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  (weekdays and weekday late nights)​ ​      3  (weekdays only)​ ​      4  (weekends and late nights)​ ​      5  (weekends and weekend late nights)
Structure	Underground
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	4 (2 on each level)
Other information
Opened	October 10, 1920; 97 years ago (1920-10-10)
Station code	341
Accessible	not ADA-accessible; accessibility planned
Wireless service
Traffic
Passengers (2016)	1,585,048  5.5%
Rank	297 out of 422
Station succession
Next north	Grand Army Plaza: 2 ​ ​3 ​ ​4 ​ ​5
Next south	Franklin Avenue: 2 ​ ​3 ​ ​4 ​ ​5
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops all times except late nights Stops all times Stops late nights only Stops weekdays only Stops weekdays and weekday late nights Stops late nights and weekends Stops weekends and weekend late nights
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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 on weekdays, the 4 train at night and on weekends, and the 5 train on weekends. The name of the station was originally intended to be Institute Park.

On October 10, 1920, three stations that were not ready to be opened with the rest of the line, at Bergen Street, Grand Army Plaza and Eastern Parkway–Brooklyn Museum, were opened.

During the 1964–1965 fiscal year, the platforms at Eastern Parkway, along with those at four other stations on the Eastern Parkway Line, were lengthened to 525 feet to accommodate a ten-car train of 51-foot IRT cars.

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 Brooklyn Museum. In the eastern mezzanine are architectural ornaments from the Brooklyn Museum collection, installed during the 2003 renovation of the station. The platforms and the eastern mezzanine formerly displayed abstract art paintings created in 1991 by artist Pat Steir, 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; the entrance to this mezzanine has been removed on street level.