Whitlock Avenue station

Whitlock Avenue is a local station on the IRT Pelham Line of the New York City Subway. It is served by the 6 train at all times and is located at Whitlock Avenue and Westchester Avenue in the Bronx.

Whitlock Avenue
New York City Subway station (rapid transit)
An uptown 6 train at the station in 2018
Station statistics
Address	Whitlock Avenue & Westchester Avenue Bronx, NY 10459
Borough	The Bronx
Locale	Foxhurst
Coordinates	40.827514°N 73.886147°W
Division	A (IRT)
Line	IRT Pelham Line
Services	6  (all times)
Transit	NYCT Bus: Bx4, Bx4A, Bx27
Structure	Elevated
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	3
Other information
Opened	May 30, 1920
Rebuilt	February 8, 2010 to September 13, 2010
Station code	370[1]
Opposite- direction transfer	Yes
Traffic
2019	586,845[2]  0.9%
Rank	403 out of 424[2]
Station succession
Next north	Elder Avenue: 6
Next south	Hunts Point Avenue: 6
Location
Track layout NY 895 Bronx River to Elder Av Bronx River NY 895 to Hunts Point Av
Street map
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops all times

History

The Whitlock Avenue station opened on May 30, 1920 as the Pelham Line was extended to East 177th Street from Hunts Point Avenue.[3][4][5] The construction of the Pelham Line was part of the Dual Contracts, signed on March 19, 1913 and also known as the Dual Subway System.[6] The Pelham Line was built as a branch of the Lexington Avenue Line running northeast via 138th Street, Southern Boulevard and Westchester Avenue.[7] Initially, service to the extension was served by a shuttle service operating with elevated cars. Passengers transferred to the shuttle at Hunts Point Avenue.[8]

Station layout

P Platform level	Side platform
	Southbound local	← toward Brooklyn Bridge (Hunts Point Avenue)
	Peak-direction express	← does not stop here →
	Northbound local	→ toward Pelham Bay Park (Parkchester PM rush) (Elder Avenue) →
	Side platform
M	Mezzanine	Fare control, station agent, MetroCard machines
G	Street level	Exit/entrance

Artwork by Barbara Grygutis

The station has three tracks and two side platforms. The center express track is used by the <6> service during weekdays in the peak direction.[9] The station has covered-over old signs and a windscreen on the south end. The north end has a full canopy over the platform.

The station is adjacent to an abandoned railroad station called Westchester Avenue which was served by the New York, Westchester and Boston Railroad (NYW&B), and the Harlem River Branch of the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad. Currently, the line is used by Amtrak. The former NYW&B line was at one time proposed to be converted into an extension of the IRT Dyre Avenue Line leading to this station, rather than its current terminus at East 180th Street on the IRT White Plains Road Line. The station is also located right next to the Sheridan Expressway.

Southbound, this is the last elevated station before the wholly underground stretch to Brooklyn Bridge station. Northbound, the line makes a right angle turn to the east and crosses the Bronx River via a truss bridge.

Exits

The mezzanine is wood and features frosted windows in a simulated 16-pane pattern. At one time there were doors to the fare control but they have been removed; doors from fare control to the street remain. Outside fare control, exit stairs lead to either southern corner of Westchester Avenue and Whitlock Avenue.[10]

References

1. "Station Developers' Information". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved June 13, 2017.
2. "Facts and Figures: Annual Subway Ridership 2014–2019". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2020. Retrieved May 26, 2020.
3. "Bronx Subway Extension Opened" (PDF). New York Times. May 28, 1920. Retrieved January 25, 2016.
4. Brooklyn Daily Eagle Almanac. Brooklyn Daily Eagle. 1922. p. 372.
5. Annual Report for the Year Ending June 30, 1920. Interborough Rapid Transit Company. 1920. pp. 5, 13.
6. nycsubway.org—The Dual Contracts
7. "The Dual System of Rapid Transit (1912)". www.nycsubway.org. Retrieved March 25, 2014.
8. Cunningham, Joseph; DeHart, Leonard O. (1993). A History of the New York City Subway System. J. Schmidt, R. Giglio, and K. Lang. p. 48.
9. Dougherty, Peter (2006) [2002]. Tracks of the New York City Subway 2006 (3rd ed.). Dougherty. OCLC 49777633 – via Google Books.
10. "MTA Neighborhood Maps: Bronx Zoo" (PDF). mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2015. Retrieved July 20, 2016.

External links

• nycsubway.org – IRT Pelham Line: Whitlock Avenue
• Station Reporter — 6 Train
• The Subway Nut — Whitlock Avenue Pictures
• Whitlock Avenue entrances from Google Maps Street View
• Platforms from Google Maps Street View