Eastchester–Dyre Avenue (IRT Dyre Avenue Line)
Eastchester–Dyre Avenue  | |||||||||||
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| New York City Subway rapid transit station | |||||||||||
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Dusk shot of a train on Track Number 1 in November 2013 | |||||||||||
| Station statistics | |||||||||||
| Address |
Dyre Avenue & East 233rd Street Bronx, NY 10466 | ||||||||||
| Borough | The Bronx | ||||||||||
| Locale | Eastchester | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 40°53′21″N 73°49′50″W / 40.889055°N 73.830614°WCoordinates: 40°53′21″N 73°49′50″W / 40.889055°N 73.830614°W | ||||||||||
| Division | A (IRT, formerly NYW&B) | ||||||||||
| Line | IRT Dyre Avenue Line | ||||||||||
| Services |
2  (weekends and weekend late nights) 5  (weekdays and weekday late nights) | ||||||||||
| Transit connections |
 NYCT Bus: Bx16 Bee-Line Bus: 52, 55 | ||||||||||
| Structure | Embankment / Elevated | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 Island platform | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
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| Opened | May 29, 1912 (NYW&B station) | ||||||||||
| Rebuilt | May 15, 1941 (as a Subway station) | ||||||||||
| Station code | 442[1] | ||||||||||
| Traffic | |||||||||||
| Passengers (2016) |
1,293,411[2]  2.8% | ||||||||||
| Rank | 326 out of 422 | ||||||||||
| Station succession | |||||||||||
| Next north |
(Terminal): 2 5 | ||||||||||
| Next south |
Baychester Avenue: 2 5 | ||||||||||
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Eastchester–Dyre Avenue (signed as simply Dyre Avenue) is the northern terminal station of the IRT Dyre Avenue Line of the New York City Subway, at Dyre Avenue and East 233rd Street in the Bronx neighborhood of Eastchester. It is served by the 5 train on weekdays and the 2 train on weekends.[3]
Station layout
| P Platform level |
Southbound | toward Brooklyn College–Flatbush Avenue weekdays, Bowling Green evenings, East 180th Street weekday nights (Baychester Avenue) →  toward South Ferry weekends (Baychester Avenue) → |
| Island platform, doors will open on the left or right | ||
| Southbound | toward Brooklyn College–Flatbush Avenue weekdays, Bowling Green evenings, East 180th Street weekday nights (Baychester Avenue) → toward South Ferry weekends (Baychester Avenue) → | |
| M | Mezzanine | Fare control, station agent |
| G | Street Level | Exit/Entrance |
Opened on May 29, 1912 as a local station of the New York, Westchester and Boston Railway, it closed on December 12, 1937 when the NYW&B went bankrupt. In 1940, New York City purchased the right of way from the Bronx / Westchester County boundary southward. In 1941, a shuttle service was implemented between Dyre Avenue and East 180th Street using IRT gate cars. In 1957, a physical connection was made to the IRT White Plains Road Line, and through service was provided.
When the station was rebuilt for subway service the two side platforms were removed, with a small piece of the northbound remaining. The four tracks were converted to two tracks using the northbound local and southbound express tracks. An island platform was placed over the northbound express trackbed. The NYW&B's southbound local trackbed can still be seen, and is currently used only for an electrical shed on the north end of the bridge, as well as girders holding up two construction trailers used by MTA crew members over the south end of the bridge. The two tracks extend one train length past the station, and end at bumper blocks.
The northern end of the station is on an embankment, while the southern end is elevated. The city of Mount Vernon in Westchester County is 0.3 miles (0.48 km) uphill.
Exit
The station's only station house is on ground level with doors to the east side of Dyre Avenue on the northeast corner of Light Street. It has a token booth, turnstile bank, and two staircases to the platform.[4]
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.
- ↑ "Clark St Tunnel Reconstruction Weekend Service Changes". web.mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. June 8, 2017. Retrieved June 8, 2017.
- ↑ "MTA Neighborhood Maps: Williamsbridge & Co-op City" (PDF). mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2015. Retrieved 20 July 2016.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Eastchester – Dyre Avenue (IRT Dyre Avenue Line). |
- nycsubway.org – IRT White Plains Road Line: Dyre Avenue
- Station Reporter — 5 Train
- The Subway Nut — Eastchester–Dyre Avenue Pictures
- Dyre Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View
- Southern end of the platform from Google Maps Street View (during 2017 reconstruction)
- Northern end of the platform from Google Maps Street View (during 2017 reconstruction)