Intervale Avenue  ​
SouthboundR142 train at the station
Station statistics
Address	Intervale Avenue & Westchester Avenue Bronx, New York
Borough	The Bronx
Locale	Longwood
Coordinates	40°49′19″N73°53′49″W / 40.822°N 73.897°W /40.822; -73.897
Division	A (IRT)[1]
Line	IRT White Plains Road Line
Services	2  (all times) ​  5  (all times except rush hours in the peak direction and late nights)
Transit	NYCT Bus:Bx4,Bx6,Bx6 SBS[2]
Structure	Elevated
Platforms	2side platforms
Tracks	3
Other information
Opened	April 30, 1910; 115 years ago (1910-04-30)
Rebuilt	April 21, 1992; 33 years ago (1992-04-21) (re-opened after 1989 fire)
Former/other names	Intervale Avenue–163rd Street
Traffic
2024	535,565[3]  7.7%
Rank	377 out of 423[3]
Services Preceding station New York City Subway Following station Simpson Street 2  ​5  viaEast 180th Street Local Prospect Avenue 2  ​5  towardFlatbush Avenue–Brooklyn College
Location Show map of New York City Subway Show map of New York City Show map of New York
Track layout Legend toSimpson Street toProspect Avenue
Street map
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops all times except rush hours in the peak direction Stops all times

TheIntervale Avenue station (formerly theIntervale Avenue–163rd Street station^[4]) is a localstation on theIRT White Plains Road Line of theNew York City Subway. Located at the intersection of Intervale and Westchester Avenues in theLongwood neighborhood ofthe Bronx within Intervale Valley, it is served by the2 train at all times, and the5 train at all times except late nights and rush hours in the peak direction.

The initial segment of the IRT White Plains Road Line opened on November 26, 1904 between180th Street–Bronx Park andJackson Avenue.^[5][6][7] The Intervale Avenue station opened on April 30, 1910 as aninfill station on the White Plains Road Line, and was the first station in the Bronx with escalators. It was built at the cost of $100,000, which was paid with private capital.^[8][9] The station was originally served by trains from theIRT Second Avenue Line and theIRT Third Avenue Line, both now demolished. In addition,IRT Lenox Avenue Line trains also stopped at this station.^[10][6][11]

The New York State Transit Commission announced plans to extend the southbound platforms at seven stations on the line fromJackson Avenue to177th Street to accommodate ten-car trains for $81,900 on August 8, 1934. The platform at Intervale Avenue would be lengthened from 433 feet (132 m) to 481 feet (147 m).^[12]

The city government took over the IRT's operations on June 12, 1940.^[13][14] The Bergen Avenue cutoff, which allowed Third Avenue trains to access the White Plains Road Line, was abandoned on November 5, 1946, as part of the gradual curtailment of elevated service on the IRT Third Avenue Line.^[6] On June 13, 1949, the platform extensions at this station, as well as those on White Plains Road Line stations betweenJackson Avenue and177th Street, opened. The platforms were lengthened to 514 feet (157 m) to allow full ten-car express trains to open their doors. Previously the stations could only accommodate six-car local trains.^[15]

On March 15, 1989, three men set the wooden station house on fire after a failed attempt to rob the token booth. The clerk was not seriously injured, while the suspects fled and were never identified.^[4][16]

After the incident,New York City Transit considered closing this station indefinitely due to its close proximity toProspect Avenue andSimpson Street. However, a community uproar led to the scrapping of the plans.^[4] The station was rebuilt with steel canopies and windscreens and a concrete station house with glass block windows and embossed leather-looking walls. Renovations took two and a half years.^[17] Artwork calledEl 2/El 5 by Michael Kelly Williams was installed in themezzanine and features twomosaic murals depicting underground and elevated tracks. The renovated station reopened on April 21, 1992 after twenty months of work was completed.^[18]

Platform level	Side platform
	Northbound local	← towardWakefield–241st Street(Simpson Street) ← towardEastchester–Dyre Avenue(Simpson Street)
	Peak-direction express	← AM / PM rush does not stop here →
	Southbound local	← towardFlatbush Avenue–Brooklyn College viaSeventh(Prospect Avenue) → ← toward Flatbush Avenue–Brooklyn College viaLexington weekdays, Bowling Green evenings/weekends(Prospect Avenue) →
	Side platform
Mezzanine		Fare control, station agent,OMNY machines
Ground	Street level	Exit/entrance

This elevated station has three tracks and twoside platforms. The center express track is used by the 5 train during rush hours in the peak direction. Both platforms have beige windscreens that run along the entire length and brown canopies with green frames and support columns in the center.^{[citation needed]}

The station's only entrance is an elevated station house beneath the tracks. Insidefare control, it has two staircases to the center of each platform and a waiting area that allows a free transfer between directions. Outside fare control, there is aturnstile bank, token booth, one staircase going down to the southeast corner of Intervale and Westchester Avenues, and one staircase and one enclosed escalator (both perpendicular from each other) going down to the northeast corner.^[19]

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