Each upper-level platform has its own same-level fare control. The station has a full-time booth in the Nostrand Avenue fare control area on the northbound platform, and used to have a part-time booth at the Nostrand Avenue fare control area on the southbound platform. The fare control areas have exits to all corners of Nostrand Avenue and Fulton Street, which are long and wide. There is one staircase to each corner. The Manhattan-bound side stairs lead to both northern corners of Nostrand Avenue and Fulton Street while the Queens-bound side stairs lead to both southern corners.