Prospect Avenue (BMT Fourth Avenue Line)
Prospect Avenue   | |||||||||
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| New York City Subway rapid transit station | |||||||||
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Southbound platform | |||||||||
| Station statistics | |||||||||
| Address |
Prospect Avenue & Fourth Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11215 | ||||||||
| Borough | Brooklyn | ||||||||
| Locale | Gowanus, Greenwood Heights, Park Slope, South Park Slope | ||||||||
| Coordinates | 40°40′00″N 73°59′39″W / 40.666789°N 73.994079°WCoordinates: 40°40′00″N 73°59′39″W / 40.666789°N 73.994079°W | ||||||||
| Division | B (BMT) | ||||||||
| Line | BMT Fourth Avenue Line | ||||||||
| Services |
D  (late nights) N (late nights) R  (all times) | ||||||||
| Transit connections |
 NYCT Bus: B63 (on Fifth Avenue) | ||||||||
| Structure | Underground | ||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||
| Tracks | 4 | ||||||||
| Other information | |||||||||
| Opened | June 22, 1915[1] | ||||||||
| Traffic | |||||||||
| Passengers (2015) |
1,785,990[2]  2.3% | ||||||||
| Rank | 273 out of 422 | ||||||||
| Station succession | |||||||||
| Next north |
Ninth Street: D N R | ||||||||
| Next south |
25th Street: D N R | ||||||||
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Prospect Avenue is a local New York City Subway station on the BMT Fourth Avenue Line in Brooklyn. It is located at Prospect Avenue and Fourth Avenue near the convergence of Gowanus, Greenwood Heights, Park Slope, and South Park Slope. It is served by the R train at all times. During late nights, the D and N trains also stop here.
Station layout
| G | Street Level | Exit/Entrance |
| M | Mezzanine | Fare control, station agent |
| P Platform level |
Side platform, doors will open on the right | |
| Northbound local | ← toward Forest Hills–71st Avenue (Whitehall Street late nights) (Ninth Street) ← toward 205th Street, toward Ditmars Boulevard (late nights) (Ninth Street) | |
| Northbound express | ← do not stop here | |
| Southbound express | → do not stop here → | |
| Southbound local | → toward 95th Street (25th Street) → → toward Coney Island–Stillwell Avenue (late nights) (25th Street) → | |
| Side platform, doors will open on the right | ||
This underground station, opened on June 22, 1915,[1] is a local station with four tracks and two side platforms with a full curtain wall separating the local and express tracks.
The platforms have no columns except on the north ends, where the platforms were extended in the 1960s to accommodate the current standard B Division train length of 600 feet. These I-beam columns are cream colored. The station was renovated in the 1970s, and during this renovation the original trim line along the platforms was replaced with cinder block tiles, which are colored white. The areas where the platform signs are painted blue.
The station's only fare controls are platform-level near the center. They still have their original trim line, colored brown with "P" at regular intervals, a bank of turnstiles, and token booth. The Manhattan-bound side has two street stairs to the east sidewalk of Fourth Avenue near the Prospect Expressway, while the Bay Ridge-bound side has one to the west sidewalk. There are no crossovers or crossunders to allow free transfer between directions.
Under the 2015–2019 MTA Capital Plan, the station, along with thirty other New York City Subway stations, will undergo a complete overhaul and would be entirely closed for up to 6 months. Updates would include cellular service, Wi-Fi, charging stations, improved signage, and improved station lighting.[3][4] From January to May 2016, Grimshaw Architects worked on a design for the station's renovation, with Arup Group acting as a consultant. The award for Package 1 of the renovations, which will cover renovations at the Prospect Avenue, 53rd Street, and Bay Ridge Avenue stations on the BMT Fourth Avenue Line, was awarded on November 30, 2016.[5]
References
- 1 2 "Through Tube to Coney, 48 Minutes: First Train on Fourth Avenue Route Beats West End Line Eleven Minutes". Brooklyn Daily Eagle. June 22, 1915. Retrieved 29 June 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Facts and Figures: Annual Subway Ridership". New York: Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved 2016-04-19.
- ↑ "MTA Will Completely Close 30 Subway Stations For Months-Long "Revamp"". Gothamist. Retrieved 2016-07-18.
- ↑ "MTAStations" (PDF). governor.ny.gov. Government of the State of New York. Retrieved 2016-07-18.
- ↑ "Capital Program Oversight Committee Meeting" (PDF). mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. November 2016. Retrieved 2016-11-27.
External links
- nycsubway.org – BMT 4th Avenue: Prospect Avenue
- The Subway Nut — Prospect Avenue Pictures
- entrance beneath Prospect Expressway from Google Maps Street View