Kings Highway station (BMT Brighton Line)

Coordinates: 40°36′33″N 73°57′32″W / 40.609229°N 73.95884°W / 40.609229; -73.95884
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This article is about the New York City Subway station in Brooklyn at East 16th Street. For other stations of the same name, see Kings Highway (New York City Subway).

 Kings Highway
 
Embankment
Platforms2 island platforms
cross-platform interchange
Tracks4
Other information
Openedoriginal station: July 2, 1878; 145 years ago (1878-07-02)
Rebuiltcurrent station: August 23, 1907; 116 years ago (1907-08-23)
AccessibleThis station is compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 ADA-accessible
Opposite-
direction
transfer		Yes
Traffic
20234,244,252[2] Increase 9.6%
Rank61 out of 423[2]
Services
Preceding station New York City Subway New York City Subway Following station
Newkirk Plaza
B Weekday rush hours, middays and early evenings
toward 145th Street
Express 		Sheepshead Bay
B Weekday rush hours, middays and early evenings
toward Brighton Beach
Avenue M
Q all times
toward 96th Street
Local 		Avenue U
Q all times
toward Coney Island–Stillwell Avenue
Location
Kings Highway station (BMT Brighton Line) is located in New York City Subway
Kings Highway station (BMT Brighton Line)
Kings Highway station (BMT Brighton Line) is located in New York City
Kings Highway station (BMT Brighton Line)
Kings Highway station (BMT Brighton Line) is located in New York
Kings Highway station (BMT Brighton Line)
Track layout

Legend
to Newkirk Plaza
to Avenue M
to Avenue U
to Sheepshead Bay
Street map

Map

Station service legend
Symbol Description
Stops all times Stops all times
Stops weekdays during the day Stops weekdays during the day

The Kings Highway station is an express station on the BMT Brighton Line of the New York City Subway. It is located at Kings Highway between East 15th and East 16th Streets on the border of Midwood and Sheepshead Bay neighborhoods of Brooklyn. The station is served by the Q train at all times and by the B train on weekdays only.

History

On January 10, 1951, a new entrance to Quentin Road and East 16th Street was opened with a modern station house. The $250,000 project took approximately a year to be completed.[4]

A renovation of the Kings Highway station was funded as part of the MTA's 1980–1984 capital plan.

Urban Mass Transit Administration in October 1983; most of the grant would fund the renovation of eleven stations,[6][7] including Kings Highway.[6]

This station underwent reconstruction from 2009 to 2011, which included installation of ADA-accessible elevators to the full-time fare control area and rebuilding of the platforms and station houses. A temporary platform was used to provide service that would normally stop at the closed platform.[8]

Station layout

The southbound platform in February 2014, after the reconstruction project
Platform level Northbound local ← "Q" train toward 96th Street (Avenue M)
Island platform Disabled access
Northbound express ← "B" train weekdays toward Bedford Park Boulevard or 145th Street (Newkirk Plaza)
Southbound express ← "B" train weekdays toward Brighton Beach (Sheepshead Bay) →
Island platform Disabled access
Southbound local ← "Q" train toward Coney Island–Stillwell Avenue (Avenue U) →
Ground Street level Entrances/exits, station house and agent, MetroCard machines
Disabled access Elevators inside station house on north side of Kings Highway between 15th and 16th Streets

This station has four tracks and two island platforms.[9] The Q stops here at all times and is local, while the B stops here only on weekdays during the day and is express. The next stop to the north is Avenue M for local trains and Newkirk Plaza for express trains, while the next stop to the south is Avenue U for local trains and Sheepshead Bay for express trains.[10]

The two platforms are offset from each other, with the northbound platform located roughly 75 feet (23 m) further north than the southbound platform. It has three

embankment, were constructed in the original BMT
format, but fully renovated in the 1980s, during which two identical sets of porcelain enamel artwork (Kings Highway Hieroglyphs by Rhoda Andors) were installed, one set in each mezzanine.

South of Kings Highway are a series of switches that allow trains to switch from the local tracks to the express ones, and vice versa.

DeKalb Avenue. During the signal replacement, a new signal electrical tower was installed over the express tracks at the south end of the station.[9]

Exits

The entrance on the south side is normally the full-time entrance/exit, containing a turnstile bank, token booth, two staircases to each platform, and one exit-only turnstile from the Coney Island-bound platform. The one on the north is

MetroCard Vending Machines were installed on the sidewalk.[12]

The part-time Quentin Road station house, located to the east of the embankment, has a turnstile bank, part-time booth, and two staircases to each platform. It was built after the station's opening to accommodate growing passenger flow as evidenced by its newer-style tiling and signage. Platform extensions are clearly present at the north end of the station. It has a token booth, turnstile bank, and two staircases to each platform with the southbound side requiring a short walk.[12]

Gallery

  • Kings Highway station, early 1980s
    Kings Highway station, early 1980s
  • Quentin Road station house
    Quentin Road station house
  • Entrance at the north side of Kings Highway
    Entrance at the north side of Kings Highway
  • North of Kings Highway Station
    North of Kings Highway Station
  • South of Kings Highway Station
    South of Kings Highway Station
  • A Coney Island-bound R46 Q Train approaches the station
    A
    Q Train
    approaches the station

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. ^ "Annual Subway Ridership (2018–2023)". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2023. Retrieved April 20, 2024.
  4. ^ "BMT Station's Ritzy Entrance to Open Today". New York Daily News. January 10, 1951. Retrieved November 21, 2022.
  5. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived
    from the original on April 25, 2022. Retrieved May 4, 2023.
  6. ^
    ISSN 2574-5298
    . Retrieved May 5, 2023.
  7. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived
    from the original on April 28, 2022. Retrieved May 5, 2023.
  8. ^ "Press Release - NYC Transit - Temporary Loss of Brighton Line Express". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. July 29, 2009. Archived from the original on August 12, 2017. Retrieved August 11, 2017.
  9. ^
    OCLC 49777633 – via Google Books
    .
  10. ^ "Subway Map" (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. September 2021. Retrieved September 17, 2021.
  11. ^ "Track Map: Brooklyn 3". www.nycsubway.org.
  12. ^ a b "MTA Neighborhood Maps: Midwood" (PDF). mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2015. Retrieved August 2, 2015.

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