161st Street–Yankee Stadium (New York City Subway)

Infobox NYCS
name = 161st Street–Yankee Stadium
accessible = yes
bg_color = black
service=Yankee Stadium

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161st Street–Yankee Stadium is a New York City Subway station complex shared by the elevated IRT Jerome Avenue Line and the underground IND Concourse Line. Located at the intersection of 161st Street, River Avenue and Grand Concourse, it is served by:

* trains at all times
* trains at all times except rush hours in the peak direction
* trains during rush hours.

Yankee Stadium is outside and many Bronx County courts, government facilities, and shopping districts are a short walk to the east.__TOC__

IRT Jerome Avenue Line platforms

Infobox NYCS
bg_color = #007527
line = IRT Jerome Avenue Line
service = Jerome local
platforms = 2 side platforms
tracks = 3
open_date = June 2, 1917
north_station = 167th Street
north_line = IRT Jerome Avenue Line
north_service = Jerome local
south_station = 149th Street–Grand Concourse
south_line = IRT Jerome Avenue Line
south_service = Jerome local

161st Street–Yankee Stadium on the IRT Jerome Avenue Line has three tracks and two side platforms. There used to be a paper transfer to the IND Concourse Line, which was later replaced by the current free-transfer passageway. There are extra exit stairs to handle stadium crowds at each platform, which make them much longer than traditional IRT platforms. The station contains two mosaics that indicate "161st Street," which are painted over at the main exit stairs on each platform. Windscreens have been installed, which block the view of Yankee Stadium from the station. Both the IND and IRT stations have been fully renovated to include ADA-compliant elevators on all platforms.

Looking northward from the platforms, the tracks swing apart to allow the old IRT Ninth Avenue Line tracks to join the line. The trackways that carried the Ninth Avenue tracks still exist.

IND Concourse Line platforms

Infobox NYCS


caption = Northbound platform
bg_color = #FF6E1A
line = IND Concourse Line
service = Concourse local
platforms = 2 side platforms
tracks = 3
open_date = July 1, 1933
north_station = 167th Street
north_line = IND Concourse Line
north_service = Concourse local
south_station = 155th Street
south_line = IND Concourse Line
south_service = Concourse local

161st Street–Yankee Stadium on the IND Concourse Line has three tracks and two side platforms.

When originally built in 1933 as 161st Street–River Avenue, paper tickets were used to transfer to the Jerome Avenue Line; this method was used until the 1950s, when the indoor escalators were built. The full-time mezzanine is at 161st Street and River Avenue with four street staircases. The part-time entrance is at Walton Avenue and has two street staircases and a passageway to 161st Street. Before the renovation, there was a full length mezzanine, with Transit Bureau Offices located to one side. After the renovation, the NYPD area was expanded, and public areas inside fare control were sealed, thus dividing the mezzanine into two separate areas. A few staircases to the platforms were also sealed and removed.

The 2002 artwork here is called "Wall-Slide" by Vito Acconci and "Sea of Tranquility" by Helene Brandt.

Bus connections

*Bx6
*Bx13

External links

*NYCS ref|http://www.nycsubway.org/perl/stations?198:3161|IRT Woodlawn Line|161st Street/River Avenue (Yankee Stadium)
*NYCS ref|http://www.nycsubway.org/perl/stations?218:79|IND Concourse|161st Street/River Avenue (Yankee Stadium)
*Station Reporter — [http://www.stationreporter.net/yankee.htm Yankee Stadium Complex]