Whitlock Avenue (IRT Pelham Line)

Whitlock Avenue
New York City Subway rapid transit station
Whitlock Avenue station looking northeast toward the curve at the bridge over the Northeast Corridor and Bronx River.
Station statistics
Address	Whitlock Avenue & Westchester Avenue Bronx, NY 10459
Borough	The Bronx
Locale	Foxhurst, North Hunts Point
Coordinates	40°49′39″N 73°53′10″W / 40.827514°N 73.886147°WCoordinates: 40°49′39″N 73°53′10″W / 40.827514°N 73.886147°W
Division	A (IRT)
Line	IRT Pelham Line
Services	6  (all times)
Transit connections	NYCT Bus: Bx4, Bx4A, Bx27
Structure	Elevated
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	3
Other information
Opened	May 27, 1920
Traffic
Passengers (2015)	545,079[1]  0.2%
Rank	403 out of 422
Station succession
Next north	Elder Avenue: 6
Next south	Hunts Point Avenue: 6
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops all times
Location

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.

Station layout

Track layout
to Elder Av to Hunts Point Av

P Platform level	Side platform, doors will open on the right
	Southbound local	← toward Brooklyn Bridge–City Hall (Hunts Point Avenue)
	Peak-direction express	← does not stop here →
	Northbound local	→ toward Pelham Bay Park or Parkchester (Elder Avenue) →
	Side platform, doors will open on the right
M	Mezzanine	Station agent, MetroCard vending machines, fare control
G	Street Level	Exit / Entrance

Artwork by Barbara Grygutis

The station which opened on May 27, 1920,^[2] has three tracks and two side platforms, with the center express track used by the <6> service on weekdays in the peak direction. 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 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.

The station is adjacent to an abandoned railroad station called Westchester Avenue which was served by the New York, Westchester and Boston Railroad, 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.

References

1. "Facts and Figures: Annual Subway Ridership". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved 2016-04-19.
2. "Bronx Subway Extension Opened". New York Times. May 28, 1920. Retrieved 25 January 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