Eastern Parkway–Brooklyn Museum (IRT Eastern Parkway Line)

Eastern Parkway–Brooklyn Museum
New York City Subway rapid transit station
Manhattan-bound platform
Station statistics
Address	Washington Avenue & Eastern Parkway Brooklyn, NY 11238
Borough	Brooklyn
Locale	Prospect Heights
Coordinates	40°40′18″N 73°57′46″W / 40.671622°N 73.96275°W / 40.671622; -73.96275Coordinates: 40°40′18″N 73°57′46″W / 40.671622°N 73.96275°W / 40.671622; -73.96275
Division	A (IRT)
Line	IRT Eastern Parkway Line
Services	2  (all times)       3  (all except late nights)       4  (late nights)
Structure	Underground
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	4 (2 on each level)
Other information
Opened	October 10, 1920 (1920-10-10)
Traffic
Passengers (2015)	1,676,659[1]  0.7%
Rank	287 out of 422
Station succession
Next north	Grand Army Plaza: 2  3  4
Next south	Franklin Avenue: 2  3  4
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops all times except late nights Stops all times Stops late nights only
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Eastern Parkway–Brooklyn Museum is a local station on the IRT Eastern Parkway Line of the New York City Subway. Located at the intersection of Washington Avenue and Eastern Parkway in Brooklyn adjacent to the Brooklyn Museum, it is served by the 2 and 3 trains, the latter of which is replaced by the 4 train during late nights. The name of the station was originally intended to be Institute Park.

History

Track layout
Legend
to Grand Army Plz to Franklin Av

On October 10, 1920, three stations that were not ready to be opened with the rest of the line, at Bergen Street, Grand Army Plaza and Eastern Parkway–Brooklyn Museum, were opened.^[2]

During the 1964–1965 fiscal year, the platforms at Eastern Parkway, along with those at four other stations on the Eastern Parkway Line, were lengthened to 525 feet to accommodate a ten-car train of 51-foot IRT cars.^[3]

Station layout

G	Street Level	Exit/Entrance
B1	Mezzanine	Fare control, station agent
B2	Side platform, doors will open on the right
	Northbound local	← toward Wakefield–241st Street (Grand Army Plaza) ← toward Harlem–148th Street ( toward Woodlawn late nights) (Grand Army Plaza)
	Southbound local	→ toward Flatbush Avenue–Brooklyn College (Franklin Avenue) → → ( late nights) toward New Lots Avenue (Franklin Avenue) →
	Side platform, doors will open on the right
B3	Northbound express	← do not stop here
	Southbound express	→ do not stop here →

There are two local tracks with two side platforms. The express tracks pass underneath the station and are not visible from the platforms.^[4] A large mosaic displays Eastern Parkway and the Brooklyn Museum. On the platforms and the eastern mezzanine are abstract art paintings, created in 1991 by artist Pat Steir and collectively called the Brueghel Series.^[5] There is an emergency exit from the express level at the south end of each platform. There is an unused western mezzanine containing turnstiles and a token booth with a door hidden in the tiles; the entrance to this mezzanine has been removed on street level.

Entrances and exits

The only two exits to this station are from the east mezzanine:^[6]

• Eastern Parkway, south side in front of Brooklyn Museum
• Eastern Parkway, north side mall across the street from Brooklyn Museum

This station is one of 100 Key Stations the MTA plans to make ADA-accessible by 2020.^[7] The 2016-2019 Capital Program allocates $32.2 million towards this project.^[8]

Image gallery

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Eastern Parkway – Brooklyn Museum (IRT Eastern Parkway Line).

• nycsubway.org
  • Brooklyn IRT: Eastern Parkway/Brooklyn Museum (text used with permission)
  • Brooklyn IRT: Map 2, Brooklyn IRT Dual Contracts (includes current and former track configurations, and provisions for future connections)
  • Brueghel Series Artwork by Pat Steir (1994)
  • Historic New York City Architectural Elements Artwork from the Brooklyn Museum of Art Collections
• Station Reporter — 2 Train
• Station Reporter — 3 Train
• The Subway Nut — Eastern Parkway–Brooklyn Museum Pictures
• MTA's Arts For Transit — Eastern Parkway–Brooklyn Museum (IRT Eastern Parkway Line)
• Eastern Parkway entrance from Google Maps Street View