170th Street station (IND Concourse Line)

 170 Street
 "B" train"D" train
New York City Subway station (rapid transit)
Station curvature
Station statistics
AddressEast 170th Street & Grand Concourse
Bronx, New York
BoroughThe Bronx
LocaleHighbridge
Coordinates40°50′20″N 73°54′49″W / 40.838814°N 73.913741°W / 40.838814; -73.913741
DivisionB (IND)[1]
LineIND Concourse Line
Services   B weekdays only (weekdays only)
   D all except rush hours, peak direction (all except rush hours, peak direction)
Transit
StructureUnderground
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks3
Other information
OpenedJuly 1, 1933 (91 years ago) (1933-07-01)
Opposite-
direction
transfer
Yes
Traffic
20231,001,022[2]Decrease 10.8%
Rank292 out of 423[2]
Services
Preceding station New York City Subway New York City Subway Following station
174th–175th Streets
B weekdays onlyD all except rush hours, peak direction
167th Street
B weekdays onlyD all except rush hours, peak direction
Location
170th Street station (IND Concourse Line) is located in New York City Subway
170th Street station (IND Concourse Line)
170th Street station (IND Concourse Line) is located in New York City
170th Street station (IND Concourse Line)
170th Street station (IND Concourse Line) is located in New York
170th Street station (IND Concourse Line)
Track layout

Street map

Map

Station service legend
Symbol Description
Stops all times except rush hours in the peak direction Stops all times except rush hours in the peak direction
Stops rush hours only Stops rush hours only
Stops weekdays during the day Stops weekdays during the day

The 170th Street station is a local station on the IND Concourse Line of the New York City Subway, located at the Grand Concourse between East 170th and 171st Streets in the Highbridge neighborhood of the Bronx. It is served by the D train at all times except rush hours in the peak direction and the B train weekdays only. The station opened in 1933, along with the rest of the Concourse Line.

History

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This station was built as part of the IND Concourse Line, which was one of the original lines of the city-owned Independent Subway System (IND).[3][4] The route of the Concourse Line was approved to Bedford Park Boulevard on June 12, 1925, by the New York City Board of Transportation.[4][5] Construction of the line began in July 1928.[6] The station opened on July 1, 1933, along with the rest of the Concourse subway.[7][8]

Station layout

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Ground Street level Exit/entrance
Mezzanine Fare control, station agent, MetroCard and OMNY machines
Platform level Side platform
Northbound local "B" train toward Bedford Park Boulevard rush hours (174th–175th Streets)
"D" train toward Norwood–205th Street (174th–175th Streets)
Peak-direction express "D" train PM rush does not stop here
"D" train AM rush does not stop here →
Southbound local "B" train toward Brighton Beach rush hours (167th Street)
"D" train toward Coney Island–Stillwell Avenue (167th Street)
Side platform
Name tablet mosaic

This underground station has three tracks and two side platforms. The center express track is used by the D train during rush hours in the peak direction.[9]

Both platforms have an orange trim line on a black border and name tablets reading "170TH ST." in white sans-serif lettering on a black background. Small "170" and directional tile captions in white lettering on a black background run below the trim line and name tablets. Orange-yellow I-beam columns run along both platforms and the full-time mezzanine at regular intervals with alternating ones having the standard black station name plate with white lettering.

South of this station, a fourth track to the west of the line begins at a bumper block. It merges with the southbound local track just before approaching 167th Street and is used for train storage.[9]

Exits

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Entrance on the east side of Grand Concourse

The full-time mezzanine is at the north end of the station. Two staircases from each platform go up to a waiting area/crossover, where a turnstile bank provides access to and from the station. Outside fare control, there is a token booth and two staircases going up to either northern corners of East 171st Street and Grand Concourse.[10]

Each platform has a same-level un-staffed fare control area at their south ends. On the Manhattan-bound side, a set of regular and High Entry/Exit Turnstiles lead to a mezzanine area, where two staircases go up to either western corners of East 170th Street and Grand Concourse.[11] The fare control area on the Norwood-bound side is exit only,[12] containing two high turnstiles and one staircase going up to the southwest corner of East 170th Street and Grand Concourse.[13][10]

Below this station is a tunnel carrying East 170th Street underneath the Grand Concourse. On both sides of the platforms at the southern end, there were staircases that led down to the East 170th Street underpass;[14][15] they were closed off to the public for security reasons in 1992.[16][17][18][10]

References

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  1. ^ "Glossary". Second Avenue Subway Supplemental Draft Environmental Impact Statement (SDEIS) (PDF). Vol. 1. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. March 4, 2003. pp. 1–2. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 26, 2021. Retrieved January 1, 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Annual Subway Ridership (2018–2023)". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2023. Retrieved April 20, 2024.
  3. ^ Duffus, R.L. (September 22, 1929). "Our Great Subway Network Spreads Wider" (PDF). The New York Times. Retrieved August 19, 2015.
  4. ^ a b "New Subway Routes in Hylan Program to Cost $186,046,000" (PDF). The New York Times. March 21, 1925. p. 1.
  5. ^ "Board Speeds Subway on Grand Concourse" (PDF). The New York Times. September 2, 1928. Retrieved November 4, 2015.
  6. ^ Joseph B. Raskin (November 1, 2013). The Routes Not Taken: A Trip Through New York City's Unbuilt Subway System. Fordham University Press. ISBN 978-0-8232-5369-2. Retrieved August 12, 2015.
  7. ^ "New Bronx Subway Starts Operation". The New York Times. July 1, 1933. Retrieved February 13, 2010.
  8. ^ "Bronx-Concourse New Subway Link Opened at 12:57 A.M." Brooklyn Daily Eagle. July 1, 1933. p. 20. Retrieved October 26, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ a b Dougherty, Peter (2006) [2002]. Tracks of the New York City Subway 2006 (3rd ed.). Dougherty. OCLC 49777633 – via Google Books.
  10. ^ a b c "170th Street Neighborhood Map" (PDF). new.mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. April 2018. Retrieved February 28, 2019.
  11. ^ "Showing Image 840".
  12. ^ "Showing Image 838".
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  14. ^ "Showing Image 86341".
  15. ^ "Showing Image 839".
  16. ^ "Img_1217". August 5, 2019.
  17. ^ Google maps: northern corner at the 170th Street underpass
  18. ^ Google maps: southern corner at the 170th Street underpass
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