Franklin Avenue is a new modern transfer station and was completely rebuilt when the Franklin Avenue Shuttle was closed between 24 December, 1998 and the Fall of 1999. Before the two stations were not connected, in order to connect between the shuttle (el) and subway you exited a station and received a transfer ticket (Originally like an old paper bus transfer, When MetroCard was introduced special bus like fareboxes issued MetroCard-based paper Transfers (like a bus transfer) valid for 15 minutes. The shuttle platform was in very bad condition when it was closed.
Currently: during the 1998 to 1999 reconstruction a three above ground stories, with the subway in the basement, fully accessible station building was built. The main fare control entrance is on ground level at the SW corner of Franklin Avenue and Fulton Street. Proceeding straight brings one to staircases and an escalator (only one, up only) to the single shuttle platform for its single track, this 2 car platform is fully canopied by a green canopy structure, behind it is a low black fence, and taller full height fence that may be been retrofitted after construction. The station house also contains a staircase down to the Brooklyn-bound C platform. There is an elevator that makes perhaps the most stops of any subway elevator (four: Brooklyn-bound C, Exit, Manhattan-bound C, and Shuttle). Exiting From the shuttle platform a short staircase down leads to a green walled glass pedestrian bridge across Fulton Street and to another stairway and elevator down to the Manhattan-bound C platform. Transferring to the Manhattan-bound C platform, you literally feel like go going down and below the street on. There is another fare control area here at the bottom of the staircase for Manhattan-bound C service with turnstiles and single streetstair up to the NE corner of Fulton Street and Franklin Avenue.
These two exits on the C platform are at the eastern most (front Brooklyn-bound) end of the two side platforms on the four track line. The C platform has has green trim and green name tablets, and there is evidence in form of whited out arrows beneath some of the name tablets of a former exit at the western end of the station. This exit was via a staircase at the extreme western ends of the platforms, to short corridors (no free crossunder) extending beyond the end of each platform that led to now slabbed over staircases at the NE corner from the Manhattan-bound platform, SE corner form the Euclid Avenue-bound platform, of Classon Avenue and Fulton Street.
Photos 1 & 2: December 14, 2003; 3: February 14, 2006; 4-32: May 29, 2009
Looking up the long staircase that leads from the Manhattan-bound platform and up, through the sidewalk, to the overpass over Fulton Street and two the main station building for connections to the shuttle train.
Looking down the staircase and up only escalator from the shuttle's high platform down to the main fare control area at Franklin Avenue, in the main station building at Franklin Avenue
Looking down the narrow and columnless Manhattan-bound C platform at Franklin Avenue.
The southern end of a two car R68 Shuttle train that has just terminated at Franklin Avenue, as passengers leave the train to start towards the main station building, for transfers and exits.
A low-lying fence with a chain-link fence behinds it serves as the back of the fully canopied shuttle platform at Franklin Avenue
Towards the northern end of the shuttle platform it gets much wider when a bench is present and the stairs/escalator down to street level in the station building and passageway to the main station elevator and bridge across the street to the Manhattan-bound C platform.
The northern end of a shuttle train on the now much more empty platform at Franklin Avenue.
Looking back to the shuttle platform from the upper level passageway that leads the elevator and bridge across to Manhattan-bound C trains. This is also where a stained glass Arts For Transit Installation has been installed.
Another view of the passageway with stained glass along its wall that leads to the main station elevator and bridge across to Manhattan-bound C trains.
Looking down from one of the upper level passageways to the staircase down to the Euclid Ave-bound C platform from the ground level of the large station transfer building'.
Looking across the newly built bridge across Franklin Avenue that leads to the Manhattan-bound C platform.
At the end of the bridge to the Manhattan-bound C platform there is an elevator and a long staircase down to that platform.
Looking down the long staircase from the bridge to the Manhattan-bound C platform that gives you a feeling of sinking though the street since you rise up very quickly from underground to an overpass.
The bottom elevator bank of the elevator from the Manhattan-bound C platform to its bridge across Fulton Street, the staircase up to the bridge is in the background.
The Manhattan-bound platform at Franklin Avenue, with a sign for the station's exit visible.
The smaller exit area for the Manhattan-bound platform at Franklin Avenue, still with a staffed token booth and three turnstiles out to a single staircase up to street level.
A view across Fulton Street to the main station building for Franklin Avenue, with the storefront subway entrance, and the shuttle platform visible off in its back, and the overpass to Manhattan-bound C trains that pokes out of it.
The other side of the bridge across Fulton Street to Manhattan-bound C platform where the elevator and staircase poke through the sidewalk to go underground
Looking back towards the large station building for Franklin Avenue, built directly below the shuttle's viaduct.
The main double doors that lead into the Franklin Avenue Station building from street level.
Last Updated: 3 June, 2009
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