Fulton St Station: Ridership & Busiest Hours

4,563riders a day
#212 of 424busiest stations
+3.8%vs last year so far
3 PMbusiest hour

How busy is Fulton St?

About 4,563 riders a day enter Fulton St (Oct 23, 2025 – Oct 22, 2026). It is the #212 busiest of 424 subway stations. Ridership at Fulton St is up 3.8% in 2026 so far compared with the same days of 2025 (whole subway: +2.9%).

When is it busiest?

Average riders entering per hour, last 56 days (from Aug 28, 2026).

The busiest hour is 3 PM, with about 528 riders entering on an average day. The quietest hour is 2 AM (about 7).

  • 12 AM33
  • 1 AM11
  • 2 AM7
  • 3 AM7
  • 4 AM10
  • 5 AM25
  • 6 AM80
  • 7 AM233
  • 8 AM256
  • 9 AM187
  • 10 AM155
  • 11 AM170
  • 12 PM193
  • 1 PM230
  • 2 PM431
  • 3 PM528
  • 4 PM422
  • 5 PM455
  • 6 PM410
  • 7 PM312
  • 8 PM247
  • 9 PM193
  • 10 PM204
  • 11 PM183

Station report card

Elevators and escalators: share of hours in service over 24 hours, October 2025 – September 2026 (MTA availability). Entrapments = times riders were stuck inside an elevator. Riders vs 2019 compares the last 12 months with 2019, the last full year before the pandemic.

Accessible (ADA)No
Riders vs 201993% of the 2019 level (October 2025 – September 2026)

Where do riders from here go?

Share of subway trips starting here that end at each station, September 2026 (MTA origin-destination ridership estimate).

The top 5 destinations take 24% of subway trips that start at Fulton St.

  1. 1
  2. 2
    Nassau AvG · Brooklyn5.6%
  3. 3
    Greenpoint AvG · Brooklyn4.6%
  4. 4
    Bedford-Nostrand AvsG · Brooklyn4.4%
  5. 5
    Carroll StF G · Brooklyn3.7%

Lines at this station

On time = share of each line's trips reaching the last stop within 5 minutes of schedule (MTA terminal on-time performance), October 2025 – September 2026. The MTA measures this per line, not per station.

Fulton St is served by the G train.

G train · 86.8% on time

Nearby stations

Straight-line distance.

StationLinesRiders a dayDistance
Lafayette AvC3,9300.1 mi
Atlantic Av-Barclays Ctr2 3 4 5 B D N Q R31,4530.2 mi
Nevins St2 3 4 56,6120.3 mi
DeKalb AvB Q R16,1910.4 mi
Bergen St2 33,1850.4 mi

Questions

How many people use Fulton St station?

About 4,563 riders a day enter Fulton St (Oct 23, 2025 – Oct 22, 2026). It is the #212 busiest of 424 subway stations.

When is Fulton St station busiest?

The busiest hour is 3 PM, with about 528 riders entering on an average day. The quietest hour is 2 AM (about 7).

Is Fulton St getting busier?

Ridership at Fulton St is up 3.8% in 2026 so far compared with the same days of 2025 (whole subway: +2.9%).

Which trains stop at Fulton St?

Fulton St is served by the G train.

Data: MTA Subway Hourly Ridership (data.ny.gov). Riders are entries at the turnstiles and OMNY readers, so transfers inside the station are not counted. Updated Oct 29, 2026. All stations ranked → · All subway ridership →
Source code: github.com/MantieReid/mta-data-analysis · Analysis by Mantie Reid II (CC BY 4.0).

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