Fulton Street (Brooklyn)

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thumb|right|Fulton Street, covered with snow '''Fulton Street''' is a long east–west street in northern Brooklyn, New York City. This street begins at the intersection of Adams Street and Joralemon Street in Brooklyn Heights, and runs eastward to East New York and Cypress Hills. At the border with Queens, Fulton Street becomes 91st Avenue, which ends at 84th Street in Woodhaven.

==History== The street is named after Robert Fulton; a street of 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 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.

==Route== thumb|left|Pedestrian street in Columbus Park leading to Old Fulton Street 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 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 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.

==Transportation== Fulton Street is served by the following subway lines: * The elevated BMT Fulton Street Line used to run over Fulton Street. The New York City Subway's IND Fulton Street subway line ({{NYCS trains|Fulton}}) has replaced it east of Washington Avenue. * The BMT Jamaica Line ({{NYCS trains|Jamaica east}}) runs above Fulton Street between Broadway Junction and Crescent Street.

These bus routes serve the corridor: * The {{NYC bus link|B25}} runs on Fulton west of Alabama Avenue. Alabama-bound service is provided via East New York Avenue. * From Adams Street, the corridor's western end, the {{NYC bus link|B52}} heads to Greene Avenue, the {{NYC bus link|B26}} runs to Classon Avenue (Ridgewood Terminal) or from Grand Avenue (Downtown Brooklyn), and the {{NYC bus link|B38}} goes to Lafayette Avenue (Catalpa/Metro), or from DeKalb Avenue (Downtown Brooklyn). * Fulton Street-bound {{NYC bus link|B49}} service runs from Bedford Avenue to Franklin Avenue, then heads south to terminate at Lefferts Place. * Northbound {{NYC bus link|B44}} locals run from New York Avenue to Bedford Avenue. All other B44 buses cross Fulton. * The Lefferts Gardens-bound {{NYC bus link|B43}} runs from Tompkins Avenue to Brooklyn Avenue, and Greenpoint-bound service runs from Kingston Avenue to Throop Avenue. * The JFK Airport-bound {{NYC bus link|B15}} runs from Marcus Garvey Boulevard to Albany Avenue. * The northbound {{NYC bus link|B20}} and westbound {{NYC bus link|Q24}} run from Broadway to Eastern Parkway. From Van Sinderen Avenue, the eastbound Q24 goes to East New York Avenue, and the southbound B20 continues via the avenue to the other side of Fulton Street, until Pennsylvania Avenue.

==Fulton Mall== {{about|the Fulton Mall in Brooklyn|the street in Fresno|Fulton Mall (Fresno)}} {{Infobox settlement | name = Fulton Mall | image_skyline = Fulton Street Mall by David Shankbone crop.jpg | nickname = | pushpin_map = USA New York City#USA New York#USA | pushpin_label_position = | pushpin_map_alt = | pushpin_map_caption = Location | coordinates = | subdivision_type = Locale | subdivision_name = Downtown Brooklyn, New York City | blank_name_sec1 = Subway services | blank_info_sec1 = {{NYCS trains|MetroTech}} at Jay Street – MetroTech<br />{{NYCS trains|DeKalb}} at DeKalb Avenue<br />{{NYCS trains|Hoyt-Schermerhorn}} at Hoyt–Schermerhorn Streets<br />{{NYCS trains|Eastern west}} at Nevins Street and Hoyt Street | blank2_name_sec1 = Bus routes | blank2_info_sec1 = {{NYC bus link|B25|B26|B38|B41|B45|B52|B54|B57|B61|B62|B65|B67|B103}} }}

'''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<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fultonstreet.org/|title=Downtown Brooklyn - Fulton Mall Improvement Association|access-date=14 March 2016}}</ref> and dedicated bus lanes. For the mall's length, only buses, commercial vehicles, local truck deliveries, and emergency vehicles are allowed to use the street. The center of the mall is an open public space known as Albee Square.

