East Broadway station

The north half of the open intermediate level mezzanine was designed to eventually become a station of the unbuilt IND Worth Street Line. A locked door, located in the north end of the mezzanine, reveals additional closed platform space and an electrical room that hides the rest of the trackway and platform space. In this closed space, the platform floor drops to the level of the intended westbound trackway for the unbuilt line.[6] The unused space runs for no more than 15 feet (4.6 m) before ending at a solid wall. Another door that leads to the electrical room hides the eastbound trackway. Near the north end of this station, a different ceiling structure angling across marks where the unbuilt subway would have gone.[7] The ramp that descends from the full-time side would have led to the same intermediate level, with a station facility in between, but that was never constructed. On the open intermediate level's mezzanine, the unusual spacing of some of the pillars marks where the line's platforms would have been placed.[8] The closed trackways are also accessible through the closed intermediate level mezzanine, though this level is somewhat lower than that of the trackways.

All exits are street stairs.

• NE corner of Canal Street and Essex Street[9]
• West side of Rutgers Street between Canal Street and East Broadway[9]
• SE corner of East Broadway and Rutgers Street[9]
• NW corner of Madison Street and Rutgers Street[9]

In addition to the open entrances, there are two closed exits to the southwestern and northeastern corners of Henry Street and Rutgers Street that lead to the middle of the passageway outside fare control. There was also a short passage with a street stair parallel to Rutgers Street to the northeastern corner of Madison Street and Rutgers Street.

In June 2018, improvements to the East Broadway station's exits were proposed as part of the development of the controversial 247 Cherry, 269 South Street, and 259 Clinton Street skyscrapers. The developers planned to create an entrance at the northeastern corner of Rutgers and Madison Streets by reusing part of the existing closed exit and creating a new street stair parallel to Madison Street from the passage.[10] In addition to a new exit, the developers planned to make the station compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 with the installation of elevators.[11] The plan was approved that December,[12] but the developments were blocked by a New York Supreme Court judge in late February 2020, making the proposed improvements unlikely to occur.[13]