Franklin Avenue  ​
New York City Subwaystation complex
Entrance on south side of Fulton Street
Station statistics
Address	Franklin Avenue and Fulton Street Brooklyn, New York
Borough	Brooklyn
Locale	Bedford–Stuyvesant
Coordinates	40°40′52″N73°57′21″W / 40.681126°N 73.955712°W /40.681126; -73.955712
Division	B (BMT/IND)[1]
Line	BMT Franklin Avenue Line IND Fulton Street Line
Services	A  (late nights) ​  C  (all except late nights)​   S  (all times)
Transit	NYCT Bus:B25,B48,B49
Levels	2
Other information
Opened	October 18, 1999; 26 years ago (1999-10-18)[2]
Accessible	ADA-accessible
Traffic
2024	1,288,429[3]  6.5%
Rank	244 out of 423[3]
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Street map
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops all times except late nights Stops all times Stops late nights only

TheFranklin Avenue station is astation complex shared by theBMT Franklin Avenue Line and theIND Fulton Street Line of theNew York City Subway, located at Franklin Avenue and Fulton Street inBedford–Stuyvesant, Brooklyn. It is served by theFranklin Avenue Shuttle at all times, theC train at all times except late nights, and theA train during late nights.

3rd floor	Side platform
	Westbound	← towardProspect Park(Park Place) →(Demolished:Dean Street)
2nd floor	Crossover	Connection to eastbound Fulton Street trains
Ground	Street level	Station house, exit/entrance
Basement	North mezzanine	Fare control
	Side platform
	Westbound local	← toward168th Street(Clinton–Washington Avenues) ← towardInwood–207th Street late nights(Clinton–Washington Avenues)
	Westbound express	← does not stop here
	Eastbound express	→ does not stop here →
	Eastbound local	→ towardEuclid Avenue(Nostrand Avenue) → → towardFar Rockaway–Mott Avenue late nights(Nostrand Avenue) →
	Side platform
	South mezzanine	Fare control

Franklin Avenue
Two-car train ofR68s terminating at Franklin Avenue
Station statistics
Division	B (BMT)[1]
Line	BMT Franklin Avenue Line
Services	S  (all times)
Structure	Elevated
Platforms	1side platform
Tracks	1
Other information
Opened	August 15, 1896; 129 years ago (1896-08-15)[4][5]
Rebuilt	1924; 101 years ago (1924) (Dual Contracts) October 18, 1999; 26 years ago (1999-10-18) (shuttle refurbishment)
Former/other names	Franklin Avenue–Fulton Street
Services Preceding station New York City Subway Following station Terminus Franklin Avenue Park Place towardProspect Park
Non-revenue services and lines Preceding station New York City Subway Following station Terminus no service Dean Street demolished
Track layout Legend Bidirectional track toPark Place
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops all times

TheFranklin Avenue station on theBMT Franklin Avenue Line has one track and oneside platform. It is the northernterminal of theFranklin Avenue Shuttle.

This elevated station opened on August 15, 1896, to connect with the adjacentFranklin Avenue station of theFulton Street Elevated (see§ BMT Fulton Street Line platforms). It was a replacement for the August 18, 1878-builtBedford Terminal station originally built by theBrooklyn, Flatbush and Coney Island Railway.^[6] It was a two-track through station with side platforms. Just before the Fulton Street Line station,steam railroad trains from the Fulton Street Line turned south onto theBMT Brighton Line to accessBrighton Beach. The station also had a connection with theFranklin Avenue Line streetcars,^[6] as well asFulton Street Line streetcars.

In 1920, the track connection to the Fulton Street Line was severed as Brighton Line trains toDowntown 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 elevatedBU cars for a length of ~250 ft (~76 m), they were now able to hold six subway-typeAB Standard cars for a length of ~402 feet (~123 m).

The next stop to the south wasDean Street but only for Brighton Line trains. The next stop to the west wasGrand Avenue. When theBMT system was taken over by theCity 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 newIND 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.^[7]

This station was completely rebuilt between 1998 and 1999^[6][8] as a single-track station with a single platform on the west side of the track.^[9] 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 abumper block at the north end of the platform.^[9]

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

In 2024,Skanska was hired to replace 21 escalators across the New York City Subway system for $146 million, including one escalator at the Franklin Avenue station.^[10][11]

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.^[12] One up-only escalator and one long staircase go down to thefare 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.^[13]

The shuttle platform has another short staircase that goes down to a mesh-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 complexADA-accessible.^[13]

Franklin Avenue
SouthboundR32 C train leaving the station
Station statistics
Division	B (IND)[1]
Line	IND Fulton Street Line
Services	A  (late nights) ​  C  (all except late nights)
Structure	Underground
Platforms	2side platforms
Tracks	4
Other information
Opened	April 9, 1936; 89 years ago (1936-04-09)[14]
Accessible	ADA-accessible
Services Preceding station New York City Subway Following station Clinton–Washington Avenues A  ​C  toward168th Street Local Nostrand Avenue A  ​C  towardEuclid Avenue
Track layout Legend toClinton–Washington Avs toNostrand Avenue
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops all times except late nights Stops late nights only

TheFranklin Avenue station is an underground localstation on theIND Fulton Street Line.

