Hoyt Street–Fulton Mall (IRT Eastern Parkway Line)

Infobox NYCS
name = Hoyt Street–Fulton Mall
bg_color = #E20F00
line = IRT Eastern Parkway Line
service = Eastern far west local
platforms = 2 side platforms
tracks = 4
passengers=2.010 million
pass_year=2006
pass_percent=-3
borough = Brooklyn
open_date = May 1, 1908
north_line = IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line
north_station = Borough Hall
north_station_acc = yes
north_service = Eastern far west
south_line = IRT Eastern Parkway Line
south_station = Nevins Street
south_service = Eastern far west

Hoyt Street–Fulton Mall is a local station on the IRT Eastern Parkway Line of the New York City Subway.

South of Borough Hall, the IRT Lexington Avenue Line and the Brooklyn Branch of the IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line join to form the four-track IRT Eastern Parkway Line. Trains from the Clark Street Tunnel (NYCS Broadway-Seventh Brooklyn) run on the local tracks, and those from the Joralemon Street Tunnel (NYCS Lexington far south) run on the express tracks. The original construction included only the Joralemon Street Tunnel, with crossover switches north of Hoyt Street (these have since been removed).

Hoyt Street is the northernmost station on this four-track line, located at the intersection of Fulton Street, Hoyt Street, and Bridge Street. It has two side platforms, serving only the local tracks. The station has been extensively renovated; old signs reading "Hoyt Street–Bridge Street" remain on the I-beams separating the local and express tracks. At the north end of the southbound platform is a closed crossunder that included an entrance to Macy's; the south end of the northbound platform includes a passageway that is used by police. One of the original ceramic cartouches from the station is now on display at the New York Transit Museum.

Bus connections

*B25
*B26
*B38
*B52
*B103

External links

*NYCS ref|http://www.nycsubway.org/perl/stations?215:1603 nycsubway.org|Brooklyn IRT|Hoyt Street
*Station Reporter — [http://www.stationreporter.net/2train.htm 2 Train]
*Station Reporter — [http://www.stationreporter.net/3train.htm 3 Train]
* [http://nycsubway.org/irt/brookirt/irt-brooklyn-map1.html Brooklyn IRT Contract 2 map] (includes current and former track configurations, and provisions for future connections)