161 St-Yankee Stadium Station: Ridership & Busiest Hours

16,287riders a day
#50 of 424busiest stations
-6.9%vs last year so far
4 PMbusiest hour

How busy is 161 St-Yankee Stadium?

About 16,287 riders a day enter 161 St-Yankee Stadium (Oct 23, 2025 – Oct 22, 2026). It is the #50 busiest of 424 subway stations. Ridership at 161 St-Yankee Stadium is down 6.9% in 2026 so far compared with the same days of 2025 (whole subway: +2.9%).

When is it busiest?

Average riders entering per hour, last 56 days (from Aug 28, 2026).

The busiest hour is 4 PM, with about 1,752 riders entering on an average day. The quietest hour is 2 AM (about 36).

  • 12 AM150
  • 1 AM55
  • 2 AM36
  • 3 AM52
  • 4 AM161
  • 5 AM427
  • 6 AM749
  • 7 AM1,161
  • 8 AM1,128
  • 9 AM740
  • 10 AM680
  • 11 AM624
  • 12 PM623
  • 1 PM670
  • 2 PM815
  • 3 PM1,215
  • 4 PM1,752
  • 5 PM1,147
  • 6 PM618
  • 7 PM449
  • 8 PM508
  • 9 PM1,275
  • 10 PM1,627
  • 11 PM889

Station report card

Elevators and escalators: share of hours in service over 24 hours, October 2025 – September 2026 (MTA availability). Entrapments = times riders were stuck inside an elevator. Riders vs 2019 compares the last 12 months with 2019, the last full year before the pandemic.

Accessible (ADA)Yes
Elevators working (5)49.8% of the time · all stations: 97%
Elevators: unplanned outages35 · entrapments: 3
Escalators working (2)97.2% of the time · all stations: 95.5%
Escalators: unplanned outages127
Riders vs 201973% of the 2019 level (October 2025 – September 2026)

Where do riders from here go?

Share of subway trips starting here that end at each station, September 2026 (MTA origin-destination ridership estimate).

The top 5 destinations take 16% of subway trips that start at 161 St-Yankee Stadium.

  1. 1
    34 St-Herald SqB D F M N Q R W · Manhattan3.8%
  2. 2
    Grand Central-42 St4 5 6 7 S · Manhattan3.8%
  3. 3
    Times Sq-42 St/Port Authority Bus Terminal1 2 3 7 A C E N Q R W S · Manhattan3.8%
  4. 4
    59 St-Columbus Circle1 A C B D · Manhattan2.6%
  5. 5
    34 St-Penn StationA C E · Manhattan2.1%

Lines at this station

On time = share of each line's trips reaching the last stop within 5 minutes of schedule (MTA terminal on-time performance), October 2025 – September 2026. The MTA measures this per line, not per station.

161 St-Yankee Stadium is served by the 4, B, D trains.

4 train · 80.2% on time B train · 72.2% on time D train · 78.3% on time

Nearby stations

Straight-line distance.

StationLinesRiders a dayDistance
167 StB D4,8970.6 mi
167 St45,1250.6 mi
Harlem-148 St31,8840.6 mi
149 St-Grand Concourse2 4 57,1260.7 mi
155 StB D1,7210.7 mi

Questions

How many people use 161 St-Yankee Stadium station?

About 16,287 riders a day enter 161 St-Yankee Stadium (Oct 23, 2025 – Oct 22, 2026). It is the #50 busiest of 424 subway stations.

When is 161 St-Yankee Stadium station busiest?

The busiest hour is 4 PM, with about 1,752 riders entering on an average day. The quietest hour is 2 AM (about 36).

Is 161 St-Yankee Stadium getting busier?

Ridership at 161 St-Yankee Stadium is down 6.9% in 2026 so far compared with the same days of 2025 (whole subway: +2.9%).

Which trains stop at 161 St-Yankee Stadium?

161 St-Yankee Stadium is served by the 4, B, D trains.

Data: MTA Subway Hourly Ridership (data.ny.gov). Riders are entries at the turnstiles and OMNY readers, so transfers inside the station are not counted. Updated Oct 29, 2026. All stations ranked → · All subway ridership →
Source code: github.com/MantieReid/mta-data-analysis · Analysis by Mantie Reid II (CC BY 4.0).

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