This station was built as part of the Pelham Line, which was part of the Dual Contracts, signed on March 19, 1913, and also known as the Dual Subway System.[4] The Pelham Line was proposed to be a branch of the Lexington Avenue Line running northeast via 138th Street, Southern Boulevard and Westchester Avenue to Pelham Bay Park.[5] This station opened on October 24, 1920, with the line's extension from East 177th Street to Westchester Square.[6][7][8]: 2389 Service was initially served by a mix of through and shuttle trains during the 1920s.[9]: 73–74
From July 5, 2014, to April 27, 2015, as part of a $109 million rebuilding project at five Pelham Line stations,[2] this station, along with Buhre Avenue, was closed for station rehabilitation work.[10][11]
Station layout
This elevated station has three tracks and two side platforms. The center track is not used in regular service.[12] The 6 local train serves the station at all times except rush hours in the peak direction, when the <6> express train serves the station instead.[13] The next stop to the south is Castle Hill Avenue, while the next stop to the north is Westchester Square–East Tremont Avenue.[14]
It resembles other elevated stations along the line: it has wood mezzanines and no windscreens along the platform edges.
Exits
The station's only exit is a mezzanine beneath the tracks. Outside fare control, stairs lead to the northeast and southwest corners of Westchester Avenue and Zerega Avenue.[15]
References
^"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.
^ a b"Zerega Av and Buhre Av 6 Stations To Reopen After Renewal Project". mta.info (Press release). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. April 24, 2015. Archived from the original on July 28, 2016. Retrieved April 26, 2015.
^"The Dual System of Rapid Transit (1912)". www.nycsubway.org. Retrieved March 25, 2014.
^"Subway Extension Opens Sunday". The New York Times. October 22, 1920. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved December 14, 2016.
^Brooklyn Daily Eagle Almanac. Brooklyn Daily Eagle. 1922. p. 372.
^Moodys Manual of Railroads and Corporation Securities. Moody Manual Company. 1922.
^Annual Report. J.B. Lyon Company. 1922.
^"Zerega Avenue and Buhre Avenue 6 Line Stations to Close for Seven Months for Renewal". Archived from the original on August 21, 2016. Retrieved April 11, 2016.
^"Service Notice". mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved April 11, 2016.
^Dougherty, Peter (2020). Tracks of the New York City Subway 2020 (16th ed.). Dougherty. OCLC 1056711733.