Buhre Avenue station

Buhre Avenue  ​
New York City Subway station (rapid transit)
Northbound 6 train leaving the station
Station statistics
Address	Buhre Avenue & Westchester Avenue Bronx, New York
Borough	The Bronx
Locale	Pelham Bay
Coordinates	40°50′49″N 73°49′56″W / 40.846995°N 73.832331°W / 40.846995; -73.832331
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: Bx8, Bx24 MTA Bus: BxM8
Structure	Elevated
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	3 (2 in regular service)
Other information
Opened	December 20, 1920; 103 years ago (December 20, 1920)
Rebuilt	July 5, 2014; 10 years ago (July 5, 2014) to April 27, 2015; 9 years ago (2015-04-27)[2]
Opposite- direction transfer	Yes
Traffic
2023	758,972[3]  3.4%
Rank	340 out of 423[3]
Services Preceding station New York City Subway Following station Pelham Bay Park 6  <6> ​ Terminus Local Middletown Road 6  <6> ​ toward Brooklyn 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 to Pelham Bay Park to Middletown Road
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

The Buhre Avenue station (/bjʊər/, rhyming with "pure") is a local station on the IRT Pelham Line of the New York City Subway. Located at the intersection of Buhre and Westchester Avenues 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> train takes over.

This station opened on December 20, 1920 with the extension of the Pelham Line from Westchester Square to Pelham Bay Park.^[4][5][6] Service was originally provided by a mix of through and shuttle trains during the 1920s.^{[7]: 73–74}

From July 5, 2014, to April 27, 2015, as part of a $109 million rebuilding project at five Pelham Line stations,^[2] this station, along with Zerega Avenue, was closed for station rehabilitation work.^[8][9]

Platform level	Side platform
	Southbound local	← toward Brooklyn Bridge–City Hall (Middletown Road)
	Peak-direction express	← No regular service
	Northbound local	→ toward Pelham Bay Park (Terminus) →
	Side platform
Mezzanine		Fare control, station agent, MetroCard and OMNY machines
Ground	Street level	Exit/entrance

There are three tracks and two side platforms. The center track is not used in regular service.^[10] The 6 local train serves the station at all times except rush hours in the peak direction, when the <6> express train serves the station instead.^[11] The next stop to the south is Middletown Road, while the next stop to the north is Pelham Bay Park.^[12] It resembles other elevated stations along the line in that it has a wood mezzanine and no windscreens along the platform edges.

The platform lights are sodium vapor, but the wood mezzanine only has old-style lights that are quite dim. There are non-working old lights on the platform, covered old signs, and two extra exits from the fare control area. Holding lights have been added in two places along the uptown platform, so that trains can be kept at this station when the two tracks at the Pelham Bay Park terminal are occupied.

The station's only exit is a mezzanine beneath the tracks. Outside fare control, stairs lead to the northern, western, and southern corners of the seven-pointed intersection of Westchester, Buhre, Crosby, and Edison Avenues.^[13]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Buhre Avenue (IRT Pelham Line).

• nycsubway.org – IRT Pelham Line: Buhre Avenue
• Station Reporter — 6 Train
• The Subway Nut — Buhre Avenue Pictures Archived 2020-07-06 at the Wayback Machine
• Buhre Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View
• Platforms from Google Maps Street View