Burke Avenue station

Burke Avenue is a local station on the IRT White Plains Road Line of the New York City Subway. Located in the Bronx at the intersection of Burke Avenue and White Plains Road, it is served by the 2 train at all times and by the 5 train during rush hours in the peak direction.

Burke Avenue  ​
New York City Subway station (rapid transit)
Southbound platform
Station statistics
Address	Burke Avenue & White Plains Road Bronx, NY 10467
Borough	The Bronx
Locale	Allerton, Williamsbridge
Coordinates	40.871°N 73.867°W
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: Bx39 MTA Bus: BxM11
Structure	Elevated
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	3
Other information
Opened	March 3, 1917
Station code	422[1]
Opposite- direction transfer	Yes
Traffic
2019	1,000,896[2]  0.3%
Rank	362 out of 424[2]
Station succession
Next north	Gun Hill Road: 2  ​5
Next south	Allerton Avenue: 2  ​5
Location
Track layout to Gun Hill Rd to Allerton Av
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.[3][4][5]

It was renovated in 2004-2005 at a cost of approximately $12.48 million.[6]

Station layout

P Platform level	Side platform
	Northbound local	← toward 241st Street (Gun Hill Road) ← PM rush toward Nereid Avenue (Gun Hill Road)
	Peak-direction express	→ No regular service
	Southbound local	← toward Flatbush Avenue via Seventh (Allerton Avenue) → ← AM rush toward Flatbush Avenue via Lexington (Allerton Avenue) →
	Side platform
M	Mezzanine	Fare control, station agent, MetroCard machines
G	Street level	Entrances/exits

This elevated station has three tracks and two side platforms.[7] The center track is not normally used in revenue service.

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 Bronx Literature by Béatrice Coron. It consists of stained glass panels on the platform windscreens featuring scenes from various works of literature written by four authors, Sholom Aleichem, James Baldwin, Nicholasa Mohr, and Edgar Allan Poe, all of whom have lived in or wrote about the Bronx.[8][9]

Exits

This station has one elevated station house beneath the center of the platforms and tracks. Two staircases from each platform go down to 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 Burke Avenue and White Plains Road. The station house has windows.[10]

References

1. "Station Developers' Information". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved June 13, 2017.
2. "Facts and Figures: Annual Subway Ridership 2014–2019". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2020. Retrieved May 26, 2020.
3. "Annual report. 1916-1917". HathiTrust. Interborough Rapid Transit Company. December 12, 2013. 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. 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.
7. Dougherty, Peter (2006) [2002]. Tracks of the New York City Subway 2006 (3rd ed.). Dougherty. OCLC 49777633 – via Google Books.
8. "www.nycsubway.org: Artwork: Bronx Literature (Béatrice Coron)". www.nycsubway.org. Archived from the original on October 3, 2016. Retrieved October 2, 2016.
9. "MTA - Arts & Design - Bronx Literature, 2006". web.mta.info. Archived from the original on October 3, 2016. Retrieved October 2, 2016.
10. "Burke 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: Burke Avenue
• nycsubway.org — Bronx Literature Artwork by Béatrice Coron (2006)
• Station Reporter — 2 Train
• The Subway Nut — Burke Avenue Pictures
• MTA's Arts For Transit — Burke Avenue (IRT White Plains Road Line)
• Burke Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View
• Platforms from Google Maps Street View