The Baychester Avenue station is a station on the IRT Dyre Avenue Line of the New York City Subway, located at the intersection of Baychester and Tillotson Avenues in the Bronx. It is served by the 5 train at all times.

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Baychester Avenue
New York City Subway station (rapid transit)
June 2006 view of the platforms of Baychester Avenue station towards the canopies from the Dyre Avenue-bound platform
Station statistics
Address	Baychester Avenue & Tillotson Avenue Bronx, NY 10475
Borough	The Bronx
Locale	Eastchester, Baychester
Coordinates	40.87864°N 73.838369°W / 40.87864; -73.838369
Division	A (IRT, formerly NYW&B)[1]
Line	IRT Dyre Avenue Line
Services	5  (all times)
Structure	Embankment
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	3 (2 in regular service)
Other information
Opened	May 29, 1912; 110 years ago (1912-05-29) (NYW&B station) May 15, 1941; 81 years ago (1941-05-15) (re-opened as a Subway station)
Closed	December 12, 1937; 84 years ago (1937-12-12) (NYW&B station)
Opposite- direction transfer	Yes
Traffic
2019	1,094,872[2]  8.8%
Rank	346 out of 424[2]
Services Preceding station New York City Subway Following station Eastchester–Dyre Avenue Terminus Local Gun Hill Road toward Flatbush Avenue–Brooklyn College
Former services Preceding station New York, Westchester and Boston Railway Following station Dyre Avenue toward Columbus Avenue Main Line Gun Hill Road toward Harlem River
Location Show map of New York City Subway Show map of New York City Show map of New York
Track layout Legend to Dyre Av to Gun Hill Rd
Street map
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops all times Stops weekdays and weekday late nights Stops weekends and weekend late nights

History

Baychester Avenue opened on May 29, 1912 as a local station of the New York, Westchester and Boston Railway (NYW&B). This station was closed on December 12, 1937 when the NYW&B went bankrupt.[3]

The New York City Board of Transportation (BOT) bought the NYW&B within the Bronx north of East 180th Street in April 1940 for $1.8 million and rehabilitated the line.[4]^: 59–60 On May 15, 1941, a shuttle service was implemented between Dyre Avenue and East 180th Street using IRT gate cars.[5][6] The Dyre Avenue Line was connected directly to the White Plains Road Line north of East 180th Street for $3 million and through service began on May 6, 1957.[7][8]

On February 27, 1962, the New York City Transit Authority announced a $700,000 modernization plan of the Dyre Avenue Line. The plan included the reconstruction of the Dyre Avenue station, and the extension of the platforms of the other four stations on the line, including Baychester Avenue to 525 feet (160 m) to accommodate ten-car trains. At the time, the line was served by 9-car trains during the day, and 3-car shuttles overnight. Between 1954 and 1961, ridership on the line increased by 100%, owing to the development of the northeast Bronx.[9][10]

On April 18, 1965, IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line trains and IRT Lexington Avenue Line trains swapped their northern routings, with Broadway–Seventh Avenue 2 trains running via the IRT White Plains Road Line to 241st Street, and Lexington Avenue 5 trains running via the Dyre Avenue Line to Dyre Avenue.[11][12][13] The line is still operated as a shuttle late nights.[14]

The northbound platform was closed between September 9, 1991 and June 15, 1992 so that it could be rehabilitated. The platform was supposed to reopen in May. As part of the project, the station received an improved electrical system, new lighting, reinforced concrete platforms, a new canopy, a new drainage system, new graphics on windscreens and new handrails.[15][16]

Station layout

P Platform level	Side platform
	Northbound local	← toward Dyre Avenue (Terminus)
	Northbound express	→ Trackbed
	Southbound express	→ No regular service
	Southbound local	→ toward Flatbush Avenue weekdays, Bowling Green evenings/weekends (Gun Hill Road) → → late night shuttle toward East 180th Street (Gun Hill Road) →
	Side platform
M	Mezzanine	Fare control, station agent, MetroCard vending machines
G	Street level	Entrances/exits

The station has two side platforms and three tracks with space for a fourth. It is on an embankment with a cut in the embankment for the street to run below (Baychester Avenue).

Exit

The station house is on street level below the platforms and tracks on their extreme north end. A staircase from each platform goes down to an underpass, where on the Dyre Avenue-bound side, a single exit-only turnstile leads to a set of doors to the streets. The main fare control area is on the Manhattan-bound side. It has a set of doors to the underpass, another to the platform stairs, a turnstile bank, token booth, and doors to the streets.[17]

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Baychester Avenue (IRT Dyre Avenue Line).

• nycsubway.org – IRT White Plains Road Line: Baychester Avenue
• Station Reporter — 5 Train
• The Subway Nut — Baychester Avenue Pictures Archived 2011-11-18 at the Wayback Machine
• New York, Westchester and Boston Railway - Baychester Avenue Station
• Baychester Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View
• Platforms from Google Maps Street View

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