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
Division	A (IRT)
Line	IRT Broadway – Seventh Avenue Line
Services	1  (all times)       2  (late nights)
Transit connections	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  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 all times Stops late nights only

Station identification mosaic

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. 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

Mosaic border

The station has two side platforms and four tracks with no crossover or crossunder. 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. 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. 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." The floor tiles are rose-colored.

External links

Uptown station entrance kiosk

• 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
• Platforms from Google Maps Street View