Mount Eden Avenue station

Mount Eden Avenue is a local station on the IRT Jerome Avenue Line of the New York City Subway. Located at the intersection of Mount Eden and Jerome Avenues in the Bronx, it is served by the 4 train at all times. This station was constructed by the Interborough Rapid Transit Company as part of the Dual Contracts and opened in 1917.

 Mount Eden Avenue
 
New York City Subway station (rapid transit)
Southbound 4 train arriving
Station statistics
AddressMount Eden Avenue & Jerome Avenue
Bronx, NY 10452[1]
BoroughThe Bronx
LocaleHighbridge
Coordinates40.844268°N 73.914814°W / 40.844268; -73.914814
DivisionA (IRT)
LineIRT Jerome Avenue Line
Services   4  (all times)
StructureElevated
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks3
Other information
OpenedJune 2, 1917 (June 2, 1917)
Station code386[2]
Opposite-
direction
transfer		Yes
Traffic
20191,551,038[3]  6.1%
Rank289 out of 424[3]
Station succession
Next north176th Street: 4 
Next south170th Street: 4 

History
Eastern street stairs

The Dual Contracts, which were signed on March 19, 1913, were contracts for the construction and/or rehabilitation and operation of rapid transit lines in the City of New York. The contracts were "dual" in that they were signed between the City and two separate private companies (the Interborough Rapid Transit Company and the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company), all working together to make the construction of the Dual Contracts possible. The Dual Contracts promised the construction of several lines in the Bronx. As part of Contract 3, the IRT agreed to build an elevated line along Jerome Avenue in the Bronx.[4][5][6]

Mount Eden Avenue station opened as part of the initial section of the line to Kingsbridge Road on June 2, 1917. Service was initially operated as a shuttle between Kingsbridge Road and 149th Street.[7][8] Through service to the IRT Lexington Avenue Line began on July 17, 1918.[9] The line was completed with a final extension to Woodlawn on April 15, 1918.[10] This section was initially served by shuttle service, with passengers transferring at 167th Street.[11][12] The construction of the line encouraged development along Jerome Avenue, and led to the growth of the surrounding communities.[7]

This station was rehabilitated in 2004 with new canopies and windscreens.

Station layout
P
Platform level		 Side platform
Northbound local ← toward Woodlawn (176th Street)
Peak-direction express ← does not stop here (select rush hour trips)
Southbound local → toward Utica Avenue (New Lots Avenue late nights) (170th Street) →
Side platform
M Mezzanine Fare control, station agent, MetroCard machines
G Street level Entrances/exits

This elevated station has three tracks and two side platforms with the center express track not used in revenue service.[13] The 4 stops here at all times.[14]

The original IRT-era signs are painted over and covered up with more contemporary Helvetica signs.

The 2006 artwork here is called The Procession of Folk, No. 3 by Amir Bey.

Exits

The station house is directly under the platforms and tracks. It has two staircases going up to each platform, a waiting area/crossunder, turnstile bank, token booth, and two street stairs going down to the northern corners of Mount Eden and Jerome Avenues. The eastern staircase faces south while the western one faces north.[15]

References
  1. "Borough of The Bronx, New York City". Government of New York City. Retrieved December 28, 2020.
  2. "Station Developers' Information". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved June 13, 2017.
  3. "Facts and Figures: Annual Subway Ridership 2014–2019". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2020. Retrieved May 26, 2020.
  4. New Subways For New York: The Dual System of Rapid Transit Chapter 5: Terms and Conditions of Dual System Contracts. New York Public Service Commission. 1913. Retrieved February 16, 2015.
  5. The Dual System of Rapid Transit (1912). New York State Public Service Commission. 1912.
  6. "Most Recent Map of the Dual Subway System Which Shows How Brooklyn Borough Is Favored In New Transit Lines". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. September 9, 1917. Retrieved August 23, 2016 – via newspapers.com.
  7. "Service Begun on the Jerome Avenue Line". Public Service Record. 4 (6). June 1917.
  8. Annual report of the Interborough Rapid Transit Company For The Year Ended June 30, 1917. HathiTrust. Interborough Rapid Transit Company. 1917. hdl:2027/mdp.39015016416920.
  9. Brooklyn Daily Eagle Almanac. The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. 1922. p. 372.
  10. "Jerome Av. Line Ordered Opened". The New York Times. April 13, 1918. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved June 5, 2016.
  11. Brooklyn Daily Eagle Almanac. The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. 1916. p. 100.
  12. Cunningham, Joseph; DeHart, Leonard O. (1993). A History of the New York City Subway System. J. Schmidt, R. Giglio, and K. Lang. p. 48.
  13. Dougherty, Peter (2020). Tracks of the New York City Subway 2020 (16th ed.). Dougherty. OCLC 1056711733.
  14. "4 Subway Timetable, Effective September 13, 2020". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved December 9, 2020.
  15. "Mount Eden Avenue Neighborhood Map". new.mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. April 2018. Retrieved December 28, 2020.
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