Grand Army Plaza (IRT Eastern Parkway Line)

Grand Army Plaza
New York City Subway rapid transit station
Wings for the IRT: The Irresistible Romance of Travel artwork on the mezzanine level of the station
Station statistics
Address	Grand Army Plaza (north side) & Flatbush Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11238
Borough	Brooklyn
Locale	Park Slope
Coordinates	40°40′29″N 73°58′14″W / 40.674584°N 73.970518°W / 40.674584; -73.970518Coordinates: 40°40′29″N 73°58′14″W / 40.674584°N 73.970518°W / 40.674584; -73.970518
Division	A (IRT)
Line	IRT Eastern Parkway Line
Services	2  (all times)       3  (all except late nights)       4  (late nights)
Transit connections	NYCT Bus: B41, B69
Structure	Underground
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Other information
Opened	October 10, 1920; 96 years ago (1920-10-10)
Wireless service
Former/other names	Grand Army Plaza – Prospect Park
Traffic
Passengers (2016)	2,425,948  0.3%
Rank	205 out of 422
Station succession
Next north	Bergen Street: 2  3  4
Next south	Eastern Parkway – Brooklyn Museum: 2  3  4
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops all times except late nights Stops all times Stops late nights only
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Grand Army Plaza is a local station on the IRT Eastern Parkway Line of the New York City Subway. It is located in Park Slope, Brooklyn, underneath Flatbush Avenue at its northwest intersection with Grand Army Plaza. It is served by the 2 and 3 trains, the latter of which is replaced by the 4 train during late nights.

Grand Army Plaza opened on October 10, 1920 as part of the opening of the IRT Eastern Parkway Line, an extension of the Brooklyn IRT from Atlantic Avenue to Eastern Parkway – Brooklyn Museum. This extension was part of an expansion of the subway system known as the Dual Contracts which built not only IRT lines in Brooklyn but also those for the BMT. The BMT Brighton Line was already in use at the time but used trackage that is now part of the Franklin Avenue Shuttle; the opening of the subway line beneath Flatbush Avenue provided a more direct route to Downtown Brooklyn and, eventually, Manhattan.

The construction of the station and tunnels resulted in the removal of Frederic W. Darlington's 1897 Electric Fountain from the center of Grand Army Plaza, which was dug up for the cut-and-cover construction and replaced with a grass oval. Construction began on a new fountain, known as the Bailey Fountain, in 1928, and it was completed in 1932.