Fulton Street station (IND Crosstown Line)

The Fulton Street station is a station on the IND Crosstown Line of the New York City Subway, located on Lafayette Avenue between South Portland Avenue and Fulton Street in Brooklyn. It is served by the G train at all times.

For other uses, see Fulton Street.

Fulton Street
New York City Subway station (rapid transit)
Southbound platform
Station statistics
Address	Fulton Street & Lafayette Avenue Brooklyn, New York
Borough	Brooklyn
Locale	Fort Greene
Coordinates	40.686984°N 73.976269°W / 40.686984; -73.976269
Division	B (IND)[1]
Line	IND Crosstown Line
Services	G  (all times)
Transit	NYCT Bus: B25, B26, B38, B52
Structure	Underground
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Other information
Opened	July 1, 1937; 87 years ago (1937-07-01)[2]
Opposite- direction transfer	Yes
Traffic
2023	1,534,593[3]  16%
Rank	211 out of 423[3]
Services Preceding station New York City Subway Following station Clinton–Washington Avenues toward Court Square Hoyt–Schermerhorn Streets toward Church Avenue
Location Show map of New York City Subway Show map of New York City Show map of New York
Track layout Legend to Clinton–Washington Avenues to Hoyt–Schermerhorn Streets
Street map
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops all times

History

This station opened on July 1, 1937, when the entire Crosstown Line was completed between Nassau Avenue and its connection to the IND Culver Line. On this date, the GG was extended in both directions to Smith–Ninth Streets and Forest Hills–71st Avenue.^[2]

Station layout

South Portland Avenue exit staircase on the northbound platform

Ground	Street level	Entrances/exits
Mezzanine		Station agent, fare control, MetroCard and OMNY machines
Basement 2	Side platform
	Northbound	← toward Court Square (Clinton–Washington Avenues)
	Southbound	→ toward Church Avenue (Hoyt–Schermerhorn Streets) →
	Side platform
	Underpass	Connection between platforms

Mosaic name tablet and directional sign

This underground station has two tracks and two side platforms.^[4] The G stops at the station at all times.^[5] The station is between Clinton–Washington Avenues to the north and Hoyt–Schermerhorn Streets to the south.^[6]

Both platforms have a lime green trim line with a dark green border and mosaic name tablets reading "FULTON ST." in white sans-serif font on a dark green background and lime green border. Small black "FULTON" tile captions in white lettering run below the trim line at regular intervals and directional signs in the same style are below some of the name tablets. The tiles were part of a color-coded tile system used throughout the IND.^[7] The tile colors were designed to facilitate navigation for travelers going away from Lower Manhattan. Because the Crosstown Line does not merge into a line that enters Manhattan at either end, all stations on the line had green tiles.^[8][9] Blue I-beam columns run along both platforms at regular intervals with alternating ones having the standard black station name plate in white lettering.

The station is very close to the Crosstown Line's junction with the IND Fulton Street Line just west of Lafayette Avenue, although the two stations do not have an in-system transfer. Riders on Manhattan-bound A and C trains can catch a glimpse of this station's platforms as well as the northbound track of the Crosstown Line through the right-side windows a few seconds after leaving Lafayette Avenue. There is an employee-only connection between the two stations via the tunnels.

A proposed transfer to the busy Atlantic Avenue–Barclays Center complex was rejected by the MTA due to the long walking distance between the two stations.^[10][11]

Exits

Panoramic view of the station

The station's full-time fare control area is at the extreme south (geographical west) end of the Church Avenue-bound platform. A bank of turnstiles at platform level leads to a token booth and one staircase going up to the northeast corner of Lafayette Avenue and Fulton Street. A crossunder here connects to the Queens-bound platform.^[4]

This station has a mezzanine above the platforms and tracks near the north end. However, most of it has been converted to employee-use only and the staircases leading up to it from the platforms are gated shut or sealed off.^[4] At the extreme north (geographical east) end of the station, a single open staircase from each platform goes up to a single full-height turnstile before a staircase goes up to either western corner of South Portland and Lafayette Avenues, the northwestern one for the Church Avenue-bound platform and the southwestern one for the Queens-bound platform.^[4][12] These exits were closed in the mid-1980s due to concerns over maintenance expense and potential crime, but the southwestern corner entrance (for northbound trains) was reopened in July 2005 following community pressure,^[13] while the northwestern corner entrance (for southbound trains) was reopened some time between January and June 2009.^[14]

Nearby points of interest

• Barclays Center^[12]
• Brooklyn Academy of Music^[12]
• Brooklyn Technical High School^[12]
• Fort Greene Park^[12]
• Irondale Center^[12]
• Mark Morris Dance Center^[12]
• MoCADA^[12]

References

1. "Glossary". Second Avenue Subway Supplemental Draft Environmental Impact Statement (SDEIS) (PDF). Vol. 1. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. March 4, 2003. pp. 1–2. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 26, 2021. Retrieved January 1, 2021.
2. "New Crosstown Subway Line Is Opened". Brooklyn Daily Eagle. July 1, 1937. Retrieved December 24, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
3. "Annual Subway Ridership (2018–2023)". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2023. Retrieved April 20, 2024.
4. "Review of the G Line: Appendices" (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. July 10, 2013. Retrieved October 28, 2015.
5. "G Subway Timetable, Effective June 30, 2024". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved June 28, 2024.
6. "Subway Map" (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. September 2021. Retrieved September 17, 2021.
7. "Tile Colors a Guide in the New Subway; Decoration Scheme Changes at Each Express Stop to Tell Riders Where They Are". The New York Times. August 22, 1932. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on July 1, 2022. Retrieved July 1, 2022.
8. Carlson, Jen (February 18, 2016). "Map: These Color Tiles In The Subway System Used To Mean Something". Gothamist. Archived from the original on May 10, 2023. Retrieved May 10, 2023.
9. Gleason, Will (February 18, 2016). "The hidden meaning behind the New York subway's colored tiles". Time Out New York. Archived from the original on May 10, 2023. Retrieved May 10, 2023.
10. "Review of the G Line" (PDF). mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. July 10, 2013. Retrieved August 2, 2015.
11. Hoffman, Meredith (December 31, 2012). "G Train Riders to Renew Push for Improved Service With New Year". Williamsburg, Brooklyn: DNAinfo.com. Archived from the original on August 29, 2016. Retrieved August 24, 2015.
12. "MTA Neighborhood Maps: Downtown Brooklyn & Borough Hall" (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2016. Retrieved July 5, 2016.
13. Mooney, Jake (July 3, 2005). "For a Maligned Line, a Minor Victory". The New York Times. Retrieved September 20, 2017.
14. "THEY WENT BRODAWAY and other subway sign errors". Forgotten New York. February 14, 2009.

External links

• nycsubway.org – IND Crosstown: Fulton Street
• Station Reporter — G Train
• The Subway Nut — Fulton Street Pictures
• Fulton Street entrance from Google Maps Street View
• South Portland Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View
• Platforms from Google Maps Street View