Kings Highway (IND Culver Line)

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Kings Highway
NYCS F
New York City Subway rapid transit station
Kings Hwy NYC Subway Station by David Shankbone.JPG
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°W / 40.6031861; -73.9723444Coordinates: 40°36′11.47″N 73°58′20.44″W / 40.6031861°N 73.9723444°W / 40.6031861; -73.9723444
Division B (IND, formerly BMT)
Line IND Culver Line
Services       F all times (all times)
Connection
Structure Elevated
Platforms 2 island platforms
cross-platform interchange
Tracks 3
Other information
Opened March 16, 1919; 92 years ago (March 16, 1919)
Traffic
Passengers (2010) 1,073,519[1] increase 3.3%
Rank 339 out of 422
Station succession
Next north Avenue P (local): F all times
18th Avenue (express): no regular service
Next south Avenue U: F all times

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 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.

[edit] References

  1. ^ "Facts and Figures: 2010 Annual Subway Ridership". New York City Metropolitan Transportation Authority. http://mta.info/nyct/facts/ridership/ridership_sub_annual.htm. Retrieved 2011-05-18. 

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