Westchester Square–  East Tremont Avenue  ​
View from the southbound platform, prior to renovation
Station statistics
Address	East Tremont Avenue and Westchester Avenue Bronx, New York
Borough	The Bronx
Locale	Westchester Square
Coordinates	40°50′26″N73°50′31″W / 40.840567°N 73.842072°W /40.840567; -73.842072
Division	A (IRT)[1]
Line	IRT Pelham Line
Services	6  (all times except weekdays until 8:45 p.m., peak direction) <6>  (weekdays until 8:45 p.m., peak direction)​
Transit	NYCT Bus:Bx4,Bx4A,Bx8,Bx21,Bx24,Bx31,Bx40,Bx42
Structure	Elevated
Platforms	2side platforms
Tracks	3 (2 in regular service)
Other information
Opened	October 24, 1920; 105 years ago (October 24, 1920)
Accessible	ADA-accessible
Former/other names	Westchester Square
Traffic
2024	693,959[2]  10.2%
Rank	346 out of 423[2]
Services Preceding station New York City Subway Following station Middletown Road 6  <6> ​ towardPelham Bay Park Local Zerega Avenue 6  <6> ​ towardBrooklyn Bridge–City Hall
Location Show map of New York City Subway Show map of New York City Show map of New York
Track layout Legend toPelham Bay Park toBuhre Avenue Middletown Road toWestchester Yard Westchester Square East Tremont Avenue toZerega Avenue toParkchester
Street map
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops all times except rush hours in the peak direction Stops rush hours in the peak direction only
Westchester Square Station (Dual System IRT)
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
MPS	New York City Subway System MPS
NRHP reference No.	05000227[3]
Added to NRHP	March 30, 2003

TheWestchester Square–East Tremont Avenue station (formerlyWestchester Square station) is a localstation on theIRT Pelham Line of theNew York City Subway. Located at the intersection ofEast Tremont andWestchester Avenues in theWestchester Square neighborhood ofthe Bronx, it is served by the6 train at all times except weekdays in the peak direction, when the<6> train takes over.

This station was built as part of the Pelham Line, which was part of theDual Contracts, signed on March 19, 1913, and also known as the Dual Subway System.^[4] The Pelham Line was proposed to be a branch of theLexington Avenue Line running northeast via138th Street, Southern Boulevard and Westchester Avenue to Pelham Bay Park.^[5] This station opened on October 24, 1920 as the line's new terminal with the line's extension fromEast 177th Street.^{[6][7][8]: 2389} Service was initially served by a mix of through and shuttle trains during the 1920s.^{[9]: 73–74}

In 1981, theMetropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) listed the station among the 69 most deteriorated stations in the subway system.^[10]

Under the 2015–2019 MTA Capital Program, the station, along with thirty other New York City Subway stations, was to undergo a complete overhaul and would have been entirely closed for up to six months. Updates would have included cellular service, Wi-Fi, charging stations, improved signage, and improved station lighting.^[11][12] However, these renovations were deferred due to a lack of funding.^[13] Regardless, the station was closed in one direction for approximately two months (one month per direction) to facilitateADA accessibility renovations.^[14]

As part of a revision to the Capital Program in April 2018, the MTA announced that the station would have elevators installed, making the station ADA-accessible.^[15] By February 2021, funding had been committed to accessibility renovations at the station.^[16] In December 2021, the MTA awarded a contract for the installation of elevators at eight stations, including the Westchester Square station.^[17][18] The project, which also included structural repairs and restoration of historic features, cost $122.5 million, of which $98.6 million was funded by theFederal Transit Administration.^[19] In addition, four new stairways were added, eight stairways were renovated, and new fire alarm and communication systems, andCCTV cameras were installed. As of July 2022^[update], the project was scheduled to be completed in May 2024,^[20] but the elevators did not open until January 2025.^[21][22]

Platform level	Side platform
	Southbound local	← towardBrooklyn Bridge–City Hall(Zerega Avenue)
	Peak-direction express	←No regular service
	Northbound local	→ towardPelham Bay Park(Middletown Road) →
	Side platform
Mezzanine		Fare control, station agent,MetroCard andOMNY machines Elevator at northeast corner of Westchester Avenue and Lane Avenue
Ground	Street level	Exit/entrance

This elevated station has three tracks and twoside platforms. The center track is not used in regular service.^[23] The6 local train serves the station at all times except rush hours in the peak direction, when the<6> express train serves the station instead.^[24] The next stop to the south isZerega Avenue, while the next stop to the north isMiddletown Road.^[25]

As part of theMTA Arts & Design program, the station features astained glass artwork byRomare Bearden, which is known variously asCity of Light^[26][27] orCity of Glass.^[28][29] The artwork, atriptych measuring 9 by 6 feet (2.7 by 1.8 m) across,^[26] depicts a subway train traveling past a skyline.^[28] It was designed in 1982 but not installed until 1993, after Bearden died.^[26][28] The station also has eight painted steel panels in the station walls on the platforms that is intended to honor the area's native inhabitants. This artwork, titledThe Land Between Open Water, is byShervone Neckles, and was installed in 2024.^[21]

There are glass block tile and "uptown" and "downtown" directional mosaics in the mezzanine. From the northbound platform, there is a good view of theBronx–Whitestone andThrogs Neck Bridges.Westchester Yard is locatedrailroad north of the station, to the west of the Pelham Line itself. There are no windscreens.

The station's only exit is a mezzanine beneath the tracks in Westchester Square. Outsidefare control, a stair and an elevator lead to the northeast corner of Westchester Avenue and Lane Avenue.^[30]

<6> train leaving station

City of Light/City of Glass artwork by Romare Bearden (1993)

Street staircase

• Herbert H. Lehman High School^[30]
• Huntington Free Library and Reading Room^[30]
• Montefiore Medical Center^[30]
• St. Peter's Church, Chapel and Cemetery Complex^[30]
• Westchester Creek^[30]

Wikimedia Commons has media related toWestchester Square – East Tremont Avenue (IRT Pelham Line).

• nycsubway.org –IRT Pelham Line: Westchester Square
• nycsubway.org —City of Light Artwork by Romare Bearden (1993)
• nycsubway.org —Unknown Artwork (unknown artist and date)
• Station Reporter —6 Train
• The Subway Nut —Westchester Square–East Tremont Avenue PicturesArchived 2020-07-06 at theWayback Machine
• MTA's Arts For Transit —Westchester Square–East Tremont Avenue (IRT Pelham Line)
• Westchester Square entrance from Google Maps Street View

• Accessible New York City Subway stations
• 1920 establishments in New York City
• IRT Pelham Line stations
• National Register of Historic Places in the Bronx
• New York City Subway stations in the Bronx
• Railway and subway stations on the National Register of Historic Places in New York City
• Railway stations in the United States opened in 1920
• Westchester Square, Bronx

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