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| Address | Parkside Avenue & Ocean Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11225 |
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| Borough | Brooklyn | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Locale | Flatbush | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Division | B (BMT) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Line | BMT Brighton Line | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Services | Q (all times) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Structure | Open-cut | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 1907 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Former/other names | Woodruff Avenue | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Passengers (2010) | 2,050,518[1] 15.3% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rank | 221 out of 422 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Next north | Prospect Park: Q | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Next south | Church Avenue: Q | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Parkside Avenue is a local station on the BMT Brighton Line of the New York City Subway. Located at Parkside Avenue and Ocean Avenue in Flatbush, Brooklyn, it is served by the Q train at all times.
This station opened in 1907 as a two-track station named Woodruff Avenue, but now has four tracks and two side platforms. The two center express tracks are used by the B train when it operates on weekdays.
Two thirds of the platforms are in a tunnel underneath cross streets and buildings while the remaining northern one third is in an open cut. The extreme north ends of the platforms, which were extensions built in the 1960s, have no canopies as they curve to the north. The southbound platform has its concrete wall painted beige while the northbound one is carved within the Earth's crust. Here, the station signs are the standard black plates in white lettering.
The rest of the open cut has a concrete canopy with red columns. The remainder of the platforms has a red trim line and mosaic name tablets reading "PARKSIDE AVE." in gold Times New Roman font surrounded by diamonds.
The station's main entrance/exit is a street level station house on the northern end of the tunnel above the platforms and tracks. Two staircases from each platform go up to a waiting area/crossover, where a turnstile bank provides entrance/exit from the system. Outside fare control, there is a token booth and two sets of doors, one leading to Parkside Avenue and Ocean Avenue and the other to the southern entrance of Prospect Park.
The Coney Island-bound platform has an exit-only at the extreme south end. A single platform-level turnstile leads to a short tunnel, where a staircase goes up to the southwest corner of Woodruff and Ocean Avenues. The extreme south end of the Manhattan-bound platform has an employee-only facility.
The 1994 artwork here is called Brighton Clay Re-Leaf by Susan Tunick. It features ceramic tiles portraying leaves in the station house within fare control. This artwork can also be found at Prospect Park.