Frankfurter Allee

Frankfurter Allee
Location within Berlin
Former name(s)
  • Full length:
  • Lindenallee or
  • Frankfurter Linden
  • (c.1700c.1800)
  • Frankfurter Chaussee
  • (c.1800–1872)
  • Parts:
  • Frankfurter Chaussee
  • (1872–c.1920)
  • Full length:
  • Stalinallee
  • (1949–1961)
Part of
NamesakeFrankfurt (Oder)
TypeThoroughfare
Length3,600 m (11,800 ft)
LocationBerlin, Germany
QuarterFriedrichshain, Lichtenberg, Rummelsburg
Nearest metro station
Coordinates52°30′48″N 13°28′41″E / 52.51339°N 13.478°E / 52.51339; 13.478
West end
Major
junctions
  • Gürtelstraße
  • Möllendorffstraße
  • Weitlingstraße
  • Skandinavische Straße
East end
  • Rosenfelder Straße
  • Alt-Friedrichsfelde
Construction
Inauguration
  • Generally:
  • 1708
  • Current name:
  • 20 September 1872 (1872-09-20)
  • (official renaming, progressively implemented 1872, 1881, 1916)
  • 12 November 1961

The Frankfurter Allee is one of the oldest roads of Berlin, the capital city of Germany. It extends the Karl-Marx-Allee from Frankfurter Tor in the direction of the city of Frankfurt (Oder). It is part of Bundesstraße 1 and has a length of 3.6 kilometres (2.2 mi).

Line U5 of the city's U-Bahn runs beneath the length of Frankfurter Allee. The U-Bahn stations of Frankfurter Tor, Samariterstraße, Frankfurter Allee, Magdalenenstraße and Lichtenberg are all under or adjacent to the street. Frankfurter Allee and Lichtenberg stations are also served by the city's S-Bahn.