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The station has three tracks and two [[island platform]]s. 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.
The station has three tracks and two [[island platform]]s. 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 [[Jamaica – 179th Street (IND Queens Boulevard Line)|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.
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 [[Jamaica – 179th Street (IND Queens Boulevard Line)|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 (IND Culver Line)|Avenue U]] and [[Avenue X (IND Culver Line)|Avenue X]], going into the [[Coney Island Complex|Coney Island Yard]], or to switch back to the southbound local track and stop at [[Neptune Avenue (IND Culver Line)|Neptune Avenue]] just south of Avenue X.
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 (IND Culver Line)|Avenue U]] and [[Avenue X (IND Culver Line)|Avenue X]], going into the [[Coney Island Complex|Coney Island Yard]], or to switch back to the southbound local track and stop at [[Neptune Avenue (IND Culver Line)|Neptune Avenue]] just south of Avenue X.

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 Kings Highway
 "F" train"F" express train
New York City Subway station (rapid transit)
Station statistics
AddressKings Highway & McDonald Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11223
BoroughBrooklyn
LocaleGravesend, Midwood
DivisionB (IND, formerly BMT)[1]
LineIND Culver Line
Services   F all times (all times) <F> two rush hour trains, peak direction (two rush hour trains, peak direction)​
TransitBus transport NYCT Bus: B82
StructureElevated
Platforms2 island platforms
cross-platform interchange
Tracks3
Other information
OpenedMarch 16, 1919; 105 years ago (1919-03-16)
Opposite-
direction
transfer
Yes
Traffic
2023711,229[2]Increase 11.6%
Rank349 out of 423[2]
Station succession
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Next southTemplate:NYCS next
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Station service legend
Symbol Description
Stops all times Stops all times
Stops rush hours only Stops rush hours only

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 "F" train toward Jamaica – 179th Street (Avenue P)
Island platform, doors will open on the left
Peak-direction express "F" train toward Coney Island – Stillwell Avenue (Neptune Avenue)
Island platform, not in service
Southbound local No regular service (Avenue U)
M Mezzanine to entrances/exits, station agent, MetroCard vending machines
G Street Level Entrances/Exits
Southwest stair at Avenue S

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, going into the Coney Island Yard, or to switch back to the southbound local track and stop at Neptune Avenue 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

  1. ^ "Glossary". Second Avenue Subway Supplemental Draft Environmental Impact Statement (SDEIS) (PDF). Vol. 1. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. March 4, 2003. pp. 1–2. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 26, 2021. Retrieved January 1, 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Annual Subway Ridership (2018–2023)". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2023. Retrieved April 20, 2024.
  3. ^ "Facts and Figures: Annual Subway Ridership". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved 2016-04-19.