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Pelham Parkway ​
New York City Subway station (rapid transit)
Street entrance, as seen from the eastbound Pelham Parkway
Station statistics
Address	Pelham Parkway & White Plains Road Bronx, New York
Borough	The Bronx
Locale	Pelham Parkway
Coordinates	40°51′25″N 73°52′05″W / 40.857°N 73.868°W / 40.857; -73.868
Division	A (IRT)
Line	IRT White Plains Road Line
Services	2  (all times) ​   5  (limited weekday rush hour service in the peak direction)
Transit	NYCT Bus: Bx12, Bx12 SBS, Bx22, Bx30, Bx39 MTA Bus: BxM11 Bee-Line Bus: 60, 61, 62
Structure	Elevated
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	3
Other information
Opened	March 3, 1917; 107 years ago (1917-03-03)
Accessible	ADA-accessible
Opposite- direction transfer	Yes
Traffic
2023	1,686,103  17.7%
Rank	188 out of 423
Services Preceding station New York City Subway Following station Allerton Avenue2  ​5 toward Wakefield–241st Street Local Bronx Park East2  ​5 toward Flatbush Avenue–Brooklyn College
Location Show map of New York City SubwayShow map of New York CityShow map of New York
Track layout Legend to Allerton Avenue to Bronx Park East
Street map
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops all times Stops rush hours in the peak direction only
Pelham Parkway Station (Dual System IRT)
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
MPS	New York City Subway System MPS
NRHP reference No.	05000228
Added to NRHP	March 30, 2005

The Pelham Parkway station is a local station on the IRT White Plains Road Line of the New York City Subway. Located at the intersection of Pelham Parkway and White Plains Road in the Pelham Parkway neighborhood 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

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. The city government took over the IRT's operations on June 12, 1940.

This station was added to the National Register of Historic Places on March 30, 2005. It was renovated in 2007 at a cost of $18.85 million (equivalent to $27,698,700 in 2023). At the same time, another project was undertaken to install elevators at the station, making it ADA-accessible for $2.43 million (equivalent to $3,570,708 in 2023).

Station layout

Platform level	Side platform
	Northbound local	← toward Wakefield–241st Street (Allerton Avenue) ← PM rush toward Nereid Avenue (Allerton Avenue)
	Peak-direction express	← does not stop here (select AM rush hour trips)
	Southbound local	← toward Flatbush Avenue–Brooklyn College via Seventh (Bronx Park East) → ← AM rush toward Flatbush Avenue–Brooklyn College via Lexington (Bronx Park East) →
	Side platform
Mezzanine		Fare control, station agent, MetroCard and OMNY machines Elevator at southwest corner of Pelham Parkway and White Plains Road
Ground	Street level	Entrances/exits

This elevated station has three tracks and two side platforms with the center express track only used for select AM rush hour 5 trains terminating at Gun Hill Road.

Due to the width of Pelham Parkway and its service roads, the entire station, including the platform windscreens, canopies, and outer street support columns, is enclosed in concrete over the steel structure. A green trim line runs on top of the windscreens and no columns support the canopies.

Exits

This station has two mezzanines, both of which are beneath the tracks and platforms. The full-time one is at the south end and has a staircase and elevator from each platform going down to a waiting area/crossunder, where a turnstile bank provides access to and from the station. The Manhattan-bound platform also has a short, up-only escalator from the station house. Outside fare control, there is a token booth, one staircase and elevator going down to the southwest corner of Pelham Parkway's south service road and White Plains Road, and one up-escalator from the southeast corner of the same intersection. The three elevators make this station fully ADA-accessible.

The north station house, which was renovated in the late 1990s, is unstaffed, containing two staircases from each platform, two more from either northern corners of Pelham Parkway's north service road and White Plains Road, and full height turnstiles.

Artwork

In 1976, with funding from the Exxon Corporation, this station, as well as three others citywide, received new "artfully humorous graffiti" murals and artwork. Local designer Peter Bradford Associates received $5,000 to repaint the station and put "16 bright posters of animals and parts of animals" on each platform wall, in the theme of the nearby Bronx Zoo.

The current artwork at this station, installed during a 2004-2007 renovation, is called Back to the Garden by Tomie Arai. It consists of stained glass windows on the platform windscreens depicting images of trees and plants, inspired by the nearby zoo and botanical garden.

