Jump to content

Franklin Avenue station (Fulton Street): Difference between revisions

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Browse history interactively
← Previous editNext edit →
Content deleted Content added
VisualWikitext
Rescuing 2 sources and tagging 0 as dead. #IABot (v1.2.7.1)
Line 201: Line 201:
* {{NYCS ref|http://www.nycsubway.org/wiki/IND_Fulton_Street_Line#Franklin_Avenue|IND Fulton|Franklin Avenue}}
* {{NYCS ref|http://www.nycsubway.org/wiki/IND_Fulton_Street_Line#Franklin_Avenue|IND Fulton|Franklin Avenue}}
* nycsubway.org — [http://www.nycsubway.org/perl/artwork_show?128 Life and Continued Growth Artwork by Eric Pryor (1999)]
* nycsubway.org — [http://www.nycsubway.org/perl/artwork_show?128 Life and Continued Growth Artwork by Eric Pryor (1999)]
* Station Reporter — [http://www.stationreporter.net/ctrain.htm C Train]
* Station Reporter — [https://web.archive.org/web/20130313005345/http://www.stationreporter.net:80/ctrain.htm C Train]
* Station Reporter — [http://www.stationreporter.net/fstrain.htm Franklin Shuttle]
* Station Reporter — [http://www.stationreporter.net/fstrain.htm Franklin Shuttle]
* Station Reporter — [http://stationreporter.net/fultonel.htm Fulton Elevated]
* Station Reporter — [https://web.archive.org/web/20130408045756/http://stationreporter.net/fultonel.htm Fulton Elevated]
* The Subway Nut - [http://www.subwaynut.com/ct/franklinc/index.php Franklin Avenue Pictures]
* The Subway Nut - [http://www.subwaynut.com/ct/franklinc/index.php Franklin Avenue Pictures]
* MTA's Arts For Transit — [http://web.mta.info/mta/aft/permanentart/permart.html?agency=nyct&line=S&station=1 Franklin Avenue]
* MTA's Arts For Transit — [http://web.mta.info/mta/aft/permanentart/permart.html?agency=nyct&line=S&station=1 Franklin Avenue]

Revision as of 17:09, 4 January 2017

This article is about the station transfer complex between the Franklin Avenue Shuttle and the IND Fulton Street Line. For the transfer complex between the Franklin Avenue Shuttle and the IRT Eastern Parkway Line, see Franklin Avenue–Botanic Garden (New York City Subway). For the demolished station on the BMT Lexington Avenue Line, see Franklin Avenue (BMT Lexington Avenue Line).
 Franklin Avenue–Fulton Street
 "A" train​"C" train​Franklin Avenue Shuttle
New York City Subway station complex
Entrance on south side of Fulton Street
Station statistics
AddressFranklin Avenue & Fulton Street
Brooklyn, NY 11216
BoroughBrooklyn
LocaleBedford-Stuyvesant
DivisionB (BMT/IND)[1]
LineBMT Franklin Avenue Line
IND Fulton Street Line
Services   A late nights (late nights)
​   C all except late nights (all except late nights)​
   S all times (all times)
TransitBus transport NYCT Bus: B25, B48, B49
Levels2
Other information
OpenedOctober 18, 1999; 24 years ago (1999-10-18)[2]
AccessibleThis station is compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 ADA-accessible
Traffic
20231,210,340[3] Increase 11.5%
Rank256 out of 423[3]
Station service legend
Symbol Description
Stops all times except late nights Stops all times except late nights
Stops all times Stops all times
Stops late nights only Stops late nights only

Franklin Avenue–Fulton Street is a station complex shared by the BMT Franklin Avenue Line and the IND Fulton Street Line of the New York City Subway, located at Franklin Avenue and Fulton Street in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn. It is served by the:

Station layout

2F Side platform, doors will open on the left Disabled access
Southbound ← Franklin Avenue Shuttle toward Prospect Park (Park Place)
→(Demolished: Dean Street)
1F Crossover to northbound Fulton St. platform
G Street Level Exit/Entrance
B Northbound platform Fare control
Side platform, doors will open on the right Disabled access
Northbound local ← "C" train toward 168th Street ("A" train toward 207th Street late nights) (Clinton–Washington Avenues)
Northbound express ← "A" train does not stop here
Southbound express → "A" train does not stop here →
Southbound local → "C" train toward Euclid Avenue ("A" train toward Far Rockaway late nights) (Nostrand Avenue) →
Side platform, doors will open on the right Disabled access
Southbound platform Fare control

