Parkchester station

Parkchester
Parkchester
New York City Subway station (rapid transit)
	Platform level
Station statistics
Address	Hugh J. Grant Circle; Bronx, NY 10472
Borough	The Bronx
Locale	Parkchester, Unionport
Coordinates	40°50′0″N73°51′39.5″W / 40.83333°N 73.860972°W
Division	A (IRT)
Line	IRT Pelham Line
Services	6 (all times) <6> (weekdays until 8:45 p.m., peak direction)
Transit	NYCT Bus: Bx4, Bx4A, Bx11, Bx36, Bx39, Q44 SBS ; MTA Bus: BxM6 ;
Structure	Elevated
Platforms	2 island platforms ; cross-platform interchange
Tracks	3
Other information
Opened	May 30, 1920;103 years ago
Accessible	not ADA-accessible; accessibility planned
Opposite-; direction; transfer	Yes
Former/other names	Parkchester–East 177th Street; East 177th Street–Parkchester; East 177th Street
Traffic
2023	3,295,956 17.3%
Rank	96 out of 423
Services
Services
Non-revenue services and lines
Non-revenue services and lines
Location
Track layout
	Legend
Street map
Station service legend
Symbol	Description
	Stops all times except rush hours in the peak direction
	Stops all times
	Stops rush hours in the peak direction only

Last updated April 21, 2024

The Parkchester station is an express station on the IRT Pelham Line of the New York City Subway. It is located above Hugh J. Grant Circle in the Parkchester neighborhood of the Bronx, where East 177th Street (the Cross Bronx Expressway service road), Metropolitan Avenue, and Westchester Avenue intersect. The station is served by the 6 train at all times and the <6> train during weekdays in the peak direction.

By passenger count, Parkchester was the third-busiest station in the Bronx in 2017, behind 161st Street–Yankee Stadium and Third Avenue–149th Street, and the busiest station on the Pelham Line.

History

Parkchester station opened on May 30, 1920.^[3]

This station was rehabilitated in 2010.

In 2019, as part of an initiative to increase the accessibility of the New York City Subway system, the MTA announced that it would install elevators at the Parkchester station as part of the MTA's 2020–2024 Capital Program.^[5] In December 2022, the MTA announced that it would award a $146 million contract for the installation of eight elevators across four stations, including Parkchester. The work would include demolishing an existing escalator to make way for an elevator.^[6]

Station layout

P Platform level	Southbound local	← toward Brooklyn Bridge–City Hall (St. Lawrence Avenue)
	Island platform
	Peak-direction express	← AM rush toward Brooklyn Bridge–City Hall (Hunts Point Avenue) → PM rush toward Pelham Bay Park (Castle Hill Avenue) → →(No service: Pelham Bay Park) →
	Island platform
	Northbound local	→ PM rush termination track → → toward Pelham Bay Park other times (Castle Hill Avenue) →
M	Mezzanine	Station agent, MetroCard vending machines, fare control
G	Street level	Exit/entrance

Parkchester is an express station with three tracks and two island platforms. The 6 stops on the outer local tracks while the <6> stops on the center express track. The 6 train serves the station at all times, and the <6> runs during weekdays in the peak direction.^[7] The next stop to the south is Hunts Point Avenue for express trains and St. Lawrence Avenue for local trains, while the next stop to the north is Castle Hill Avenue.^[8] There are 1950s-style mushroom-shaped lights at the end of the platforms and the staircases to the mezzanine are sheltered. Just north of the station is a signal tower which was used until the late 1990s, when a new master tower was created in Westchester Yard.

During weekdays, some 6 local trains terminate at Parkchester. All local trains end their runs at Parkchester during the PM rush hour, when the <6> express operates, while selected local trains terminate there during the AM rush hour and the evening.^[7] After discharging passengers on the northbound local track, terminating trains use the center track past switches north of the station as a pocket track to relay.

All trains continuing on the IRT Pelham Line north of this station make all subsequent stops, these stations are only served by the <6> in the peak direction when it is operating, and the 6 at all other times.

Exit

The station's only exit is a mezzanine in the center of the Hugh Grant Circle, a traffic circle. It has a crossunder and windows in a simulated 12-pane pattern similar to those at Whitlock Avenue. The fare control is at street level and the room features a painting entitled Live The Dream. There is an escalator from fare control to the southbound platform, bypassing the mezzanine.^[9]

Image gallery

Entrance to Parkchester station
The lampposts at the station, which still read "E 177 ST"
Facing a sunset on the northbound local track
An R142A 6 local train approaching Parkchester

