The Best and Worst of Brooklyn Subway Stations
Best: 2/3 Grand Army Plaza
This station has a couple of things going for it. One, when you ascend from the station, you are greeted with one of the more impressive sights in Brooklyn—Grand Army Plaza, Prospect Park, and the main branch of the Brooklyn Public Library. Not too shabby.* But my favorite thing about the station is this 1995 art installation by Jane Greengold, titled Wings for the IRT: The Irresistible Romance of Travel. I mean, the title says it all right there, doesn’t it? There’s nothing more irresistibly romantic than subway travel. At least, not that I’ve found.
*A close runner-up is the 2/3 Eastern Parkway stop, where, if it’s spring, you are greeted with cherry blossoms and the Brooklyn Museum. Beautiful.
