Franklin Street station (IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line)
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Structure | Underground | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Platforms | 2 side platforms | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tracks | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Opened | July 1, 1918 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Opposite- direction transfer | No | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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2023 | 1,329,726[2] 21.9% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rank | 227 out of 423[2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Franklin Street station 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.[4] It is served by the 1 train at all times and by the 2 train during late nights.
The station was built by the Interborough Rapid Transit Company (IRT) as part of the Dual Contracts with New York City, and opened on July 1, 1918. The station had its platforms extended in the 1960s, and was renovated in the early 1990s.
History
Construction and opening
The Dual Contracts, which were signed on March 19, 1913, were contracts for the construction and/or rehabilitation and operation of rapid transit lines in the City of New York. The contracts were "dual" in that they were signed between the City and two separate private companies (the Interborough Rapid Transit Company and the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company), all working together to make the construction of the Dual Contracts possible. The Dual Contracts promised the construction of several lines in Brooklyn. As part of Contract 4, the IRT agreed to build a branch of the original subway line south down Seventh Avenue, Varick Street, and West Broadway to serve the West Side of Manhattan.[5][6][7]
The construction of this line, in conjunction with the construction of the Lexington Avenue Line, would change the operations of the IRT system. Instead of having trains go via Broadway, turning onto 42nd Street, before finally turning onto Park Avenue, there would be two trunk lines connected by the 42nd Street Shuttle. The system would be changed from looking like a "Z" system on a map to an "H" system. One trunk would run via the new Lexington Avenue Line down Park Avenue, and the other trunk would run via the new Seventh Avenue Line up Broadway. In order for the line to continue down Varick Street and West Broadway, these streets needed to be widened, and two new streets were built, the Seventh Avenue Extension and the Varick Street Extension.[8] It was predicted that the subway extension would lead to the growth of the Lower West Side, and to neighborhoods such as Chelsea and Greenwich Village.[9][10]
Franklin Street opened as part of an extension of the line from
Later years
The city government took over the IRT's operations on June 12, 1940.[15][16] On August 9, 1964, the New York City Transit Authority (NYCTA) announced the letting of a $7.6 million contract to lengthen platforms at stations on the Broadway—Seventh Avenue Line from Rector Street to 34th Street–Penn Station, including Franklin Street, and stations from Central Park North–110th Street to 145th Street on the Lenox Avenue Line to allow express trains to be lengthened from nine-car trains to ten-car trains, and to lengthen locals from eight-car trains to ten-car trains. With the completion of this project, the NYCTA project to lengthen IRT stations to accommodate ten-car trains would be complete.[17]
The station was renovated in the early 1990s.[citation needed]
When
Station layout
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 |
The station has two
There are "store window"-style art displays on the southbound platform and a faux-newsstand on the northbound side.[21] 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."[21] The floor tiles are rose and tan colored with light and dark splotches.[21]
Exits
The full-time entrance is on the uptown side, on a traffic island where Varick Street and West Broadway meet.
References
- ^ "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.
- ^ a b "Annual Subway Ridership (2018–2023)". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2023. Retrieved April 20, 2024.
- ^ "Annual Subway Ridership (2018–2023)". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2023. Retrieved April 20, 2024.
- ^ 1 Broadway - Seventh Avenue Line Local line map Archived May 9, 2008, at the Wayback Machine MTA Retrieved May 20, 2008
- ^ "Terms and Conditions of Dual System Contracts". nycsubway.org. Public Service Commission. March 19, 1913. Archived from the original on May 13, 2015. Retrieved February 16, 2015.
- ^ "The Dual System of Rapid Transit (1912)". nycsubway.org. Public Service Commission. September 1912. Archived from the original on January 26, 2021. Retrieved May 30, 2017.
- ^ "Most Recent Map of the Dual Subway System Which Shows How Brooklyn Borough Is Favored In New Transit Lines". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. September 9, 1917. p. 37. Archived from the original on October 26, 2016. Retrieved August 23, 2016 – via Brooklyn Public Library; newspapers.com.
- ^ Engineering News-record. McGraw-Hill Publishing Company. 1916. Archived from the original on May 4, 2022. Retrieved October 25, 2020.
- ^ (PDF) from the original on December 12, 2019. Retrieved August 26, 2016.
- (PDF) from the original on July 13, 2021. Retrieved November 6, 2016.
- ^ ProQuest 575909557.
- (PDF) from the original on May 30, 2020. Retrieved November 6, 2016.
- ProQuest 99994412. Retrieved November 22, 2022.
- (PDF) from the original on February 21, 2021. Retrieved April 21, 2020.
- from the original on January 7, 2022. Retrieved May 14, 2022.
- ProQuest 1248134780.
- from the original on January 10, 2021. Retrieved January 4, 2021.
- ^ Marcus, Lilit (September 3, 2018). "Aretha Franklin gets respect at 2 NYC subway stations - CNN Travel". CNN. Archived from the original on December 9, 2021. Retrieved December 9, 2021.
- ^ a b Yakas, Ben (September 4, 2018). "MTA Adds Aretha Franklin 'Respect' Tributes To Franklin Avenue & Franklin Street Subway Stations". Gothamist. Archived from the original on December 9, 2021. Retrieved December 9, 2021.
- ^ Weber, Jasmine (September 4, 2018). "NYC Subway Honors Aretha Franklin with Sign of "Respect"". Hyperallergic. Archived from the original on December 10, 2021. Retrieved December 9, 2021.
- ^ a b c d e "IRT West Side Line: Franklin Street". nycsubway.org. Archived from the original on May 11, 2012. Retrieved May 20, 2008.
- ^ "1 Subway Timetable, Effective August 12, 2023". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved August 26, 2023.
- ^ a b "2 Subway Timetable, Effective June 26, 2022". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved August 26, 2023.
- ^ "3 Subway Timetable, Effective June 26, 2022". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved August 26, 2023.
- ^ "Subway Map" (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. September 2021. Retrieved September 17, 2021.
- ^ a b "MTA Neighborhood Maps: SoHo / Tribeca" (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2015. Archived (PDF) from the original on September 14, 2020. Retrieved August 6, 2015.
External links
- 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 and West Broadway entrance from Google Maps Street View
- Moore Street exit only stairs from Google Maps Street View
- Platforms from Google Maps Street View