Frankfurter Allee

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Frankfurter Allee

Location within Berlin
Former name(s)	Full length: Lindenallee or Frankfurter Linden (c. 1700–c. 1800)[1] Frankfurter Chaussee (c. 1800–1872)[1][2] Parts: Frankfurter Chaussee (1872–c. 1920)[2] Full length: Stalinallee (1949–1961)[2]
Part of	Bundesstraße 1 Bundesstraße 5
Namesake	Frankfurt (Oder)
Type	Thoroughfare
Length	3,600 m (11,800 ft)[3]
Location	Berlin, Germany
Quarter	Friedrichshain, Lichtenberg, Rummelsburg
Nearest metro station	Frankfurter Tor Frankfurter Allee Samariterstraße Magdalenenstraße Lichtenberg
Coordinates	52°30′48″N 13°28′41″E / 52.51339°N 13.478°E / 52.51339; 13.478
West end	Karl-Marx-Allee Frankfurter Tor Warschauer Straße Petersburger Straße [de]
Major junctions	Gürtelstraße Möllendorffstraße [de] Weitlingstraße Skandinavische Straße
East end	Rosenfelder Straße Alt-Friedrichsfelde [de]
Construction
Inauguration	Generally: 1708[2] Current name: 20 September 1872 (1872-09-20) (official renaming, progressively implemented 1872, 1881, 1916)[2] 12 November 1961[2]

The Frankfurter Allee is one of the oldest roads of Berlin, the capital city of Germany. It extends the Karl-Marx-Allee from Frankfurter Tor in the direction of the city of Frankfurt (Oder). It is part of Bundesstraße 1 and has a length of 3.6 kilometres (2.2 mi).

Line U5 of the city's U-Bahn runs beneath the length of Frankfurter Allee. The U-Bahn stations of Frankfurter Tor, Samariterstraße, Frankfurter Allee, Magdalenenstraße and Lichtenberg are all under or adjacent to the street. Frankfurter Allee and Lichtenberg stations are also served by the city's S-Bahn.^[4]