Elder Avenue (IRT Pelham Line)
Elder Avenue  | |||||||
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| New York City Subway rapid transit station | |||||||
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Station after rehab in 2011 | |||||||
| Station statistics | |||||||
| Address |
Elder Avenue & Westchester Avenue Bronx, NY 10472 | ||||||
| Borough | The Bronx | ||||||
| Locale | Soundview | ||||||
| Coordinates | 40°49′43″N 73°52′45″W / 40.828553°N 73.879194°WCoordinates: 40°49′43″N 73°52′45″W / 40.828553°N 73.879194°W | ||||||
| Division | A (IRT) | ||||||
| Line | IRT Pelham Line | ||||||
| Services |
6  (all times) | ||||||
| Transit connections |
 NYCT Bus: Bx4, Bx4A, Bx27 | ||||||
| Structure | Elevated | ||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||
| Tracks | 3 | ||||||
| Other information | |||||||
| Opened | May 27, 1920 | ||||||
| Station code | 369[1] | ||||||
| Traffic | |||||||
| Passengers (2016) |
2,117,178[2]  1.8% | ||||||
| Rank | 235 out of 422 | ||||||
| Station succession | |||||||
| Next north |
Morrison Avenue – Soundview: 6 | ||||||
| Next south |
Whitlock Avenue: 6 | ||||||
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Elder Avenue is a local station on the IRT Pelham Line of the New York City Subway. Served by the 6 train at all times, it is located at the intersection of Elder Avenue and Westchester Avenue in the Bronx.
Station layout
| P Platform level |
Side platform, doors will open on the right | |
| Southbound local | ← toward Brooklyn Bridge–City Hall (Whitlock Avenue) | |
| Peak-direction express | ←  does not stop here → | |
| Northbound local | → toward Pelham Bay Park or Parkchester (Morrison Avenue–Soundview) → | |
| 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 May 27, 1920, has three tracks and two side platforms.[3] The center track is used by the weekday peak direction <6> express service. Both platforms have beige windscreens and red canopies with green frames and support columns at the center and black waist-high steel fences at either ends. The station name plates are in the standard black with white lettering that covered up the original IRT style mosaic signs.
Exits
The station's only entrance/exit is an elevated station house beneath the tracks. Inside the turnstile bank, there are two staircases to each platform at the center and a waiting area that allows a free transfer between directions. Outside fare control, there is a token booth and two staircases going down to the southwest and northeast corner of Elder and Westchester Avenues.[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.
- ↑ "Bronx Subway Extension Opened". New York Times. May 28, 1920. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
- ↑ "MTA Neighborhood Maps: Bronx Zoo" (PDF). mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2015. Retrieved 20 July 2016.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Elder Avenue (IRT Pelham Line). |
- nycsubway.org – IRT Pelham Line: Elder Avenue
- Station Reporter – 6 train
- The Subway Nut – Elder Avenue Pictures
- Elder Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View