Prospect Avenue (BMT Fourth Avenue Line)

Prospect Avenue
New York City Subway rapid transit station
Entrance to the northbound platform on the east side of Fourth Avenue
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°W / 40.666789; -73.994079Coordinates: 40°40′00″N 73°59′39″W / 40.666789°N 73.994079°W / 40.666789; -73.994079
Division	B (BMT)
Line	BMT Fourth Avenue Line
Services	D  (late nights)       N  (late nights)       R  (all except late nights)
Connection	New York City Bus: B63 (on Fifth Avenue)
Structure	Underground
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	4
Other information
Opened	September 13, 1915 (September 13, 1915)
Traffic
Passengers (2014)	1,827,271[1]  0.1%
Rank	257 out of 421
Station succession
Next north	Ninth Street: D  N  R
Next south	25th Street: D  N  R
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)

Prospect Avenue is a local station on the BMT Fourth Avenue Line in Brooklyn of the New York City Subway, located at Prospect Avenue and Fourth Avenue near the convergence of Gowanus, Greenwood Heights, Park Slope, and South Park Slope.

Prospect Park is a local station with four tracks and two side platforms with a full curtain wall separating the local and express tracks. R trains stop here at all times except nights, when the D and N assume local service along Fourth Avenue.

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.

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 (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 Bay Ridge – 95th Street (25th Street) → → toward Coney Island – Stillwell Avenue (late nights) (25th Street) →
	Side platform, doors will open on the right

References

External links

• nycsubway.org—BMT 4th Avenue: Prospect Avenue
• The Subway Nut — Prospect Avenue Pictures
• entrance beneath Prospect Expressway from Google Maps Street View

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  Southbound platform

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  Western stair, beneath Prospect Expressway during a service change that made all Bay Ridge-bound trains bypass this station