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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: * 2, 4, and Franklin Avenue Shuttle (S) trains at all times * 3 train at all times except late nights * 5 train on weekdays 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. == BMT Franklin Avenue Line platforms == Botanic Garden on the BMT Franklin Avenue Line has two tracks and two side platforms. The station is named for the nearby Brooklyn Botanic Garden. 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 current station was built in the open-cut right-of-way to the south of Eastern Parkway, and the half of the station closest to that street was roofed over in the appearance of a subway structure. 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. The station's mezzanine is above the platforms and tracks. Two staircases from each side go up to a waiting area that allows a free transfer between directions (this is needed for passengers transferring between the IRT and Prospect Park-bound trains). Outside of the turnstile bank, there is a token booth and one street stair. The rebuilt station is located entirely inside the subway structure that was built in 1928. At street level, it features floral wrought iron fencing in recognition of its location near the Brooklyn Botanic Garden. At track level it includes 1920s-era mosaic tiling. To the immediate north of the station, the 1878 railroad tunnel that carries the line under Eastern Parkway has been dramatically lighted. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Franklin Avenue – Botanic Garden (New York City Subway)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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