Franklin Street station (IRT Sixth Avenue Line)

For other uses, see Franklin Street.

Franklin St.
Former Manhattan Railway elevated station
General information
LocationFranklin Street and West Broadway
New York, NY
Lower Manhattan, Manhattan
Coordinates40°43′8.16″N 74°0′23.54″W / 40.7189333°N 74.0065389°W / 40.7189333; -74.0065389
Operated byInterborough Rapid Transit Company
Line(s)Sixth Avenue Line
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeElevated
History
OpenedJune 5, 1878; 146 years ago (June 5, 1878)
ClosedDecember 4, 1938; 85 years ago (December 4, 1938)
Former services
Preceding station Interborough Rapid Transit Following station
Grand Street
toward 155th Street
 Sixth Avenue Chambers Street
toward South Ferry

The Franklin Street station was a station on the demolished IRT Sixth Avenue Line in Manhattan, New York City. It was located at Franklin Street and West Broadway, and it had two tracks and two side platforms. There was space for two additional tracks in the station. South of the station there are two additional tracks that served to layup trains.[1][2]

  1. ^ "6th Avenue Local". July 24, 2011. Archived from the original on July 24, 2011. Retrieved November 15, 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  2. ^ Kahn, Alan Paul; May, Jack (1973). Tracks of New York Number 3 Manhattan and Bronx Elevated Railroads 1920. New York City: Electric Railroaders' Association. Retrieved November 6, 2016.