15th Street – Prospect Park (IND Culver Line)

15th Street – Prospect Park is a local station on the IND Culver Line of the New York City Subway. It is served by the F and G trains at all times.

The station has two local tracks and an island platform on the upper level and two express tracks on a lower level. The mezzanine is full length and has a minimum of two former booths, one for the two exits to Prospect Park West and another near the 16th Street staircase. Because of the way the tunnel was built, the station is not located underneath a street. Instead the station and tunnel were constructed about 100 feet east of Prospect Park West. Therefore, some portions of the tunnel are directly underneath Prospect Park and others between the west side of the park and 10th Avenue. From north to south, the five street stairs are located as follows:

• at Bartel Prichard Square between Prospect Park West and 15th Street (closed at night),
• both sides on Prospect Park West near the square,
• one stair on 16th Street,
• and another on Windsor Place.

The current booth is located closer to the Windsor Place side. The full length passageway allows out of system walking from one end to another while the area inside fare control does not. The tile band is now orange-yellow.

All Coney Island and Church Avenue-bound trains skip this station due to reconstruction.

In popular culture

Several dream sequences in the film π which take place in an empty generic-looking New York City Subway station were shot at 15th Street – Prospect Park. In some of the shots, the sign indicating the exit to Bartel Pritchard Square is visible in the background.

References

External links

• nycsubway.org — IND Crosstown: 15th Street/Prospect Park
• Station Reporter — F Train
• The Subway Nut — 15th Street – Prospect Park Pictures
• Bartel Prichard Square entrance from Google Maps Street View
• 16th Street entrance from Google Maps Street View
• Windsor Place entrance from Google Maps Street View