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[[File:Fulton Street subway Dey Street entrance.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.25|The Dey Street [[head house]] at the southwest corner of Dey Street and Broadway]]

The '''Dey Street Passageway''' or '''Dey Street Concourse''' is a {{convert|350|ft|m|adj=mid|-long}} underground passageway in [[Manhattan]], [[New York City]], built as part of the [[Fulton Center]] project to rehabilitate the [[Fulton Street station (New York City Subway)|Fulton Street station]] complex and improve connectivity in [[Lower Manhattan]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Dunlap |first=David W. |date=December 23, 2011 |url=http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/12/23/after-an-earlier-delay-the-fulton-street-transit-center-finally-rises/ |title=After an Earlier Delay, the Fulton Street Transit Center Finally Rises |website=The New York Times}}</ref> The Dey Street Passageway lies under [[Dey Street]] in Lower Manhattan, between [[Broadway (Manhattan)|Broadway]] in the eastern end, and [[Church Street (Manhattan)|Church Street]] in its western end.{{efn|The passageway connects the station at [[Fulton Street (IRT Lexington Avenue Line)|Fulton Street/Broadway]] to the station at [[Cortlandt Street (BMT Broadway Line)|Cortlandt Street/Church Street]].}}

==Concept==
[[File:Dey Street Passageway.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.25|Inside the passageway, facing [[Cortlandt Street (BMT Broadway Line)|Cortlandt Street]]. The section to the WTC Transportation Hub, which was opened on May 26, 2016, is at this end.<ref name="Altamirano 2016">{{cite web | last=Altamirano | first=Angy | title=MTA opens passage connecting Fulton Center to WTC PATH station | website=Metro | date=May 26, 2016 | url=http://www.metro.us/new-york/mta-to-open-passage-connecting-fulton-center-to-wtc-path-station/zsJpez---qzMgrE9w38Q4/ | access-date=January 4, 2018}}</ref>]]
[[File:Dey Street Concourse (27374600280).jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.25|At the end of the passageway is the "Oculus", the headhouse of the WTC Transportation Hub.]]

During the planning stage of the [[Fulton Center]] project, there were numerous alternatives for a passageway connecting Church Street and the [[Fulton Street (New York City Subway)|Fulton Street]] complex. These alternatives included a pedestrian tunnel, with a paid transfer, under Fulton Street. Various configurations within the Fulton Center main building were also planned, including a diagonal link between a tunnel under Dey Street and the {{NYCS trains|Eighth Cranberry}} mezzanine in the Fulton Center transit hub. The Fulton Center design changed very frequently during planning, but after much analysis, it was decided that a {{convert|40|ft|m|adj=on}} wide tunnel was to be built under Dey Street, without a paid transfer between the Fulton Street complex and the [[Cortlandt Street (BMT Broadway Line)|Cortlandt Street]] station.<ref>Multiple 2006 articles from ''[[The New York Times]]'' by Thomas J. Lueck in 2006:
*{{cite news | title = Over Budget, Fulton Street Transit Hub Faces a Redesign | date = May 23, 2006 | url = https://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/23/nyregion/23station.html | newspaper = New York Times | access-date = September 4, 2009}}
*{{cite news | title = Shops Near Planned Transit Hub Face Eviction | date = June 2, 2006 | url = https://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/02/nyregion/02fulton.html | newspaper = New York Times | access-date = September 4, 2009}}
*{{cite news | title = Fulton Street Transit Center Plan Stands | date = June 27, 2006 | url = https://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/27/nyregion/27mbrfs-002.html | newspaper = New York Times | access-date = September 4, 2009}}</ref>

The MTA's decision to disallow a paid transfer was on the premise that Broadway and Church Streets are critical north–south streets. An unpaid passageway allows non-passengers to move throughout Lower Manhattan without having to cross those streets. Furthermore, the passageway directly connects to the [[World Trade Center Transportation Hub]], the connection to which opened in the [[World Trade Center site]] in May 2016.<ref name="Altamirano 2016"/> It also connects to the other World Trade Center buildings, as well as a new passageway to the [[Brookfield Place (New York City)|World Financial Center]].<ref>[http://www.lowermanhattan.info/tools/mplayer/default.asp?clip=fulton_dey_st_passageway_walking_west&title=Dey%20Street%20Passageway%20Walking%20West&desc=48%20seconds Dey Street Passageway Walking West]{{Dead link|date=July 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

{{quote|Since the beginning, the concourse has been an essential part of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA)'s Transit Center plans. Its creation will allow around 275,000 daily subway riders to transfer between the Fulton Street / Broadway – Nassau Street station's nine services to the {{NYCS Broadway south}} at Cortlandt Street and the World Trade Center (WTC) [[PATH (rail system)|PATH]] station. The MTA also recently announced revised plans that extend the underground connector to the E platform at the WTC – stretching the project's $844 million budget for the benefit of downtown commuters.||From Lower Manhattan Construction Command Center's archives}}

However, due to budgetary concerns, the tunnel width had been rescaled from {{convert|40|ft|m}} to {{convert|29|ft|m}}.<ref name=lowermanhattan57941>{{cite web |date=December 18, 2006 |url=http://www.lowermanhattan.info/news/hollowing_out_the_dey_57941.aspx |title=Hollowing Out the Dey Street Concourse |website=LowerManhattan.info |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070317202026/http://www.lowermanhattan.info/news/hollowing_out_the_dey_57941.aspx |archive-date=March 17, 2007}}</ref> The aforementioned transfer between the Cortlandt Street and [[Chambers Street–World Trade Center/Park Place/Cortlandt Street station|Chambers Street–World Trade Center]] stations was eventually realized and opened in late 2017.

