Intervale Avenue (IRT White Plains Road Line)

Intervale Avenue
New York City Subway rapid transit station
Northbound stair
Station statistics
Address	Intervale Avenue & Westchester Avenue Bronx, NY 10459
Borough	The Bronx
Locale	Foxhurst
Coordinates	40°49′19″N 73°53′49″W / 40.822°N 73.897°W / 40.822; -73.897Coordinates: 40°49′19″N 73°53′49″W / 40.822°N 73.897°W / 40.822; -73.897
Division	A (IRT)
Line	IRT White Plains Road Line
Services	2  (all times)       5  (all except late nights and rush hours, peak direction)
Connection	NYCT Bus: Bx4, Bx4A, Bx6
Structure	Elevated
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	3
Other information
Opened	November 26, 1904 (1904-11-26)
Rebuilt	April 21, 1992 (1992-04-21) (re-opened after 1989 fire)
Former/other names	Intervale Avenue – 163rd Street
Traffic
Passengers (2014)	1,095,221[1]  4.5%
Rank	356 out of 421
Station succession
Next north	Simpson Street: 2  5
Next south	Prospect Avenue: 2  5
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)

Intervale Avenue (formerly Intervale Avenue – 163rd Street) is a local station on the IRT White Plains Road Line of the New York City Subway. Located at the intersection of Intervale and Westchester Avenues in Foxhurst, it is served by the 2 train at all times, and the 5 train at all other times except during late nights and rush hours in the peak direction.

This elevated station, opened on November 26, 1904, as part of the Bergen Avenue By-pass spur of the IRT Third Avenue Line until the connection to the IRT Lenox Avenue Line at Jackson Avenue opened on July 10, 1905. It has three tracks and two side platforms. The center express track is used by the 5 train during rush hours in the peak direction. Both platforms have beige windscreens that run along the entire length and brown canopies with green frames and support columns in the center.

The station's only entrance is an elevated station house beneath the tracks. Inside fare control, it has two staircases to the center of each platform and a waiting area that allows a free transfer between directions. Outside fare control, there is a turnstile bank, token booth, one staircase going down to the southeast corner of Intervale and Westchester Avenues, and one staircase and one enclosed escalator (both perpendicular from each other) going down to the northeast corner.

On March 15, 1989, three men set the wooden station house on fire after a failed attempt to rob the token booth. The clerk suffered only minor injuries while the suspects fled and were never identified.

After the incident, New York City Transit considered closing this station permanently due to its close proximity to Prospect Avenue and Simpson Street. However, a community uproar led to the scrapping of the plans. The station was rebuilt with steel canopies and windscreens and a concrete station house with glass block windows and embossed leather-looking walls. Artwork called El 2/El 5 by Michael Kelly Williams was installed in the mezzanine and features two mosaic murals depicting underground and elevated tracks. The renovated station reopened on April 21, 1992.

Station layout

P Platform level	Side platform, doors will open on the right
	Southbound local	← toward Flatbush Avenue – Brooklyn College (Prospect Avenue) ← toward Flatbush Avenue – Brooklyn College weekdays, Bowling Green weekends (Prospect Avenue)
	Peak-direction express	← does not stop here (rush hours only) →
	Northbound local	→ toward 241st Street (Simpson Street) → → toward Dyre Avenue (Simpson Street) →
	Side platform, doors will open on the right
M	Mezzanine	Station agent, MetroCard vending machines, fare control
G	Street Level	Exit / Entrance

Image gallery

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  Northbound platform.

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  Platform with the former name from 1977.

References

External links

• nycsubway.org—IRT White Plains Road Line: Intervale Avenue
• nycsubway.org — El 2/El 5 Artwork by Michael Kelly Williams (1992)
• Station Reporter — 2 Train
• Station Reporter — 5 Train
• The Subway Nut — Intervale Avenue Pictures
• MTA's Arts For Transit — Intervale Avenue (IRT White Plains Road Line)
• Intervale Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View