Pelham Bay Park (IRT Pelham Line)

Pelham Bay Park
New York City Subway rapid transit station
Pelham Bay Park station (2007)
Station statistics
Address	Bruckner Boulevard & Westchester Avenue Bronx, NY 10461
Borough	The Bronx
Locale	Pelham Bay
Coordinates	40°51′10″N 73°49′38″W / 40.852871°N 73.827138°W / 40.852871; -73.827138Coordinates: 40°51′10″N 73°49′38″W / 40.852871°N 73.827138°W / 40.852871; -73.827138
Division	A (IRT)
Line	IRT Pelham Line
Services	6  (all times except weekdays until 8:45 p.m., peak direction) <6> (weekdays until 8:45 p.m., peak direction)
Connection	New York City Bus: Bx5, Bx12, Bx12 Select Bus Service, Bx24, Bx29 MTA Bus: Bx23, BxM8, Q50 Bee-Line Bus: 45
Structure	Elevated
Platforms	1 island platform (in service) 2 side platforms (unused)
Tracks	2
Other information
Opened	December 20, 1920 (1920-12-20)
Accessible
Traffic
Passengers (2014)	2,318,533[1]  10.6%
Rank	215 out of 421
Station succession
Next north	(Terminal): 6  <6>
Next south	Buhre Avenue (local): 6  <6> Parkchester (express): no regular service
Next north	none: 6  <6>
Next south	Hunts Point Avenue: 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)

Pelham Bay Park is the northern terminal station of the IRT Pelham Line of the New York City Subway. Located by Pelham Bay Park, at the intersection of the Bruckner Expressway and Westchester Avenue in the Bronx, it is served by the 6 train at all times, except weekdays in the peak direction, when the <6> serves it.

Station layout

P Platform level	Side platform, not in service
	Track 1	← toward Brooklyn Bridge – City Hall (Buhre Avenue) (No service: Parkchester)
	Island platform, doors will open on the left or right
	Track 2	← toward Brooklyn Bridge – City Hall (Buhre Avenue) (No service: Parkchester)
	Side platform, not in service
M	Mezzanine	Station agent, MetroCard vending machines, fare control (Elevator at back of station beyond escalators, near corner of Westchester Avenue and Bruckner Boulevard)
G	Street Level	Exit/ Entrance

Pedestrian overpass and headhouse

This is an elevated station which has two tracks, one island platform and two disused side platforms. The tracks end at bumper blocks at the north end of the platforms. The station was formerly set up as a Spanish solution with alighting passengers using the side platforms and boarding passengers using the island platform. Now all passengers use the island platform. In 2005, work commenced to build rooms on the side platforms for temporary crew use while the crew quarters at the north end of the station was rebuilt. At the south end is a staff-only crossover bridge between the center and west side platform. It also used to connect to the east side platform but that portion has been removed. There is also a tower and crew facilities at the south end. There are old style signs which are covered over on the main platform.

In the 1970s, the Pelham line was planned to be extended to Co-op City with the conversion of the line to IND standards, making this station no longer a terminus;^[2][3] financial woes caused the plan to be shelved.^[4]

Fare control is in the mezzanine below the platforms. There are two staircases, an escalator, and an elevator that lead to Westchester Avenue. There is also a pedestrian bridge from the station entrance that crosses the Bruckner Expressway and leads to Pelham Bay Park.

The Taking of Pelham One Two Three superstition

In the novel The Taking of Pelham One Two Three by Morton Freedgood and its film adaptations (the 1974 original and the 1998 and 2009 remakes), the train that gets hijacked leaves the Pelham Bay Park station at 1:23 p.m. (hence the title). Realizing that it would become too much of a reminder to the public, after the 1974 film's release, the New York City Transit Authority, for many years, banned any schedule of a train leaving this station either at 1:23 in the afternoon or in the morning. Eventually this policy was rescinded, but due to the superstitions involved, dispatchers have continued to avoid scheduling a Manhattan-bound train to leave at 1:23.^[5]

Nearby points of interest

• Pelham Bay Park
• Bartow-Pell Mansion
• City Island
• Co-op City
• Bay Plaza
• Orchard Beach

References

External links

Media related to Pelham Bay Park (IRT Pelham Line) at Wikimedia Commons

• nycsubway.org—IRT Pelham Line: Pelham Bay Park
• Station Reporter — 6 Train
• The Subway Nut — Pelham Bay Park Pictures
• Burr Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View
• Bruckner Boulevard entrance from Google Maps Street View