Allerton Avenue station

The Allerton Avenue station is a local station on the IRT White Plains Road Line of the New York City Subway. Located in the shopping district at Allerton Avenue and White Plains Road in the Allerton neighborhood of the Bronx,^[3] it is served by the 2 train at all times and by the 5 train during rush hours in the peak direction.

Allerton Avenue  ​
New York City Subway station (rapid transit)
An R142 train sits at the station
Station statistics
Address	Allerton Avenue & White Plains Road Bronx, New York
Borough	The Bronx
Locale	Allerton
Coordinates	40.865°N 73.867°W / 40.865; -73.867
Division	A (IRT)[1]
Line	IRT White Plains Road Line
Services	2  (all times) ​   5  (limited weekday rush hour service in the peak direction)
Transit	NYCT Bus: Bx25, Bx26, Bx39 MTA Bus: BxM11
Structure	Elevated
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	3
Other information
Opened	March 3, 1917; 107 years ago (1917-03-03)
Opposite- direction transfer	Yes
Traffic
2023	874,229[2]  2.5%
Rank	314 out of 423[2]
Services Preceding station New York City Subway Following station Burke Avenue 2  ​5  toward Wakefield–241st Street Local Pelham Parkway 2  ​5  toward Flatbush Avenue–Brooklyn College
Location Show map of New York City Subway Show map of New York City Show map of New York
Track layout Legend to Burke Avenue to Pelham Parkway
Street map
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops all times Stops rush hours in the peak direction only

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.^[4][5][6] The city government took over the IRT's operations on June 12, 1940.^[7][8]

This station was renovated in early 2005 at a cost of $12.76 million.^[9]

Station layout

Platform level	Side platform
	Northbound local	← toward Wakefield–241st Street (Burke Avenue) ← PM rush toward Nereid Avenue (Burke Avenue)
	Peak-direction express	← does not stop here (select AM rush hour trips)
	Southbound local	← toward Flatbush Avenue–Brooklyn College via Seventh (Pelham Parkway) → ← AM rush toward Flatbush Avenue–Brooklyn College via Lexington (Pelham Parkway) →
	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.^[10]

Both platforms have beige windscreens and red canopies with green outlines, frames, and support columns in the center and black, waist-high steel fences at either ends with lampposts at regular intervals. The windscreens have mesh fences at various points. The station signs are in the standard black name plates with white lettering.

The 2006 artwork here is called Allerton Mandalas by Michele Brody. It consists of stained glass panels on the platform windscreens featuring twisting colors of red and green (representing the trunk lines of the 2 and 5 trains).^[11][12]

Exits

This station has one elevated station house beneath the center of the platforms and tracks. Two staircases from each platform go down a waiting area. The back of the token booth faces this crossunder with a steel fences on either side. On the Wakefield-bound side, there are two exit only turnstiles. On the Manhattan-bound side, there is an emergency gate and a bank of three turnstiles. Outside fare control, two staircases go down to the northwest and southeast corners of Allerton Avenue and White Plains Road. The station house has windows.^[13]

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. "Neighborhood Map Pelham Parkway Olinville Pelham Gardens Morris Park" (PDF). mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2015. Retrieved October 2, 2016.
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. 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.
10. Dougherty, Peter (2006) [2002]. Tracks of the New York City Subway 2006 (3rd ed.). Dougherty. OCLC 49777633 – via Google Books.
11. "MTA - Arts & Design | NYCT Permanent Art". web.mta.info. Retrieved October 2, 2016.
12. "www.nycsubway.org: Artwork: Allerton Mandalas (Michele Brody)". www.nycsubway.org. Retrieved October 2, 2016.
13. "Allerton Avenue Neighborhood Map" (PDF). new.mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. April 2018. Retrieved February 28, 2019.

External links

• nycsubway.org – IRT White Plains Road Line: Allerton Avenue
• nycsubway.org — Allerton Mandalas Artwork by Michele Brody (2006)
• The Subway Nut — Allerton Avenue Pictures Archived March 25, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
• MTA's Arts For Transit — Allerton Avenue (IRT White Plains Road Line)
• Allerton Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View
• Platforms from Google Maps Street View