MAYOR ADAMS UNVEILS GREENER, REVITALIZED FULTON MALL FOLLOWING $8 MILLION STREETSCAPE INVESTMENT

City Has Reinvigorated Popular Shopping Corridor, Adding Trees, Improving Tree Pits, and Increasing Seating

Project Reclaims Streets for Greater Pedestrian Use, Creates More Accessible Public Spaces

NEW YORK - New York City Mayor Eric Adams, New York City Department of Parks and Recreation (NYC Parks) Commissioner Iris Rodriguez-Rosa, and the Downtown Brooklyn Partnership (DBP) today unveiled the renovated Fulton Mall streetscape that includes $8 million in upgrades to make the shopping district greener, more pedestrian-friendly, and more livable. The revitalization effort delivers improvements on Fulton Street between Boerum Place and Flatbush Avenue to support the corridor's active commercial uses and beautify its public spaces by enlarging tree pits, adding trees, installing new benches, and placing permeable pavers around the tree pits.

"Today, we are unveiling a vibrant, pedestrian-friendly economic hub in Downtown Brooklyn that will continue to make our city more livable. This $8 million investment has transformed this busy corridor into a safer, more welcoming space that residents and visitors deserve," said Mayor Adams. "Our administration is proud to, once again, deliver exactly what working-class New Yorkers are asking for, and today's announcement continues to develop public spaces with a people-first design that improves the quality of life for all New Yorkers."

"Every day, New Yorkers look for more ways to enjoy the outdoors. Sometimes that means a park, and sometimes it's just a walk to the grocery store," said Deputy Mayor for Operations Jeff Roth. "That's why a people-first streetscape in Downtown Brooklyn matters - it makes daily life better and getting outside easier. Thank you to our chief public realm officer for leading this work, NYC Parks for the trees and care ahead, and DBP for your partnership. Our administration is proud to keep delivering for New Yorkers every day."

"Downtown Brooklyn's streets are its front porch to the world, and with these streetscape improvements we are creating a safer, greener, more welcoming space for everyone who lives, works, and visits here," said Chief Public Realm Officer Ya-Ting Liu. "This Fulton Streetscape project shows what's possible when city agencies and the business community prioritize the pedestrian experience, transforming public spaces into places of connection, commerce, and community."

"The completion of the Fulton Mall streetscape improvements is a major step forward in transforming our neighborhood into a people-first downtown," said Regina Myer, president, Downtown Brooklyn Partnership. "In just one year, we were able to overhaul the borough's busiest shopping corridor with a series of smart upgrades to make it greener and more beautiful and accessible to pedestrians. The Fulton Mall work advances key goals of our Downtown Brooklyn Public Realm Action Plan and we're grateful to our partners at NYC Parks for bringing this project to fruition."

The $8 million revitalization of Fulton Mall is part of the Adams administration's $40 million investment in Downtown Brooklyn's public realm, which includes streetscape improvements, transportation and public space upgrades -- such as improved bus service and new public art -- and pedestrian and roadway safety enhancements.

Completed in two-block sections over the course of approximately one year, the $8 million investment has greened, beautified, and enhanced the shopping district area with several public realm improvements, including:

Enlarged planting beds representing a nearly 100 percent increase in planting space with 7,895 new perennial plantings, including oakleaf hydrangea, yarrow, coneflower, creeping juniper, and Japanese forest grass.

New beds for 79 existing trees and five new trees.

39 new radial benches made with wood slats and galvanized steel armrests in 10-foot and 20-foot lengths.

24,083 new square feet of permeable paving around planting beds to improve stormwater and flood management in the neighborhood.

The revitalization of Fulton Mall's streetscape is part of the Adams administration's work to build and revitalize public spaces across New York City. In addition to this project, Mayor Adams has announced a $50 million investment to improve "The Arches," a newly opened public space under the Brooklyn Bridge, as well as committed over $400 million to fully transform Fifth Avenue into a world-class, pedestrian-centered boulevard.