform
M Mezzanine Fare control, station agent, MetroCard machines
G Street level Entrances/exits
Eastern side as seen from west of Grand Concourse.

This elevated station has three tracks and two side platforms.[7] Both platforms have beige windscreens, mesh fences, and red canopies with green frames and support columns in the center, and white steel waist-level fences at either ends with white lampposts at regular intervals.

The 2005 artwork here is called Views from Above by Dina Bursztyn. It features stained glass windows on the platform windscreens and station house based on Bursztyn's experience on riding elevated trains.[8]

Exits

The station's only entrance/exit is an elevated station house beneath the tracks. Inside the fare control area, it has two staircases to each platform at the center and a waiting area that allows a free transfer between directions. Outside fare control, it has a turnstile bank, a token booth, and three street stairs going down to either side of Jerome Avenue between 170th Street and Elliot Place, two to the east side and one to the west.[9]

References
  1. "Station Developers' Information". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved June 13, 2017.
  2. "Facts and Figures: Annual Subway Ridership 2014–2019". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2020. Retrieved May 26, 2020.
  3. "www.nycsubway.org: Service Begun on the Jerome Avenue Line (1917)". www.nycsubway.org. June 1, 1905. Retrieved September 6, 2016.
  4. "Annual report. 1916-1917". HathiTrust. Interborough Rapid Transit Company. December 12, 2013. Retrieved September 5, 2016.
  5. Brooklyn Daily Eagle Almanac. Brooklyn Daily Eagle. 1922. p. 372.
  6. "170 Street (4)". subwaynut.com. Retrieved June 26, 2020.
  7. Dougherty, Peter (2020). Tracks of the New York City Subway 2020 (16th ed.). Dougherty. OCLC 1056711733.
  8. "170th Street - Dina Bursztyn - Views from Above, 2006". web.mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Archived from the original on June 26, 2020. Retrieved June 26, 2020.
  9. "170th Street Neighborhood Map" (PDF). new.mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. April 2018. Retrieved February 28, 2019.

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