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46-871: Fulton Street Line may refer to the following transit lines: IND Fulton Street Line , a rapid transit line of the IND Division of the New York City Subway, running from the Cranberry Street Tunnel under the East River through all of central Brooklyn to a terminus in Ozone Park, Queens Fulton Street Line (elevated) , a former elevated rail line mostly in Brooklyn, New York, that ran above Fulton Street from Fulton Ferry Downtown Brooklyn east to East New York, continuing to

92-592: A complete overhaul as part of the Enhanced Station Initiative . Updates would include cellular service, Wi-Fi, USB charging stations, interactive service advisories and maps, improved signage, and improved station lighting. However, in April 2018, it was announced that cost overruns had forced the MTA to reduce the number of subway stations included in the program from 33 stations to 20. The stations to be renovated along

138-637: A connecting ramp (known as the Grant Avenue ramp). The new service to Lefferts Boulevard began three days later. On June 28, 1956, the connection to the IND Rockaway Line east of Rockaway Boulevard was opened. The 2015–2019 Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) Capital Plan called for the Fulton Street Line's Clinton–Washington Avenues , Kingston–Throop Avenues , and Van Siclen Avenue stations, along with 30 others, to undergo

184-713: A connection between the IND and both the Fulton El and the Rockaway Beach Branch of the Long Island Rail Road , which included a new underground station at Grant Avenue . The connection from the 80th Street elevated station to the rest of the BMT Fulton Elevated was severed on April 26, 1956, and the IND was extended east (track direction south) from Euclid Avenue via the intermediate station at Grant Avenue, and

230-814: A future connection. The IND Fulton Street Line was supposed to be extended farther east into Queens as part of the IND Second System , via an extension of the Fulton Elevated or a new subway. The line would have gone as far as Springfield Boulevard in Queens Village or 229th Street in Cambria Heights , both near the Nassau County border. The line would have also had a spur to the Rockaways . The 1929 Second System plan suggested recapturing and extending

276-534: A major artery of Downtown Brooklyn , Fort Greene and Clinton Hill . At Franklin Avenue, Fulton Street then becomes the signature street of Bedford–Stuyvesant . At Broadway Junction in East New York , the street is interrupted by the intersection of Broadway and Jamaica Avenue , but continues on the other side as a one-way residential street through East New York and Cypress Hills until Norwood Avenue, once again as

322-527: A similar manner to the 1939 plan, via an extension of the subway under Pitkin Avenue. The line, east of Euclid Avenue, would be 4 tracks, with local stations at 76th Street and 84th Street, and an express station at Cross Bay Boulevard . At Cross Bay Boulevard, a flying junction would let the local tracks cross over to the inside and the express tracks cross over to the outside. The layout would be similar to that of Manhattan's 168th Street station. East of Cross Bay Boulevard, another flying junction would bring

368-587: A terminus in Ozone Park, Queens, that ran 1888–1940 Fulton Street Line (Brooklyn surface) , a public transit line in Brooklyn, New York, along Fulton Street between Fulton Ferry and East New York. Originally a streetcar line in 1854; buses were substituted for streetcars in 1941 Fulton Street Crosstown Line, a former streetcar in Manhattan, see List of streetcar lines in Manhattan#East-west lines 5 Fulton line of San Francisco Municipal Railway; originally

414-419: A two-track branch over the line to a pair of portals north of Aqueduct–North Conduit Avenue station. Meanwhile, the Fulton Street Line's four tracks would merge into two tracks, and end at 105th Street (today's Aqueduct Racetrack ), where a scissors crossover would be present just west of the station. Crossovers would also be located between the local and express pair of tracks east of 76th Street, and between

460-789: A two-way street reaching the Queens border at Elderts Lane in Woodhaven , Queens . There it becomes 91st Avenue, which continues until 84th Street in Queens. On March 10, 2005, Fulton Street was co-named Harriet Ross Tubman Avenue along most of its length from Rockaway Avenue in Bedford-Stuyvesant to Elm Place in Downtown Brooklyn , on the anniversary of the death of the ex-slave and abolitionist, which has been designated " Harriet Tubman Day of Commemoration" in New York State. Fulton Street

506-813: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages IND Fulton Street Line The IND Fulton Street Line is a rapid transit line of the IND Division of the New York City Subway , running from the Cranberry Street Tunnel under the East River through central Brooklyn to a terminus in Ozone Park, Queens . The IND Rockaway Line branches from it just east of Rockaway Boulevard . The A train runs express during daytime hours and local at night on

