Prospect Avenue (IRT White Plains Road Line)

Prospect Avenue New York City Subway rapid transit station
Station statistics
Address	Prospect Avenue & Westchester Avenue Bronx, NY 10459
Borough	The Bronx
Locale	Melrose, Longwood
Coordinates	40.819°N 73.901°W / 40.819; -73.901
Division	A (IRT)
Line	IRT White Plains Road Line
Services	2  (all times)       5  (daily except rush hours, peak direction)
Connection	New York City Bus: Bx4, Bx4A, Bx17
Structure	Elevated
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	3
Other information
Opened	November 26, 1904 (November 26, 1904)
Traffic
Passengers (2010)	2,326,054  1.9%
Rank	199 out of 422
Station succession
Next north	Intervale Avenue: 2  5
Next south	Jackson Avenue: 2  5
Prospect Avenue Subway Station (IRT)
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
MPS:	New York City Subway System MPS
NRHP Reference#:	04001026
Added to NRHP:	September 17, 2004
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops in station at all times Stops all times except late nights Stops late nights only Stops late nights and weekends only Stops weekdays only Stops all times except rush hours in the peak direction Stops all times except weekdays Stops rush hours only Stops rush hours in the peak direction only Station is closed (Details about time periods)

Prospect Avenue is a local station on the IRT White Plains Road Line of the New York City Subway. Located at the intersection of Prospect and Westchester Avenues in the Bronx, it is served by the 2 train at all times and the 5 train daily except rush hours in peak direction.

This elevated station, opened on November 26, 1904 as part of the IRT Second Avenue Line and renovated in 2006, has three tracks and two side platforms. The center express track is used by the 5 train during rush hours in the peak direction.

The center of both platforms have beige windscreens with green frames and red canopies and green frames and support columns. The ends have waist high, green steel fences with lampposts at regular intervals. The station signs are in the standard black station name plate with white lettering.

This station is very close to street level. As a result, the stations houses are adjacent to their respective platforms and there are no crossovers or crossunders.

On the Manhattan-bound side, one staircase from the northwest corner of Westchester Avenue and 160th Street goes up to the north side of the station house. Another from the northern intersection of Prospect Avenue and 160th Street goes up to the south side. Inside the station house, there is a token booth, turnstile bank, waiting area, and doors leading to the platform. The platform has two exit-only turnstiles, each of which leads to one of the street stairs.

On the northbound side, two staircases from the northeast corner of Longwood and Westchester Avenues go up to the north side of the station house, which has a now closed customer assistance booth, turnstile bank, waiting area, and doors leading directly to the platform. A high exit-only turnstile from the platform leads directly to the staircases. Towards the south end of the platform, another exit-only turnstile leads to a double-flight staircase going down to the northeast corner of Prospect and Westchester Avenue.

Both station houses have heaters. The 2006 artwork here is called Bronx, Four Seasons by Urkrainian artist Marina Tsersarskaya. It consists of stained glass panels on the platform windscreens and station houses depicting images related the four seasons of meteorology.

This station is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

External links

• nycsubway.org — IRT White Plains Road Line: Prospect Avenue
• nycsubway.org — Bronx, Four Seasons Artwork by Marina Tsesarskaya (2006)
• Station reporter — 2 Train
• Station reporter — 5 Train
• The Subway Nut — Prospect Avenue Pictures
• MTA's Arts For Transit — Prospect Avenue (IRT White Plains Road Line)
• Prospect Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View

Northbound station house