The Castle Hill Avenue station is a local station on the IRT Pelham Line of the New York City Subway. Located at the intersection of Castle Hill and Westchester Avenues in the Castle Hill neighborhood in the Bronx, it is served by the 6 train at all times except weekdays in the peak direction, when the <6> train takes over.

 Castle Hill Avenue
 "6" train"6" express train
New York City Subway station (rapid transit)
Platforms
Station statistics
AddressCastle Hill Avenue & Westchester Avenue
Bronx, NY 10462
BoroughThe Bronx
LocaleUnionport, Parkchester, Westchester Square
Coordinates40°50′03″N 73°51′06″W / 40.834139°N 73.851686°W / 40.834139; -73.851686
DivisionA (IRT)[1]
LineIRT Pelham Line
Services   6 all times except weekdays until 8:45 p.m., peak direction (all times except weekdays until 8:45 p.m., peak direction) <6> weekdays until 8:45 p.m., peak direction (weekdays until 8:45 p.m., peak direction)​
TransitBus transport NYCT Bus: Bx4, Bx22
StructureElevated
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks3 (2 in regular service)
Other information
OpenedOctober 24, 1920; 103 years ago (1920-10-24)
RebuiltOctober 5, 2013; 10 years ago (October 5, 2013) to May 4, 2014; 9 years ago (May 4, 2014)
Opposite-
direction
transfer
Yes
Traffic
20221,196,644[3]Increase 14.7%
Rank242 out of 423[3]
Services
Preceding station New York City Subway New York City Subway Following station
Zerega Avenue
6 all times except weekdays until 8:45 p.m., peak direction <6> weekdays until 8:45 p.m., peak direction

Local
Parkchester
6 all times except weekdays until 8:45 p.m., peak direction <6> weekdays until 8:45 p.m., peak direction
Location
Castle Hill Avenue station is located in New York City Subway
Castle Hill Avenue station
Castle Hill Avenue station is located in New York City
Castle Hill Avenue station
Castle Hill Avenue station is located in New York
Castle Hill Avenue station
Track layout

Street map

Map

Station service legend
Symbol Description
Stops all times except rush hours in the peak direction Stops all times except rush hours in the peak direction
Stops rush hours in the peak direction only Stops rush hours in the peak direction only

Station layout edit

Platform level Side platform
Southbound local    toward Brooklyn Bridge–City Hall (Parkchester)
Peak-direction express No regular service
Northbound local    toward Pelham Bay Park (Zerega Avenue)
Side platform
Mezzanine Fare control, station agent, MetroCard machines
Ground Street level Exit/entrance

This elevated station has three tracks and two side platforms. The center track is not used in regular service.[4] 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.[5] The next stop to the south is Parkchester, while the next stop to the north is Zerega Avenue.[6] It resembles other elevated stations along the line, with wood mezzanines and no windscreens along the platform edges.

The station is located north of the Castle Hill neighborhood, and the street that the station is named for leads to that neighborhood.

From October 5, 2013, to May 4, 2014, the station was closed for rehabilitation work.[7]

Exits edit

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 Castle Hill Avenue.[8]

References edit

  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 (2017–2022)". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2022. Retrieved November 8, 2023.
  3. ^ a b "Annual Subway Ridership (2017–2022)". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2022. Retrieved November 8, 2023.
  4. ^ Dougherty, Peter (2020). Tracks of the New York City Subway 2020 (16th ed.). Dougherty. OCLC 1056711733.
  5. ^ "6 Subway Timetable, Effective August 12, 2023". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved August 26, 2023.
  6. ^ "Subway Map" (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. September 2021. Retrieved September 17, 2021.
  7. ^ Temporary Station Closures Archived April 11, 2014, at the Wayback Machine
  8. ^ "Castle Hill Avenue Neighborhood Map" (PDF). new.mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. April 2018. Retrieved February 28, 2019.

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