Fulton Street (provisional Station)
The center of the station slopes down and there is a lowered ceiling compared to the rest of the station. Above is a disused portion of a mezzanine and a station shell with the tentative name of Fulton Street. The tracks are outlined by a pattern in the ceiling on top of the four trackways at Utica Avenue, therefore it appears that there are four trackways and two island platforms running diagonally across the ceiling in the center. Fulton Street was to be built for the Utica Avenue Line as part of the IND Second System.
There were blocked stairways up from platform level to the upper level, but possible evidence is present at the ceiling level of Utica Avenue, as mentioned before. Climbing the steps to the intermediate level, there are some locked doors which could serve as access to the unfinished platforms. There are also some windows in this level. Looking into the window reveals a cinder-block wall, and to the side are portions of the unused mezzanine accompanying the Fulton Street station shell. Climbing the ramp to the entrance level reveals more windows and a door, which provides access to a disused upper level mezzanine, which would then have steps down to the unused mezzanine leading directly to the Fulton Street station shell.
Before the renovation of this station in 1995, it was possible to see the station shell from the mezzanine. Past the main booth, there was a long ramp that goes down to a landing from which stairways lead to the 2 active platforms that currently exists. However, in the intermediate level, there was a fence. Past the fence, there was a tiled wall with a door. The door had a few of slots missing. A look into the door revealed the Fulton Street station shell. After the renovation of this station, the mezzanine was shortened using cinder-block walls and the current tiling in the intermediate level.
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