Burke Avenue (IRT White Plains Road Line)
Burke Avenue  | |||||||||
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| New York City Subway rapid transit station | |||||||||
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Southbound platform | |||||||||
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| Address |
Burke Avenue & White Plains Road Bronx, NY 10467 | ||||||||
| Borough | The Bronx | ||||||||
| Locale | Williams’ Bridge | ||||||||
| Coordinates | 40°52′16″N 73°52′01″W / 40.871°N 73.867°WCoordinates: 40°52′16″N 73°52′01″W / 40.871°N 73.867°W | ||||||||
| Division | A (IRT) | ||||||||
| Line | IRT White Plains Road Line | ||||||||
| Services |
2  (all times) 5  (rush hours, peak direction) | ||||||||
| Transit connections |
 NYCT Bus: Bx39 MTA Bus: BxM11 | ||||||||
| Structure | Elevated | ||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||
| Tracks | 3 | ||||||||
| Other information | |||||||||
| Opened | March 3, 1917 | ||||||||
| Traffic | |||||||||
| Passengers (2015) |
1,139,826[1]  1.6% | ||||||||
| Rank | 348 out of 422 | ||||||||
| Station succession | |||||||||
| Next north |
Gun Hill Road: 2 5 | ||||||||
| Next south |
Allerton Avenue: 2 5 | ||||||||
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Burke Avenue is a local station on the IRT White Plains Road Line of the New York City Subway. Located in the Bronx at the intersection of Burke Avenue and White Plains Road,[2] it is served by the 2 train at all times, and the 5 train during rush hours in the peak direction.[3][4]
History
This station was opened along with the section of the IRT White Plains Road Line from East 177th Street–East Tremont Avenue to East 219th Street–White Plains Road on March 3, 1917, providing access to rapid transit service to the communities of Williamsbridge and Wakefield in the Bronx. Service on the new portion of the line was operated as a four-car shuttle from 177th Street due to the power conditions at the time.[5][6][7]
It was renovated in 2004-2005 at a cost of approximately $12.2 million USD.
Station layout
| P Platform level |
Side platform, doors will open on the right | |
| Southbound local | ← toward Flatbush Avenue–Brooklyn College (Allerton Avenue) ← toward Flatbush Avenue–Brooklyn College (AM rush) (Allerton Avenue) | |
| Peak-direction express | → No regular service | |
| Northbound local | → toward Wakefield–241st Street (Gun Hill Road) → → toward Nereid Avenue (PM rush) (Gun Hill Road) → | |
| 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 has three tracks and two side platforms.[8]
Both platforms have beige windscreens and red canopies with green outlines, frames, and support columns in the center and black, waist-high steel fences at either ends with lampposts at regular intervals. The windscreens have mesh fences at various points. The station signs are in the standard black name plates with white lettering.
This station has one elevated station house beneath the center of the platforms and tracks. Two staircases from each platform go down to a waiting area. The back of the token booth faces this crossunder with a steel fences on either side. On the Wakefield-bound side, there are two exit only turnstiles. On the Manhattan-bound side, there is an emergency gate and a bank of three turnstiles. Outside fare control, two staircases go down to the northwest and southeast corners of Burke Avenue and White Plains Road. The station house has windows.
The 2006 artwork here is called Bronx Literature by Béatrice Coron. It consists of stained glass panels on the platform windscreens featuring scenes from various works of literature written by four authors, Sholom Aleichem, James Baldwin, Nicholasa Mohr, and Edgar Allan Poe, all of whom have lived in or wrote about the Bronx.[9][10]
References
- ↑ "Facts and Figures: Annual Subway Ridership". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved 2016-04-19.
- ↑ "Neighborhood Map Pelham Parkway Olinville Pelham Gardens Morris Park" (PDF). mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2015. Retrieved October 2, 2016.
- ↑ "2 Subway Timetable, Effective November 7, 2016" (PDF). New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved November 7, 2016.
- ↑ "5 Subway Timetable, Effective November 7, 2016" (PDF). New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved November 7, 2016.
- ↑ "Annual report. 1916-1917.". HathiTrust. Interborough Rapid Transit Company. 2013-12-12. Retrieved 2016-09-05.
- ↑ "New Subway Line Opened: White Plains Extension is Now Running to 238th Street". New York Times. Retrieved 17 August 2015.
- ↑ "WHITE PLAINS ROAD EXTENSION OF SUBWAY OPENED TO THE PUBLIC; New Branch, Which Runs from 177th to 219th Street, Gives the Williamsbridge and Wakefield Sections of the East Bronx Rapid Transit for the First Time". The New York Times. March 4, 1917.
- ↑ Marrero, Robert (2015-09-13). "469 Stations, 846 Miles" (PDF). B24 Blog, via Dropbox. Retrieved 2015-10-09.
- ↑ "www.nycsubway.org: Artwork: Bronx Literature (Béatrice Coron)". www.nycsubway.org. Retrieved 2016-10-02.
- ↑ "MTA - Arts & Design | NYCT Permanent Art". web.mta.info. Retrieved 2016-10-02.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Burke Avenue (IRT White Plains Road Line). |
- nycsubway.org – IRT White Plains Road Line: Burke Avenue
- nycsubway.org — Bronx Literature Artwork by Béatrice Coron (2006)
- Station Reporter — 2 Train
- The Subway Nut — Burke Avenue Pictures
- MTA's Arts For Transit — Burke Avenue (IRT White Plains Road Line)
- Burke Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View