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Pelham Bay Park ​
New York City Subway station (rapid transit)
Pelham Bay Park station (2007)
Station statistics
Address	Bruckner Boulevard & Westchester Avenue Bronx, NY 10461
Borough	The Bronx
Locale	Pelham Bay
Coordinates	40°51′10″N 73°49′38″W / 40.852871°N 73.827138°W / 40.852871; -73.827138
Division	A (IRT)
Line	IRT Pelham Line
Services	6  (all times except weekdays until 8:45 p.m., peak direction) <6>  (weekdays until 8:45 p.m., peak direction)​
Transit	New York City Bus: Bx5, Bx12, Bx12 Select Bus Service, Bx24, Bx29 MTA Bus: Bx23, BxM8, Q50 Bee-Line Bus: 45
Structure	Elevated
Platforms	1 island platform (in service) 2 side platforms (unused)
Tracks	2
Other information
Opened	December 20, 1920; 104 years ago (1920-12-20)
Accessible	ADA-accessible
Opposite- direction transfer	N/A
Traffic
2023	1,180,813  5.1%
Rank	265 out of 423
Station succession
Next north	(Terminal): 6  <6> ​
Next south	Template:NYCS next Template:NYCS next
Location Show map of New York City SubwayShow map of New York CityShow map of New York
Street map
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops in station at all times Stops all times except late nights Stops late nights only Stops late nights and weekends only Stops weekdays during the day Stops weekends during the day Stops all times except rush hours in the peak direction Stops all times except weekdays in the peak direction Stops all times except nights and rush hours in the peak direction Stops rush hours only Stops rush hours in the peak direction only Station is closed (Details about time periods)

Pelham Bay Park is the northern terminal station of the IRT Pelham Line of the New York City Subway. Located by Pelham Bay Park, at the intersection of the Bruckner Expressway and Westchester Avenue in the Bronx, it is served by the 6 train at all times, except weekdays in the peak direction, and the <6> train on weekdays in the peak direction.

Services

During weekdays from approximately 6:30 AM to 8:45 PM (6:30 to 20:45), the station is solely served by <6> trains that change designations here. In the morning, 6 trains arriving become <6> trains for the return trip to Manhattan. In the afternoon and early evening, <6> trains arriving become 6 trains for the return trip. The northern end of the Pelham line is served by a local train at all times except for rush hours (<6> trains make local stops north of Parkchester). During the morning rush, select 6 trains short turn at Parkchester to become local 6 trains for the return trip; during the evening rush, all local 6 trains short turn at Parkchester. The <6> trains are express using the center track, from Parkchester to Third Avenue in the morning and the opposite in the evening.

Station description

This is an elevated station which has two tracks, one island platform and two disused side platforms. The tracks end at bumper blocks at the north end of the platforms. The station was formerly set up as a Spanish solution with alighting passengers using the side platforms and boarding passengers using the island platform. Now all passengers use the island platform. In 2005, work commenced to build rooms on the side platforms for temporary crew use while the crew quarters at the north end of the station was rebuilt. At the south end is a staff-only crossover bridge between the center and west side platform. It also used to connect to the east side platform but that portion has been removed. There is also a tower and crew facilities at the south end. There are old style signs which are covered over on the main platform.

In the 1970s, the Pelham line was planned to be extended to Co-op City, making this station no longer a terminus; financial woes caused the plan to be shelved.

Fare control is in the mezzanine below the platforms. There are two staircases, an escalator, and an elevator that lead to Westchester Avenue. There is also a pedestrian bridge from the station entrance that crosses the Bruckner Expressway and leads to Pelham Bay Park.

Station layout

P Platform level	Side platform, not in service
	Southbound	← Template:NYCS-bull-small Template:NYCS-bull-small toward Brooklyn Bridge – City Hall (Buhre Avenue) (No service: Parkchester)
	Island platform, doors will open on the left or right
	Southbound	← Template:NYCS-bull-small Template:NYCS-bull-small toward Brooklyn Bridge – City Hall (Buhre Avenue) No service: Parkchester)
	Side platform, not in service
M	Mezzanine	Station agent, MetroCard vending machines, fare control Elevator at back of station beyond escalators, near corner of Westchester Avenue and Bruckner Boulevard
G	Street Level	Exit/ Entrance

The Taking of Pelham One Two Three superstition

In the novel The Taking of Pelham One Two Three by Morton Freedgood and its film adaptations (the 1974 original and the 1998 and 2009 remakes), the train that gets hijacked leaves the Pelham Bay Park station at 1:23 p.m. (hence the title). Realizing that it would become too much of a reminder to the public, after the 1974 film's release, the New York City Transit Authority, for many years, banned any schedule of a train leaving this station either at 1:23 in the afternoon, or in the morning. Eventually, this policy was rescinded, but due to the superstitions involved, dispatchers have continued to avoid scheduling a Manhattan-bound train to leave at 1:23.

Nearby points of interest

• Pelham Bay Park
• Bartow-Pell Mansion
• City Island
• Co-op City
• Bay Plaza
• Orchard Beach

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. "Facts and Figures: Annual Subway Ridership". New York City Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved 2013-04-02.
4. Dwyer, Jim (1991). Subway lives : 24 hours in the life of the New York City subway. New York: Crown. ISBN 0-517-58445-X.

External links

Media related to Pelham Bay Park (IRT Pelham Line) at Wikimedia Commons

• nycsubway.org – IRT Pelham Line: Pelham Bay Park
• Station Reporter — 6 Train
• The Subway Nut — Pelham Bay Park Pictures
• Burr Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View
• Bruckner Boulevard entrance from Google Maps Street View

• Accessible New York City Subway stations
• IRT Pelham Line stations
• New York City Subway stations in the Bronx
• Railway stations opened in 1920