Kingston–Throop Avenues station

Coordinates: 40°40′47″N 73°56′26″W / 40.679857°N 73.940606°W / 40.679857; -73.940606
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For the station at Kingston Avenue and Eastern Parkway, see Kingston Avenue station.

 Kingston–Throop Avenues
 
NYCT Bus: B15, B25, B43
StructureUnderground
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks4
Other information
OpenedApril 9, 1936; 88 years ago (1936-04-09)[2]
Opposite-
direction
transfer		No
Traffic
20231,444,252[3] Increase 14.1%
Rank224 out of 423[3]
Services
Preceding station New York City Subway New York City Subway Following station
Nostrand Avenue
A late nights ​C all except late nights
toward 168th Street
Local 		Utica Avenue
A late nights ​C all except late nights
toward Euclid Avenue
Location
Kingston–Throop Avenues station is located in New York City Subway
Kingston–Throop Avenues station
Kingston–Throop Avenues station is located in New York City
Kingston–Throop Avenues station
Kingston–Throop Avenues station is located in New York
Kingston–Throop Avenues station
Track layout

Legend
to Nostrand Avenue
to Utica Avenue
Street map

Map

Station service legend
Symbol Description
Stops all times except late nights Stops all times except late nights
Stops late nights only Stops late nights only

The Kingston–Throop Avenues station is a local station on the IND Fulton Street Line of the New York City Subway. Located on Fulton Street between Kingston and Throop Avenues in Bedford–Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, it is served by the C train at all times except nights, when the A train takes over service.

History

The Kingston—Throop Avenues station was constructed as part of the IND Fulton Street Line, the main line of the city-owned

BMT Fulton Street Elevated, and this station replaced its Brooklyn–Tompkins Avenues station, which closed on May 31, 1940.[6]

Under the 2015–2019 Metropolitan Transportation Authority Capital Plan, the station, along with thirty other New York City Subway stations, were to have undergone a complete overhaul and would have been entirely closed for up to six months. Updates would include cellular service, Wi-Fi, charging stations, improved signage, and improved station lighting.[7][8][9] However, most of these renovations are being deferred until the 2020–2024 Capital Program due to a lack of funding.[10]

Station layout

Ground Street level Exit/entrance
Platform level Side platform
Westbound local ← "C" train toward 168th Street (Nostrand Avenue)
← "A" train toward Inwood–207th Street late nights (Nostrand Avenue)
Westbound express ← "A" train does not stop here
Eastbound express → "A" train does not stop here →
Eastbound local → "C" train toward Euclid Avenue (Utica Avenue) →
→ "A" train toward Far Rockaway–Mott Avenue late nights (Utica Avenue) →
Side platform
Eastbound street entrance

This underground station has four tracks and two noticeably offset

fare control
.

Exits

Each platform has one same-level

railroad north) end and has a bank of three turnstiles, and two staircases going up to the each southern corners of Fulton Street and Kingston Avenue. The one on the Manhattan-bound platform is at the center and has a bank of four turnstiles, a full-time token booth, and two staircases going up to either northern corners of Fulton Street and Throop Avenue.[11]

Incidents

This station was the site of a 1995 robbery that killed the token booth clerk, 50-year-old Harry Kaufman. Robbers squirted accelerant into the booth on the Euclid Avenue-bound platform and set the fumes alight with a match, causing an explosion that blew out the glass and deformed the booth. The incident drew national attention due to allegations that the movie Money Train (1995) inspired the murder. The allegations were unfounded and the movie's producer, Columbia Pictures, claimed that the scenes were inspired by an earlier event, in 1988, where another token booth clerk was killed in the same fashion.[12][13][14]

Nearby points of interest

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. ^
    ISSN 0362-4331
    . Retrieved August 15, 2016.
  3. ^ a b "Annual Subway Ridership (2018–2023)". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2023. Retrieved April 20, 2024.
  4. ^ Duffus, R.L. (September 22, 1929). "Our Great Subway Network Spreads Wider; New Plans of Board of Transportation Involve the Building of More Than One Hundred Miles of Additional Rapid Transit Routes for New York" (PDF). The New York Times. Retrieved August 19, 2015.
  5. Newspapers.com
    .
  6. ISSN 0362-4331
    . Retrieved February 7, 2020.
  7. ^ Whitford, Emma (January 8, 2016). "MTA Will Completely Close 30 Subway Stations For Months-Long "Revamp"". Gothamist. Archived from the original on August 1, 2016. Retrieved July 18, 2016.
  8. ^ "MTAStations" (PDF). governor.ny.gov. Government of the State of New York. Retrieved July 18, 2016.
  9. ^ Review of the A and C Lines (PDF) (Report). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. December 11, 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 3, 2020. Retrieved January 19, 2016.
  10. ISSN 0099-9660
    . Retrieved April 3, 2018.
  11. ^ "MTA Neighborhood Maps: Bedford-Stuyvesant" (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2016. Retrieved July 5, 2016.
  12. ^ Holloway, Lynette (December 16, 1995). "Token Booth Fire Attack Seems Unrelated To Movie". The New York Times. Retrieved May 7, 2010.
  13. ^ Terry, Don (June 5, 1988). "Subway Token Clerk Dies After Booth Was Set Afire". The New York Times. Retrieved May 7, 2010.
  14. ^ Vandam, Jeff (December 31, 2006). "Cash and Carry". The New York Times. Retrieved May 7, 2010.

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