Parkchester (IRT Pelham Line)

Parkchester
New York City Subway rapid transit station
Station statistics
Address	area of Cross-Bronx Expressway, Metropolitan Avenue & Westchester Avenue Bronx, NY 10472
Borough	The Bronx
Locale	Parkchester
Coordinates	40°50′0″N 73°51′39.5″W / 40.83333°N 73.860972°W / 40.83333; -73.860972Coordinates: 40°50′0″N 73°51′39.5″W / 40.83333°N 73.860972°W / 40.83333; -73.860972
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: Bx4, Bx4A, Bx36, Bx39, Q44 MTA Bus: BxM6
Structure	Elevated
Platforms	2 island platforms cross-platform interchange
Tracks	3
Other information
Opened	May 20, 1920 (1920-05-20)
Former/other names	Parkchester – East 177th Street East 177th Street – Parkchester East 177th Street
Traffic
Passengers (2014)	5,586,943[1]  7.1%
Rank	79 out of 421
Station succession
Next north	Castle Hill Avenue (local): 6  <6> Pelham Bay Park (express): no regular service (Terminal): 6
Next south	St. Lawrence Avenue (local): 6  Hunts Point Avenue (express): <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)

Parkchester (formerly and still announced as Parkchester – East 177th Street) is an express station on the IRT Pelham Line of the New York City Subway. It is located in the Bronx at the intersection of the Cross-Bronx Expressway service roads (formerly East 177th Street), Metropolitan Avenue, and Westchester Avenue, atop Hugh J. Grant Circle. It is served by the 6 train at all times and the <6> train during weekdays in the peak direction. With 5,215,409 passengers in 2013, Parkchester is the third busiest station in the Bronx.

It is an express station with three tracks and two island platforms. There are 1950s-style mushroom-shaped lights at the end of the platforms and the staircases to the mezzanine are sheltered. The mezzanine 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. 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.

When <6> express trains operate, 6 local trains terminate here. <6> express trains always stop on the center track and 6 local trains always stop on the outer track, even when they terminate there. Trains use the switches north of the station to get to their respective track. Terminating trains use the center track past those switches as a pocket track to relay.

The IRT Pelham Line north of this station is served by a local train at all times except rush hours when <6> trains make local stops between this station and Pelham Bay Park. During this time, trains switch designations at Pelham Bay Park for the return trip to Manhattan.

This station was rehabilitated in 2010.

Station layout

P Platform level	Southbound local	← toward Brooklyn Bridge – City Hall (St. Lawrence Avenue)
	Island platform, doors will open on the left, right
	Peak-direction express	← toward Brooklyn Bridge – City Hall (weekday mornings and early afternoons) (Hunts Point Avenue) → toward Pelham Bay Park (weekday afternoon and early evenings) (Castle Hill Avenue) (No service: Pelham Bay Park) →
	Island platform, doors will open on the left, right
	Northbound local	→ toward Pelham Bay Park (all but weekday afternoon and early evenings) (Castle Hill Avenue) → → alighting passengers only (weekdays) →
M	Mezzanine	Station agent, MetroCard vending machines, fare control
G	Street Level	Exit/Entrance

Image gallery

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  The lampposts at the station still read "E 177 ST"

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  Winter on the platform

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  Entrance to Parkchester station

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  A contemporary R142A train approaches Parkchester station

References

External links

Media related to Parkchester (IRT Pelham Line) at Wikimedia Commons

• 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
• Hugh Grant Circle (west) entrance from Google Maps Street View
• Hugh Grant Circle (east) entrance from Google Maps Street View