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==Construction==
[[File:Dey Street Headhouse vc.jpg|thumb|left|upright=0.8|The head house in February 2012]]
The contract for the construction of the passageway was given on July 29, 2005 to Slattery Skanska.<ref name=lowermanhattan57941 /> Construction began in 2005, with the closure of the Cortlandt Street station on the BMT Broadway line, which closed on August 20, 2005 and Dey Street proper. Cut and cover construction was used to construct the tunnel. A building at the corner of Dey Street and Broadway was demolished on January 29, 2007, to allow the creation for a [[head house]] or entrance for the new facility.<ref>{{cite web |date=January 25, 2007 |url=http://www.lowermanhattan.info/news/deconstruction_of_189_broadway_38567.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130218050411/http://www.lowermanhattan.info/news/deconstruction_of_189_broadway_38567.aspx |archive-date=February 18, 2013 |title=Deconstruction of 189 Broadway Begins |website=LowerManhattan.info}}</ref>

The tunnel is {{convert|29|ft|m}} wide; it was intended to be {{convert|40|ft|m}} wide, but due to financial costs it had to shrink in size. It links the exit in the middle of the [[IRT Lexington Avenue Line]] platforms of the Fulton Street complex with the World Trade Center Transportation Hub.

With the conclusion of cut and cover construction, Dey Street reopened to traffic on November 24, 2008.<ref>{{cite web |first=Julie |last=Shapiro |date=December 11, 2008|url=https://www.amny.com/news/a-new-day-for-dey/|title=A new day for Dey|work=Downtown Express|accessdate=November 27, 2021}}</ref> The uptown platform of the Cortlandt Street station reopened on November 25, 2009.<ref>{{cite web|last=Kabak|first=Benjamin|date=November 27, 2009|url=http://secondavenuesagas.com/2009/11/27/after-four-years-a-northbound-platform-opens-at-cortlandt-st/|title=After four years, a northbound platform opens at Cortlandt St.|work=Second Ave. Sagas}}</ref> Fit-out work of much of the Dey Street Passageway, including the placement of floor and wall tiles, is underway as of August 5, 2012.<ref>[http://www.lowermanhattan.info/construction/project_updates/fulton_street_transit_center_17608.aspx Fulton Center] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060816030815/http://www.lowermanhattan.info/construction/project_updates/fulton_street_transit_center_17608.aspx |date=August 16, 2006 }}</ref>

[[File:CortlandtDeyUnderpassPlaque.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.1|A plaque in the passageway marks the opening date of a part of the underpass]]

On September 6, 2011, a portion of the Dey Street Passageway opened up as the underpass of the {{NYCS trains|Broadway south}} at Cortlandt Street.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mta.info/news/stories/?story=368|title=MTA News|work=mta.info}}</ref> This permitted the reopening of the southbound platform, which does not have street-level access on the western side of Church Street. A white false wall separated the opened underpass with the rest of the passageway. A progress presentation from the MTA in June 2012 had suggested that there will be fare control at the underpass/passageway level, along with elevator access.

The headhouse was originally expected to open on July 31, 2012, but opened on October 8, 2012. Currently, it serves as an entrance for the southbound {{NYCS trains|Lexington south}}, and as the main access point for the Dey Street Passageway, which opened on November 10, 2014, ahead of schedule.<ref>{{cite web|last=Donohue|first=Pete|date=October 27, 2014|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/fulton-center-subway-hub-open-november-article-1.1988694|title=Fulton Center subway hub to open in November|work=NY Daily News|access-date=October 28, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Plagianos|first=Irene|date=October 27, 2014|url=http://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20141027/financial-district/fulton-transit-hub-will-finally-open-on-nov-10-mta-says|title=Fulton Transit Hub Will Finally Open on Nov. 10, MTA Says|work=DNAinfo New York|access-date=October 28, 2014|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141030044339/http://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20141027/financial-district/fulton-transit-hub-will-finally-open-on-nov-10-mta-says|archive-date=October 30, 2014}}</ref> The connection to the World Trade Center hub opened on May 26, 2016.<ref name="Altamirano 2016"/>
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==Notes==
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==References==
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==External links==
{{Commons category|Dey Street Passageway}}
*[http://web.mta.info/capital/fulton_alt.html MTA Fulton Street Transit Center page]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070317202026/http://www.lowermanhattan.info/news/hollowing_out_the_dey_57941.aspx Lower Manhattan: Hollowing Out the Dey Street Concourse]
* [https://maps.google.com/?ll=40.7103,-74.00955&spn=0.000665,0.002411&t=m&layer=c&cbll=40.7103,-74.00955&panoid=KprkQqJJhgooCyyT_jzvaQ&cbp=12,301.58,,1,0.35&z=19 Headhouse from Google Maps Street View]
* [https://www.google.com/maps/@40.7108946,-74.0105438,3a,75y,17.26h,90.88t/data=!3m8!1e1!3m6!1sAF1QipOn94LW_dbf3RAUZWo14DsJJ6owqCo_4PBXnbpR!2e10!3e11!6shttps:%2F%2Flh5.googleusercontent.com%2Fp%2FAF1QipOn94LW_dbf3RAUZWo14DsJJ6owqCo_4PBXnbpR%3Dw203-h100-k-no-pi1.1063547-ya349.18927-ro10.151278-fo100!7i5472!8i2736 Interior from Google Maps Street View]

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