Franklin Street (IRT Broadway – Seventh Avenue Line)

Franklin Street
New York City Subway rapid transit station
Uptown platform
Station statistics
Address	Franklin Street & Varick Street New York, NY 10013
Borough	Manhattan
Locale	TriBeCa
Coordinates	40°43′08″N 74°00′25″W / 40.719°N 74.007°W / 40.719; -74.007Coordinates: 40°43′08″N 74°00′25″W / 40.719°N 74.007°W / 40.719; -74.007
Division	A (IRT)
Line	IRT Broadway – Seventh Avenue Line
Services	1  (all times)       2  (late nights)
Connection	NYCT Bus: M20 NJT Bus: 120
Structure	Underground
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	4
Other information
Opened	July 1, 1918 (1918-07-01)
Traffic
Passengers (2014)	1,745,841[1]  2.5%
Rank	270 out of 421
Station succession
Next north	Canal Street: 1  2
Next south	Chambers Street: 1  2
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops in station at all times Stops all times except late nights Stops late nights only Stops late nights and weekdays only Stops late nights and weekends only Stops weekends and weekend late nights Stops weekdays and weekday late nights Stops weekdays only Stops weekends only Stops all times except rush hours in the peak direction Stops all times except weekdays in the peak direction Stops daily except rush hours in the peak direction Stops rush hours only Stops rush hours in the peak direction only Station is closed (Details about time periods)

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.^[2] It is served by the 1 train at all times, and by the 2 train during late nights.

Station layout

G	Street Level	Exit/Entrance
P Platform level	Side platform, doors will open on the right
	Northbound local	← toward Van Cortlandt Park – 242nd Street ( toward 241st Street late nights) (Canal Street)
	Northbound express	← do not stop here
	Southbound express	→ do not stop here →
	Southbound local	→ toward South Ferry ( toward Brooklyn College late nights) (Chambers Street) →
	Side platform, doors will open on the right

The station has two side platforms and four tracks with no crossover or crossunder.^[3] 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.^[3] The downtown entrance is on the west side of Varick Street, but the booth is not staffed at all times. There are part-time high-exit turnstiles one block north, at North Moore Street, on both the uptown and downtown sides.

There are "store window"-style art displays on the southbound platform and a faux-newsstand on the northbound side.^[3] 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."^[3] The floor tiles are rose-colored.^[3]

Image gallery

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  Station identification mosaic

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  Mosaic border

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  Closed newsstand on the platform

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  Uptown station entrance kiosk

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Franklin Street (IRT Broadway – Seventh Avenue Line).

• 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