Gun Hill Road station (IRT White Plains Road Line)

Gun Hill Road is an express station on the IRT White Plains Road Line of the New York City Subway. Located in the Bronx at the intersection of Gun Hill and White Plains Roads,[3] it is served by the 2 train at all times and by the 5 train during rush hours in the peak direction; limited a.m. rush hour 5 trains from Manhattan also terminate at this station in the northbound direction only.

Not to be confused with Gun Hill Road (IRT Dyre Avenue Line).

 Gun Hill Road
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New York City Subway station (rapid transit)
The Gun Hill Road station platform in April 2015.
Station statistics
AddressEast Gun Hill Road & White Plains Road
Bronx, NY 10467
BoroughThe Bronx
LocaleWilliamsbridge, Allerton
Coordinates40.877°N 73.867°W / 40.877; -73.867
DivisionA (IRT)
LineIRT White Plains Road Line
IRT Third Avenue Line (formerly)
Services   2  (all times)
​   5  (limited weekday rush hour service in the peak direction)
Transit NYCT Bus: Bx28, Bx30, Bx38, Bx39, Bx41, Bx41 SBS
MTA Bus: BxM11
Metro-North: Harlem Line (at Williams Bridge)
StructureElevated
Levels2 (lower level abandoned)
Platforms2 island platforms
cross-platform interchange
Tracks3
Other information
OpenedMarch 3, 1917 (1917-03-03) (upper level)
October 4, 1920 (1920-10-04) (lower level)
ClosedApril 29, 1973 (1973-04-29) (lower level)
Station code421[1]
Accessible ADA-accessible
Opposite-
direction
transfer		Yes
Traffic
20192,271,942[2]  3.4%
Rank208 out of 424[2]
Station succession
Next northWakefield–241st Street (express): no regular service
219th Street (local): 2  ​5 
Next southBurke Avenue (local): 2  ​5 
East 180th Street (express): no regular service
210th Street–Williamsbridge (3rd Ave. local; demolished)
Fordham Road–190th Street (3rd Ave. express; demolished)

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 lower level was used by the IRT Third Avenue Line from October 4, 1920,[7] until the line's abandonment on April 29, 1973.[8]

The station was renovated in 2007 at a cost of $31.68 million.[9]

Station layout
P
Platform level		 Northbound local ← toward 241st Street (219th Street)
← PM rush toward Nereid Avenue (219th Street)
Island platform
Peak-direction express → No regular service (241st Street or East 180th Street)
Island platform
Southbound local ← toward Flatbush Avenue via Seventh (Burke Avenue) →
← AM rush toward Flatbush Avenue via Lexington (Burke Avenue) →
M Mezzanine Fare control, station agent, former Third Avenue El platform
Elevator inside main entrance in White Plains Road median between Gun Hill Road and 211th Street
G Street level Exit/entrance
Entrance

The station was designed as a bi-level station. The upper level has three tracks and two island platforms, while the lower level had two tracks and one wide island platform. North of the station, the lower level tracks rose and joined, making a five track line for a short distance. From west to east, they were as follows: White Plains Road Line southbound local, Third Avenue Line southbound, White Plains Road Line center express, Third Avenue Line northbound, White Plains Road Line northbound local.[10]

Exit

The station's only exit is at a street-level station house at the north side of Gun Hill Road in the median of White Plains Road. The mid-2000s refurbishment removed the Third Avenue el level and upgraded the station with the new station house at street level. The original station house was one short block north at East 211th Street. New escalators and elevators now make this station ADA-accessible.[11]

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. "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. 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. Fischler, Stan (1997). The Subway: A Trip Through Time on New York's Rapid Transit. Flushing, NY: H&M Productions. pp. 245–249. ISBN 1-882608-19-4.
  8. Blumenthal, Ralph (August 27, 1977). "Now That El's Gone, Bronx Hub Sees A Brighter Future" (PDF). The New York Times. Retrieved September 24, 2015.
  9. MTA 2006 Adopted Budget - February Financial Plan - Part 3 (PDF) (Report). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2006. p. 45. 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. "Gun Hill Road Neighborhood Map" (PDF). new.mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. April 2018. Retrieved February 28, 2019.
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