Prospect Park (BMT Brighton Line)
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Prospect Park
  
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| New York City Subway rapid transit station | |||||||||
Coney Island-bound platform
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| Address | Empire Boulevard & Flatbush Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11238 |
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| Borough | Brooklyn | ||||||||
| Locale | Flatbush | ||||||||
| Coordinates | 40°39′41″N 73°57′45″W / 40.661507°N 73.962461°WCoordinates: 40°39′41″N 73°57′45″W / 40.661507°N 73.962461°W | ||||||||
| Division | B (BMT) | ||||||||
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BMT Brighton Line BMT Franklin Avenue Line |
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| Services |
B  (weekdays until 11:00 p.m.)Q  (all times)S (all times) |
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| Transit connections |
 NYCT Bus: B16, B41, B43, B48
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| Structure | Open-cut | ||||||||
| Platforms | 2 island platforms cross-platform interchange |
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| Tracks | 4 (3 in regular service) | ||||||||
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| Opened | July 2, 1878 | ||||||||
| Accessible |  |
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| Passengers (2015) | 3,327,301  0.4% |
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| Rank | 153 out of 425 | ||||||||
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| Next north |
Seventh Avenue (via Brighton): B Q Botanic Garden (via Franklin): S
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| Next south |
Parkside Avenue (local): Q Church Avenue (express): B (Terminal): S
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| Next north |
Atlantic Avenue – Barclays Center (via Brighton): B Q Park Place (via Franklin): S
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| Next south |
Avenue H (local): Q (southbound only) Kings Highway (express): B none: S
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Prospect Park is an express station on the BMT Brighton Line of the New York City Subway. Located at Empire Boulevard and Flatbush Avenue in Flatbush, Brooklyn, near the border of Crown Heights, Prospect Heights, and Park Slope, it is served by the Q and Franklin Avenue Shuttle trains at all times and the B train on weekdays.
This open cut station has four tracks and two island platforms. Both platforms have red canopies with green frames and support columns that run for the either length. Alternating columns have the standard black station name plate in white lettering.
At the north end of the station, the two express tracks, used by B and Q trains, ramp down into a tunnel under Flatbush Avenue parallel to the IRT Eastern Parkway Line before merging with the BMT Fourth Avenue Line at DeKalb Avenue while the local tracks curve to the northeast and become an open cut after a short tunnel towards Franklin Avenue. The platforms are split into two sections at this end separated by a beige concrete wall. The Franklin Avenue Shuttle terminates on the northbound local track while the southbound one is only used for train storage or construction reroutes.
South of the station, there are crossovers and switches as the Brighton Line becomes a four-track corridor to Ocean Parkway. B trains stay on the express track and run to Brighton Beach; Q trains switch to the local track and run to Coney Island – Stillwell Avenue.
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