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The Eastern Parkway–Brooklyn Museum station is a local station on the IRT Eastern Parkway Line of the New York City Subway.Located at the intersection of Washington Avenue and Eastern Parkway in Brooklyn adjacent to the Brooklyn Museum, it is served by the 2 train at all times, the 3 train at all times except late nights, and the 4 train during late nights.
On October 10, 1920, the three stations that had not opened with the rest of the line, at Bergen Street, Grand Army Plaza and Eastern Parkway–Brooklyn Museum, were opened. [ 50 ] [ 51 ] Clark Street Tunnel
At the Franklin Avenue station, all four tracks of the Eastern Parkway Line are on the same level, [167] [171] and the S (Franklin Avenue Shuttle) train crosses over the Eastern Parkway Line. [171] The Broadway Junction station on the A , C , J , L , and Z trains is located at the extreme eastern end of the Eastern Parkway Extension.
The 4 train serves the station only during late nights. [28] The next station to the north is Bergen Street, while the next station to the south is Eastern Parkway–Brooklyn Museum. [29] Southbound (eastern Brooklyn-bound) trains use track E1 while northbound (Manhattan-bound) trains use track E4.
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.Located at the intersection of Franklin Avenue and Eastern Parkway in Brooklyn, the complex consists of two distinct stations, connected by a passageway within fare control, and is named for its proximity to the Brooklyn Botanic Garden.
The IRT Eastern Parkway Line was built as part of Route 12 from 1915 to 1918. [15] On August 23, 1920, the Eastern Parkway Line was extended from Atlantic Avenue to Crown Heights–Utica Avenue, with the Utica Avenue station opening at this time. The new trains would be served by trains from Seventh Avenue. [16]
[8] [9] The Bergen Street station was to be one of the stations on the IRT extension. [9] Service on the IRT Eastern Parkway Line had been extended from Atlantic Avenue to Utica Avenue in August 1920, [10] but the Bergen Street, Grand Army Plaza, and Eastern Parkway–Brooklyn Museum stations were not ready to open with the rest of the line.
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