161st Street–Yankee Stadium (New York City Subway)

161st Street–Yankee Stadium
New York City Subway rapid transit station complex
Station statistics
Address	East 161st Street & River Avenue Bronx, NY 10451
Borough	The Bronx
Locale	Highbridge, Concourse
Coordinates	40°49′41″N 73°55′33″W / 40.827937°N 73.925886°W / 40.827937; -73.925886Coordinates: 40°49′41″N 73°55′33″W / 40.827937°N 73.925886°W / 40.827937; -73.925886
Division	A (IRT), B (IND)
Line	IRT Jerome Avenue Line IND Concourse Line
Services	4  (all times)       B  (rush hours until 7:00 p.m.)       D  (all except rush hours, peak direction)
Transit connections	NYCT Bus: Bx6, Bx13 Metro-North: Hudson Line (at Yankees–East 153rd Street)
Levels	2
Other information
Station code	604[1]
Accessible	ADA-accessible
Wireless service	[2]
Traffic
Passengers (2016)	8,784,407 (station complex)[3]  1.5%
Rank	40 out of 422
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops all times except rush hours in the peak direction Stops all times Stops rush hours only
Location Show map of New York City Subway Show map of New York City Show map of New York Show map of the US

161st Street–Yankee Stadium is a New York City Subway station complex shared by the elevated IRT Jerome Avenue Line and the underground IND Concourse Line. Located at the intersection of 161st Street and River Avenue in the Highbridge and Concourse neighborhoods of the Bronx, it is served by the:

• 4 train at all times
• D train at all times except rush hours in the peak direction
• B train during rush hours

The combined passenger count for 161st Street–Yankee Stadium station in 2015 was 8,922,188, making it the busiest station in the Bronx and 39th overall.^[3]

This is one of only two station complexes in the Bronx (the other being 149th Street–Grand Concourse). When the IND portion was built in 1933, paper tickets were used to transfer between the two lines; this method was used until the 1950s, when the indoor escalators were built.

Station layout

2F	Side platform, doors will open on the right
	Northbound local	← toward Woodlawn (167th Street)
	Peak-direction express	→ No regular service
	Southbound local	→ toward Utica Avenue (New Lots Avenue late nights and weekends) (149th Street–Grand Concourse) →
	Side platform, doors will open on the right
1F	Mezzanine	Station agent, MetroCard vending machines
G Street level	Entrance/Exit	(Elevator at NE corner of 161st Street and River Avenue)
B1	Mezzanine	Station agent, MetroCard vending machines
B2	Side platform, doors will open on the right
	Southbound local	← toward Brighton Beach rush hours (155th Street) ← toward Coney Island–Stillwell Avenue except AM rush (155th Street)
	Peak-direction express	← does not stop here (rush hours only in the peak direction) →
	Northbound local	→ toward Bedford Park Boulevard rush hours (167th Street) → → toward Norwood–205th Street except PM rush (167th Street) →
	Side platform, doors will open on the right

The station is ADA-accessible, with elevators available to all platforms.^[4]

This station is located adjacent to Yankee Stadium, and also provides service to many Bronx County courts, government facilities, and shopping districts which are a short walk to the east. The station is eight blocks away from the MTA's Metro-North Yankees–East 153rd Street station, which also provides service to Yankee Stadium.

The 2002 artwork here is called Wall-Slide by Vito Acconci, which consists of sections of the station walls "sliding" out of place, sometimes out of the station. Wall-Slide forms seating on the IND platforms, and also reveals a mosaic work, Room of Tranquility by Helene Brandt, on the IRT mezzanine.

IRT Jerome Avenue Line platforms

161st Street–Yankee Stadium
New York City Subway rapid transit station
View of southbound platform and current Yankee Stadium
Station statistics
Division	A (IRT)
Line	IRT Jerome Avenue Line
Services	4  (all times)
Structure	Elevated
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	3 (2 in regular service)
Other information
Opened	June 2, 1917 (1917-06-02)
Station code	389[1]
Accessible	ADA-accessible
Wireless service	[2]
Station succession
Next north	167th Street: 4
Next south	149th Street–Grand Concourse: 4
Next north	Fordham Road: 4
Next south	125th Street: 4
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops all times

Track layout
to 167 St to 149 St

161st Street–Yankee Stadium is a local station on the IRT Jerome Avenue Line that has three tracks and two side platforms. The station has extra exit stairs to handle stadium crowds at each platform, which make the platforms at this station much longer than traditional IRT platforms.

The former IRT Ninth Avenue Line connected with the IRT Jerome Avenue Line just north of this station, near 162nd Street.^[5] A stub of the Ninth Avenue Line connecting trackway still exists and is visible today.^[6][7]

Exits

On each side of River Avenue, there are two street stairs to the medians of 161st Street (one to each median). There are also two stairs to the southwest corner and one to the southeast corner. The northeast corner has the ADA-accessible elevator and transfer passageway.^[8]

• 
  The view of the old Yankee Stadium from the IRT Jerome Line platform.
• 
  The IRT Jerome Line station as seen from the street.

