Division A (IRT) Services 6 (all times) Platforms 2 side platforms Opened 7 January 1919 Tracks 3 | Line IRT Pelham Line Structure Underground Borough The Bronx Locale Mott Haven | |
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Address East 143rd Street (St. Mary's Street) & Southern Boulevard
Bronx, NY 10454 Similar Cypress Avenue, Third Avenue–138th Street, Brook Avenue, Hunts Point Avenue, East 149th Street | ||
East 143rd Street–St. Mary's Street is a local station on the IRT Pelham Line of the New York City Subway. It is served by the 6 train at all times, and is located at the intersection of East 143rd Street (also known as St. Mary's Street) and Southern Boulevard in the Bronx.
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Station layout
This underground station, opened on January 7, 1919, has three tracks and two side platforms. The center express track is used by the weekday peak direction <6> service.
Both platforms have their original Dual Contracts mosaic trim line and name tablets. "143" tablets for "East 143rd Street" run along the trim line at regular intervals and the name tablets have "E. 143RD STREET" in all-caps, serif lettering. Dark blue i-beam columns run along the platforms at regular intervals with every other one having the standard black name plate with white lettering.
Both platforms were extended at the east (railroad north) end in the 1960s to accommodate the current standard length of an IRT train (510 feet). The extensions are noticeable as they are narrower than the rest of the platforms, have no columns, and the trim line is blue with "E 143RD ST" in white sans serif font. The extensions result in the platforms being slightly offset.
There are no crossovers or crossunders to allow free transfers between directions. There is a closed newsstand that has been tiled over.
By passenger count, it is both the least-used station in the Bronx and the least-used IRT station citywide.
Exits
Both platforms have one same-level fare control area at the south (geographical west) end. Each one has a turnstile bank, token booth, and two street stairs. The ones on the Pelham Bay Park-bound platform go up to the either southern corners of the T-intersection of Southern Boulevard and East 143rd Street while the ones on the Manhattan-bound platform go up to either northern corners.