Hunts Point Avenue (IRT Pelham Line)

Hunts Point Avenue
New York City Subway rapid transit station
Station statistics
Address	Hunts Point Avenue & Southern Boulevard Bronx, NY 10459
Borough	The Bronx
Locale	Hunts Point
Coordinates	40°49′14″N 73°53′30″W / 40.820565°N 73.89164°W / 40.820565; -73.89164Coordinates: 40°49′14″N 73°53′30″W / 40.820565°N 73.89164°W / 40.820565; -73.89164
Division	A (IRT)
Line	IRT Pelham Line
Services	6  (all times) <6> (weekdays until 8:45 p.m., peak direction)
Connection	New York City Bus: Bx5, Bx6, Bx19
Structure	Underground
Platforms	2 island platforms cross-platform interchange
Tracks	3
Other information
Opened	January 7, 1919 (1919-01-07)
Accessible
Traffic
Passengers (2014)	3,138,131[1]  0.6%
Rank	159 out of 421
Station succession
Next north	Whitlock Avenue (local): 6  Parkchester (express): <6>
Next south	Longwood Avenue (local): 6  Third Avenue – 138th Street (express): <6>
Next north	Pelham Bay Park: 6  <6> none: 6
Next south	125th Street: 6  <6>
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops in station at all times Stops all times except late nights Stops late nights only Stops late nights and weekdays only Stops late nights and weekends only Stops weekends and weekend late nights Stops weekdays and weekday late nights Stops weekdays only Stops weekends only Stops all times except rush hours in the peak direction Stops all times except weekdays in the peak direction Stops daily except rush hours in the peak direction Stops rush hours only Stops rush hours in the peak direction only Station is closed (Details about time periods)

Hunts Point Avenue is an express station on the IRT Pelham Line of the New York City Subway, served by the 6 train at all times and the <6> train on weekdays in the peak direction. It is located at Hunts Point Avenue and Southern Boulevard in the Bronx.

This underground station, opened on January 7, 1919, has three tracks and two island platforms. The 6 stops on the outer local tracks while the <6> stops at the center express track. The track walls have geometric Vickers-designed mosaic friezes in muted shades of blue, grey and beige, with occasional bits of pale pink. The large identifying plaques show "H P." - with no period following the "H". Matching "uptown" and "downtown" directional mosaics are found in the mezzanine, along with a smaller, simplified version of the frieze found on the lower level. Dark green i-beam columns run along both platforms at regular intervals, a single line in the middle at their ends and one line on each side at their center.

This station's main fare control area is a mezzanine above the center of the platforms and tracks. Two staircases from each platform go up to a waiting area/crossover, where a turnstile bank provides access to and from the station. Outside fare control, there is a token booth and two street stairs going up to Monsignor Del Valle Square, a city-owned park on the triangle formed by East 163rd Street, Hunts Point Avenue, and Bruckner Boulevard. Unusually for this station, the street-level facility, street stair enclosures, and lights are all made of bricks. Although the platform level is lit by fluorescent bulbs, the mezzanine remains lit by incandescent lights, which were replaced along every platform in the subway by the late 1980s.

The northbound platform has an exit-only at its extreme northern end. A twisting staircase goes up to a street-level steel and glass structure, where exit-only turnstiles provide access out of the station. It is located at the southeast corner of Southern Boulevard and Hunts Point Avenue.

This is the northernmost underground station before the elevated stretch to Pelham Bay Park station.

On November 18, 2014, a $17.8 million project to make the station compliant with the Americans With Disabilities Act was completed and the reconstructed entrances and fare control area opened to the public. There are three elevators – one from the mezzanine to each platform within fare control, and one from the mezzanine to Monsignor Del Valle Square.^[2][3]

Station layout

G	Street Level	Exit / Entrance
M	Mezzanine	Fare control, station agent (Elevator in Monsignor Del Valle Square, at northeast corner of Bruckner Boulevard and Hunts Point Avenue
P Platform level	Southbound local	← toward Brooklyn Bridge – City Hall (Longwood Avenue)
	Island platform, doors will open on the left, right
	Peak-direction express	← toward Brooklyn Bridge – City Hall (weekday mornings) (Third Avenue-138th Street) → toward Pelham Bay Park (weekday afternoons and evenings) (Parkchester) →
	Island platform, doors will open on the left, right
	Northbound local	→ toward Parkchester (weekdays) or Pelham Bay Park (all times except weekday afternoons and evenings) (Whitlock Avenue) →

Gallery

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  R33 World's Fair and R36 Main Line cars at Hunts Point Avenue

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  Stairwell entrance into the station from street level, as seen in winter

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  Exit-only station house on Southern Boulevard

References

External links

Media related to Hunts Point Avenue (IRT Pelham Line) at Wikimedia Commons

• nycsubway.org—IRT Pelham Line: Hunts Point Avenue
• Station Reporter — 6 Train
• The Subway Nut — Hunts Point Avenue Pictures
• Hunts Point Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View
• Southern Boulevard exit-only from Google Maps Street View