Gun Hill Road station (IRT Dyre Avenue Line)

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Gun Hill Road station opened on May 29, 1912 as a local station of the New York, Westchester and Boston Railway (NYW&B). This station was closed on December 12, 1937 when the NYW&B went bankrupt.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1938/01/01/archives/westchester-line-passes-with-1937-joy-and-sorrow-mark-the-last.html|title=Westchester Line Passes with 1937|date=January 1, 1938|work=The New York Times|access-date=October 4, 2011|page=36}}

The New York City Board of Transportation (BOT) bought the NYW&B within the Bronx north of East 180th Street in April 1940 for $1.8 million and rehabilitated the line.{{Cudahy-Subways}}{{rp|59–60}} On May 15, 1941, a shuttle service was implemented between Dyre Avenue and East 180th Street using IRT gate cars.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1941/05/16/archives/rail-line-is-added-to-subway-system-old-westchester-and-boston-road.html|title=Rail Line is Added to Subway System|date=May 16, 1941|work=The New York Times|access-date=October 4, 2011|page=25}}{{Cite web|url=http://photobucket.com/gallery/http://s1029.photobucket.com/user/X-Astorian/media/TR%200342-7.jpg.html|title=Transit Record for 1940-1941|date=March 1942|website=Photobucket|access-date=June 16, 2017}} The Dyre Avenue Line was connected directly to the White Plains Road Line north of East 180th Street for $3 million and through service began on May 6, 1957.{{cite news|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1957/05/07/84726091.pdf|title=Subway Trains Run to Dyre Avenue: Through Service Replacing Shuttle for Part of Each Day on Bronx Line|date=May 7, 1957|access-date=December 20, 2015|work=The New York Times}}{{cite news|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1957/05/06/90803273.pdf|title=IRT Spur Opens Today: Dyre Avenue Line in Bronx Will Have Five Stations|date=May 6, 1957|access-date=December 20, 2015|work=The New York Times}}

On February 27, 1962, the New York City Transit Authority announced a $700,000 modernization plan of the Dyre Avenue Line. The plan included the reconstruction of the Dyre Avenue station, and the extension of the platforms of the other four stations on the line, including Gun Hill Road, to {{Convert|525|feet|meters|abbr=}} to accommodate ten-car trains. At the time, the line was served by 9-car trains during the day, and 3-car shuttles overnight. Between 1954 and 1961, ridership on the line increased by 100 percent, owing to the development of the northeast Bronx.{{Cite web|url=http://www.laguardiawagnerarchive.lagcc.cuny.edu/pages/FileBrowser.aspx?LinkToFile=FILES_DOC/WAGNER_FILES/06.023.0000.141.1633.PDF#undefined|title=For Release: Tuesday, Feb. 27, 1962 #238|date=February 27, 1962|publisher=New York City Transit Authority|access-date=March 8, 2019}}{{cite news|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1962/02/28/94098784.pdf|title=IRT Improvements Set: $700,000 Contract Awarded for Work on Dyre Ave. Line|date=February 28, 1962|access-date=December 20, 2015|work=The New York Times}}

On April 18, 1965, IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line trains and IRT Lexington Avenue Line trains swapped their northern routings, with Broadway–Seventh Avenue 2 trains running via the IRT White Plains Road Line to 241st Street, and Lexington Avenue 5 trains running via the Dyre Avenue Line to Dyre Avenue.{{cite news|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1965/03/22/96701798.pdf|title=New Routes Scheduled for 2 IRT Lines in Bronx|date=March 22, 1965|access-date=December 20, 2015|work=The New York Times}}{{Cite web|url=http://s1029.photobucket.com/user/X-Astorian/media/Scan111040000.jpg.html|title=Better Subway Service For Bronx IRT Riders Starting Sunday, April 18|date=April 1965|website=Photobucket|publisher=New York City Transit Authority|access-date=August 31, 2016}}{{Cite web|url=http://s1029.photobucket.com/user/X-Astorian/media/Scan111040002.jpg.html|title=Better Subway Service For Bronx IRT Riders Starting Sunday, April 18|date=April 1965|website=Photobucket|publisher=New York City Transit Authority|access-date=August 31, 2016}}

