Three banks of turnstiles lead out from the main mezzanine that are divided by large brick pillars that are part of the foundation of the 135 William Street building above. The northern end of the main section of mezzanine ends by turning to the west, here there is the new 135 William Street headhouse entrance that was the first part of the Fulton Transit Center project to open in 2011. This streetstair is inside the northern corner of the 110 William Street office building. Next in the middle of the narrow mezzanine, with 5 total staircases down to the platform below, are two banks of turnstiles where after passengers turn 90 degrees is a short staircase up to an intermediate landing that leads to a streetstair up to the east side of William Street, midblock between John Street and Fulton Street. These lead out to a passageway through 110 William Street, there is first a staircase up into the lobby of this office building before the passageway continues underground leading to a small streetfront entrance lined with travertine marble along the northside of John Street just east of Williams Street, this exit staircase is the most eastern exit from the Fulton Transit Center Subway station complex, and closest to the East River.
Right next to the short ramp up to the floor of the mezzanine is a bank of turnstiles.
Up at mezzanine level, the elevator leads to a gentle ramp up to the level of the main mezzanine, that is above the southern half of the station platform.
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This unfortunately means passengers needing step free access must walk or roll for half the length of the platform at the mezzanine level. The platform is so narrow that this elevator could only be built up from one end of the platform to provide adequate clearance, the rest of the staircases up to the mezzanine from the platform are of about a half-width compared to most subway station staircases design caused by the narrowness of the platform. Here is the elevator up to the mezzanine. Our tour of the station begins at the southern end of the narrow platform. These mini name tablets are not original, and were added around 2010, as part of the renovations to create the Fulton Transit Center. Beneath these trimlines Fs, Fulton Street mini name tablets are tiled. Small F’s for Fulton are in this trimline at regular intervals. The platform has tiled walls with a gold and blue trimline. The station has a very narrow island platform for the two track line. It took the opening of the IND Broadway-Nassau Street Station in 1933 to tie this station into the rest of the complex, but free transfers weren’t able to be made until around 1945 with the unification of the subway system.
The Fulton Street 2/3 Station on the Brooklyn Extension of the 7 Avenue subway originally opened beneath William Street on Jand for the first 16 years of service was a completely distinct station from the Fulton Street station on the Lexington Avenue Line located beneath Broadway. 7 Avenue Express♾astern Pkwy Local< Fulton Street
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