St. Lawrence Avenue station

St. Lawrence Avenue is a local station on the IRT Pelham Line of the New York City Subway. The station, served by the 6 train at all times, is located at the intersection of St. Lawrence Avenue and Westchester Avenue in the Parkchester neighborhood of the Bronx.

 St. Lawrence Avenue
 
New York City Subway station (rapid transit)
Artwork
Station statistics
AddressSt. Lawrence Avenue & Westchester Avenue
Bronx, NY 10472
BoroughThe Bronx
LocaleParkchester
Coordinates40.831573°N 73.867307°W / 40.831573; -73.867307
DivisionA (IRT)
LineIRT Pelham Line
Services   6  (all times)
Transit NYCT Bus: Bx4, Bx4A
StructureElevated
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks3
Other information
OpenedMay 30, 1920 (1920-05-30)[1]
RebuiltFebruary 28, 2011 (February 28, 2011) to October 16, 2011 (October 16, 2011)
Station code367[2]
Opposite-
direction
transfer		Yes
Traffic
20191,276,865[3]  0.3%
Rank327 out of 424[3]
Station succession
Next northParkchester: 6 
Next southMorrison Avenue–Soundview: 6 

History

St. Lawrence Avenue station opened on May 30, 1920 as the Pelham Line was extended to East 177th Street from Hunts Point Avenue.[1][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 (Morrison Avenue–Soundview)
Peak-direction express ← does not stop here →
Northbound local → toward Pelham Bay Park (Parkchester PM rush) (Parkchester) →
Side platform
M Mezzanine Fare control, station agent, MetroCard machines
G Street level Exit/entrance
An R142A 6 Express train bypassing the station

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 resembles other elevated stations along the line: it has a wood mezzanine and no windscreens along the platform edges. St. Lawrence Avenue is the northernmost station on the IRT Pelham Line that does not serve rush-hour express service.

Exits

There is a mezzanine below the east end of the station, which contains the station's only exit. Outside fare control, exit stairs lead to the southwest and northeast corners of Westchester Avenue and St. Lawrence Avenue.[10]

References
  1. "Bronx Subway Extension Opened" (PDF). New York Times. May 28, 1920. Retrieved January 25, 2016.
  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. 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.
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