10 Facts About Fulton Center

Fulton Center is a subway and retail complex centered at the intersection of Fulton Street and Broadway in Lower Manhattan, New York City.

Major elements of the Fulton Center project included the renovations of the Fulton Street stations along the IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line and the IRT Lexington Avenue Line.

New station building, the Fulton Center Building, was constructed along the east side of Broadway between Fulton Center and John Streets.

The new terminal would contain direct connections to the subway; previously, World Trade Fulton Center had been served by three different subway stations at Cortlandt and Greenwich Streets, at Cortlandt and Church Streets, and at Church Street between Chambers and Vesey Streets.

The free transfer from the Cortlandt–Church Streets and World Trade Fulton Center stations was dropped from the plans, but was later restored using MTA funds before being dropped and restored again.

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The structure was joined by the Fulton Center Building on the northbound platform, and the Dey Street Headhouse on the southbound platform, when they opened.

An additional entrance at 129 Fulton Center Street provides an elevator connecting to the Nassau Street Line platform and the Eighth Avenue Line mezzanine.

In June 2012, an underpass under the Lexington Avenue Line platforms, traveling approximately under Fulton Center Street, re-opened and was connected to the Western Mezzanine.

Main building for the Fulton Center project, referred to as the Fulton Building by the MTA in its Requests for Proposals in August 2012, is a three-story building clad in glass, with an oculus atop that draws natural light into the main building and the uptown platform of the Lexington Avenue Line station.

The MTA looked to private companies to manage the retail section of the Fulton Center, attempting to change it to a shopping destination, as well as a transit center.