Whitlock Avenue station

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 Whitlock Avenue
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AddressWhitlock Avenue and Westchester Avenue
Bronx, New York
Borough The Bronx
Locale Foxhurst
Coordinates 40°49′39″N73°53′10″W / 40.827514°N 73.886147°W / 40.827514; -73.886147
Division A (IRT) [1]
Line IRT Pelham Line
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Structure Elevated
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks3
Other information
OpenedMay 30, 1920;105 years ago (1920-05-30)
RebuiltFebruary 8, 2010;15 years ago (February 8, 2010) to September 13, 2010;15 years ago (September 13, 2010)
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Traffic
2024359,232 [2] Decrease2.svg 6.9%
Rank407 out of 423 [2]
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Elder Avenue NYCS-bull-trans-6-Std.svg
Local
Hunts Point Avenue
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Whitlock Avenue station

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The Whitlock Avenue station is a local station on the IRT Pelham Line of the New York City Subway. It is served by the 6 train at all times and is located at Whitlock Avenue and Westchester Avenue in the Foxhurst neighborhood of the Bronx.

History

The Whitlock Avenue station opened on May 30, 1920 as the Pelham Line was extended to East 177th Street from Hunts Point Avenue. [3] [4] [5] The construction of the Pelham Line was part of the Dual Contracts, signed on March 19, 1913 and also known as the Dual Subway System. [6] The Pelham Line was built as a branch of the Lexington Avenue Line running northeast via 138th Street, Southern Boulevard and Westchester Avenue. [7] Initially, the extension was served by a shuttle service operating with elevated cars. Passengers transferred to the shuttle at Hunts Point Avenue. [8]

Station layout

Platform level Side platform
Southbound local NYCS-bull-trans-6-Std.svg toward Brooklyn Bridge–City Hall (Hunts Point Avenue)
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Northbound local NYCS-bull-trans-6-Std.svg toward Pelham Bay Park (Parkchester PM rush) (Elder Avenue)
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MezzanineFare control, station agent, MetroCard and OMNY machines
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Artwork by Barbara Grygutis

The station has three tracks and two side platforms. The center express track is used by the <6> service during weekdays in the peak direction. [9] The 6 local train serves the station at all times. [10] The next stop to the south is Hunts Point Avenue, while the next stop to the north is Elder Avenue. [11] The station has covered-over old signs and a windscreen on the south end. The north end has a full canopy over the platform.

The station is adjacent to an abandoned railroad station called Westchester Avenue which was served by the New York, Westchester and Boston Railway (NYW&B), and the Harlem River Branch of the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad. Currently, the line is used by Amtrak. The former NYW&B line was at one time proposed to be converted into an extension of the IRT Dyre Avenue Line leading to this station, rather than its current terminus at East 180th Street on the IRT White Plains Road Line. The station is also located right next to the Sheridan Expressway.

Southbound, this is the last elevated station before the wholly underground stretch to Brooklyn Bridge station. Northbound, the line makes a right angle turn to the east and crosses the Bronx River via a truss bridge.

Exits

The mezzanine is wood and features frosted windows in a simulated 16-pane pattern. At one time there were doors to the fare control but they have been removed; doors from fare control to the street remain. Outside fare control, exit stairs lead to either southern corner of Westchester Avenue and Whitlock Avenue. [12]

References

  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. 1 2 "Annual Subway Ridership (2018–2023)". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2023. Retrieved April 20, 2024.
  3. "Bronx Subway Extension Opened" (PDF). New York Times. May 28, 1920. Retrieved January 25, 2016.
  4. Brooklyn Daily Eagle Almanac. Brooklyn Daily Eagle. 1922. p. 372.
  5. Annual Report for the Year Ending June 30, 1920. Interborough Rapid Transit Company. 1920. pp. 5, 13.
  6. nycsubway.org—The Dual Contracts
  7. "The Dual System of Rapid Transit (1912)". www.nycsubway.org. Retrieved March 25, 2014.
  8. Cunningham, Joseph; DeHart, Leonard O. (1993). A History of the New York City Subway System. J. Schmidt, R. Giglio, and K. Lang. p. 48.
  9. Dougherty, Peter (2006) [2002]. Tracks of the New York City Subway 2006 (3rd ed.). Dougherty. OCLC   49777633 via Google Books.
  10. "6Subway Timetable, Effective December 15, 2024". Metropolitan Transportation Authority . Retrieved May 29, 2025.
  11. "Subway Map" (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. April 2025. Retrieved April 2, 2025.
  12. "MTA Neighborhood Maps: Bronx Zoo" (PDF). mta.info . Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 11, 2020. Retrieved July 20, 2016.