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Main floor of the Fulton Building, part of the Fulton Center complex in Manhattan. Photo: MusikAnimal

Huge underground transit center opened in New York

Published: Fri, 2014-12-05 16:58

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Connects ten different Metro lines

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

The Fulton Center connects subway lines; 2, 3, 4, 5, A, C, J, N, R and Z via an east-west underground passageway.

Construction features a high-visibility Transit Center with entrances on Broadway between Fulton Street and John Street.

The complex is part of a $1.4 billion project by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA), a public agency of the state of New York, to rehabilitate the Fulton Street New York City Subway station.

Additionally the purpose is to construct new underground passageways and access points into the complex.

The complex officially opened on November 10, 2014 along with the Dey Street Passageway.

The project is intended to improve access to and connections among the New York City Subway services stopping at the Fulton Street station and, through the Dey Street Passageway and the upcoming World Trade Center Transportation Hub, provide connections to the Chambers Street – World Trade Center / Park Place, Cortlandt Street, and Cortlandt Street (N R) stations, as well as the PATH World Trade Center station.

Funding for the construction project, which began in 2005, dried up for several years, with no final approved plan and no schedule for completion. Plans for the transit center, however, were rejuvenated by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. Ove Arup and Partners served as the prime consultant of the entire project.

Originally called the Fulton Street Transit Center, the complex was renamed the Fulton Center on May 2012. This has come in conjunction with an increased focus on retail, especially in the upper floors of the flagship building and the ground floor of the adjacent Corbin Building, which is being renovated as part of the project. Westfield Group has been announced to manage and operate the retail portions of Fulton Center.

Source: Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA),

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