{"nrhp_refnum":"05000748","name":"15th Street-Prospect Park Subway Station (IND)","other_names":[],"category":"structure","location":{"address":"15th St./Prospect Park W and SW","address_restricted":false,"city":"Brooklyn","county":"Brooklyn","state":"NY","lat":40.66025238200007,"lon":-73.97988683099999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2005-07-27","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Transportation","Architecture","Engineering","Community Planning and Development","Social History"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-track, center-platform subway station in the Park Slope/Windsor Terrace area of Brooklyn, New York, on the 6th Avenue/Prospect Park Line (F train). It was completed in 1933 as part of the city-built Independent (IND) subway system.","why_significant":"The station is significant under Criterion A for its role in transportation, community planning and development, and social history, and under Criterion C for engineering and architecture. It is a well-preserved example of simple 1930s Art Deco design made for maintenance and efficiency. It retains a high degree of original material and craftsmanship, and it is significant at the local level.","narrative":"Completed in 1933, this Brooklyn subway station serves Park Slope and Windsor Terrace along the edge of Prospect Park. It belongs to the Independent (IND) system built by the city's Board of Transportation. The station is about 662 feet long and 50 feet wide, with a platform level and an upper mezzanine, a steel-column frame with concrete walls, and white ceramic tile finishes accented by a mustard yellow band. Six street entrances connect to the mezzanine. The two at the north end are built into the park's sandstone retaining walls, and the others keep original Art Deco railings with chevron motifs. Iron ventilation grilles show geometric Art Deco patterns. The station is recognized for its transportation role, its engineering, and its well-preserved, utilitarian 1930s design by chief engineer Robert Ridgeway and design engineer Aaron Raisman. Tunnels just to the north, built in the late 1920s, are described as an early use of pre-cast concrete segment lining.","period_of_significance":"1933","architect_builder":"Ridgeway, Robert (Chief engineer); Raisman, Aaron (Division Engineer)","architectural_style":"Modern Movement: Art Deco","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Still used as a subway station (current function listed as transportation/rail-related); some entrance railings and lamp globes have been replaced and modern ticket booths added.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:52.797388-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/05000748.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/05000748/1d515c2982-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/05000748/1d515c2982-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Tdorante10","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:15th_St%E2%80%93Prospect_Pk_td_(2019-02-03)_09.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Tdorante10</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:15th_St%E2%80%93Prospect_Pk_td_(2019-02-03)_09.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75313327","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/15th_Street%E2%80%93Prospect_Park_station","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2614653"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/brooklyn/15th-street-prospect-park-subway-station-ind-05000748/"}