Franklin Avenue (IRT Eastern Parkway Line)

Franklin Avenue–Botanic Garden
New York City Subway rapid transit station complex
Entrance to the BMT station
Station statistics
Address	Franklin Avenue & Eastern Parkway Brooklyn, NY 11225
Borough	Brooklyn
Locale	Crown Heights
Coordinates	40°40′15″N 73°57′31″W / 40.670711°N 73.958545°W / 40.670711; -73.958545Coordinates: 40°40′15″N 73°57′31″W / 40.670711°N 73.958545°W / 40.670711; -73.958545
Division	A (IRT), B (BMT)
Line	IRT Eastern Parkway Line BMT Franklin Avenue Line
Services	2  (all times)       3  (all except late nights)       4  (all times)       5  (weekdays until 8:45 p.m.)       S  (all times)
Transit connections	NYCT Bus: B48
Levels	2
Other information
Opened	1999; 18 years ago (1999)
Traffic
Passengers (2015)	5,100,038 (station complex)  5.2%
Rank	94 out of 425
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops all times except late nights Stops all times Stops late nights only Stops weekdays only
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Botanic Garden
New York City Subway rapid transit station
Northbound platform
Station statistics
Division	B (BMT)
Line	BMT Franklin Avenue Line
Services	S  (all times)
Structure	Enclosed open cut
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Other information
Opened	September 30, 1928; 88 years ago (1928-09-30)
Rebuilt	October 18, 1999; 17 years ago (1999-10-18)
Former/other names	Consumers Park
Station succession
Next north	Park Place: S
Next south	Prospect Park: S
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops all times

Franklin Avenue
New York City Subway rapid transit station
Northbound platform
Station statistics
Division	A (IRT)
Line	IRT Eastern Parkway Line
Services	2  (all times)       3  (all except late nights)       4  (all times)       5  (weekdays until 8:45 p.m.)
Structure	Underground
Platforms	2 island platforms cross-platform interchange
Tracks	4
Other information
Opened	August 23, 1920; 96 years ago (1920-08-23)
Accessibility	Cross-platform wheelchair transfer available
Wireless service
Station succession
Next north	Eastern Parkway–Brooklyn Museum (local): 2  3  4  Atlantic Avenue–Barclays Center (express): 4  5
Next south	Nostrand Avenue (local): 2  3  4  Crown Heights–Utica Avenue (express): 4  5  President Street (via Nostrand Ave): 2  5
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops all times except late nights Stops all times Stops late nights only Stops rush hours only Stops weekdays only

Franklin Avenue–Botanic Garden is a New York City Subway station complex shared by the IRT Eastern Parkway Line and the BMT Franklin Avenue Line. Located at the intersection of Franklin Avenue and Eastern Parkway in Brooklyn, it is served by the:

The station complex is named for its proximity to the Brooklyn Botanic Garden. The free transfer between the Eastern Parkway and Franklin Avenue shuttle platforms was added in 1999 using a passageway that had existed since October 1928, when the BMT Botanic Garden station opened.

The 1999 artwork here is called IL7/Square by Millie Burns. It features iron shapes of leaves on the fence that surrounds the station entrance.

Botanic Garden on the BMT Franklin Avenue Line has two tracks and two side platforms. The station is named for the Brooklyn Botanic Garden two blocks away from the station.

There was no station at this location until December 1926, when a new station was constructed to replace Consumers Park several blocks to the south, which was considered too close to Prospect Park to be useful. Consumers Park had been renamed Botanic Garden in 1924. The new station assumed this name upon opening on September 30, 1928 and the old station closed at the same time.

The station deteriorated over the years as the New York City Transit Authority considered whether to abandon or rehabilitate the station and the line. Support in the Bedford-Stuyvesant and Crown Heights communities persuaded the city to rebuild the line from July 1998 to September 1999. A transfer to Franklin Avenue on the IRT Eastern Parkway Line was added via a passageway that connects the Franklin Avenue-bound platform to the IRT mezzanine. Prior to the rehabilitation project, only a portion of the station was in the tunnel, as the platforms were longer and continued outdoors.