Franklin Avenue/Botanic Garden station

The Franklin Avenue/Botanic Garden station is a New York City Subway station complex shared by the IRT Eastern Parkway Line and the BMT Franklin Avenue Line.
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  • Opening hours: 24/7
  • Type: Metro station
  • Description: New York City subway station
  • Also known as: “Franklin Av”, “Franklin Avenue”, and “Franklin Avenue/Botanic Garden”
  • Wheelchair access: limited

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Prospect Park and Brooklyn Museum.

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is in . It includes its namesake park, plus the neighborhoods of Park Slope, Prospect Heights, Windsor Terrace, and South.

Museum
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The is an art museum in the borough of . At 560,000 square feet, the museum is New York City's second largest and contains an art collection with around 500,000 objects. is situated 1,600 feet west of Franklin Avenue/Botanic Garden station.

Garden
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is a botanical garden in the borough of in . The botanical garden occupies 52 acres in central Brooklyn, close to , , and the .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Prospect Heights and Crown Heights.

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood in the northwest of the borough of . The traditional boundaries are Flatbush Avenue to the west, Atlantic Avenue to the north, Eastern Parkway – beginning at – to the south, and Washington Avenue to the east.

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood in the central portion of the borough of . is bounded by Washington Avenue to the west, Atlantic Avenue to the north, Ralph Avenue to the east, and Empire Boulevard to the south.

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood in , , within an area known as . is roughly bounded by and Prospect Park West to the east, Fourth Avenue to the west, Flatbush Avenue to the north, and Prospect Expressway to the south.

Franklin Avenue/Botanic Garden station

Latitude
40.67068° or 40° 40′ 15″ north
Longitude
-73.95797° or 73° 57′ 29″ west
Operator
New York City Transit Authority
Network
NYC Subway
Open location code
87G8M2CR+7R
Open­Street­Map ID
node 454046582
Open­Street­Map feature
public_transport=­station
Open­Street­Map feature
railway=­station
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­limited
Wiki­data ID
Q2615224
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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Ukrainian—“Franklin Avenue/Botanic Garden station” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “富蘭克林大道／植物園車站”
  • Chinese: “法蘭克林大道－植物園車站”
  • Dutch: “Botanic Garden”
  • Dutch: “Franklin Avenue-Botanic Garden”
  • Dutch: “Franklin Avenue”
  • French: “Franklin Avenue – Medgar Evers College”
  • French: “Franklin Avenue-Botanic Garden”
  • French: “Franklin Avenue–Medgar Evers College”
  • French: “Franklin Avenue”
  • German: “U-Bahnhof Franklin Avenue”
  • Italian: “Franklin Avenue-Botanic Garden”
  • Japanese: “フランクリン・アベニュー-ボタニック・ガーデン駅”
  • Japanese: “フランクリン・アベニュー/ボタニック・ガーデン駅”
  • Japanese: “フランクリン・アベニュー駅”
  • Polish: “Franklin Avenue – Botanic Garden”
  • Russian: “Franklin Avenue – Botanic Garden”
  • Russian: “Франклин-авеню – Ботанический сад”
  • Russian: “Франклин-авеню / Ботанический сад”
  • Russian: “Франклин-авеню/Ботанический сад”
  • Spanish: “Avenida Franklin”
  • Ukrainian: “Проспект Франклін/Ботанічний сад”
  • Ukrainian: “Франклін-Авеню/Ботанічний сад”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Botanic Garden and Union Street Garden and Community Development.

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