The Burke Avenue station is a local

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on the

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of the

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. Located in

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at the intersection of Burke Avenue and

White Plains Road White Plains Road is a major north-south thoroughfare which runs the length of the New York City borough of the Bronx. It runs from Castle Hill and Clason Point in the south to Wakefield in the north, where it crosses the city line and becomes ...

, it is served by the 2 train at all times and by the 5 train during rush hours in the peak direction.

History

This station was built under the

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. It opened on March 3, 1917, as part of an extension of the IRT White Plains Road Line from East 177th Street–East Tremont Avenue to East 219th Street–White Plains Road, providing the Bronx communities of Williamsbridge and

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with access to rapid transit service. Service on the new portion of the line was operated as a four-car shuttle from 177th Street due to the power conditions at the time. The city government took over the IRT's operations on June 12, 1940. It was renovated in 2004-2005 at a cost of approximately $12.48 million.

Station layout

This elevated station has three tracks and two

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s. The center track is not normally used in revenue service. Both platforms have beige windscreens and red canopies with green outlines, frames, and support columns in the center and black, waist-high steel fences at either ends with lampposts at regular intervals. The windscreens have mesh fences at various points. The station signs are in the standard black name plates with white lettering. The 2006 artwork here is called ''Bronx Literature'' by Béatrice Coron. It consists of

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panels on the platform windscreens featuring scenes from various works of literature written by four authors,

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Nicholasa Mohr Nicholasa Mohr (born November 1, 1938) is one of the best known Nuyorican writers, born in the United States to Puerto Rican parents. In 1973, she became the first Nuyorican woman in the 20th century to have her literary works published by the maj ...

, and

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, all of whom have lived in or wrote about the Bronx.

Exits

This station has one elevated station house beneath the center of the platforms and tracks. Two staircases from each platform go down to a waiting area. The back of the token booth faces this crossunder with a steel fences on either side. On the

-bound side, there are two exit only turnstiles. On the

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-bound side, there is an emergency gate and a bank of three

turnstile A turnstile (also called a turnpike, gateline, baffle gate, automated gate, turn gate in some regions) is a form of gate which allows one person to pass at a time. A turnstile can be configured to enforce one-way human traffic. In addition, a t ...

s. Outside

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, two staircases go down to the northwest and southeast corners of Burke Avenue and White Plains Road. The station house has windows.

References

External links

* * nycsubway.org �
Bronx Literature Artwork by Béatrice Coron (2006)
* Station Reporter �

* The Subway Nut �

* MTA's Arts For Transit �

* [https://maps.google.com/maps?ie=UTF8&layer=c&cbll=40.871718,-73.867249&panoid=xcn6Dal2_IEJb0whq_26_Q&cbp=12,222.8,,0,9.33&ll=40.871615,-73.867253&spn=0,0.009624&z=17 Burke Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View]
Platforms from Google Maps Street View
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