176th Street station

The Dual Contracts, which were signed on March 19, 1913, were contracts for the construction and/or rehabilitation and operation of rapid transit lines in the City of New York. The contracts were "dual" in that they were signed between the City and two separate private companies (the Interborough Rapid Transit Company and the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company), all working together to make the construction of the Dual Contracts possible. The Dual Contracts promised the construction of several lines in the Bronx. As part of Contract 3, the IRT agreed to build an elevated line along Jerome Avenue in the Bronx.^[4][5][6]

176th Street station opened as part of the initial section of the line to Kingsbridge Road on June 2, 1917. Service was initially operated as a shuttle between Kingsbridge Road and 149th Street.^[7][8] Through service to the IRT Lexington Avenue Line began on July 17, 1918.^[9] The line was completed with a final extension to Woodlawn on April 15, 1918.^[10] This section was initially served by shuttle service, with passengers transferring at 167th Street.^[11][12] The construction of the line encouraged development along Jerome Avenue, and led to the growth of the surrounding communities.^[7] The city government took over the IRT's operations on June 12, 1940.^[13][14]

On July 5, 2004, this station, 170th Street, and Fordham Road closed for four months so they could be renovated. As part of the project, new canopy roofs, walls, lighting, staircases, floors, and a public address system would be installed at each station.^[15]

Platform level	Side platform
	Northbound local	← toward Woodlawn (Burnside Avenue)
	Peak-direction express	← does not stop here (select rush hour trips)
	Southbound local	→ toward Crown Heights–Utica Avenue (New Lots Avenue late nights) (Mount Eden Avenue) →
	Side platform
Mezzanine		Fare control, station agent, MetroCard and OMNY machines
Ground	Street level	Entrances/exits

This elevated station has three tracks with two side platforms.^[16] The 4 stops here at all times.^[17]

The station has old style signs painted over and covered up with new style signs, and features new^[when?] fare control railings as a crossunder.^{[citation needed]}

The 2006 artwork here is called Reaching Out For Each Other by Juan Sánchez. It features stained glass windows on the platform windscreens and station house that each feature a hand as a central element to depict their use as a universal language.^[18]

Exits

The fare control is in a mezzanine below the tracks. Outside fare control, stairs lead to either southwest corner of Jerome Avenue and 176th Street.^[19]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to 176th Street (IRT Jerome Avenue Line).

• nycsubway.org – IRT Woodlawn Line: 176th Street
• nycsubway.org — Reaching Out For Each Other Artwork by Juan Sanchez (2006)
• Station Reporter — 4 Train
• The Subway Nut — 176th Street Pictures Archived February 23, 2020, at the Wayback Machine
• MTA's Arts For Transit — 176th Street (IRT Jerome Avenue Line)
• 176th Street entrance from Google Maps Street View
• Platforms from Google Maps Street View