Parkchester station
The Parkchester station is an express station on the IRT Pelham Line of the New York City Subway. It is located above Hugh J. Grant Circle in the Parkchester neighborhood of the Bronx, where East 177th Street, Metropolitan Avenue, and Westchester Avenue intersect.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Opening hours: 24/7
- Type: Metro station
- Description: metro station
- Also known as: “Parkchester”
- Wheelchair access: no
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Parkchester Library and Metropolitan Oval.
Parkchester Library
Library
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Parkchester Library is situated 750 feet east of Parkchester station.
Metropolitan Oval
Park
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The Metropolitan Oval, also known as Met Oval, is a soccer complex located in Maspeth, Queens in New York City. Village Voice named the complex, which takes up 4.2 acres, the "Best full soccer field in the middle of a residential neighborhood" in 2004, for its "pristine" playing surface and the view of the Manhattan skyline.
St. Lawrence Avenue station
Metro station
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The St. Lawrence Avenue station is a local station on the IRT Pelham Line of the New York City Subway. The station, served by the 6 train at all times, is located at the intersection of St. St. Lawrence Avenue station is situated 1,800 feet west of Parkchester station.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Parkchester and Westchester Square.
Parkchester
Neighborhood
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Parkchester is a planned community and neighborhood originally developed by the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company and located in the east Bronx, New York City.
Westchester Square
Neighborhood
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Westchester Square is a residential neighborhood geographically located in the eastern section of the New York City borough of the Bronx. Its boundaries, starting from the north and moving clockwise are: East Tremont Avenue and Silver Street, Blondell Avenue and Westchester Creek to the east, Waterbury Avenue to the south and Castle Hill Avenue to the west.
West Farms
Neighborhood
Photo: Jim.henderson, Public domain.
West Farms is a residential neighborhood in The Bronx, New York City. Its boundaries are Bronx Park to the north, the Bronx River to the east, the Cross Bronx Expressway to the south, and Southern Boulevard to the west.
Parkchester station
- Categories: elevated station, railway station, station, and transportation
- Location: Bronx, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
40.83321° or 40° 49′ 60″ northLongitude
-73.86097° or 73° 51′ 40″ westOperator
New York City Transit AuthorityNetwork
NYC SubwayOpen location code
87G8R4MQ+7JOpenStreetMap ID
node 7450676600OpenStreetMap feature
public_transport=stationOpenStreetMap feature
railway=stationOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=noWikidata ID
Q526848
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Ukrainian—“Parkchester station” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “帕克徹斯特車站”
- Dutch: “Parkchester”
- Esperanto: “Stacio Parkĉestro”
- French: “Parkchester”
- Italian: “Parkchester”
- Japanese: “パークチェスター駅”
- Polish: “Parkchester”
- Russian: “Паркчестер”
- Spanish: “Parkchester”
- Ukrainian: “Паркчестер”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Parkchester Station and Hugh J. Grant Circle.
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