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The Pelham Bay Park station is the northern terminal station of the IRT Pelham Line of the New York City Subway.Located across from Pelham Bay Park, at the intersection of the Bruckner Expressway and Westchester Avenue in the Pelham Bay neighborhood of the Bronx, it is served by the 6 train at all times, except weekdays in the peak direction, when the <6> serves it.
The line's northern terminus is located at the southeast corner of Pelham Bay Park, and the IRT station there opened in December 1920. [ 260 ] [ 261 ] An exit from the station leads onto a pedestrian bridge that crosses the expressway and leads directly to the park.
Pelham Bay Naval Training Station was a World War I-era United States Navy training facility located on Rodman's Neck, a peninsula at Pelham Bay Park in the Bronx, New York City. [1] Located near City Island and Westchester County , it was operational from 1917 to 1919.
On January 28, 1931, two southbound morning rush hour trips began starting at Pelham Bay Park instead of Hunts Point Avenue. On April 13, 1931, service to Pelham Bay Park was increased. Two additional southbound trips were added, starting at Pelham Bay Park at 5:50 and 6:10 a.m., reducing headways from ten to five minutes.
The Pelham Parkway station (referred to on strip maps as Pelham Parkway-Esplanade) is a station on the IRT Dyre Avenue Line of the New York City Subway.Located at the intersection of Pelham Parkway North and the Esplanade (erroneously signed as "Esplanade Avenue" in the station) in the Bronx, it is served by the 5 train at all times. [3]
At the Bruckner Interchange, the QBx1 turned onto Bruckner Boulevard (the Bruckner Expressway service road), traveling east then north to the Pelham Bay Park subway station. This section is shared with the Bx5. Only selected buses ran between Flushing and Pelham Bay; most QBx1 runs remained in the Bronx. [2]: 11, 14 [3] [9] [10]
The Bartow-Pell Woods and Pelham Bay Park's lagoon are to the east, while the Pelham Golf Course is to the northwest. Orchard Beach is across the lagoon. [5] A hiking path called the Siwanoy Trail loops around the estate. [11] The nearest New York City Subway station is the Pelham Bay Park station, [12] [13] located across the Hutchinson River. [5]
The line turns off Pelham Parkway onto Burr Avenue stopping at the Pelham Bay Park subway station. From here, the Bx12 services that do not terminate here make a U-turn and join the New England Thruway to Bay Plaza or veer east along Shore Road to Orchard Beach .