Fulton Street Transit Center Project
Current Conditions
The Fulton Street station complex is the busiest in Lower Manhattan, with over 275,000 passenger entries, exits, and transfers each day. Many of these trips are made by commuters traveling to or from homes in the NYC area, or to commuter rail hubs at Penn Station, Grand Central Terminal, Atlantic Terminal in Brooklyn, and Jamaica. Subway access is also available to Howard Beach and Jamaica, where the Port Authority's AirTrain automated rail service will carry customers to John F. Kennedy International Airport.
The current subway complex is made up of six separate subway stations, built at different times by different companies or agencies between 1905 and 1932. Because the subway lines competed with each other during this period, there was little incentive to make it easy to transfer from one line to another. Consequently, these stations suffer from a number of impediments to efficient use:
- Many subway entrances are obscured and poorly identified.
- Entrances (many inside buildings) are frequently dark, narrow, and confusing.
- Access into and out of the station is hampered by narrow sidewalks and heavy street traffic.
- Transfers between subway lines are complicated, requiring the use of multiple stairways, ramps, and narrow passageways.
- Lexington Avenue line (
)
platforms are crowded by transferring passengers, creating delays in train
boarding and overall subway service.
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