Burke Avenue is a New York subway station located on the IRT White Plains Road Line , and is served by routes 24 hours a day and 5 at peak hours in the peak direction. It is represented by two side platforms serving two paths.
Burke Avenue "Burke Avenue"     White Plains Road, Ah-ar-ti | |
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| Platform Location | |
| opening date | March 3, 1917 |
| Area | Bronx |
| District | Allerton |
| Type of | overpass |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
| Platform Type | lateral |
| Exit to the streets | Burke Avenue, White Plains Road |
| Ground transportation | Buses Bx39, BxM11 |
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The station was opened on March 3, 1917 , on the overpass. Both platforms have beige windshields and red with green outlines of the dome, frames and supporting columns in the center, high black waist steel fences at both ends with lampposts. Station designations in a standard black nameplate with white letters. The walls of the platforms depict episodes from the works of Sholem Aleichem , James Baldwin , Nicholas More and Edgar Allan Poe , they all lived and worked in the Bronx.
Neighboring stations
| Previous station | Line station name | the next station |
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| Gan hill road ( 2 five ) | White Plains Road, Ah-ar-ti Burke Avenue | Allerton Avenue ( 2 five ) |
Links
- nycsubway.org - Burke Avenue (English)
- nycsubway.org - Bronx Literature Artwork by BΓ©atrice Coron (2006) (eng.)
- Station Reporter - 2 Train (Eng.)
- The Subway Nut - Burke Avenue Pictures (eng.)
- MTA's Arts For Transit - Burke Avenue (IRT White Plains Road Line) (eng.)
- Burke Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View (English)