Franklin Street station (IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line)

Franklin Street  ​
New York City Subway station (rapid transit)
Uptown platform
Station statistics
Address	Franklin Street & Varick Street New York, NY 10013
Borough	Manhattan
Locale	Tribeca
Division	A (IRT)
Line	IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line
Services	1  (all times) ​   2  (late nights)
Transit	NYCT Bus: M20 NJT Bus: 120
Structure	Underground
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	4
Other information
Opened	July 1, 1918 (1918-07-01)
Opposite- direction transfer	No
Traffic
2023	1,329,726  21.9%
Rank	234 out of 423
Station succession
Next north	Template:NYCS next
Next south	Template:NYCS next
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops all times Stops late nights only

Station identification mosaic

Franklin Street is a local station on the IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line of the New York City Subway, located at the intersection of Franklin Street, Varick Street, and West Broadway. It is served by the 1 train at all times, and by the 2 train during late nights.

Station layout

Track layout
to Canal St to Chambers St

Ground	Street level	Exit/entrance
Platform level	Side platform
	Northbound local	← toward Van Cortlandt Park–242nd Street (Canal Street) ← toward Wakefield–241st Street late nights (Canal Street)
	Northbound express	← do not stop here
	Southbound express	→ do not stop here →
	Southbound local	→ toward South Ferry (Chambers Street) → → toward Flatbush Avenue–Brooklyn College late nights (Chambers Street) →
	Side platform

Mosaic border

The station has two side platforms and four tracks with no crossover or crossunder.

There are "store window"-style art displays on the southbound platform and a faux-newsstand on the northbound side. Although the station's original wall tiling was replaced during renovations, its mosaic bands were kept; there are "Franklin Street" large mosaics, small "F" mosaics and directional mosaics "To Franklin St." and "To North Moore St." The floor tiles are rose-colored.

Exits

The full-time entrance is on the uptown side, on a traffic island where Varick Street and West Broadway meet. There is a kiosk reminiscent of the original IRT kiosks at 72nd Street and Bowling Green, but it was added during the station's renovation during the mid-1990s. There are two downtown street stair entrances on either western corner of Varick and Franklin Streets, but the booth is not staffed at all times. There are part-time high-exit turnstiles one block north, at both northern corners of Varick and North Moore Streets, on both the uptown and downtown sides.

External links

Uptown station entrance kiosk

• nycsubway.org – IRT West Side Line: Franklin Street
• nycsubway.org – Alleyways, Tribeca Artwork by Susan Leopold (2005)
• Station Reporter – 1 Train
• Franklin Street entrance from Google Maps Street View
• Varick Street entrance from Google Maps Street View
• Moore Street exit only stairs from Google Maps Street View
• Platforms from Google Maps Street View