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Franklin Avenue station (BMT Myrtle Avenue Line)

demolished elevated rapid transit station on the BMT Myrtle Avenue Line in Brooklyn, New York City

Architectural plans, a scale model, maps and brass measuring instruments
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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 18, 2026
Entity authorityQ5491261 ↗
Source-derived summary

The Franklin Avenue station was a station on the demolished section of the BMT Myrtle Avenue Line. The station was located at the intersection of Myrtle and Franklin Avenues in Bedford–Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, New York, United States. The station opened in 1889, and closed in 1969.

History

The Myrtle Avenue Elevated was constructed by the Union Elevated Railroad Company, which was leased to the Brooklyn Elevated Railroad for its operation. The initial section of the line opened on April 10, 1888, running over Myrtle Avenue from Johnson and Adams Streets to a junction with what was then known as the Main Line at Grand Avenue. Trains continued along Grand Avenue and Lexington Avenue to Broadway, where the line joined the Broadway Elevated, and then along Broadway to East New York. On April 27, 1889, the line was extended east along Myrtle Avenue to Broadway, including a station at Franklin Avenue.

On October 4, 1969, the section of the Myrtle Avenue Elevated between Broadway and Jay Street, including Franklin Avenue station, was closed and was demolished soon after.

Station layout

The elevated station had two tracks and one island platform. The station platform was wooden, and a canopy covered the eastern end of the platform.

Editorial summary

“Franklin Avenue station (BMT Myrtle Avenue Line)” enters the record as demolished elevated rapid transit station on the BMT Myrtle Avenue Line in Brooklyn, New York City. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Franklin, Avenue and station can confirm, complicate or overturn.

Editorial reviewMost useful as a place-based finding aid connecting the present description to earlier jurisdictions, maps and built evidence. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1889, 1969, 1888—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its strongest next move is a source search built around Franklin, Avenue and station.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

“Franklin Avenue station (BMT Myrtle Avenue Line)” is worth following because a concise public description often conceals a longer documentary argument. Here, Franklin, Avenue and station provides the most credible route into that argument.

Evidence profile

Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 18, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q5491261. The first chronological checks are 1889, 1969 and 1888.

Critical limits

A single description cannot reconcile every naming convention, rebuilding phase or administrative transfer associated with a place. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

Treat names, boundaries and functions as historically changeable. Maps, plans, inventories and administrative records can clarify what the place meant at different dates.

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  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

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This entry incorporates text from “Franklin Avenue station (BMT Myrtle Avenue Line)” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.