The New York Yankees are the Republican Party of baseball in the northeastern US. That’s to say, they are absolutely vile and evil. At least they didn’t get a mainline rail station until 2009 when the present Yankee Stadium opened???
But, since I have to be relatively objective in these reviews, I’ll save the slander for after I drop the score. That aside, the station is built pretty large, and may seem overbuilt. But, remember, the Yankees are a MLB team – and, to a lesser extent, New York City FC also calls Yankee Stadium home, so this station presumably gets that ridership on game days too. As such, the station is designed with game-day crowds specifically in mind, and with mechanisms for trains to terminate here from both the New Haven and Harlem Lines. Yet, in spite of this, you still have elevators (for accessibility), benches, wastebaskets, and all that. You even have a rather long concourse out to 153rd and 157th Streets, and into a park that you can walk by to reach the stadium. There’s also vending machines in said concourse, and it’s also not exactly well-suited for hot days. Yikes. As for bus connections, you’re gonna be walking to River Ave. for the Bx13. Overall, though, it’s not a poorly designed station whatsoever, given its primary usecase.
The good: It’s well-designed to manage crowds in particular. It’s also close to where while you can theoretically make a connection to the B, D, and #4 lines, it’s not a good location for that (or any connection to the subway – Marble Hill has a better connection, albeit to the #1 line, despite not being accessible).
The bad: The rather poor connection to the B, D, and 4 lines primarily. Also, the Yankees. It can also feel like you’re in Hell here on a hot day.
Nearby points of interest: The Yankees. Duh.
Transit connections:
Metro-North (Hudson Line)
MTA bus (Bx13, at River Ave.)
Overall, it’s a pretty well-designed station with large crowds in mind. Certainly, a lot better than some other stadium-centric stations I’ve seen.
Rating: 8.5/10 (ignoring the fact the Yankees exist – otherwise it becomes a 0/10 just because the Yankees exist at all)
Anyways, on to the Yankees slander. The Yankees suck. They’re evil. They are not named the Evil Empire for nothing. They’re literally the embodiment of the Republican Party, both socially and financially. They embody greed (buying all the talent out rather than developing it in-house), they PROBABLY fund the Republican Party (but conservatives oftentimes like to LARP as Yanks fans), they’re literally owned by Satan himself. Actually, no, I don’t think Satan would be a Yankees fan. That’s an insult. THEY EVEN HELD A MOMENT OF SILENCE AFTER CHARLIE KIRK WAS SHOT IN THE NECK AND KILLED?!
They also buy their way into the World Series – however, given they only seem to win in years Democrats are in power, maybe they’ll fall at the hands of the Red Sox given they’re duking it out in the wildcard stage of the MLB playoffs. You know, maybe I can respect Mets fans for the mutual hatred of the Yankees. More like Dankees.
