161st Street-Yankee Stadium (IRT Jerome Avenue Line station)
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161st Street-Yankee Stadium used to have a paper transfer to the Independent Subway Concourse Line, which was later replaced by the current glass enclosed passageway. There are extra exit stairs to handle stadium crowds at each platform. The station contains two mosaics which indicate "161st Street," which are painted over at the main exit stairs on each platform. Looking northward from the platforms, the tracks swing apart to allow the old 9th Avenue El tracks to join the line. A stub of the lower level 9th Avenue EL station still exists. Windscreens have been installed with the side effect of blocking a good virw into Yankee Stadium from the station. Both the Independent Subway and Interborough Rapid Transit stations are being fully renovated to include elevators on all platforms.