| Parkchester | |
| Former: | Parkchester–East 177th Street East 177th Street–Parkchester East 177th Street |
| Address: | Hugh J. Grant Circle Bronx, NY |
| Borough: | The Bronx |
| Locale: | Parkchester, Unionport |
| Coordinates: | 40.8333°N -73.861°W |
| Division: | IRT |
| Line: | IRT Pelham Line |
| Service: | Pelham |
| Platforms: | 2 island platforms cross-platform interchange |
| Tracks: | 3 |
| Structure: | Elevated |
| Open Date: | [1] |
| Accessible: | construction |
The Parkchester station is an express station on the IRT Pelham Line of the New York City Subway. It is located above Hugh J. Grant Circle in the Parkchester neighborhood of the Bronx, where East 177th Street (the Cross Bronx Expressway service road), Metropolitan Avenue, and Westchester Avenue intersect. The station is served by the 6 train at all times and the <6> train during weekdays in the peak direction.
By passenger count, Parkchester was the third-busiest station in the Bronx in 2017, behind 161st Street–Yankee Stadium and Third Avenue–149th Street, and the busiest station on the Pelham Line.
Parkchester station opened on May 30, 1920.
This station was rehabilitated in 2010.
In 2019, as part of an initiative to increase the accessibility of the New York City Subway system, the MTA announced that it would install elevators at the Parkchester station as part of the MTA's 2020–2024 Capital Program.[2] In December 2022, the MTA announced that it would award a $146 million contract for the installation of eight elevators across four stations, including Parkchester. The work would include demolishing an existing escalator to make way for an elevator.[3]
| P Platform level | Southbound local | ← toward | |
| Island platform | |||
| Peak-direction express | ← AM rush toward Brooklyn Bridge–City Hall PM rush toward → (No service: Pelham Bay Park) → | ||
| Island platform | |||
| Northbound local | PM rush termination track → toward Pelham Bay Park other times (Castle Hill Avenue) → | ||
| M | Mezzanine | Station agent, MetroCard vending machines, fare control | |
| G | Street level | Exit/entrance |
During weekdays, some 6 local trains terminate at Parkchester. All local trains end their runs at Parkchester during the PM rush hour, when the <6> express operates, while selected local trains terminate there during the AM rush hour and the evening. After discharging passengers on the northbound local track, terminating trains use the center track past switches north of the station as a pocket track to relay.
All trains continuing on the IRT Pelham Line north of this station make all subsequent stops, these stations are only served by the <6> in the peak direction when it is operating, and the 6 at all other times.
The station's only exit is a mezzanine in the center of the Hugh Grant Circle, a traffic circle. It has a crossunder and windows in a simulated 12-pane pattern similar to those at Whitlock Avenue. The fare control is at street level and the room features a painting entitled Live The Dream. There is an escalator from fare control to the southbound platform, bypassing the mezzanine.[4]
