Parkside Avenue (BMT Brighton Line)

Parkside Avenue
New York City Subway rapid transit station
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Station statistics
Address	Parkside Avenue & Ocean Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11225
Borough	Brooklyn
Locale	Prospect Lefferts Gardens
Coordinates
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 (1907)
Former/other names	Woodruff Avenue
Traffic
Passengers (2015)	1,692,567  4.6%
Rank	286
Station succession
Next north	Prospect Park: Q
Next south	Church Avenue: Q
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops all times
Location

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.

Station layout

G	Street Level	Street House, Entrance/Exit station agent, MetroCard vending machines
P Platform level	Side platform, doors will open on the right
	Northbound local	← toward Astoria – Ditmars Boulevard weekdays, 57th Street – Seventh Avenue weekends (Prospect Park)
	Northbound express	← does not stop here
	Southbound express	→ does not stop here →
	Southbound local	→ toward Coney Island – Stillwell Avenue (Church Avenue) →
	Side platform, doors will open on the right

This station, which opened in 1907 as a two-track station named Woodruff Avenue, 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 three-fourths of the platforms are in a tunnel underneath cross streets and buildings, while the remaining northern one fourth 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 has 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.

Exits

File:NYC Subway Parkside Ave Station.jpg

Station entrance

The station's main entrance/exit is a street level station house on the northern end of the tunnel above the platforms and tracks. Two staircases from each platform go up to a waiting area/crossover, where a turnstile bank provides entrance/exit from the system. Outside fare control, there is a token booth and two sets of doors, one leading to Parkside Avenue and Ocean Avenue and the other to the southern entrance of Prospect Park.

The Coney Island-bound platform has an exit-only at the extreme south end. A single platform-level turnstile leads to a short tunnel, where a staircase goes up to the southwest corner of Woodruff and Ocean Avenues. The extreme south end of the Manhattan-bound platform has an employee-only facility.

External links

• nycsubway.org—BMT Brighton Line: Parkside Avenue
• Station Reporter — Q Train
• The Subway Nut — Parkside Avenue Pictures
• MTA's Arts For Transit — Parkside Avenue (BMT Brighton Line)
• the Q at Parkside blog
• Parkside Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View
• Ocean Avenue exit only stair from Google Maps Street View
• Platform from Google Maps Street View