As part of the 2015–2019 MTA Capital Program, elevators were added to the platforms and street, which makes the station fully compliant with accessibility guidelines under the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990.{{cite web|title=MTA Capital Program 2015-2019: Renew. Enhance. Expand.|url=http://web.mta.info/capital/pdf/CapitalProgram2015-19_WEB%20v4%20FINAL_small.pdf|publisher=Metropolitan Transportation Authority|access-date=October 28, 2015|date=October 28, 2015|page=61}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.mta.info/news/2018/04/26/funding-subway-station-ada-accessibility-approved|title=Funding For Subway Station ADA-Accessibility Approved|date=April 26, 2018|website=www.mta.info|language=en|access-date=April 27, 2018}}{{Cite web|url=http://web.mta.info/news/pdf/MTA_2017_Preliminary_Budget_July_Financial_Plan_2017_2020_Volume_2.pdf|title=MTA 2017 Preliminary Budget July Financial Plan 2017 –2020 Volume 2|date=July 2016|website=mta.info|publisher=Metropolitan Transportation Authority|access-date=August 6, 2016}} A contract for the elevators' construction was awarded in April 2018. Substantial completion was projected for July 2020,{{Cite web|url=http://web.mta.info/mta/news/books/pdf/181113_1400_CPOC.pdf|title=Capital Program Oversight Committee Meeting November 2018|date=November 13, 2018|access-date=November 10, 2018|page=90|publisher=Metropolitan Transportation Authority}} but was pushed back to September 2020,https://new.mta.info/document/20211 {{Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022}} and eventually past September 2020. In conjunction with this work, the Eastchester-bound platform was closed from March 1, 2019 to September 6, 2019,{{cite web | title=Service Information | website=MTA | date=March 14, 2019 | url=http://web.mta.info/nyct/service/servNotices_5%20Train_skipping_GunHillRd.htm | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190314202332/http://web.mta.info/nyct/service/servNotices_5%20Train_skipping_GunHillRd.htm | archive-date=March 14, 2019 | url-status=live | access-date=March 14, 2019}} while the Manhattan-bound platform was closed from September 13, 2019 to March 30, 2020, a month later than expected.{{Cite web|url=https://new.mta.info/system_modernization/servicechanges/gunhillrdsouth|title=Downtown 5 trains skip Gun Hill Rd|website=Metropolitan Transportation Authority|language=en|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190823074700/https://new.mta.info/system_modernization/servicechanges/gunhillrdsouth|archive-date=August 23, 2019|access-date=March 31, 2020}}{{Cite web|url=https://new.mta.info/system_modernization/servicechanges/gunhillrdsouth|title=Downtown 5 trains skip Gun Hill Rd|website=mta.info|publisher=Metropolitan Transportation Authority|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200331225300/https://new.mta.info/system_modernization/servicechanges/gunhillrdsouth|archive-date=March 31, 2020|access-date=March 31, 2020}} The elevators opened six months behind schedule in January 2021.https://new.mta.info/document/25246 page 78

This station has two side platforms with three tracks and space for a fourth. The street (Gun Hill Road) is above the northern part of the station. The station, served by the 5 train at all times, is between Pelham Parkway to the south and Baychester Avenue to the north.{{NYCS const|map}}

The entrance is at street level. At the north end of the station, it is in an open-cut due to the rising terrain. At the south end of the station, it is at-grade.

The station's only entrance/exit is a head house on the south side of Gun Hill Road between Sexton and Dewitt Places. The entrance and exit are separate from each other within the headhouse. One staircase and elevator leads down to the southbound platform, while two staircases and an elevator leads down to the northbound platform. There was once an exit that only allowed passengers to leave the station from the northbound platform, but during the station renovations that includes elevator installations to each platform, that exit has since been closed and the staircase was reconfigured to be connected to the mezzanine inside fare control.{{Cite web|url=https://new.mta.info/sites/default/files/2018-04/Gun%20Hill%20Rd%20%285%29%20web.pdf|title=Gun Hill Road Neighborhood Map|date=April 2018|website=new.mta.info|publisher=Metropolitan Transportation Authority|access-date=February 28, 2019}}{{cite web |date=August 2018 |title=Exit-only at Gun Hill Road |url=https://www.google.com/maps/@40.8701578,-73.8456662,3a,31.1y,205.37h,90.26t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1snkPbYG5RsaxKpdu0S7VjYw!2e0!7i16384!8i8192 |access-date=May 18, 2022 |publisher=Google Maps}}{{cite web |date=May 2019 |title=Exit-only at Gun Hill Road closed |url=https://www.google.com/maps/@40.8701548,-73.8456593,3a,75y,205.37h,90.26t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s90UbBWTZzKSN6EgFEJRiTQ!2e0!7i16384!8i8192 |access-date=May 18, 2022 |publisher=Google Maps}}

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• {{NYCS ref|http://www.nycsubway.org/perl/stations?199:1519|IRT White Plains Road Line|Gun Hill Road}}
• Station Reporter — [https://web.archive.org/web/20131219165915/http://www.stationreporter.net/5train.htm 5 Train]
• The Subway Nut — [http://www.subwaynut.com/irt/gunhilln5/index.html Gun Hill Road Pictures] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170614013812/http://www.subwaynut.com/irt/gunhilln5/index.html |date=2017-06-14 }}
• [https://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=40.870187,-73.845463&spn=0.003837,0.013433&z=17&layer=c&cbll=40.870253,-73.845829&panoid=IBj10FvDlhW0pdeluOG6JA&cbp=12,201.71,,0,-1.47 Gun Hill Road entrance from Google Maps Street View]
• [https://www.google.com/maps/contrib/103237729589375373179/photos/@40.8697739,-73.8463135,3a,75y,196h,90t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1s-aV8W6ekHr1Q%2FWVaUhnqVEKI%2FAAAAAAAAvDI%2F2IzjXP5LQ3MQOcbwuSfwu_veauk9Mi53ACLIBGAYYCw!2e4!6s%2F%2Flh3.googleusercontent.com%2F-aV8W6ekHr1Q%2FWVaUhnqVEKI%2FAAAAAAAAvDI%2F2IzjXP5LQ3MQOcbwuSfwu_veauk9Mi53ACLIBGAYYCw%2Fw203-h100-p-k-no%2F!7i8704!8i4352!4m3!8m2!3m1!1e1 Platforms from Google Maps Street View]

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