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552-407: Is served by the following subway lines: These bus routes serve the corridor: Fulton Mall is a pedestrian street and transit mall in Downtown Brooklyn that runs on Fulton Street between Flatbush Avenue and Adams Street. It contains 230 stores and dedicated bus lanes . For the mall's length, only buses, commercial vehicles, local truck deliveries, and emergency vehicles are allowed to use

598-674: Is the local business improvement district . According to the Improvement Association, in 2003 the Fulton Mall area saw between 100,000 and 125,000 visitors a day. The mall has spurred additional commercial development in its immediate vicinity, such as the City Point development, and has become the most expensive place to do business in downtown Brooklyn. Fulton Street's retail space was $ 301 per square foot in 2016 and $ 326 per square foot in 2017. The Macy's store at 422 Fulton Street

644-604: The Euclid Avenue terminal and the Pitkin Yard , began construction in 1940. The progress lasted only a few years, as all work on the last portions in Brooklyn was stopped by December 1942 shortly after the United States entered World War II , with Broadway−East New York complete but not in operation due to lack of signal equipment, and the remaining stations to Euclid Avenue as unfinished shells. The Court Street station

690-550: The IND Rockaway Line branches southward while the Fulton Street Line continues over Liberty Avenue to its terminus at Lefferts Boulevard . The Fulton Street subway was the city-owned Independent System (IND)'s main line from Downtown Brooklyn to southern Queens. Along with the IND Eighth Avenue Line , it was also alternately known as the Washington Heights−East New York Line . The subway

736-600: The 5 McAllister streetcar, replaced by a trolley bus in 1948 and renamed 5 Fulton in 1976; see List of San Francisco Municipal Railway lines Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Fulton Street Line . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Fulton_Street_Line&oldid=697538005 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description

782-651: The Culver Line onto Schermerhorn Street to the six-track Hoyt–Schermerhorn Streets station, which it shares with the Brooklyn–Queens Crosstown Line . The local tracks are unused at Hoyt-Schermerhorn Streets, but connect to the abandoned Court Street station which is now the site of the New York City Transit Museum . At this point, the line becomes a four-track system until Euclid Avenue . The line continues east under Schermerhorn Street to

828-517: The Fulton Mall area. The area is New York City's third-largest commercial center after Herald Square and a stretch of Madison Avenue . The mall has attracted major investments from prominent Brooklyn retail real estate developers such as Stanley Chera , Albert Laboz , Joseph Jemal, Raymond M. Chera, and Eli Gindi . Fulton Mall includes major retailers such as Macy's , H&M , Gap , GameStop , Foot Locker , Modell's Sporting Goods , and Finish Line . The Fulton Mall Improvement Association

874-706: The Fulton elevated along Liberty, Brinkerhoff and Hollis Avenues to Springfield Boulevard, near Hempstead Turnpike , Belmont Park , and the Queens Village LIRR Station . The 1939 plan, meanwhile, proposed extending the subway along Pitkin Avenue to Cross Bay Boulevard in South Ozone Park, then along Linden Boulevard to Cambria Heights near the Cross Island Parkway . A spur would have branched off east of Cross Bay Boulevard, turning south to join with

920-508: The IND Fulton Street Line were among the 13 stations without funding, which will be pushed back to the 2020–2024 Capital Plan. As part of a program to upgrade the signaling of the New York City Subway , the MTA's 2020–2024 Capital Program calls for adding communications-based train control (CBTC) to several more lines, including the IND Fulton Street Line west of the Euclid Avenue station . The CBTC signaling system would replace

966-465: The building. The Offerman Building on Fulton Mall was built in 1893 by Henry Offerman , a businessman in the sugar industry. It was designed in the Romanesque Revival architectural style and originally hosted retail on the ground floor. The Offerman Building was designated a New York City Historic Landmark in 2005, and by 2017 had been converted into a 121-unit residential complex. Across

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1012-401: The completion of which had been delayed due to war priorities, was finished by funds obtained by Mayor William O'Dwyer and was placed in operation on November 28, 1948, running along Pennsylvania Avenue and Pitkin Avenue to Euclid Avenue near the Queens border. Forty additional R10 cars were placed into service for the extension. The cost of the extension was about $ 46.5 million. It included

1058-667: The construction of the new Pitkin Avenue Storage Yard , which could accommodate 585 subway cars on 40 storage tracks. Because these stations were completed later than the rest of the line, they received different design features than other IND stations, including different wall tiles and fluorescent lighting . The Fulton Street express tracks were not used in regular service until October 24, 1949. A trains began running express during rush hours to Broadway–East New York , with E trains extended to provide local service. The express reduced travel time by five minutes. In 1953,

