Buhre Avenue (IRT Pelham Line)
Buhre Avenue   | |||||||||
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| New York City Subway rapid transit station | |||||||||
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| Station statistics | |||||||||
| Address |
Buhre Avenue & Westchester Avenue Bronx, NY 10461 | ||||||||
| Borough | The Bronx | ||||||||
| Locale | Pelham Bay | ||||||||
| Coordinates | 40°50′49″N 73°49′56″W / 40.846995°N 73.832331°WCoordinates: 40°50′49″N 73°49′56″W / 40.846995°N 73.832331°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) | ||||||||
| Transit connections |
 NYCT Bus: Bx8, Bx24 MTA Bus: BxM8 | ||||||||
| Structure | Elevated | ||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||
| Tracks | 3 (2 in regular service) | ||||||||
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| Opened | December 20, 1920 | ||||||||
| Station code | 361[1] | ||||||||
| Traffic | |||||||||
| Passengers (2016) |
1,048,776[2]  58.5% | ||||||||
| Rank | 357 out of 422 | ||||||||
| Station succession | |||||||||
| Next north |
Pelham Bay Park: 6 <6> | ||||||||
| Next south |
Middletown Road: 6 <6> | ||||||||
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Buhre Avenue (/piuːr/; rhymes with "pure") is a local station on the IRT Pelham Line of the New York City Subway. Located at the intersection of Buhre and Westchester Avenues in the 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 (Middletown Road) | |
| Peak-direction express | → No regular service | |
| Northbound local | → toward Pelham Bay Park (Terminus) → | |
| Side platform, doors will open on the right | ||
| M | Mezzanine | Station agent, MetroCard vending machines, fare control |
| G | Street Level | Exit / Entrance |
There are three tracks and two side platforms. The center track is not used in regular service. It resembles other elevated stations along the line in that it has a wood mezzanine and no windscreens along the platform edges.
The platform lights are sodium vapor, but the wood mezzanine only has old-style lights that are quite dim. There are non-working old lights on the platform, covered old signs, and two extra exits from the fare control area. Holding lights have been added in two places along the uptown platform, so that trains can be kept at this station when the two tracks at the Pelham Bay Park terminal are occupied.
From July 2014 to April 2015,[3] this station, along with Zerega Avenue, was closed for station rehabilitation work.[4][5]
Exits
The station's only exit is a mezzanine beneath the tracks. Outside fare control, stairs lead to the northern, western, and southern corners of the seven-pointed intersection of Westchester, Buhre, Crosby, and Edison Avenues.[6]
References
- ↑ "Station Developers' Information". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved June 13, 2017.
- ↑ "Facts and Figures: Annual Subway Ridership 2011–2016". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. May 31, 2017. Retrieved June 1, 2017.
- ↑ "Zerega Av and Buhre Av 6 Stations To Reopen After Renewal Project" (Press release). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. April 24, 2015. Retrieved April 26, 2015.
- ↑ Zerega Avenue and Buhre Avenue 6 Line Stations to Close for Seven Months for Renewal (MTA Press Releases: July 3, 2014)
- ↑ Service changes MTA
- ↑ "MTA Neighborhood Maps: Pelham Bay" (PDF). mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2015. Retrieved 20 July 2016.
External links
Media related to Buhre Avenue (IRT Pelham Line) at Wikimedia Commons
- nycsubway.org – IRT Pelham Line: Buhre Avenue
- Station Reporter — 6 Train
- The Subway Nut — Buhre Avenue Pictures
- Buhre Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View