IND Concourse Line platforms

161st Street–Yankee Stadium
New York City Subway rapid transit station
Northbound platform
Station statistics
Division	B (IND)
Line	IND Concourse Line
Services	B  (rush hours until 7:00 p.m.)       D  (all except rush hours, peak direction)
Structure	Underground
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	3
Other information
Opened	July 1, 1933 (1933-07-01)
Station code	219[1]
Accessible	ADA-accessible
Wireless service	[2]
Former/other names	161st Street–River Avenue
Station succession
Next north	167th Street: B  D
Next south	155th Street: B  D
Next north	Kingsbridge Road: B  D
Next south	125th Street: B  D
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops all times except rush hours in the peak direction Stops rush hours only

Track layout
to 167 St to 155 St

Station identification signage, old and modern

161st Street–Yankee Stadium (161st Street–River Avenue on some signage) is a local station on the IND Concourse Line that has three tracks and two side platforms.

Exits

The full-time mezzanine to the west is at 161st Street and River Avenue with four street staircases.^[8] The part-time entrance to the east is at Walton Avenue and has two street staircases and a passageway to 161st Street.^[8] Before the renovation, there was a full length mezzanine, with Transit Bureau Offices located to one side. After the renovation, the NYPD area was expanded, and public areas inside fare control were sealed, thus dividing the mezzanine into two separate areas. A few staircases to the platforms were also sealed and removed.

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to 161st Street – Yankee Stadium (New York City Subway).

• nycsubway.org – IRT Woodlawn Line: 161st Street-Yankee Stadium
• nycsubway.org – IND Concourse Line: 161st Street-Yankee Stadium
• nycsubway.org — Wall-Slide/Room of Tranquility Artwork by Acconci and Brandt (2002)
• Station Reporter — Yankee Stadium Complex
• The Subway Nut — 161st Street–Yankee Stadium Pictures
• MTA's Arts For Transit — 161st Street–Yankee Stadium
• 161st Street & River Avenue — southwest corner entrance from Google Maps Street View
• 161st Street & River Avenue entrance to Jerome Avenue Line from Google Maps Street View
• 161st Street & River Avenue — northeast corner entrance to Concourse Line from Google Maps Street View
• Walton Avenue entrances from Google Maps Street View
• IRT platforms from Google Maps Street View
• IND platforms from Google Maps Street View

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	Woodlawn Mosholu Parkway Bedford Park Boulevard–Lehman College Kingsbridge Road Fordham Road 183rd Street Burnside Avenue 176th Street Mount Eden Avenue 170th Street 167th Street 161st Street–Yankee Stadium 149th Street–Grand Concourse 138th Street–Grand Concourse 125th Street 116th Street* 110th Street* 103rd Street* 96th Street* 86th Street 77th Street* 68th Street–Hunter College* 59th Street 51st Street* Grand Central–42nd Street 33rd Street* 28th Street* 23rd Street* 14th Street Astor Place* Bleecker Street* Spring Street* Canal Street* Brooklyn Bridge–City Hall Fulton Street Wall Street Bowling Green Borough Hall Nevins Street Atlantic Avenue Bergen Street* Grand Army Plaza* Eastern Parkway–Brooklyn Museum* Franklin Avenue Nostrand Avenue* Kingston Avenue* Crown Heights–Utica Avenue Sutter Avenue–Rutland Road* Saratoga Avenue* Rockaway Avenue* Junius Street* Pennsylvania Avenue* Van Siclen Avenue* New Lots Avenue*
	Bedford Park Boulevard Kingsbridge Road Fordham Road 182nd–183rd Streets Tremont Avenue 174th–175th Streets 170th Street 167th Street 161st Street–Yankee Stadium 155th Street 145th Street 135th Street 125th Street 116th Street Cathedral Parkway–110th Street 103rd Street 96th Street 86th Street 81st Street–Museum of Natural History 72nd Street 59th Street–Columbus Circle Seventh Avenue–53rd Street 47th–50th Streets–Rockefeller Center 42nd Street–Bryant Park 34th Street–Herald Square West Fourth Street–Washington Square Broadway–Lafayette Street Grand Street DeKalb Avenue Atlantic Avenue–Barclays Center Seventh Avenue–Flatbush Avenue Prospect Park Church Avenue Newkirk Plaza Kings Highway Sheepshead Bay Brighton Beach
	Norwood–205th Street Bedford Park Boulevard Kingsbridge Road Fordham Road 182nd–183rd Streets Tremont Avenue 174th–175th Streets 170th Street 167th Street 161st Street–Yankee Stadium 155th Street 145th Street 125th Street 59th Street–Columbus Circle Seventh Avenue 47th–50th Streets–Rockefeller Center 42nd Street–Bryant Park 34th Street–Herald Square West Fourth Street–Washington Square Broadway–Lafayette Street Grand Street DeKalb Avenue* Atlantic Avenue–Barclays Center Union Street* Ninth Street* Prospect Avenue* 25th Street* 36th Street Ninth Avenue Fort Hamilton Parkway 50th Street 55th Street 62nd Street 71st Street 79th Street 18th Avenue 20th Avenue Bay Parkway 25th Avenue Bay 50th Street Coney Island–Stillwell Avenue
See also Lists by borough (The Bronx Brooklyn Manhattan Queens) Accessible Closed Terminals Transfer Commons category Note: Temporary reroutes on the 2, 5, and M trains are not reflected here. Stations with asterisks are served by that service during off-peak hours only. See linked articles for more information.