Fulton Street is a busy street located in Lower Manhattan. It is in New York City's Financial District, a few blocks north of Wall Street. It runs from the Church Street at the site of the World Trade Center to South Street, terminating in front of the South Street Seaport. Woolworth Building, looking south along Broadway Lower Manhattan, from the Brooklyn Bridge, 2005 Rigid airship the USS Akron over Lower Manhattan Lower Manhattan is the southernmost part of the island of Manhattan, the main island and center of business and government of the City of New York. ... New York, NY redirects here. ... A view up Broad Street in the Financial District in Manhattan The Financial District is the neighborhood in New York City on the southernmost section of the island of Manhattan which comprises the offices and headquarters of many of the citys major financial institutions, including the New York Stock... Elaborate marble facade of NYSE as seen from the intersection of Broad and Wall Streets For other uses, see Wall Street (disambiguation). ... This article is about the former World Trade Center (Twin Towers) in New York City. ... South Street in Manhattan is noted for its seaport, also called the South Street Seaport. ... A view of the South Street Seaport in New York with the Brooklyn, Manhattan, and Williamsburg bridges. ...

History

Regular cricket matches were held near Fulton Market in 1780 when the British Army based itself in Manhattan during the American Revolution. Fulton became famous for his steamship in 1809 though he did spend time in Paris during the American Revolution. David Sentance Cricket in America 1710-2000 (McFarland 2006)

Fulton Street is named for Robert Fulton, an engineer instrumental in the development of steam ships in the United States.^[1] Ferries connected Manhattan across the East River to Fulton Street in Brooklyn. Robert Fulton Robert Fulton (November 14, 1765 – February 24, 1815) was a U.S. engineer and inventor, who was widely credited with developing the first steam-powered ship marked as a commercial success. ... Manhattan is a borough of New York City, USA, coterminous with New York County. ... New York City waterways: 1. ... Fulton Street, named after engineer Robert Fulton, exists mainly in two parts in what are today two boroughs of New York City which Fulton linked by his steam ferries, and each segment has its own distinct identity. ... Brooklyn (named after the Dutch city Breukelen) is one of the five boroughs of New York City. ...

The street has a Beaux-Arts architectural feel with many buildings dating back to the Gilded Age or shortly thereafter. Beaux-Arts architecture[1] denotes the academic classical architectural style that was taught at the École des Beaux Arts in Paris. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... Gilding is the art of spreading gold, either by mechanical or by chemical means, over the surface of a body for the purpose of ornament. ...

The Fulton Fish Market was located nearby at the South Street Seaport until 2005, when it moved to Hunts Point in The Bronx. The Markets Interior The Fulton Fish Market is a fish market in New York, United States. ... Hunts Point is a neighborhood in the Bronx borough of New York City. ... The Bronx is New York Citys northernmost borough. ...

Public transportation

Fulton Street is served by the following subway lines:

• IND Eighth Avenue Line at Broadway–Nassau Street (A and C trains)
• IRT Lexington Avenue Line at Fulton Street and Broadway (4 and 5 trains)
• IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line at Fulton Street and William Street (2 and 3 trains)
• BMT Nassau Street Line at Fulton Street and Nassau Street (J, M, and Z trains)

A federally-financed Fulton Street Transit Center is expected to be completed by 2009. A 1941 view of a sign for the Eighth Avenue Subway The Eighth Avenue Line is the original rapid transit line of the Independent Subway System (IND), now run by the New York City Transit Authority as part of the New York City Subway system. ... Fulton Street–Broadway–Nassau Street is a rapid transit station complex on the New York City Subway in Lower Manhattan, New York City, United States. ... The A Eighth Avenue Express is a rapid transit service of the New York City Subway. ... The A Eighth Avenue Express and C Eighth Avenue Local are two services of the New York City Subway. ... The Lexington Avenue Line (sometimes called the Lex or the IRT East Side Line) is one of the major IRT lines in the New York City Subway. ... Fulton Street, is a station on the IRT Lexington Avenue Line of the New York City Subway. ... A view of Broadway in 1909 Broadway, as the name implies, is a wide avenue in New York City, and is the oldest north-south main thoroughfare in the city, dating to the first New Amsterdam settlement. ... The 4 Lexington Avenue Express is a service of the New York City Subway. ... The 5 Lexington Avenue Express is a service of the New York City Subway. ... Services that use the IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line through midtown and downtown have been colored red since 1979. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Fulton Street Transit Center. ... The 2 Seventh Avenue Express is a service of the New York City Subway. ... The 3 Seventh Avenue Express is a service of the New York City Subway. ... The Nassau Street Line is a rapid transit line of the BMT Division of the New York City Subway system. ... Fulton Street is a station on the BMT Nassau Street Line of the New York City Subway. ... Nassau Street is a street in the Financial District of the New York City borough of Manhattan, located near Pace University and New York City Hall. ... The J Nassau Street Express and Z Nassau Street Express are two services of the New York City Subway. ... The M Nassau Street Local is a service of the New York City Subway. ... The J Nassau Street Express and Z Nassau Street Express are two services of the New York City Subway. ... The Fulton Street Transit Center is a $750 million project in New York City that will improve access to and connections between 12 subway lines, PATH service and the World Trade Center station in Lower Manhattan. ...

References

• ^  "The Street Book"; an encyclopedia of Manhattan's street names and their origins. By Henry Moscow.