167th Street (IRT Jerome Avenue Line)

167th Street
NYCS 4
New York City Subway rapid transit station

Two trains running on the 4 service (one arriving, one leaving) at the 167th Street Station, facing southbound.
Station statistics
Address East 167th Street & River Avenue
Bronx, NY 10452
Borough The Bronx
Locale Highbridge
Coordinates 40°50′08″N 73°55′17″W / 40.835665°N 73.921337°WCoordinates: 40°50′08″N 73°55′17″W / 40.835665°N 73.921337°W
Division A (IRT)
Line IRT Jerome Avenue Line
IRT Ninth Avenue Line (formerly)
Services       4  (all times)
Connection NYCT Bus: Bx35
Structure Elevated
Platforms 2 side platforms
Tracks 3 (2 in regular service)
Other information
Opened June 2, 1917
Traffic
Passengers (2014) 3,067,345[1]Decrease 0.5%
Rank 165 out of 421
Station succession
Next north 170th Street: 4 
Burnside Avenue: no regular service
Next south 161st Street – Yankee Stadium: 4 
Anderson–Jerome Avenues (Ninth Ave elevated; demolished)

167th Street is a local station on the IRT Jerome Avenue Line of the New York City Subway. Located at the intersection of 167th Street and River Avenue in the Bronx, it is served by the 4 train at all times. It has old-style signs painted over and covered up with new style signs, and features new fare control railings as a crossunder.

The station has three tracks with two side platforms. The station was opened in 1917 and rehabilitated in 2004.

Station layout

P
Platform level
Side platform, doors will open on the right
Northbound local NYCS 4 toward Woodlawn (170th Street)
Peak-direction express No regular service
Southbound local NYCS 4 toward Crown Heights – Utica Avenue (New Lots Avenue late nights) (161st Street – Yankee Stadium)
Side platform, doors will open on the right
M Mezzanine to entrances/exits, station agent, MetroCard vending machines
G Street Level Entrances/Exits

Polo Grounds Shuttle

From 1940 to 1958, 167th Street served as a terminal for the last remnant of the Ninth Avenue Elevated operating from 155th Street (Polo Grounds) to 167th Street. On reaching 167th Street, trains would switch to the center track, change direction, and return to 155th Street on the downtown track. Service was eventually reduced to a single two-car train operating in both directions on the uptown track.[2] In 1958, service was discontinued after the New York Giants left for San Francisco. From the southern end of the station, the ramps leading to the Ninth Avenue line structure can still be seen. These ramps end south of the southwest corner of River Avenue and 164th Street between Gate 8 and the 164th Street parking garage at Yankee Stadium. The next southbound stop was Anderson–Jerome Avenues.

References

  1. "Facts and Figures: Annual Subway Ridership". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved 2015-04-25. Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  2. Polo Grounds Shuttle

External links

Media related to 167th Street (IRT Jerome Avenue Line) at Wikimedia Commons

Eastern stairs