Fulton Street station (IND Crosstown Line)

Fulton Street
New York City Subway station (rapid transit)
Northbound platform
Station statistics
Address	Fulton Street & Lafayette Avenue Fort Greene, NY 11217
Borough	Brooklyn
Locale	Fort Greene
Division	B (IND)
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 (1937-07-01)
Opposite- direction transfer	Yes
Traffic
2023	1,534,593  16%
Rank	211 out of 423
Station succession
Next north	Template:NYCS next
Next south	Template:NYCS next
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops all times

Fulton Street 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.

Station layout

Track layout
to Clinton–Washington Avs to Hoyt–Schermerhorn Sts

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

This underground station opened on July 1, 1937, as part of the extension of the Crosstown Line from Nassau Avenue to Hoyt-Schermerhorn Streets. The station has two tracks and two side platforms. Both platforms have a lime green trim line on a darker green border and name tablets reading "FULTON ST" in white sans serif font on a dark green background and lime green border. Small black "FULTON" signs in white lettering run along the trim line at regular intervals and directional signs in the same style are below the name tablets. 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 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.

Exits

This station has a full length mezzanine above the platforms and tracks. However, most of it has been converted to employee-use only and the staircases leading up to it from the platforms are sealed off. At the extreme north (geographical east) end of the station, a single staircase from each platform goes up to a single full height turnstile before a staircase goes up to either western corners of South Portland and Lafayette Avenues, the northwest one for the Queens-bound platform and the southwest one for the Church Avenue-bound platform.

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.

Nearby points of interest

Fulton Street name tablet

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

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