170th Street station (IND Concourse Line)

For the station at 170th Street & Jerome Avenue, see 170th Street (IRT Jerome Avenue Line).

170 Street  ​
New York City Subway station (rapid transit)
Station curvature
Station statistics
Address	East 170th Street & Grand Concourse Bronx, New York
Borough	The Bronx
Locale	Highbridge
Coordinates	40.838814°N 73.913741°W / 40.838814; -73.913741
Division	B (IND)[1]
Line	IND Concourse Line
Services	B  (weekdays only) ​   D  (all except rush hours, peak direction)
Transit	NYCT Bus: Bx1, Bx2, Bx11, Bx18 MTA Bus: BxM4
Structure	Underground
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	3
Other information
Opened	July 1, 1933 (91 years ago) (1933-07-01)
Opposite- direction transfer	Yes
Traffic
2023	1,001,022[2]  10.8%
Rank	292 out of 423[2]
Services Preceding station New York City Subway Following station 174th–175th Streets B  ​D  toward Norwood–205th Street 167th Street B  ​D  toward Coney Island–Stillwell Avenue
Location Show map of New York City Subway Show map of New York City Show map of New York
Track layout to 174th–175th Streets to 167th Street
Street map
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops all times except rush hours in the peak direction Stops rush hours only Stops weekdays during the day

The 170th Street station is a local station on the IND Concourse Line of the New York City Subway, located at the Grand Concourse between East 170th and 171st Streets in the Highbridge neighborhood of the Bronx. It is served by the D train at all times except rush hours in the peak direction and the B train weekdays only. The station opened in 1933, along with the rest of the Concourse Line.

History

This station was built as part of the IND Concourse Line, which was one of the original lines of the city-owned Independent Subway System (IND).^[3][4] The route of the Concourse Line was approved to Bedford Park Boulevard on June 12, 1925, by the New York City Board of Transportation.^[4][5] Construction of the line began in July 1928.^[6] The station opened on July 1, 1933, along with the rest of the Concourse subway.^[7][8]

Station layout

Ground	Street level	Exit/entrance
Mezzanine		Fare control, station agent, MetroCard and OMNY machines
Platform level	Side platform
	Northbound local	← toward Bedford Park Boulevard rush hours (174th–175th Streets) ← toward Norwood–205th Street (174th–175th Streets)
	Peak-direction express	← PM rush does not stop here ← AM rush does not stop here →
	Southbound local	→ toward Brighton Beach rush hours (167th Street) → → toward Coney Island–Stillwell Avenue (167th Street) →
	Side platform

Name tablet mosaic

This underground station has three tracks and two side platforms. The center express track is used by the D train during rush hours in the peak direction.^[9]

Both platforms have an orange trim line on a black border and name tablets reading "170TH ST." in white sans-serif lettering on a black background. Small "170" and directional tile captions in white lettering on a black background run below the trim line and name tablets. Orange-yellow I-beam columns run along both platforms and the full-time mezzanine at regular intervals with alternating ones having the standard black station name plate with white lettering.

South of this station, a fourth track to the west of the line begins at a bumper block. It merges with the southbound local track just before approaching 167th Street and is used for train storage.^[9]

Exits

Entrance on the east side of Grand Concourse

The full-time mezzanine is at the north end of the station. Two staircases from each platform go up to a waiting area/crossover, where a turnstile bank provides access to and from the station. Outside fare control, there is a token booth and two staircases going up to either northern corners of East 171st Street and Grand Concourse.^[10]

Each platform has a same-level un-staffed fare control area at their south ends. On the Manhattan-bound side, a set of regular and High Entry/Exit Turnstiles lead to a mezzanine area, where two staircases go up to either western corners of East 170th Street and Grand Concourse.^[11] The fare control area on the Norwood-bound side is exit only,^[12] containing two high turnstiles and one staircase going up to the southwest corner of East 170th Street and Grand Concourse.^[13][10]

Below this station is a tunnel carrying East 170th Street underneath the Grand Concourse. On both sides of the platforms at the southern end, there were staircases that led down to the East 170th Street underpass;^[14][15] they were closed off to the public for security reasons in 1992.^{[16][17][18][10]}

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. Duffus, R.L. (September 22, 1929). "Our Great Subway Network Spreads Wider" (PDF). The New York Times. Retrieved August 19, 2015.
4. "New Subway Routes in Hylan Program to Cost $186,046,000" (PDF). The New York Times. March 21, 1925. p. 1.
5. "Board Speeds Subway on Grand Concourse" (PDF). The New York Times. September 2, 1928. Retrieved November 4, 2015.
6. Joseph B. Raskin (November 1, 2013). The Routes Not Taken: A Trip Through New York City's Unbuilt Subway System. Fordham University Press. ISBN 978-0-8232-5369-2. Retrieved August 12, 2015.
7. "New Bronx Subway Starts Operation". The New York Times. July 1, 1933. Retrieved February 13, 2010.
8. "Bronx-Concourse New Subway Link Opened at 12:57 A.M." Brooklyn Daily Eagle. July 1, 1933. p. 20. Retrieved October 26, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
9. Dougherty, Peter (2006) [2002]. Tracks of the New York City Subway 2006 (3rd ed.). Dougherty. OCLC 49777633 – via Google Books.
10. "170th Street Neighborhood Map" (PDF). new.mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. April 2018. Retrieved February 28, 2019.
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16. "Img_1217". August 5, 2019.
17. Google maps: northern corner at the 170th Street underpass
18. Google maps: southern corner at the 170th Street underpass

External links

• nycsubway.org – IND Concourse: 170th Street
• Station Reporter — B Train
• Station Reporter — D Train
• The Subway Nut — 170th Street Pictures Archived February 23, 2020, at the Wayback Machine
• 170th Street entrance from Google Maps Street View
• 171st Street entrance from Google Maps Street View
• Platforms from Google Maps Street View