Kings Highway (IND Culver Line)
Kings Highway | |||||||||
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| New York City Subway rapid transit station | |||||||||
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| 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.
Station layout
| P Platform level |
Northbound local | ← toward Jamaica – 179th Street (Avenue P) |
| Peak-direction express | ← toward Jamaica – 179th Street rush hours only (runs local) (Avenue P) (No service: 18th Avenue) | |
| Southbound local | → toward Coney Island – Stillwell Avenue (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. 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 or Manhattan and Queens 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.
There are no express stations south of this station. Instead, the center track offers the option of switching to either local tracks between Avenue U and Avenue X or going into the Coney Island Yard just south of Avenue X.
This station has two entrances with the primary one at the northern end. From each platform, a single staircases 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 corners of McDonald Avenue and Kings Highway.
An un-staffed entrance is at the south end of the station. From each platform, a single staircases 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 corners of McDonald Avenue and Avenue S.
References
- ↑ "Facts and Figures: Annual Subway Ridership". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved 2016-04-19.
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
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