Gun Hill Road (IRT Dyre Avenue Line)
Gun Hill Road  | |||||||||||
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| New York City Subway rapid transit station | |||||||||||
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| Address |
East Gun Hill Road & Seymour Avenue Bronx, NY 10469 | ||||||||||
| Borough | The Bronx | ||||||||||
| Locale | Baychester, Allerton | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 40°52′13″N 73°50′45″W / 40.87017°N 73.845806°WCoordinates: 40°52′13″N 73°50′45″W / 40.87017°N 73.845806°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: Bx28, Bx38 | ||||||||||
| Structure | Open-cut | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 3 (2 in regular service) | ||||||||||
| Other information | |||||||||||
| Opened |
May 29, 1912 (NYW&B station) May 15, 1941 (re-opened as a Subway station) | ||||||||||
| Station code | 444[1] | ||||||||||
| Former/other names | Gunhill Road | ||||||||||
| Traffic | |||||||||||
| Passengers (2016) |
1,619,073[2]  1.3% | ||||||||||
| Rank | 293 out of 422 | ||||||||||
| Station succession | |||||||||||
| Next north |
Baychester Avenue: 2 5 | ||||||||||
| Next south |
Pelham Parkway: 2 5 | ||||||||||
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Gun Hill Road is a station on the IRT Dyre Avenue Line of the New York City Subway, located at the intersection of Gun Hill Road and Seymour Avenue in the Baychester and Allerton sections of The Bronx. It is served by the 5 train on weekdays and the 2 train on weekends.[3]
Station layout
| G | Street level station house | Exit/Entrance, fare control, station agent |
| P Platform level |
Side platform, doors will open on the right | |
| Northbound local | ← (weekdays),  (weekends) toward Eastchester–Dyre Avenue (Baychester Avenue) | |
| Northbound express | Trackbed | |
| Southbound express | No regular service | |
| Southbound local | → toward Brooklyn College–Flatbush Avenue weekdays, East 180th Street weekday late nights (Pelham Parkway) → → toward South Ferry weekends (Pelham Parkway) → | |
| Side platform, doors will open on the right | ||
Originally opened on May 29, 1912 as a local station of the New York, Westchester and Boston Railway, the station was closed on December 12, 1937 when the NYW&B went bankrupt. In 1940, the City of New York purchased the right-of-way from the Bronx county line southward. In 1941, a shuttle service was implemented between Eastchester–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 provided.
The station has two side platforms with three tracks and space for a fourth. It is in an open-cut. The street (Gun Hill Road) is above the northern part of the station. The entrance is at street level.
Exit
The station's only entrance/exit is a head house on the south side of Gun Hill Road between Sexton and Dewitt Places.[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: Pelham Parkway" (PDF). mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2015. Retrieved 20 July 2016.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Gun Hill Road (IRT Dyre Avenue Line). |
- nycsubway.org – IRT White Plains Road Line: Gun Hill Road
- Station Reporter — 5 Train
- The Subway Nut — Gun Hill Road Pictures
- Gun Hill Road entrance from Google Maps Street View
- Platforms from Google Maps Street View