The Franklin Avenue station was constructed as part of the IND Fulton Street Line, the main line of the city-ownedIndependent Subway System (IND)'s main line fromDowntown Brooklyn to southern Queens.^[15] The groundbreaking for the line was held on April 16, 1929, at Fulton Street and Arlington Place.^[16] This station opened on April 9, 1936, as part of an extension of theIndependent Subway System (IND) from its previous Brooklyn terminus atJay Street–Borough Hall, which opened three years earlier, toRockaway Avenue.^[14] The new IND subway replaced theBMT Fulton Street Elevated, and this station replaced its namesake Franklin Avenue, which closed on May 31, 1940.^[17]

WhenAretha Franklin died on August 16, 2018, theMetropolitan Transportation Authority pasted sticker signs with the word "Respect" on the walls of the Franklin Avenue station, as well as theFranklin Street station in Manhattan.^[18][19] A Brooklyn resident had suggested adding the signs after impromptu tributes to Franklin had arisen at these two stations.^[19]

Opened on April 9, 1936,^[14] it has four tracks and twoside platforms. The two center express tracks are used by theA train during daytime hours.^[9]

Both platforms have a light green trim line with a dark green border and small "FRANKLIN" tile captions below them in white lettering on a black background. The mosaic name tablets read "FRANKLIN AVE." in whitesans-serif font on dark green background and light green border. Directional signs pointing to fare control are underneath some of them. Both platforms are entirely column-less.

Prior to introduction of theMetroCard, the Euclid Avenue-bound platform had a same-level fare control and an out-of-system paper 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 20 minutes and were discontinued after construction of the in-system transfer.^{[clarification needed]}

Fare control areas are at the extreme east (railroad south) end of the platforms. On the Manhattan-bound side, there is an unstaffedturnstile 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.^[12] An elevator from the platform goes up to the shuttle platform with intermediate stops at the main station house and overpass.^[13]

Directional signs obscured with paint, along with newly tiled rooms, point to evidence of a closed exits on the west (railroad north) end of the station, which went to both eastern corners of Classon Avenue and Fulton Street.^[20] These exits were closed in the 1980s.^[20] The exit to the Manhattan-bound platform is blocked by a trapdoor, while the exit to the eastbound platform is completely sealed.

Franklin Ave.
General information
Line	BMT Fulton Street Line
Platforms	1side platform, 1island platform
Tracks	3 tracks
Construction
Structure type	Elevated
History
Opened	April 24, 1888; 137 years ago (1888-04-24)
Closed	June 1, 1940; 85 years ago (1940-06-01)
Key dates
Platforms demolished	1955
Headhouse demolished	1999
Former services
Preceding station BMT Lines Following station Sands Street towardPark Row 13: Fulton Street Express Atlantic Avenue towardLefferts Avenue Grand Avenue towardPark Row orFulton Ferry 13: Fulton Street Local Tompkins Avenue towardLefferts Avenue
Location

This original elevated station at this intersection opened on April 24, 1888, along the demolishedBMT Fulton Street Line. It was originally built by theKings County Elevated Railway, and was not only one of the original stations along the line, but the penultimate station, until it was extended to Albany and Sumner Avenues the next month, Rockaway Avenue by the end of the year, Van Siclen Avenue in 1889, Montauk Avenue in 1892, and Grant Avenue in 1894. In 1896, theBrooklyn and Brighton Beach Railroad connected the former BF&CI line to the station. It was a two-track through station with side platforms, gaining a third track along the south side at the point wheresteam railroad trains from the Fulton Street Line turned onto theBMT Brighton Line to accessBrighton Beach. The southern platform was shared with the northbound Brighton Line platform, with the different sections of the platform located at right angles. As with the Franklin Street platforms, the station also had a connection with theFranklin Avenue Line streetcars.^[6] The eastbound platform of the BMT Fulton Street Line and the westbound platform of the Franklin Avenue Line were already connected before 1920.

When the extension of theMontague Street Tunnel under Flatbush Avenue rerouted Brighton Line trains toDowntown Brooklyn in 1920, the track connection to the BMT Franklin and Brighton Lines were severed.^[21] The connection to the now Franklin Avenue Shuttle was rebuilt in 1924 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 next stop to the east wasNostrand Avenue. The next stop to the west wasGrand Avenue. When theBMT system was taken over by theCity of New York on June 1, 1940, the Fulton Street Elevated Line was closed^[22] and later demolished as the IND Fulton Avenue Subway station built four years earlier was used as a replacement.^[14] The short segment of the Fulton Street Elevated adjacent to the Franklin Avenue shuttle platforms remained standing until the reconstruction project of 1998 and 1999.^[23]

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