=== History === thumb|left|A B38 bus on Fulton Mall 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 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.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Newman |first=Andy |date=2007-12-23 |title=Brooklyn Mall Is Oasis and Anomaly |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/23/nyregion/23fulton.html |access-date=2023-02-24 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.lhparch.com/project.aspx?cat=&id=24 |title=Fulton Street Pedestrian Mall & Transitway | Lee Harris Pomeroy Architects |publisher=Lhparch.com |access-date=2016-06-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150719164843/http://www.lhparch.com/project.aspx?cat=&id=24 |archive-date=2015-07-19 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The graphics program he also designed for 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.<ref name="The New York Times 1986">{{cite web | title=Two Years After Renovation, Brooklyn's Fulton Mall Still Seeks an Anchor | website=The New York Times | date=June 14, 1986 | url=https://www.nytimes.com/1986/06/14/nyregion/two-years-after-renovation-brooklyn-s-fulton-mall-still-seeks-an-anchor.html | access-date=August 6, 2024}}</ref> Nonetheless, the mall initially failed to attract tenants.<ref name="The New York Times 1986"/> In 2024, the city began renovating Fulton Mall again for $8 million, adding benches and trees.<ref>{{cite web | last=Frost | first=Mary | title=$8M upgrade of Downtown Brooklyn's Fulton Mall begins | website=Brooklyn Eagle | date=August 5, 2024 | url=https://brooklyneagle.com/articles/2024/08/05/8m-upgrade-of-downtown-brooklyns-fulton-mall-begins/ | access-date=August 6, 2024}}</ref>

Subway stations at {{stn|Jay Street–MetroTech}}, {{stn|DeKalb Avenue||BMT lines}}, {{stn|Hoyt–Schermerhorn Streets}}, {{stn|Nevins Street}}, and {{stn|Hoyt Street}} and bus lines service the Fulton Mall area.<ref>http://web.mta.info/nyct/maps/subwaymap.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite NYC bus map|B}}</ref> The area is New York City's third-largest commercial center after Herald Square and a stretch of Madison Avenue.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/21/nyregion/a-worry-that-trendy-stores-will-ruin-fulton-street.html|title=On Fulton Street, Worries About Change|last=Berger|first=Joseph|date=2013-09-20|work=The New York Times|access-date=2018-05-09|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> The mall has attracted major investments from prominent Brooklyn retail real estate developers such as Stanley Chera, Albert Laboz, Joseph Jemal, and Eli Gindi.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Families plot Fulton Mall face-lift|url=https://therealdeal.com/issues_articles/families-plot-fulton-mall-face-lift/|website=The Real Deal New York|language=en-US|access-date=2020-05-08|first=Patrick|last=Egan|date=January 31, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Merged Filene's/Syms coming to Fulton Mall|url=https://therealdeal.com/new-research/topics/company/crown-acquisitions/|website=The Real Deal New York|date=October 12, 2010|access-date=2020-05-08}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Harrison Street buys LIU student housing for $61M|url=https://therealdeal.com/2013/03/28/harrison-street-buys-liu-student-housing-for-61m/ |website=The Real Deal New York|language=en-US|access-date=2020-05-08|first=Zachary|last=Kussin|date=March 28, 2013}}</ref>

=== Developments === thumb|The Offerman Building

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<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.fultonstreet.org/fulton_street_about_us_cd_1.cfm#history |title=Fulton Mall Improvement Association |access-date=2014-06-05 |archive-date=2012-02-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120207005729/http://www.fultonstreet.org/fulton_street_about_us_cd_1.cfm#history |url-status=dead }}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/boroughs/hip-shoppers-fulton-mall-hopping-100-000-125-000-hit-stores-day-article-1.512587|title=HIP SHOPPERS KEEP FULTON MALL HOPPING 100,000 to 125,000 hit stores each day|last=Wang|first=Beverly|date=September 28, 2003|work=NY Daily News|access-date=2018-05-11|language=en}}</ref> The mall has spurred additional commercial development in its immediate vicinity, such as the City Point development,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://nypost.com/2017/09/06/the-crazy-real-estate-boom-taking-over-flatbush-avenue/|title=The crazy real estate boom taking over Flatbush Avenue|date=6 September 2017|last=Donnelly|first=Tim|website=New York Post|access-date=12 September 2017}}</ref> and has become the most expensive place to do business in downtown Brooklyn.{{citation needed|date=May 2018}} Fulton Street's retail space was $301 per square foot in 2016 and $326 per square foot in 2017.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.bkmag.com/2017/04/05/fulton-street-now-most-expensive-place-business-brooklyn/|title=Fulton St. Is Now the Most Expensive Place to Do Business in Brooklyn|date=2017-04-05|last=Romano|first=Evan|work=Brooklyn Magazine|access-date=2018-05-09|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/21/nyregion/a-worry-that-trendy-stores-will-ruin-fulton-street.html|title=On Fulton Street, Worries About Change|last=Berger|first=Joseph|date=2013-09-20|work=The New York Times|access-date=2018-05-10|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>

