Franklin Square station (IRT Third Avenue Line) - Wikipedia

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This article is about the demolished elevated station in New York City. For the abandoned subway station in Philadelphia, see Franklin Square station.

Franklin Square
Former Manhattan Railway elevated station
General information
Location	Pearl, Dover and Frankfort Streets, New York, New York Lower Manhattan, Manhattan
Coordinates	40°42′34″N 74°0′5″W / 40.70944°N 74.00139°W
Operated by	Interborough Rapid Transit Company City of New York (after 1940)
Line(s)	Third Avenue Line
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	Elevated
History
Opened	August 26, 1878; 146 years ago
Closed	December 22, 1950; 74 years ago
Other services
Preceding station Interborough Rapid Transit Following station Chatham Square toward 129th Street Second Avenue Local Fulton Street toward South Ferry Third Avenue Local

The Franklin Square station was an express station on the demolished IRT Third Avenue Line in Manhattan, New York City. It was built by the New York Elevated Railroad in 1878 over the aforementioned square, had two tracks and one island platform, and was the northernmost station on the line that shared both Second Avenue and Third Avenue trains. The next stop to the north was Chatham Square. The next stop to the south was Fulton Street. The station closed on December 22, 1950.^[1]

• http://www.nycsubway.org/lines/3rdave-el.html
• https://web.archive.org/web/20100609061601/http://www.stationreporter.net/3avl.htm