1104-652: The elevated Fulton Street Line in 1915 as part of the BMT 's portion of the Dual Contracts . This was the only section of the Fulton El that was built specifically to handle steel subway cars, as opposed to lighter wooden elevated cars. The current service pattern along the line is one of the newest in the New York City Subway system. Prior to December 1988, express service was only provided during rush hours, and before 1999, all trains ran local on weekends and weekday evenings after 9:00 pm. Since May 2, 1999, A trains run express along

1150-597: The elevated line as close as possible. It was routed along Schermerhorn Street due to the presence of the IRT subway already below Fulton Street in downtown Brooklyn and along Pennsylvania Avenue in East New York so that wider curves could be built, allowing faster speeds. The local tracks were always designed to terminate in downtown Brooklyn as local elevated trains would terminate at the Sands Street station . The groundbreaking for

1196-518: The express or local tracks to the two-track line towards Grant Avenue station. The four mainline trackways continue east on Pitkin Avenue, disused, and end at approximately Elderts Lane. Past Grant Avenue, the line joins the former Fulton Street elevated via a ramp as it enters Queens , swinging somewhat north until it is over Liberty Avenue. Here, it becomes a three-track line, with the center track coming from Pitkin Yard. Just past Rockaway Boulevard ,

1242-473: The former Rockaway Beach Branch of the Long Island Rail Road (now the IND Rockaway Line ). This extended Fulton Street Line would have also facilitated service from the planned Second Avenue Subway via a river tunnel from Lower Manhattan to the then-terminal station at Court Street . In a 1940 plan, which was revised in 1945, the IND Fulton Street Line would connect to the IND Rockaway Line in

1288-576: The intersections of Third Avenue and Flatbush Avenue, across them onto Lafayette Avenue and then finally onto Fulton Street until Broadway Junction . After Broadway Junction, the line leaves Fulton Street via Truxton Street, crosses Broadway, curves through a corner of the East New York Yard , crosses Jamaica Avenue and then south on Pennsylvania Avenue. It then turns east onto Pitkin Avenue until Euclid Avenue station. East of Euclid Avenue, there are track connections to Pitkin Yard , and from either

1334-474: The line and C trains run local except during late nights, when A trains make all stops. Entering Brooklyn via the Cranberry Street Tunnel as a two-track line, the IND Eighth Avenue Line travels east on Cranberry Street, then south on Jay Street. It becomes the Fulton Street Line at an interlocking north of Jay Street–MetroTech while briefly running parallel with the IND Culver Line . It turns away from

1380-553: The line was held on April 16, 1929, at Fulton Street and Arlington Place, near the future Nostrand Avenue station. The line was opened from Jay Street to Rockaway Avenue on April 9, 1936, including the stub terminal at Court Street . To allow the subway line to be built, the following streets were widened from 60 to 80 feet (18 to 24 m): Jay Street between Nassau Street to Fulton Street, Smith Street between Fulton Street and Atlantic Avenue, and Schermerhorn Street between Smith Street and Nevins Street. The land acquired to widen

1426-404: The line's existing signal system, which has not been upgraded since the line originally opened in the 1930s and 1940s. On November 9, 2022, the MTA put out the request for proposals for the design-build contract to install CBTC on the Fulton Street Line between High Street and Euclid Avenue. CBTC installation on the rest of the Fulton Street Line from Euclid Avenue to Ozone Park–Lefferts Boulevard

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1472-409: The local tracks are on the lower level. During the subway line's construction in the late 1930s and early 1940s, the old, now-demolished BMT Fulton Street Elevated (which the IND line replaced) had to be supported. The stations along Liberty Avenue in Queens, from 80th Street–Hudson Street through Ozone Park–Lefferts Boulevard , as well as the current three-track elevated structure, were built for

1518-531: The original Fulton Street survives as Old Fulton Street in Brooklyn Heights and Dumbo , and as Cadman Plaza West in Downtown Brooklyn. The segment of Fulton Street that traveled past Borough Hall has been turned into a pedestrian esplanade. The initial segment of Fulton Street as it exists today is the Fulton Mall between Adams Street and Flatbush Avenue . East of Flatbush Avenue, Fulton Street becomes

1564-461: The platforms were lengthened at Ralph Avenue and Broadway–East New York to 660 feet (200 m) to allow E trains to run eleven car trains. The E began running eleven car trains during rush hours on September 8, 1953. The extra train car increased the total carrying capacity by 4,000 passengers. The lengthening project cost $ 400,000. In late 1952, the Board of Transportation began construction on