The Macy's store at 422 Fulton Street was originally Abraham & Straus's flagship store. The building was designed in Art Deco style by Starrett & Van Vleck and built in 1933.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://explorebk.com/2014/08/07/macys-downtown-brooklyn-lot-history-less-crowds-manhattan/|title=Macy's Downtown Brooklyn has a lot of history|last=blankslate|date=2014-08-07|work=Explore Brooklyn|access-date=2018-05-07|language=en-US|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180508054935/http://explorebk.com/2014/08/07/macys-downtown-brooklyn-lot-history-less-crowds-manhattan/|archive-date=2018-05-08}}</ref> It was formerly the showroom for the W.C. Vosburgh Mfg. Co.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.brownstoner.com/architecture/building-of-the-day-418-420-fulton-street-the-w-c-vosburgh-building/|title=418-420 Fulton Street, a Handsome and Elegant Showroom for Gas Lighting {{!}} Brownstoner|author=Spellen, Suzanne (aka Montrose Morris)|date=2015-04-07|work=Brownstoner|access-date=2018-05-07|language=en-US}}</ref> 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 the building.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://commercialobserver.com/2017/01/tishman-speyer-lands-194m-construction-loan-for-dobro-macys-reno/|title=Tishman Speyer Lands $194M Construction Loan for DoBro Macy's Reno|date=2017-01-03|last=Balbi|first=Danielle|work=Commercial Observer|access-date=2018-05-11|language=en-US}}</ref>

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.<ref name=":0" /> The Offerman Building was designated a New York City Historic Landmark in 2005,<ref>Postal, Matthew. “[http://www.nyc.gov/html/lpc/downloads/pdf/reports/offerman.pdf Offerman Building] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100302200242/http://www.nyc.gov/html/lpc/downloads/pdf/reports/offerman.pdf |date=2010-03-02 }}.” Landmarks Preservation Commission, 2005.</ref> and by 2017 had been converted into a 121-unit residential complex.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=https://ny.curbed.com/2017/7/10/15947668/downtown-brooklyn-offerman-building-historic-rentals|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170710205210/https://ny.curbed.com/2017/7/10/15947668/downtown-brooklyn-offerman-building-historic-rentals|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 10, 2017|title=Downtown Brooklyn's historic Offerman Building reveals its future as luxury rentals|last=Plitt|first=Amy|date=July 10, 2017|work=Curbed NY|access-date=2018-05-11}}</ref> Across the street is another designated city landmark, the A. I. Namm & Son Department Store.<ref name="Wisloski 2005 l499">{{cite web |last=Wisloski |first=Jess |date=March 26, 2005 |title=BHA gets 2 Downtown buildings landmarked |url=https://www.brooklynpaper.com/bha-gets-2-downtown-buildings-landmarked/ |access-date=August 1, 2024 |website=Brooklyn Paper |archive-date=June 23, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230623183816/https://www.brooklynpaper.com/bha-gets-2-downtown-buildings-landmarked/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

==See also== * Smith & Gray Company Building

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== {{Commons category|Fulton Street (Brooklyn)}} * [https://web.archive.org/web/20060518033402/http://www.identitymap.com/services/serveFultonMall.html Map of Fulton Mall] * [http://downtownbrooklyn.com/about/metrotech-bid MetroTech BID] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20060617090245/http://brooklyn.about.com/od/shoppinginbrooklyn/a/fultonstmall.htm Fulton Mall at about.com Brooklyn Site] * Co-naming: ** {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20051231145527/http://www.brooklyn-usa.org/Press/2005/mar11c.htm Image of co-naming]}} ** [http://www.comptroller.nyc.gov/press/2005_releases/pr05-03-032.shtm City Comptroller William Thompson's speech of dedication] ** [http://www.wbai.org/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=5215&Itemid=2 An argument for full renaming and context on other Brooklyn street name changes]

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