Bronx Park East station

New York City Subway station in the Bronx

New York City Subway station in The Bronx, New York

Bronx Park East

Southbound platform

Station statistics
Address| Birchall Avenue & Sagamore Street
Bronx, New York
Borough| The Bronx
Locale| Van Nest/Pelham Parkway
Coordinates| 40°50′56″N 73°52′05″W﻿ / ﻿40.849°N 73.868°W﻿ / 40.849; -73.868
Division| [1]
Line| IRT White Plains Road Line
Services|  2 (all times)
​ 5 (limited weekday rush hour service in the peak direction)
Transit|  NYCT Bus: Bx22, Bx39
Structure| Elevated
Platforms| 2 side platforms
Tracks| 3
Other information
Opened| March 3, 1917; 108 years ago (1917-03-03)
Opposite-
direction
transfer| Yes
Traffic
2024| 431,235[2] 5.5%
Rank| 396 out of 423[2]
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Pelham Parkway

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toward Wakefield–241st Street

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Local  |  | East 180th Street

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toward Flatbush Avenue–Brooklyn College

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The Bronx Park East station is a local station on the IRT White Plains Road Line of the New York City Subway. Located on Birchall Avenue at Sagamore Street in the Van Nest and Pelham Parkway neighborhoods of the Bronx, it is served by the 2 train at all times and by the 5 train during rush hours in the peak direction.

## History

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This station was built under the Dual Contracts. It opened on March 3, 1917, as part of an extension of the IRT White Plains Road Line from East 177th Street–East Tremont Avenue to East 219th Street–White Plains Road, providing the Bronx communities of Williamsbridge and Wakefield with access to rapid transit service. 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.[3][4][5] The city government took over the IRT's operations on June 12, 1940.[6][7]

It was renovated in 2007 at a cost of $12.92 million.[8]

## Station layout

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Platform level | Side platform

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Northbound local | ←  toward Wakefield–241st Street (Pelham Parkway)
←  PM rush toward Nereid Avenue (Pelham Parkway)
Peak-direction express | ←  does not stop here (select AM rush hour trips)
Southbound local | ← toward Flatbush Avenue–Brooklyn College via Seventh (East 180th Street) →
← AM rush toward Flatbush Avenue–Brooklyn College via Lexington (East 180th Street) →
Side platform
Mezzanine | Fare control, station agent, MetroCard and OMNY machines

Ground | Street level  | Entrances/exits

This elevated station has three tracks and two side platforms.[9] Old signs at the center exit stairs and have been painted over, but those on the southbound platform are still visible through the paint. Covered windows in the concrete wall are also present.[citation needed]

This station and the Pelham Parkway station are the only stations on the White Plains Road Line to be built in decorative concrete structures. The entrances at this station were built in this manner as Sagamore Street was the new main entrance to Bronx Park.[10]

South of this station, one can view the IRT Dyre Avenue Line just off to the east. Continuing south, the Unionport Yard is also to the east past the connection to the Dyre Avenue Line. The East 180th Street Yard is to the west just prior to entering the next station, East 180th Street.[9]

The 2006 artwork here is called B is for Birds in the Bronx by Candida Alvarez.[11][12]

### Exits

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The tiled mezzanine has windows and standard "Uptown" and "Downtown" mosaics. The mezzanine itself is made of stucco over concrete and is massive. There are exits to all corners of Birchell Avenue and Sagamore Street except for the southwest corner, which had its exit sealed for unknown reasons.[13]

## 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. ^ "Annual report. 1916-1917". HathiTrust. Interborough Rapid Transit Company. December 12, 2013. hdl:2027/mdp.39015016416920. Retrieved September 5, 2016.
4. ^ "New Subway Line Opened: White Plains Extension is Now Running to 238th Street" (PDF). The New York Times. April 1, 1917. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 24, 2020. Retrieved August 17, 2015.
5. ^ "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" (PDF). The New York Times. March 4, 1917. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 23, 2020.
6. ^ "City Transit Unity Is Now a Reality; Title to I.R.T. Lines Passes to Municipality, Ending 19-Year Campaign". The New York Times. June 13, 1940. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on January 7, 2022. Retrieved May 14, 2022.
7. ^ "Transit Unification Completed As City Takes Over I. R. T. Lines: Systems Come Under Single Control After Efforts Begun in 1921; Mayor Is Jubilant at City Hall Ceremony Recalling 1904 Celebration". New York Herald Tribune. June 13, 1940. p. 25\. ProQuest 1248134780.
8. ^ MTA 2006 Adopted Budget - February Financial Plan - Part 3 (PDF) (Report). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2006. p. 46\. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 24, 2019. Retrieved March 27, 2020.
9. ^ a b Dougherty, Peter (2006) [2002]. Tracks of the New York City Subway 2006 (3rd ed.). Dougherty. OCLC 49777633 - via Google Books.
10. ^ Report of the Public Service Commission for the First District of the State of New York. New York State Public Service Commission. 1916. p. 156.
11. ^ "MTA - Arts & Design - B is for Birds in the Bronx, 2006". web.mta.info. Archived from the original on March 23, 2020. Retrieved October 2, 2016.
12. ^ "www.nycsubway.org: Artwork: B is for Birds in the Bronx (Candida Alvarez)". www.nycsubway.org. Archived from the original on November 12, 2016. Retrieved October 2, 2016.
13. ^ "Bronx Park East Neighborhood Map" (PDF). new.mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. April 2018. Retrieved February 28, 2019.