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References

↑ "Glossary". Second Avenue Subway Supplemental Draft Environmental Impact Statement (SDEIS) (PDF). Vol. 1. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. March 4, 2003. pp. 1–2. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 26, 2021. Retrieved January 1, 2021.
↑ "Bronx Bus Map" (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. October 2018. Retrieved December 1, 2020.
1 2 "Bronx Subway Extension Opened" (PDF). New York Times. May 28, 1920. Retrieved January 25, 2016.
1 2 "Annual Subway Ridership (2018–2023)". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2023. Retrieved April 20, 2024.
↑ "Press Release - MTA Headquarters - MTA Announces 20 Additional Subway Stations to Receive Accessibility Improvements Under Proposed 2020-2024 Capital Plan". mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. December 19, 2019. Archived from the original on December 20, 2019. Retrieved December 20, 2019.
↑ "Capital Program Oversight Committee Meeting December 2022". mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. December 19, 2022. pp. 107–109. Retrieved July 14, 2022.
1 2 "6Subway Timetable, Effective August 12, 2023". Metropolitan Transportation Authority . Retrieved August 26, 2023.
↑ "Subway Map" (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. September 2021. Retrieved September 17, 2021.
↑ "MTA Neighborhood Maps: Bronx Zoo" (PDF). mta.info . Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2015. Retrieved July 20, 2016.

External links

nycsubway.org – IRT Pelham Line: East 177th Street/Parkchester
nycsubway.org — Live the Dream Artwork (Artist and date unknown)
Station Reporter — 6 Train
Map of Bronx Subways
The Subway Nut — Parkchester – East 177th Street Pictures Archived July 6, 2020, at the Wayback Machine
Hugh Grant Circle (west) entrance from Google Maps Street View
Hugh Grant Circle (east) entrance from Google Maps Street View
Platforms from Google Maps Street View

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[SASDEIS-DIVISION-1] "Glossary". Second Avenue Subway Supplemental Draft Environmental Impact Statement (SDEIS) (PDF). Vol. 1. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. March 4, 2003. pp. 1–2. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 26, 2021. Retrieved January 1, 2021.

[2] "Bronx Bus Map" (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. October 2018. Retrieved December 1, 2020.

[NYTIMES-3] 1 2 "Bronx Subway Extension Opened" (PDF). New York Times. May 28, 1920. Retrieved January 25, 2016.

[riderref-4] 1 2 "Annual Subway Ridership (2018–2023)". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2023. Retrieved April 20, 2024.

[MTA_Announces_20_Additional_Subway_Stations-5] "Press Release - MTA Headquarters - MTA Announces 20 Additional Subway Stations to Receive Accessibility Improvements Under Proposed 2020-2024 Capital Plan". mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. December 19, 2019. Archived from the original on December 20, 2019. Retrieved December 20, 2019.

[dec22cpoc-6] "Capital Program Oversight Committee Meeting December 2022". mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. December 19, 2022. pp. 107–109. Retrieved July 14, 2022.

[tt6-7] 1 2 "6Subway Timetable, Effective August 12, 2023". Metropolitan Transportation Authority . Retrieved August 26, 2023.

[submap-8] "Subway Map" (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. September 2021. Retrieved September 17, 2021.

[maps-9] "MTA Neighborhood Maps: Bronx Zoo" (PDF). mta.info . Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2015. Retrieved July 20, 2016.

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v t e Stations of the New York City Subway, by service
Lexington Avenue Local	Pelham Bay Park Buhre Avenue Middletown Road Westchester Square–East Tremont Avenue Zerega Avenue Castle Hill Avenue Parkchester St. Lawrence Avenue Morrison Avenue–Soundview Elder Avenue Whitlock Avenue Hunts Point Avenue Longwood Avenue East 149th Street East 143rd Street–St. Mary's Street Cypress Avenue Brook Avenue Third Avenue–138th Street 125th Street 116th Street 110th Street 103rd Street 96th Street 86th Street 77th Street 68th Street–Hunter College 59th Street 51st Street Grand Central–42nd Street 33rd Street 28th Street 23rd Street 14th Street–Union Square Astor Place Bleecker Street Spring Street Canal Street Brooklyn Bridge–City Hall
Pelham Bay Park Express	Pelham Bay Park Buhre Avenue Middletown Road Westchester Square–East Tremont Avenue Zerega Avenue Castle Hill Avenue Parkchester Hunts Point Avenue Third Avenue–138th Street 125th Street 116th Street 110th Street 103rd Street 96th Street 86th Street 77th Street 68th Street–Hunter College 59th Street 51st Street Grand Central–42nd Street 33rd Street 28th Street 23rd Street 14th Street–Union Square Astor Place Bleecker Street Spring Street Canal Street Brooklyn Bridge–City Hall
See also Lists by borough (The Bronx Brooklyn Manhattan Queens) Accessible Closed Terminals Transfer Commons category Note: Service variations, station closures, and reroutes are not reflected here. Stations with asterisks have no regular peak, reverse peak, or midday service on that route. See linked articles for more information.

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