References

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. ^ "Annual Subway Ridership (2018–2023)". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2023. Retrieved April 20, 2024.
3. "NPS Focus". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. Retrieved December 24, 2011.
4. "Annual report. 1916-1917". HathiTrust. Interborough Rapid Transit Company. December 12, 2013. hdl:2027/mdp.39015016416920. Retrieved September 5, 2016.
5. "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.
6. "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.
7. "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.
8. "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.
9. "New York MPS Pelham Parkway Station (Dual System IRT)". Records of the National Park Service, 1785 - 2006, Series: National Register of Historic Places and National Historic Landmarks Program Records, 2013 - 2017, Box: National Register of Historic Places and National Historic Landmarks Program Records: New York, ID: 75312128. National Archives.
10. 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.
11. Dougherty, Peter (2006) . Tracks of the New York City Subway 2006 (3rd ed.). Dougherty. OCLC 49777633 – via Google Books.
12. ^ "MTA Neighborhood Maps: Pelham Parkway" (PDF). mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2015. Retrieved July 20, 2016.
13. ^ Burks, Edward C. (November 18, 1976). "A Subway Elongatomus? Why, It's Preposterous!". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on March 24, 2020. Retrieved September 23, 2016.

External links

• nycsubway.org – IRT White Plains Road Line: Pelham Parkway

v t e 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 Central Park North–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 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
See also Lists by borough (The Bronx Brooklyn Manhattan Queens) Accessible Closed Terminals Transfer Commons category Note: Service variations, station closures, and reroutes are not reflected here. Stations with asterisks have no regular peak, reverse peak, or midday service on that route. See linked articles for more information.

v t e 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 →]
See also Lists by borough (The Bronx Brooklyn Manhattan Queens) Accessible Closed Terminals Transfer Commons category Stations and line segments in italics are closed, demolished, or planned (temporary closures are marked with asterisks). Track connections to other lines' terminals are displayed in brackets. Struck through passenger track connections are closed or unused in regular service.

v t e National Register of Historic Places in the Bronx, New York
Historic districts	Fort Schuyler Grand Concourse Historic District Jerome Park Reservoir Longwood Historic District Morris High School Historic District Mott Haven Historic District
Historic properties	Houses 175 Belden Street Bartow–Pell Mansion Edgar Allan Poe Cottage Henry F. Spaulding Coachman's House Keeper's House at Williamsbridge Reservoir Robert Colgate House Sunnyslope Valentine–Varian House Van Cortlandt House Wave Hill William E. Dodge House Religious buildings Chevra Linas Hazedek Synagogue of Harlem and the Bronx Christ Church Church of St. Anselm and St. Roch Edgehill Church of Spuyten Duyvil Grace Episcopal Church Lisanti Chapel Riverdale Presbyterian Church Complex St. Ann's Episcopal Church St. James' Episcopal Church and Parish House St. Peter's Church, Chapel and Cemetery Complex St. Stephen's Methodist Church Tremont Baptist Church Subway stations Jackson Avenue Morris Park Mott Avenue Control House New York, Westchester and Boston Railroad Administration Building Pelham Parkway Prospect Avenue Simpson Street Van Cortlandt Park–242nd Street Westchester Square–East Tremont Avenue Woodlawn Other structures 48th Police Precinct Station 52nd Police Precinct Station House and Stable 1100 Grand Concourse Bronx Borough Courthouse Bronx County Courthouse Bronx General Post Office Bronx River Parkway Casa Amadeo, antigua Casa Hernandez Crotona Park Dollar Savings Bank Edenwald Houses Fonthill Castle and the Administration Building of the College of Mount St. Vincent Hertlein and Schlatter Silk Trimmings Factory High Bridge High Pumping Station Kingsbridge Armory Morrisania Post Office Park Plaza Apartments Port Morris Ferry Bridges Public School 11 Public School 15 Public School 17 Rainey Memorial Gates C. Rieger's Sons Factory Riverdale Monument Washington Bridge Wave Hill Williamsbridge Oval
National Historic Landmarks	Admiral David Glasgow Farragut Gravesite Bartow–Pell Mansion Lorillard Snuff Mill New York Botanical Garden Enid A. Haupt Conservatory Lorillard Snuff Mill LuEsther T. Mertz Library United Workers Cooperatives University Heights Campus Gould Memorial Library Hall of Fame for Great Americans Van Cortlandt House Woodlawn Cemetery
See also: National Register of Historic Places listings in the Bronx, New York and List of National Historic Landmarks in New York

• Accessible New York City Subway stations
• IRT White Plains Road Line stations
• Railway and subway stations on the National Register of Historic Places in New York City
• New York City Subway stations in the Bronx
• Railway stations in the United States opened in 1917
• 1917 establishments in New York City
• National Register of Historic Places in the Bronx