Parkside Avenue (BMT Brighton Line)

Parkside Avenue
New York City Subway rapid transit station
Station statistics
Address	Parkside Avenue & Ocean Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11225
Borough	Brooklyn
Locale	Prospect Lefferts Gardens
Coordinates	40°39′19″N 73°57′42″W / 40.65535°N 73.961651°W / 40.65535; -73.961651Coordinates: 40°39′19″N 73°57′42″W / 40.65535°N 73.961651°W / 40.65535; -73.961651
Division	B (BMT)
Line	BMT Brighton Line
Services	Q  (all times)
Transit connections	New York City Bus: B12, B16
Structure	Open-cut
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	4
Other information
Opened	1907
Former/other names	Woodruff Avenue
Traffic
Passengers (2015)	1,692,567  4.6%
Rank	286 out of 425
Station succession
Next north	Prospect Park: Q
Next south	Church Avenue: Q
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops all times
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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.

This portion of the line was rebuilt from a two-track open cut to a four-track open cut in 1919.

After August 1, 1920, through service was shifted from the current BMT Franklin Avenue Line to a new subway alignment under Flatbush Avenue, which permitted direct access to Manhattan via the Manhattan Bridge and the Montague Street Tunnel.

During the 1964–1965 fiscal year, the platforms at Parkside Avenue, along with those at six other stations on the Brighton Line, were lengthened to 615 feet to accommodate a ten-car train of 60-foot IND cars, or a nine-car train of 67-foot BMT cars.

This station currently has four tracks and two side platforms. The two center express tracks are used by the B train when it operates on weekdays.

The original southern 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 and 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 in the tunnel has red columns and a red trim line and mosaic name tablets reading "PARKSIDE AVE." in gold Times New Roman font surrounded by diamonds.

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 the Prospect Park station.

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