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The Grand Army Plaza station 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 intersection with Plaza Street West and St. Johns Place, on the northwest side of Grand Army Plaza. It is served by the 2 train at all times, the 3 train at all times except late nights, and the 4 train during late nights.

Grand Army Plaza  ​​
New York City Subway station (rapid transit)
Wings for the IRT: The Irresistible Romance of Travel artwork on the mezzanine level of the station
Station statistics
Address	Plaza Street West, St. Johns Place, & Flatbush Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11238
Borough	Brooklyn
Locale	Park Slope
Coordinates	40.674584°N 73.970518°W / 40.674584; -73.970518
Division	A (IRT)[1]
Line	IRT Eastern Parkway Line
Services	2  (all times) ​   3  (all except late nights) ​   4  (late nights, and limited rush hour service)
Transit	NYCT Bus: B41, B67, B69
Structure	Underground
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Other information
Opened	October 10, 1920; 102 years ago (1920-10-10)
Opposite- direction transfer	Yes
Former/other names	Grand Army Plaza – Prospect Park
Traffic
2019	2,295,401[2]  3%
Rank	204 out of 424[2]
Services Preceding station New York City Subway Following station Bergen Street 2  ​3  ​4  via 135th Street Local Eastern Parkway–Brooklyn Museum 2  ​3  ​4  via Franklin Avenue–Medgar Evers College does not stop here
Location Show map of New York City Subway Show map of New York City Show map of New York
Track layout Legend to Bergen St to Brooklyn Museum
Street map
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops all times except late nights Stops all times Stops late nights only

History

The Bergen Street, Grand Army Plaza, and Eastern Parkway–Brooklyn Museum stations opened on October 9, 1920.[3] Service on the IRT Eastern Parkway Line had been extended from Atlantic Avenue to Utica Avenue in August 1920,[4] but the three stations were not ready to open with the rest of the line.[3] 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.[3][5]

The construction of the station and tunnels resulted in the removal of Frederic W. Darlington's 1897 Electric Fountain[6] 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.[7]

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.[8]

Station layout

G	Street level	Exit/entrance
M	Mezzanine	Fare control, station agent
P	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 island platform layout with two tracks.[9] 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.[10][11] 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 mosaic in the Grand Army Plaza station is a small "P".[9] A permanent art installation in the station's entrances and mezzanine entitled Wings for the IRT: The Irresistible Romance of Travel was created in 1995 by Jane Greengold, who used the station regularly when she lived in Park Slope. The bronze and terra cotta pieces of art are modeled on the original Interborough Rapid Transit Company logo, and references the Soldiers' and Sailors' Arch in the plaza above with its Winged Victories. The MTA's Arts for Transit program held an opening ceremony for the artwork on June 19, 1997.[12][13]

Exits

The station has four entrances and exits, all of which are staircases:[14]

• 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

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 Irresistable [sic] Romance of Travel Artwork by Jane Greengold (1993)
• MTA's Arts For Transit — Grand Army Plaza (IRT Eastern Parkway Line)

На других языках

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- [en] Grand Army Plaza station

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[ru] Гранд-Арми-Плаза (линия Истерн-Паркуэй, Ай-ар-ти)

«Гранд-Арми-Плаза» (англ. Grand Army Plaza) — станция Нью-Йоркского метрополитена, расположенная на линии Истерн-Паркуэй, Ай-ар-ти. Станция находится в Бруклине, в округе Парк-Слоуп, на пересечении Гранд-Арми-Плаза и Флатбуш-авеню. На станции останавливаются маршруты: 2 (круглосуточно), 3 (круглосуточно, кроме ночи) и 4 (ночью). Экспресс-пути, проходящие под станцией, используются маршрутами 4 (круглосуточно, кроме ночи) и 5 (в будни днём).

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