Kings Highway (IND Culver Line)
Kings Highway | |||||||||
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| New York City Subway rapid transit station | |||||||||
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| Station statistics | |||||||||
| Address |
Kings Highway & McDonald Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11223 | ||||||||
| Borough | Brooklyn | ||||||||
| Locale | Gravesend, Midwood | ||||||||
| Coordinates | 40°36′11.47″N 73°58′20.44″W / 40.6031861°N 73.9723444°WCoordinates: 40°36′11.47″N 73°58′20.44″W / 40.6031861°N 73.9723444°W | ||||||||
| Division | B (IND, formerly BMT) | ||||||||
| Line | IND Culver Line | ||||||||
| Services |
F  (all times) | ||||||||
| Transit connections |
 NYCT Bus: B82 | ||||||||
| Structure | Elevated | ||||||||
| Platforms |
2 island platforms cross-platform interchange | ||||||||
| Tracks | 3 | ||||||||
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| Opened | March 16, 1919 | ||||||||
| Traffic | |||||||||
| Passengers (2015) |
1,202,640[1]  5.7% | ||||||||
| Rank | 340 out of 422 | ||||||||
| Station succession | |||||||||
| Next north |
Avenue P (local): F 18th Avenue (express): no regular service | ||||||||
| Next south |
Avenue U: F (Terminus): F  | ||||||||
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Kings Highway is an express station on the IND Culver Line of the New York City Subway. Served by the F train at all times, it is located at Kings Highway and McDonald Avenue in the Gravesend neighborhood of Brooklyn. The center express track is only used during service changes, and construction events. The station is used to short turn some rush-hour trains, however this has been suspended due to ongoing construction.
Station layout
| P Platform level |
Northbound local | ← toward Jamaica – 179th Street (Avenue P) |
| Peak-direction express | toward Coney Island – Stillwell Avenue (Neptune Avenue) → | |
| Southbound local | No regular service (Avenue U) | |
| M | Mezzanine | to entrances/exits, station agent, MetroCard vending machines |
| G | Street Level | Entrances/Exits |
The station has three tracks and two island platforms.[2] Each platform contains a green canopy with black roofs that run for the entire length except near the north ends, where a control tower is present on the Coney Island-bound platform.
Trains going to Coney Island (southbound) or Manhattan and Queens (northbound) use the local tracks. The center express track is normally used only during rush hours to short turn trains not going to Stillwell Avenue. There are platform signs informing riders that some rush hour 179th Street-bound trains are available from the center track, however due to construction, all southbound F trains stop on the express track, and the southbound platform is not in service until early 2017.[2]
There are no express stations south of this station. Instead, the center track offers the option of switching to either local tracks. Diamond crossover switches exist between the center and southbound tracks at both ends of the station. Switches exist at both ends of the station allowing northbound trains to switch from the express track to the northbound local track. Additional switches exist between Avenue U and Avenue X (one each from the center track to the northbound and southbound tracks), and south of Avenue X merging into the southbound local track and the yard leads towards the Coney Island Yard.[2] The current track configurations allow trains to terminate and reverse at Kings Highway, but do not allow northbound local trains from Coney Island to run express north of Kings Highway without skipping Avenue U; these switches previously existed,[2][3] but were removed during track rehabilitation projects in the 1990s.[2]
This station has two entrances with the primary one at the northern end. From each platform, a single staircase goes down to an elevated station-house beneath the tracks. Inside is a token booth and regular turnstile bank. Outside fare control, two staircases go down to either southern corner of McDonald Avenue and Kings Highway.
An un-staffed entrance is at the south end of the station. From each platform, a single staircase goes down to an elevated station-house beneath the tracks. Inside are two HEET turnstiles. Outside of fare control, two staircases go down to either northern corner of McDonald Avenue and Avenue S.
References
- ↑ "Facts and Figures: Annual Subway Ridership". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved 2016-04-19.
- 1 2 3 4 5 "Feasibility and Analysis of F Express Service in Brooklyn" (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. May 2016. Retrieved 24 June 2016.
- ↑ Linder, Bernard; Erlitz, Jeffrey (September 2000). "Culver Line Track Plans". New York Division Bulletin. Electric Railroader's Association. 43 (9): 3. Retrieved 26 July 2016.
External links
- nycsubway.org – BMT Culver Line: Kings Highway
- Station Reporter — F Train
- The Subway Nut — Kings Highway Pictures
- Kings Highway entrance from Google Maps Street View
- Avenue S entrance from Google Maps Street View