Franklin Avenue (New York City Subway)
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| Franklin Avenue | |
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New York City Subway station |
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| Station information | |
| Services | A  (late nights)C  (all except late nights)S  (all times) |
| Passengers (2006) | 3.791 million ▲ 0.1% |
| Other | |
| Borough | Brooklyn |
| Accessible |  |
Franklin Avenue is a New York City Subway station complex shared by the BMT Franklin Avenue Line and the IND Eighth Avenue Line, located in the neighborhood of Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn.
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[edit] BMT Franklin Avenue Line platform
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| Station information | |
| Line | BMT Franklin Avenue Line |
| Services | S (all times) |
| Platforms | 1 side platform |
| Tracks | 1 |
| Other | |
| Opened | August 15, 1896[1][2] |
| Next north | (Terminal) |
| Next south | Park Place (local): S |
| Closed: Dean Street |
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Franklin Avenue, or Franklin Avenue-Fulton Street on the BMT Franklin Avenue Line has one track and one side platform. It is the northern terminal of the Franklin Avenue Shuttle service.
[edit] History
The original station was built in 1896 in typical Kings County Elevated Railway style to connect with the adjacent Franklin Avenue station of the Fulton Street Elevated. It was a two-track through station with side platforms, and was the point where steam railroad trains from the Fulton Street Line turned onto the BMT Brighton Line to access Brighton Beach.
In 1920 the track connection to the Fulton Street Line was severed as Brighton Line trains to downtown Brooklyn and Manhattan were rerouted via a new tunnel under Flatbush Avenue.
In 1924, the station was rebuilt as a single-track station. The former westbound (now northbound) track was decked over with a wood platform to accommodate crowds switching from the Fulton Street Line to Franklin trains to Prospect Park and Coney Island. The station platforms were also extended south to accommodate longer subway trains. The platforms that originally accommodated five elevated BU cars for a length of ~250 ft (~76 m) were extended to host six subway-type AB Standard cars for a length of ~402 feet (~123 m).
When the BMT system was taken over by the City of New York in 1940 the Fulton Street Elevated Line was discontinued and paper transfers were issued at Franklin Avenue station for passengers to access the new IND Fulton Street Line subway.
[edit] Rehabilitation
This station was completely rebuilt between 1998 and 1999 as a single-track station with a single platform on the west side of the track. The new platform is only 175 feet (~53 m) long and accommodates a two-car train of 75-foot (~23 m) subway cars.
There is an escalator and two elevators in the station, along with new artwork and transfers between the Franklin Avenue & IND Fulton Street lines all within fare control. The main fare control was also moved to street level on the southwest corner of Fulton Street and Franklin Avenue. The layout is pretty interesting. The main fare control is at the base of a large atrium on the southwest corner of the intersection. The shuttle platform is two stories above the street. An escalator that only goes up brings passengers directly to the platform from the street. If you go downstairs from the fare control, you can go to the Euclid Avenue-bound C train. To access the Manhattan-Bound C train, one must go to an intermediate level between the fare control and shuttle platform. There is a bridge across Fulton Street from the level. On the other side, there is another staircase and elevator nonstop to the platform. There are also two part-time entrances from the street on either C train platform.
[edit] IND Fulton Street Line platforms
| Station information | |
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| Line | IND Fulton Street Line |
| Services | A (late nights) C (all except late nights) |
| Platforms | 2 side platforms |
| Tracks | 4 |
| Other | |
| Opened | April 9, 1936 |
| Next north | Clinton-Washington Avenues: A C |
| Next south | Nostrand Avenue: A C |
Franklin Avenue on the IND Fulton Street Line has four tracks and two side platforms. A crossover at the south end of the station connects to Franklin Avenue station of the Franklin Avenue Shuttle. A closed exit at the north end of the southbound platform leads to Classon Avenue and had a booth. After the rebuilding of the shuttle, the booth at the southbound platform was closed, and a new one was added at street level on the same side. The rebuilding also allowed the station to become fully ADA-compliant. All three platforms have elevators to street level.
Prior to the free in-system transfer and the introduction of the MetroCard, a paper bus-style transfer was handed out at the token booth (the only place in the subway where this was still being done). After the Metrocard was introduced, a paper Metrocard transfer was issued from a machine that resembled a bus farebox near the token booth. The transfer was good for twenty minutes and could only be used to enter the shuttle station.
[edit] Bus connections
[edit] References
- ^ "New Route to Coney Island", Brooklyn Daily Eagle, August 14, 1896, p. 12.
- ^ "First Trains to Brighton", Brooklyn Daily Eagle, August 14, 1896, p. 7.
[edit] External links
- nycsubway.org — BMT Franklin: Franklin Avenue
- nycsubway.org — IND Fulton: Franklin Avenue
- Station Reporter — C Train
- Station Reporter — Franklin Shuttle
