Westchester Square – East Tremont Avenue (IRT Pelham Line)

Westchester Square – East Tremont Avenue

New York City Subway rapid transit station

Station statistics

Address

East Tremont Avenue & Westchester Avenue
Bronx, NY 10461

Borough

The Bronx

Locale

Westchester Square

Coordinates

40°50′26″N 73°50′31″W / 40.840567°N 73.842072°WCoordinates: 40°50′26″N 73°50′31″W / 40.840567°N 73.842072°W

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: Bx4, Bx4A, Bx8, Bx21, Bx24, Bx31, Bx40, Bx42

Structure

Elevated

Platforms

2 side platforms

Tracks

3 (2 in regular service)

Other information

Opened

October 24, 1920

Former/other names

Westchester Square

Traffic

Passengers (2014)

2,177,402^[1]

6.5%

Rank

226 out of 421

Station succession

Next north

Middletown Road: 6 <6>

Next south

Zerega Avenue: 6 <6>

Westchester Square Station (Dual System IRT)

U.S. National Register of Historic Places

MPS

New York City Subway System MPS

NRHP Reference #

05000227^[2]

Added to NRHP

March 30, 2003

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)

Westchester Square – East Tremont Avenue (formerly Westchester Square) is a local station on the IRT Pelham Line of the New York City Subway. Located at the intersection of East Tremont and Westchester Avenues in Westchester Square, Bronx, it is served by the 6 train at all times except weekdays in the peak direction, when the <6> train takes over.

Station layout

P Platform level	Side platform, doors will open on the right
	Southbound local	← toward Brooklyn Bridge – City Hall (Zerega Avenue)
	Peak-direction express	→ No regular service
	Northbound local	→ toward Pelham Bay Park (Middletown Road) →
	Side platform, doors will open on the right
M	Mezzanine	Station agent, MetroCard vending machines, fare control
G	Street Level	Exit / Entrance

The station has been completely renovated. The street staircase features a stained glass piece by Romare Bearden. There are glass block tile and "uptown" and "downtown" directional mosaics in the mezzanine. From the northbound platform, there is a good view of the Bronx Whitestone and Throgs Neck Bridges. Westchester Yard is located railroad north of the station, to the west of the Pelham Line itself. There are no windscreens, and the canopy is new. The mezzanine artwork features an interesting geometric sculpture on the northbound side.

Gallery

Looking north from the southbound platform
View from the southbound platform facing south
Street staircase

References

↑ "Facts and Figures: Annual Subway Ridership". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved 2015-04-23.
↑ "NPS Focus". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. Retrieved December 12, 2011.

External links

Media related to Westchester Square – East Tremont Avenue (IRT Pelham Line) at Wikimedia Commons

nycsubway.org—IRT Pelham Line: Westchester Square
nycsubway.org — City of Light Artwork by Romare Bearden (1993)
nycsubway.org — Unknown Artwork (unknown artist and date)
Station Reporter — 6 Train
The Subway Nut — Westchester Square – East Tremont Avenue Pictures
MTA's Arts For Transit — Westchester Square – East Tremont Avenue (IRT Pelham Line)
Westchester Square entrance from Google Maps Street View

New York City Subway stations

Pelham Line	Pelham Bay Park Buhre Avenue Middletown Road Westchester Square – East Tremont Avenue Zerega Avenue Castle Hill Avenue Parkchester St. Lawrence Avenue Morrison Avenue – Soundview Elder Avenue Whitlock Avenue Hunts Point Avenue Longwood Avenue East 149th Street East 143rd Street – St. Mary's Street Cypress Avenue Brook Avenue Third Avenue – 138th Street [to 125th Street, Lexington Ave. Line →]

See also: List by borough (The Bronx • Brooklyn • Manhattan • Queens) • Accessible • Closed • Terminals • Transfer Stations in italics are closed or demolished. Track connections to other lines' terminals are displayed in brackets. ~~Struck through~~ passenger track connections are closed or unused in regular service.

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