176th Street station

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.

176 Street
New York City Subway station (rapid transit)
View south from northbound platform
Station statistics
Address	176th Street & Jerome Avenue Bronx, NY 10453
Borough	The Bronx
Locale	Morris Heights
Coordinates	40.848619°N 73.911767°W / 40.848619; -73.911767
Division	A (IRT)
Line	IRT Jerome Avenue Line
Services	4  (all times)
Transit connections	NYCT Bus: Bx32
Structure	Elevated
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	3
Other information
Opened	June 2, 1917 (1917-06-02)
Station code	385[1]
Opposite-direction transfer available	Yes
Traffic
Passengers (2019)	1,713,696[2]  5%
Rank	272 out of 424[2]
Station succession
Next north	Burnside Avenue: 4
Next south	Mount Eden Avenue: 4
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Street map
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops all times

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] This was in advance of through service to the IRT Lexington Avenue Line, which began on July 17, 1918.[5] This station was rehabilitated in 2004.[6]

Station layout

Track layout
to Burnside Av to Mount Eden Av

P Platform level	Side platform
	Northbound local	← toward Woodlawn (Burnside Avenue)
	Peak-direction express	← does not stop here (select rush hour trips)
	Southbound local	→ toward Utica Avenue (New Lots Avenue late nights) (Mount Eden Avenue) →
	Side platform
M	Mezzanine	Fare control, station agent, MetroCard machines
G	Street level	Entrances/exits

This elevated station has three tracks with two side platforms.[7] It has old style signs painted over and covered up with new style signs, and features new fare control railings as a crossunder.

The 2006 artwork here is called Reaching Out For Each Other by Juan Sánchez. It features stained glass windows on the platform windscreens and station house that each feature a hand as a central element to depict their use as a universal language.[8]

Exits

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.[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. "Three Bronx subway stations closed to undergo renovations for four months". news12. July 5, 2004. Archived from the original on June 30, 2020. Retrieved June 30, 2020.
7. Dougherty, Peter (2020). Tracks of the New York City Subway 2020 (16th ed.). Dougherty. OCLC 1056711733.
8. "176th Street - Juan Sánchez - Reaching Out For Each Other, 2006". web.mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Archived from the original on August 7, 2020. Retrieved August 7, 2020.
9. "176th Street Neighborhood Map" (PDF). new.mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. April 2018. Retrieved February 28, 2019.

External links

Street stair

• Media related to 176th Street (IRT Jerome Avenue Line) at Wikimedia Commons
• nycsubway.org – IRT Woodlawn Line: 176th Street
• nycsubway.org — Reaching Out For Each Other Artwork by Juan Sanchez (2006)
• Station Reporter — 4 Train
• The Subway Nut — 176th Street Pictures
• MTA's Arts For Transit — 176th Street (IRT Jerome Avenue Line)
• 176th Street entrance from Google Maps Street View
• Platforms from Google Maps Street View