Allerton Avenue (IRT White Plains Road Line)
Allerton Avenue  | |||||||||
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| New York City Subway rapid transit station | |||||||||
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An R142 train sits at the station | |||||||||
| Station statistics | |||||||||
| Address |
Allerton Avenue & White Plains Road Bronx, NY 10467 | ||||||||
| Borough | The Bronx | ||||||||
| Locale | Allerton | ||||||||
| Coordinates | 40°51′54″N 73°52′01″W / 40.865°N 73.867°WCoordinates: 40°51′54″N 73°52′01″W / 40.865°N 73.867°W | ||||||||
| Division | A (IRT) | ||||||||
| Line | IRT White Plains Road Line | ||||||||
| Services |
2  (all times) 5  (rush hours, peak direction) | ||||||||
| Transit connections |
 NYCT Bus: Bx26, Bx39 MTA Bus: BxM11 | ||||||||
| Structure | Elevated | ||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||
| Tracks | 3 | ||||||||
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| Opened | March 3, 1917 | ||||||||
| Traffic | |||||||||
| Passengers (2014) |
1,829,712[1]  4.7% | ||||||||
| Rank | 256 out of 421 | ||||||||
| Station succession | |||||||||
| Next north |
Burke Avenue: 2 5 | ||||||||
| Next south |
Pelham Parkway: 2 5 | ||||||||
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Allerton Avenue is a local station on the IRT White Plains Road Line of the New York City Subway. Located in the shopping district of Allerton, Bronx, at Allerton Avenue and White Plains Road, it is served by the 2 train at all times, and the 5 train during rush hours in the peak direction.
Station layout
| P Platform level |
Side platform, doors will open on the right | |
| Southbound local | ← toward Flatbush Avenue – Brooklyn College (Pelham Parkway) ← toward Flatbush Avenue – Brooklyn College (AM rush) (Pelham Parkway) | |
| Peak-direction express | → No regular service | |
| Northbound local | → toward 241st Street (Burke Avenue) → → toward Nereid Avenue (PM rush) (Burke Avenue) → | |
| Side platform, doors will open on the right | ||
| M | Mezzanine | Station agent, MetroCard vending machines, fare control |
| G | Street Level | Exit / Entrance |
This elevated station, opened on March 3, 1917, when service on the IRT White Plains Road Line was extended from East 177th Street – East Tremont Avenue to East 219th Street – White Plains Road.[2] The station was renovated in early 2005, and has three tracks and two side platforms.
Both platforms have beige windscreens and red canopies with green outlines, frames, and support columns in the center and black, waist-high steel fences at either ends with lampposts at regular intervals. The windscreens have mesh fences at various points. The station signs are in the standard black name plates with white lettering.
This station has one elevated station house beneath the center of the platforms and tracks. Two staircases from each platform go down a waiting area. The back of the token booth faces this crossunder with a steel fences on either side. On the Wakefield-bound side, there are two exit only turnstiles. On the Manhattan-bound side, there is an emergency gate and a bank of three turnstiles. Outside fare control, two staircases go down to the northwest and southeast corners of Allerton Avenue and White Plains Road. The station house has windows.
The 2006 artwork here is called Allerton Mandalas by Michele Brody. It consists of stained glass panels on the platform windscreens featuring twisting colors of red and green (representing the trunk lines of the 2 and 5 trains).
References
- ↑ "Facts and Figures: Annual Subway Ridership". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved 2015-04-25.
- ↑ "WHITE PLAINS ROAD EXTENSION OF SUBWAY OPENED TO THE PUBLIC; New Branch, Which Runs from 177th to 219th Street, Gives the Williamsbridge and Wakefield Sections of the East Bronx Rapid Transit for the First Time". The New York Times. March 4, 1917.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Allerton Avenue (IRT White Plains Road Line). |
- nycsubway.org—IRT White Plains Road Line: Allerton Avenue
- nycsubway.org — Allerton Mandalas Artwork by Michele Brody (2006)
- Station Reporter — 2 Train
- The Subway Nut — Allerton Avenue Pictures
- MTA's Arts For Transit — Allerton Avenue (IRT White Plains Road Line)
- Allerton Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View
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