Botanic Garden is a station of the BMT Division of the New York Subway, located on the Franklin Avenue Shuttle Line, with its entrance on Eastern Parkway west of Franklin Avenue in the Crown Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York City. A 1914 map showing what was at the time the proposed expansion for the BRT. The only major differences from what was built is that a new 60th Street Tunnel was used rather than the Queensboro Bridge, the Manhattan-side Brooklyn Bridge connection was never built, and several lines ended... South Ferry station 125th Street station The New York City Subway is a large rapid transit system in New York City, New York, United States. ... The S-Franklin Avenue Shuttle is a shuttle train service of the New York City Subway operating in Brooklyn, New York. ... Crown Heights is a neighborhood in the borough of Brooklyn in New York City, located to the east of Prospect Heights, Brooklyn. ... The Brooklyn Bridge in 1890, seven years after its opening Kings County in New York State Brooklyn is the most populous of the five boroughs of New York City. ... Midtown Manhattan, looking north from the Empire State Building, 2005 New York City (officially named the City of New York) is the most populous city in the state of New York and the entire United States. ...

History

There was no station at this location until 1928, when a new station was constructed to replace the Consumers Park station several blocks to the south, which was considered too close to the Prospect Park station to be useful. The Consumers Park station had been renamed Botanic Garden by 1924. The new station assumed the Botanic Garden name upon opening and the old Botanic Garden/Consumers Park station closed at the same time. 1928 was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1924 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ...

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. Right-of-way is a legal term which may have any of several meanings: priority at a crossing, or in traffic. ... This article describes subways as mass transit lines. ...

The station deteriorated over the years as the current operator, the New York City Transit Authority decided whether to abandon or rehabiliate the station and the line. Community activism in the Bedford-Stuyvesant and Crown Heights communities convinced the city to rebuild the line and the station and line were reopened in 1999. The New York City Transit Authority (also known as NYCTA, NYCT or simply the TA for Transit Authority) is a New York State Authority that operates buses and subway trains in New York City. ... Bedford-Stuyvesant is a neighborhood in central Brooklyn, New York. ... Crown Heights is a neighborhood in the borough of Brooklyn in New York City, located to the east of Prospect Heights, Brooklyn. ... 1999 is a common year starting on Friday of the Common Era, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ...

The station today

The current station is located entirely inside the subway structure that was built in 1928. At the 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. Wrought iron is a very pure form of commercial iron, having a very small carbon content. ... The Cranford Rose Garden at Brooklyn Botanic Garden The Brooklyn Botanic Garden (BBG) is a botanical garden located next to Prospect Park near Grand Army Plaza in Brooklyn, New York. ... Sometimes referred to as the Roaring Twenties. Events and trends Technology John T. Thompson invents Thompson submachine gun, also known as Tommy Gun. ... This article is about a decorative art. ... 1878 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ...