Grand Army Plaza station
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Structure | Underground | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Platforms | 1 island platform | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Opened | October 10, 1920 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Opposite- direction transfer | Yes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Former/other names | Grand Army Plaza – Prospect Park | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Traffic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2023 | 1,653,318[2] 18.9% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rank | 195 out of 423[2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Grand Army Plaza station is a local
History
Construction and opening
After the
Groundbreaking for the IRT extension took place on May 23, 1914.[7][8] The Prospect Park Plaza station, at Grand Army Plaza was to be one of the stations on the IRT extension.[8] The Grand Army Plaza station was built as part of section 1A of the Eastern Parkway Line, stretching between the plaza and St. Mark's Avenue. The Cranford Company received a construction contract for this section in March 1914 after making a low bid of about $2.2 million.[8][9] The project involved digging under Grand Army Plaza, near the Soldiers' and Sailors' Arch.[10]
Service on the
Later years
The construction of the station and tunnels resulted in the removal of Frederic W. Darlington's 1897 Electric Fountain
During the 1964–1965 fiscal year, the platforms at Grand Army Plaza, 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.[17][18] The work was performed by the Arthur A. Johnson Corporation.[18] In April 1993, the New York State Legislature agreed to give the MTA $9.6 billion for capital improvements. Some of the funds would be used to renovate nearly one hundred New York City Subway stations,[19][20] including Grand Army Plaza.[21] The renovation was completed in 1996.[22]
Station layout
Ground | Street level | Exit/entrance |
Mezzanine | Mezzanine | Fare control, station agent |
Platform level | Northbound local | ← toward Wakefield–241st Street (Bergen Street) ← toward Harlem–148th Street (Bergen Street) ← toward Woodlawn late nights (Bergen Street) |
Island platform | ||
Southbound local | toward Flatbush Avenue–Brooklyn College (Eastern Parkway–Brooklyn Museum) → ( late nights) toward New Lots Avenue (Eastern Parkway–Brooklyn Museum) → | |
Express/Brighton Tracks | Northbound express | ← do not stop here |
Brighton Line | ← do not stop here | |
do not stop here → | ||
Southbound express | do not stop here → |
At platform level, Grand Army Plaza has a simple
Southbound (eastern Brooklyn-bound) trains use track E1 while northbound (Manhattan-bound) trains use track E4. Underneath the platform are four tracks, the center two, A4 (north) and A3 (south) carrying the BMT Brighton Line with tracks E2 and E3 carrying southbound and northbound express IRT Eastern Parkway Line trains on either side of the Brighton Line tracks, respectively.[28][29] These track designations are only displayed on small emergency placards on either end of the platform for use by train and emergency personnel; they are not used in everyday conversation.
The only
Exits
The station has four entrances and exits, all of which are staircases:[32]
- 2 on the northeast corner of Flatbush Avenue and Plaza Street East
- 1 on the southwest corner of Flatbush Avenue and Plaza Street West
- 1 on the southeast corner of Flatbush Avenue and Plaza Street West
References
- ^ "Glossary". Second Avenue Subway Supplemental Draft Environmental Impact Statement (SDEIS) (PDF). Vol. 1. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. March 4, 2003. pp. 1–2. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 26, 2021. Retrieved January 1, 2021.
- ^ a b "Annual Subway Ridership (2018–2023)". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2023. Retrieved April 20, 2024.
- ^ Hood, Clifton (1978). "The Impact of the IRT in New York City" (PDF). Historic American Engineering Record. pp. 146–207 (PDF pp. 147–208). Archived (PDF) from the original on January 17, 2021. Retrieved December 20, 2020. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
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: CS1 maint: postscript (link) - ^ (PDF) from the original on May 4, 2022. Retrieved January 11, 2018.
- ^ Walker, James Blaine (1918). Fifty Years of Rapid Transit — 1864 to 1917. New York, N.Y.: Law Printing. Retrieved November 6, 2016.
- ^ "Transit Relief Big Stimulus". The Brooklyn Citizen. April 13, 1913. pp. 13, 14. Archived from the original on May 22, 2023. Retrieved May 21, 2023 – via newspapers.com.
- from the original on November 3, 2020. Retrieved May 20, 2023.
- ^ a b c "Line Begun Today Taps Big Section". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. May 23, 1914. p. 23. Retrieved July 6, 2023.
- ^ "Lines Tap Big Section". The Chat. May 30, 1914. p. 32. Retrieved July 6, 2023.
- ^ "Subway Digging at Prospect Park Plaza". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. August 1, 1914. p. 19. Retrieved July 6, 2023.
- ^ "More Interborough Service for Brooklyn 2 New Lines". pudl.princeton.edu. Interborough Rapid Transit Company. August 23, 1920. Retrieved September 19, 2016.
- ^ a b c "Subway Stations Opened: Last Three in Eastern Parkway Branch of I.R.T. Put Into Service" (PDF). New York Times. October 11, 1920. Retrieved December 20, 2015.
- ^ a b "3 New Subway Stations Open". Times Union. October 10, 1920. p. 1. Retrieved July 6, 2023.
- ^ a b "IRT Brooklyn Line Opened 90 Years Ago". New York Division Bulletin. 53 (9). New York Division, Electric Railroaders' Association. September 2010. Retrieved August 31, 2016 – via Issuu.
- Brooklyn Daily Eagle. Brooklyn, NY. August 8, 1897. p. 13.
- ^ New York City Department of Parks and Recreation, Grand Army Plaza, accessed April 20, 2007
- ^ Annual Report 1964–1965. New York City Transit Authority. 1965.
- ^ a b New York City Transit Authority (1964). Proceedings of the New York City Transit Authority Relating to Matters Other Than Operation. The Authority. p. 86.
- ^ Benenson, Joel (April 1, 1993). "Albany deal to save the $1.25 fare". New York Daily News. p. 1059. Archived from the original on April 28, 2023. Retrieved April 28, 2023.
- from the original on April 28, 2023. Retrieved April 28, 2023.
- ^ "Stop the Fussing". Newsday. May 28, 1993. p. 56. Archived from the original on May 3, 2023. Retrieved April 28, 2023.
- ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved May 6, 2023.
- ^ a b Grand Army Plaza (Brooklyn IRT) NYCSubway Retrieved July 5, 2009
- ^ "2 Subway Timetable, Effective June 26, 2022". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved August 26, 2023.
- ^ "3 Subway Timetable, Effective June 26, 2022". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved August 26, 2023.
- ^ "4 Subway Timetable, Effective December 4, 2022". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved August 26, 2023.
- ^ "Subway Map" (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. September 2021. Retrieved September 17, 2021.
- ^ Brooklyn IRT: Grand Army Plaza
- ^ Brooklyn IRT: Map 2, Brooklyn IRT Dual Contracts
- MTA – Arts for Transit: Grand Army Plaza, accessed April 20, 2007
- MTA Headquarters Press Release, MTA Installs Art In Grand Army Plaza Station[permanent dead link], June 19, 1997, accessed April 20, 2007
- ^ "MTA Neighborhood Maps: Park Slope/Prospect Park" (PDF). mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2015. Retrieved August 2, 2015.
External links
- www.nycsubway.org:
- Brooklyn IRT: Grand Army Plaza
- Brooklyn IRT: Map 2, Brooklyn IRT Dual Contracts (includes current and former track configurations, and provisions for future connections)
- Wings for the IRT, The Irresistible [sic] Romance of Travel Artwork by Jane Greengold (1993)
- MTA's Arts For Transit — Grand Army Plaza (IRT Eastern Parkway Line)