## External links

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Media related to Bronx Park East (IRT White Plains Road Line) at Wikimedia Commons

* nycsubway.org – IRT White Plains Road Line: Bronx Park East

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Stations of the New York City Subway, by service

Seventh Avenue Express|

* Wakefield–241st Street
* Nereid Avenue
* 233rd Street
* 225th Street
* 219th Street
* Gun Hill Road
* Burke Avenue
* Allerton Avenue
* Pelham Parkway
* Bronx Park East
* East 180th Street
* West Farms Square–East Tremont Avenue
* 174th Street
* Freeman Street
* Simpson Street
* Intervale Avenue
* Prospect Avenue
* Jackson Avenue
* Third Avenue–149th Street
* 149th Street–Grand Concourse
* 135th Street
* 125th Street
* 116th Street
* Malcolm X Plaza–110th Street
* 96th Street
* 86th Street*
* 79th Street*
* 72nd Street
* 66th Street–Lincoln Center*
* 59th Street–Columbus Circle*
* 50th Street*
* Times Square–42nd Street
* 34th Street–Penn Station
* 28th Street*
* 23rd Street*
* 18th Street*
* 14th Street
* Christopher Street–Stonewall*
* Houston Street*
* Canal Street*
* Franklin Street*
* Chambers Street
* Park Place
* Fulton Street
* Wall Street
* Clark Street
* Borough Hall
* Hoyt Street
* Nevins Street
* Atlantic Avenue–Barclays Center
* Bergen Street
* Grand Army Plaza
* Eastern Parkway–Brooklyn Museum
* Franklin Avenue–Medgar Evers College
* President Street–Medgar Evers College
* Sterling Street
* Winthrop Street
* Church Avenue
* Beverly Road
* Newkirk Avenue–Little Haiti
* Flatbush Avenue–Brooklyn College

Lexington Avenue
Express|

| Nereid Ave. branch|

* Nereid Avenue
* 233rd Street
* 225th Street
* 219th Street
* Gun Hill Road
* Burke Avenue
* Allerton Avenue
* Pelham Parkway
* Bronx Park East

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Dyre Ave. branch|

* Eastchester–Dyre Avenue
* Baychester Avenue
* Gun Hill Road
* Pelham Parkway
* Morris Park

* East 180th Street
* West Farms Square–East Tremont Avenue
* 174th Street
* Freeman Street
* Simpson Street
* Intervale Avenue
* Prospect Avenue
* Jackson Avenue
* Third Avenue–149th Street
* 149th Street–Grand Concourse
* 138th Street–Grand Concourse
* 125th Street
* 86th Street
* 59th Street
* Grand Central–42nd Street
* 14th Street–Union Square
* Brooklyn Bridge–City Hall
* Fulton Street
* Wall Street
* Bowling Green
* Borough Hall
* Nevins Street
* Atlantic Avenue–Barclays Center
* Franklin Avenue–Medgar Evers College
* President Street–Medgar Evers College
* Sterling Street
* Winthrop Street
* Church Avenue
* Beverly Road
* Newkirk Avenue–Little Haiti
* Flatbush Avenue–Brooklyn College

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Stations of the New York City Subway, by line (physical trackage)

White Plains Rd. Line

* Wakefield–241st Street
* Nereid Avenue
* 233rd Street
* 225th Street
* 219th Street
* Gun Hill Road
* Burke Avenue
* Allerton Avenue
* Pelham Parkway
* Bronx Park East
* [← to Morris Park, Dyre Ave. Line]
* East 180th Street
* 180th Street–Bronx Park→
* West Farms Square–East Tremont Avenue
* 174th Street
* Freeman Street
* Simpson Street
* Intervale Avenue
* Prospect Avenue
* Jackson Avenue
* Third Avenue–149th Street
* 149th Street–Grand Concourse
* [to 138th Street–Grand Concourse, Jerome Ave. Line → / to 135th Street, Lenox Ave. Line →]

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