News: Fulton Street is in the midst of a $15 million transformation to modernize Brooklyn's main shopping thoroughfare.
Rendering of Fulton Street.
Rendering of Fulton Street
Rendering of Albee Square
Slideshow of Fulton Street construction in-progress
About the Project: The New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYC EDC), Fulton Street Mall Improvement Association (FMIA) and the Downtown Brooklyn Partnership (DBP) are excited to announce the commencement of the $15 million Fulton Streetscape Project. The construction project started in May 2009 and is anticipated to be completed in 1Q 2011.
The goal of the project is to create a cleaner, more contemporary physical environment on Fulton Street with less clutter, improved landscaping, modern street furniture, and additional seating and public spaces. This includes planting 67 trees, installing new benches and bicycle racks, and infrastructure improvements.
For more details, and a link to our Fulton Streetscape Project slideshow, click here.
These new improvements will make Fulton Street a better place to shop and to do business. As this project gets underway, this webpage will be your resource for progress updates, a general construction timeline, and important meeting announcements.
Project Timeline:
The project will be completed in two years and has already seen the demolition or removal of:
- Bus shelter canopies
- Planters
- Old sidewalk pavers
- Security kiosk
- Bollards
- Gateways
and the construction of:
- Straightened curbs
- Side street sidewalks
- Sewer
- Catch basins
- Street light mock-up
The project will have long term benefits for all Fulton Street stakeholders that includes the creation of a revitalized and expanded Albee Square public space in front of the historic Dime Savings Bank building, a new concrete street bed, and new street furniture that includes CEMUSA bus shelters, trash receptacles, benches and bike racks, street lights and pedestrian-scale lighting.
What does this mean for businesses?
In order to have these long term benefits, there will also be some short term inconveniences for Fulton Street stakeholders. These include the temporary sequenced closure of portions of the sidewalk and of the Fulton Street roadbed. In addition to these temporary closures, DeKalb Avenue from Albee Square West to Bond Street will be permanently closed to allow for the expansion of Albee Square.
The Fulton Streetscape Project is a major construction project, and we recognize that our stakeholders will have concerns during construction. During this process, the project team will be sensitive to the concerns of the Fulton Street community. We will be holding a series of Town Hall meetings, and one-on-one stakeholder meetings throughout the next two years.
Sign-Up for Email Updates!
If you'd like to receive regular email updates on the Fulton Streetscape Project, click here to sign up. You will receive emails from fmstreetscape@dbpartnership.org via the email service Constant Contact. Please add this email address to your safe senders list.
Downloads:
1. Fulton Streetscape Project E-Newsletter (latest edition: October 7, 2009)
2. Download a map that indicates the locations of Fulton Street Sidewalk work.
3. The demolition of the old bus shelters, gateway bridges, kiosks and bollards is completed throughout the district. Download a map that illustrates these demolished structures.
Contact Us:
If you have any questions about this project, please feel free to contact us.
Kevin Tolan, FMIA Business Services Manager
718.403.1608 or ktolan@dbpartnership.org
Chris Woods, Fulton Streetscape Project Community Outreach Coordinator
917.337.3477 or cwoods29@msn.com
For press inquiries, please contact Shane Kavanagh at Shane@themarino.org.
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