BMT Franklin Avenue Line platform

 Franklin Avenue
 Franklin Avenue Shuttle
New York City Subway station (rapid transit)
Two-car train of R68s terminating at Franklin Avenue
Station statistics
DivisionB (BMT)[1]
LineBMT Franklin Avenue Line
Services   S all times (all times)
StructureElevated
Platforms1 side platform
Tracks1
Other information
OpenedAugust 15, 1896; 128 years ago (1896-08-15)[5][6]
Rebuilt1924; 100 years ago (1924) (Dual Contracts)
October 18, 1999; 24 years ago (1999-10-18) (shuttle refurbishment)
Opposite-
direction
transfer		Yes
Former/other namesFranklin Avenue–Fulton Street
Traffic
20231,210,340[3] Increase 11.5%
Rank256 out of 423[3]
Station succession
Next northTemplate:NYCS next
Next southTemplate:NYCS next
Template:NYCS next
Station service legend
Symbol Description
Stops all times Stops all times
style="color:white;background:#Template:NYCS color;text-align:center;padding:5px"|
Track layout
Legend
Bidirectional track
to Park Pl

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.

History

This elevated station opened on August 15, 1896 to connect with the adjacent Franklin Avenue station of the Fulton Street Elevated. It was a replacement for the August 18, 1878-built Bedford Terminal station originally built by the Brooklyn, Flatbush and Coney Island Railway.[7] It was a two-track through station with side platforms and the point where steam railroad trains from the Fulton Street Line turned onto the BMT Brighton Line to access Brighton Beach. The station also had a connection with the Franklin Avenue Line streetcars.[7]

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 transferring between the Fulton Street and Franklin Avenue Lines. The station platforms were also extended south to accommodate longer trains. Originally accommodated for five elevated BU cars for a length of ~250 ft (~76 m), they were now able to hold six subway-type AB Standard cars for a length of ~402 feet (~123 m).

The next stop to the east was Nostrand Avenue for Fulton Street trains and Dean Street for Brighton Line trains. The next stop to the west was Grand Avenue. When the BMT system was taken over by the City of New York on June 1, 1940, the Fulton Street Elevated Line was closed and later demolished while paper transfers were issued at Franklin Avenue for passengers to access the new IND Fulton Street Line subway.

In 1985, the station had only 210 paying daily riders on a typical weekday in 1985 not counting farebeaters, making it one of the least used stations in the system.[8]

Rehabilitation

Platform awaiting shuttle train

This station was completely rebuilt between 1998 and 1999[7][9] as a single-track station with a single platform on the west side of the track.[10] The new platform is only 180 feet (55 metres) long and can accommodate a train of two 75 ft (23 m)-long cars, or three 60 ft (18 m)-long cars. The track ends at a bumper block at the north end of the platform.[10]

The 1999 artwork here is called Life and Continued Growth by Eric Pryor. It consists of stained glass panels on the top of the entranceway to the shuttle platform.

Exit

At the north end of the platform is the station's main station house, a three-story building on the southwest corner of Fulton Street and Franklin Avenue that connects to both platforms of Franklin Avenue on the IND Fulton Street Line.[11] One up-only escalator and one long staircase go down to the fare control area at ground level, where one staircase goes down to the southbound IND platform and one turnstile bank provides access to/from the station. A set of doors then lead out to the streets after the token booth.[12]

The shuttle platform has another short staircase that goes down to a glass-enclosed bridge above Fulton Street. On the other end is an elevator and one staircase going down to the northbound IND platform. A second elevator from the shuttle platform goes down to the overpass, main fare control area, and the southbound IND platform. these two elevators make the entire station complex ADA-accessible.[12]

