Pelham Bay Park
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Pelham Bay Park is the last stop on the 6 train Pelham Line and the most southern Bronx terminus, farthest away from Westchester County. It located along the southern portion of Pelham Bay Park, New York Cityâs largest park. This makes it an important bus connection point for passengers continuing north farther into the Bronx including to post-1950s car-oriented destinations to Co-Op City and the Bay Plaza Mall. Subway extensions to Co-Op City have been proposed ever since 1968 with none ever coming farther than the initial drawing board. The station also has summer only connecting bus service to Orchard Beach, the only public beach in the Bronx, and year-round bus service to City Island one of the Bronxâs most unique communities accessible only via a road through Pelham Bay Park.
The station was renovated with elevators installed in December 1989, making it one of the first ADA accessible subway stations, with the elevator closed for replacement from June 2015 to April 2016 after it reached the end of its 25 year useful life. This 1989 renovation also contributed to unique triangular light fixtures lining the exposed portions of both platforms along with unique signage in a few areas of the station. Some station signs (particularly for the station entrances) are on a unique yellow background.
For trains, the station is like all other elevated IRT terminuses in the Bronx, with two tracks and three platforms. The side platforms are no longer in passenger use, now containing a myriad of small, enclosed areas for crew purposes. All access to the island platform is via exits just beyond the bumper blocks, passengers leave the platforms via two staircases, one at the very end of the island platform, and one at the end of the eastern side platform. Between these staircases is the entrance to the elevator down to the station mezzanine, and very short staircases down to crew quarters at nearly the same level inside the concrete clad station house. Arriving directly along the southern side platform (passengers then walk around the end of the bumper blocks to reach trains) is also an always up-only escalator from the mezzanine up to the platform. The separate and clearly not part of the original station escalator structure is clearly visible from street level.
The mezzanine contains turnstiles directly in front of the two staircases with the elevator on each side plus the bottom of the escalator, facing the token booth. A 1980s touch is a backlit Entry 6 sign above the turnstiles. Exits are a bit complicated; two staircases lead down directly to street-level from each side of the station house. These staircases are in the dark, enclosed by concrete walls and are inside a plaza formed by Westchester Avenue, Bruckner Blvd, and Amendola Place. Entering the station house beneath the elevated in its own enclosed structure, with windows, clearly added on later is an escalator up to the mezzanine from this same plaza. Finally, next to the token booth is the upper landing of the street elevator next to four sets of silver doors that lead to a pedestrian bridge. This pedestrian bridge crosses over Bruckner Blvd that is the service roads for I-95, (at the northern end of the Bruckner Expressway) running in a trench in this area. The bridge ends at a wide gentle exposed to the elements ramp on the opposite side of the Bruckner Expressway. The bridge providing safe pedestrian access to Pelham Bay Park (the station acts as a pedestrian cut-through, not just a subway station entrance) and Bx29 buses to City Island.
Photos 1: May 8, 2004; 2-3: December 29, 2006; 4-25: June 9, 2011; 26-43: September 10, 2012; 44-59: April 4, 2013;
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R142A #7395 leaves Castle Hill Avenue at the back of a <6> Express train (which become local north of Parkchester where 6 locals terminate).
R142A #7395 curves through the Low-rise North Bronx north of Castle Hill Avenue
A R142A 6 train viewable between the buildings north of Castle Hill Avenue
Looking under the end of the elevated structure at the station's entrance
The bottom of the clearly not original but closed (with an acutal drop-down gate) escalator up into the station
The tile wall of the added later escalator shaft and concrete of the original entrance building
A staircase surrounded by concrete into the station
Looking across to the clad in concrete entrance plaza
Under the bridge from the station's mezzanine across the Bruckner Expressway, I-95, signs for the subway station
The dimly lit entrance area into the station
Entering the fairly cramped mezzanine
On the middle of the footbridge over I-95 for access to Pelham Bay Park and Bus connections
The end of the footbridge close to the station
Turnstiles inside the station house
An entry 6 sign in an illuminated lightbox above the turnstiles and countdown clock.
The area beyond fare control for the staircase elevator and escalator up to the platform
Entrance to the escalator, originally designed to shut-off when no one was using it with a Mat by the entrance (hence the Do Not Enter and Enter to Start signs)
The escalator arrives at one of the side platforms, this sign says 6 trains stop at center of platform which isn't very clear, 6 Trains stop at Center platform would be clearer
One of the bumper blocks, and narrow entrance to the island platform where all trains open their doors, it has unique silver fencing around it
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