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	August 23, 1920 (1920-08-23)
Traffic
Passengers (2014)	1,665,524[1]  0.6%
Rank	283 out of 421
Station succession
Next north	Grand Army Plaza: 2  3  4
Next south	Franklin Avenue: 2  3  4
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops in station at all times Stops all times except late nights Stops late nights only Stops late nights and weekdays only Stops late nights and weekends only Stops weekends and weekend late nights Stops weekdays and weekday late nights Stops weekdays only Stops weekends only Stops all times except rush hours in the peak direction Stops all times except weekdays in the peak direction Stops daily except rush hours in the peak direction Stops rush hours only Stops rush hours in the peak direction only Station is closed (Details about time periods)

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.

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 Brooklyn College – Flatbush Avenue (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. 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. 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. This entrance has been removed on street level. The only two exits to this station are from the east mezzanine; the two exits ascend to the north and south sides of Eastern Parkway at the western edge of the Brooklyn Museum.^[2][3]

Image gallery

References

External links

Media related to Eastern Parkway – Brooklyn Museum (IRT Eastern Parkway Line) at Wikimedia Commons

• 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