IND Fulton Street Line platforms

 Franklin Avenue
 "A" train​"C" train
New York City Subway station (rapid transit)
Platform trim line and name tablets
Station statistics
DivisionB (IND)[1]
LineIND Fulton Street Line
Services   A late nights (late nights)
​   C all except late nights (all except late nights)
StructureUnderground
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks4
Other information
OpenedApril 9, 1936; 88 years ago (1936-04-09)[13]
AccessibleThis station is compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 ADA-accessible
Opposite-
direction
transfer		Yes
Traffic
20231,210,340[3] Increase 11.5%
Rank256 out of 423[3]
Station succession
Next northTemplate:NYCS next
Next southTemplate:NYCS next
Station service legend
Symbol Description
Stops all times except late nights Stops all times except late nights
Stops late nights only Stops late nights only
Track layout
Legend
to Clinton–Washington
to Nostrand Av

Franklin Avenue is an underground local station on the IND Fulton Street Line. Opened on April 9, 1936,[13] it has four tracks and two side platforms. The two center express tracks are used by the A train during daytime hours.[10]

Both platforms have a lime green trim line on a dark green border with small "FRANKLIN" signs below them in white lettering on a black border. The name tablets read "FRANKLIN AVE." in white sans serif font on dark green background and lime green border. Directional signs are underneath them and there is evidence of a former fare control area on the west (railroad north) end of the station, which went to Classon Avenue.[14] These exits were closed in the 1980s.[14]

Prior to introduction of the MetroCard, the Euclid Avenue-bound platform had a same-level fare control and a paper bus-style transfer was handed out at either IND fare control areas (the only place in the subway where this was still being done) for access to the shuttle station only. After the MetroCard was introduced, a paper MetroCard transfer was issued from a machine that resembled a bus farebox. These transfers were good for twenty minutes and were discontinued after construction of the in-system transfer.

Exits

Fare control areas are at the extreme east (railroad south) end of the platforms. On the Manhattan-bound side, there is an unstaffed turnstile bank and one staircase going up to the northeast corner of Franklin Avenue and Fulton Street. Inside fare control, one staircase and one elevator go up to the overpass above Fulton Street that connects to the shuttle platform. On the Euclid Avenue-bound platform, a staircase goes up to the main station house, where a connection to the Franklin Avenue Shuttle is available.[11] An elevator from the platform goes up to the shuttle platform with intermediate stops at the main station house and overpass.[12]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Glossary". Second Avenue Subway Supplemental Draft Environmental Impact Statement (SDEIS) (PDF). Vol. 1. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. March 4, 2003. pp. 1–2. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 26, 2021. Retrieved January 1, 2021.
  2. ^ Thomas J. Lueck, New York Times, Subway Shuttle Gets $74 Million Makeover, October 18, 1999, page B3
  3. ^ a b c d e f "Annual Subway Ridership (2018–2023)". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2023. Retrieved April 20, 2024.
  4. ^ "Facts and Figures: Annual Subway Ridership". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved 2016-04-19.
  5. ^ Template:Cite BDE
  6. ^ Template:Cite BDE
  7. ^ a b c "The lore of the FRANKLIN AVENUE SHUTTLE - Forgotten New York". forgotten-ny.com. Retrieved 2016-07-21.
  8. ^ Levine, Richard (1986-11-05). "COLUMN ONE: TRANSPORT". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2016-10-02.
  9. ^ Blair, Jayson (1998-07-25). "18-Month Renovation for Brooklyn Shuttle". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2016-07-21.
  10. ^ a b c Dougherty, Peter (2006) [2002]. Tracks of the New York City Subway 2006 (3rd ed.). Dougherty. OCLC 49777633 – via Google Books.
  11. ^ a b "MTA Neighborhood Maps: Bedford-Stuyvesant" (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2016. Retrieved 5 July 2016.
  12. ^ a b c "Accessible Stations in the MTA Network". web.mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved November 29, 2016.
  13. ^ a b "NEW SUBWAY LINK OPENED BY MAYOR; He Tells 15,000 in Brooklyn It Will Be Extended to Queens When Red Tape Is Cut". The New York Times. 1936-04-09. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2016-08-15.
  14. ^ a b "Review of the A and C Lines" (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. December 11, 2015. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Franklin Avenue – Fulton Street (New York City Subway).
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Franklin_Avenue_station_(Fulton_Street)&oldid=758302069"