1610-558: The project consists of informational, directional and street signage. Pomeroy's renovation was completed in 1984 for $ 24 million and received an Albert S. Bard Award from the City Club of New York . Nonetheless, the mall initially failed to attract tenants. In 2024, the city began renovating Fulton Mall again for $ 8 million, adding benches and trees. Subway stations at Jay Street–MetroTech , DeKalb Avenue , Hoyt–Schermerhorn Streets , Nevins Street , and Hoyt Street and bus lines service

1656-725: The same name in Manhattan was linked to this street by Fulton with his steam ferries. For a hundred years before the Fulton Ferry monopoly, Fulton Street was the Ferry Road through Jamaica Pass and, in the centuries before any ferry service, Indian path to the Hempstead Plains . It began at the Fulton Ferry Landing and climbed south through Brooklyn Heights past Brooklyn Borough Hall to where it now begins at Adams Street. Part of

1702-402: The street. The center of the mall is an open public space known as Albee Square . Fulton Street's first period of great vigor occurred before the era of enclosed shopping malls, the era when huge department stores like Abraham & Straus , Frederick Loeser & Co. and A. I. Namm & Son reigned on the street. The current era dates from the 1970s, when through the persistent efforts of

1748-560: The streets was valued at $ 1.75 million. Further construction was delayed by funding problems due to the Great Depression in the 1930s. This was temporarily solved by federal Works Progress Administration funding starting in 1936. The portion continuing from east of Rockaway Avenue along Pennsylvania and Pitkin Avenues to Crystal Street began construction in 1938. The next portion east from Crystal Street to around Grant Avenue, including

1794-489: The street’s merchants, the city agreed to a revitalization program through which it would narrow the roadway, widen the sidewalk, and create, with the exception of buses, a traffic-free shopping area. Architect Lee Harris Pomeroy redesigned the mall in the early 1980s: he designed street furniture and equipment for the project including large, free-standing canopies, vendors’ kiosks, directory and telephone kiosks, and high mast lighting. The graphics program he also designed for

1840-513: The two express tracks east of Cross Bay Boulevard. Currently the line ends at Lefferts Boulevard in Ozone Park (the former end of the Fulton El), and only the Rockaway extension was completed. The mainline tracks that go past the Euclid Avenue station were to be part of a 4-track line to Cambria Heights. Fulton Street (Brooklyn) The street is named after Robert Fulton ; a street of

1886-525: The underground portion of the line; it runs local on the elevated portion of the line at all times. The C train runs local on the underground portion of the line at all times except late nights. The line runs primarily along Fulton Street , Pitkin Avenue, and Liberty Avenue . The underground portion, which constitutes the majority of the line, was built for the city-owned Independent Subway System (IND), opening between 1936 and 1956. The elevated portion in Queens

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1932-401: Was built to replace the elevated Fulton Street Elevated , which ran above Fulton Street from Boerum Place to Van Sinderen Avenue, south along Van Sinderen Avenue to Pitkin Avenue, down Pitkin Avenue to Euclid Avenue, and up Euclid Avenue, where it turned east on Liberty Avenue. As in Manhattan, the older elevated tracks were seen as depressing real estate values. The subway was designed to follow

1978-485: Was closed on June 1, 1946, due to low ridership and because of its close proximity to the Hoyt–Schermerhorn Streets station. After World War II ended, workers and materials became available for public use again. The badly needed extension to the more efficient terminal at Broadway− East New York (the current Broadway Junction station) opened on December 30, 1946. The extension of the Fulton Street Line,

2024-455: Was originally Abraham & Straus 's flagship store. The building was designed in Art Deco style by Starrett & Van Vleck and built in 1933. It was formerly the showroom for the W.C. Vosburgh Mfg. Co. As of 2017, the building is undergoing a $ 194 million renovation by Tishman Speyer . Its new portion will have 10 floors dedicated to Class A office space. Macy's is also renovating its part of

2070-633: Was originally part of the Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit Corporation (BMT)'s Fulton Street elevated line ; the Elevated in Brooklyn was closed and demolished in stages with the opening of the subway line. The following services use part or all of the IND Fulton Street Line: Under Fulton Street , the line is mainly single level, except at Nostrand Avenue , where the express tracks are on the upper level and

2116-655: Was proposed as part of the MTA's 2025–2029 Capital Program. Early in the planning of the subway, the city considered recapturing parts of the BMT Jamaica Line , which had been built under the Dual Contracts. This would have created two branches of the Fulton Street Subway east of Broadway Junction. Bellmouths were built into the outer walls of the subway tunnel just east of the Broadway Junction station for

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