Kings Highway station (BMT Sea Beach Line)

The Kings Highway station is a local station on the BMT Sea Beach Line of the New York City Subway, located at the intersection of Kings Highway and West Seventh Street in Gravesend, Brooklyn. It is served by the N train at all times. During rush hours, several W and northbound Q trains also serve the station.[lower-alpha 1]

This article is about the New York City Subway station in Brooklyn at West Seventh Street. For other stations of the same name, see Kings Highway (New York City Subway).
 Kings Highway
 "N" train
New York City Subway station (rapid transit)
View from the Highlawn Av overpass
Station statistics
AddressKings Highway & West Seventh Street
Brooklyn, NY 11223
BoroughBrooklyn
LocaleGravesend
Coordinates40°36′11.33″N 73°58′48.83″W
DivisionB (BMT)[1]
LineBMT Sea Beach Line
Services   N all times (all times)
​   Q selected northbound rush-hour trips (selected northbound rush-hour trips)
​   W selected rush-hour trips (selected rush-hour trips)
TransitBus transport NYCT Bus: B82, B82 SBS
StructureOpen-cut
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks4 (2 in regular service)
Other information
OpenedJune 22, 1915 (1915-06-22)[2]
ClosedJanuary 18, 2016 (2016-01-18) (northbound reconstruction)
July 31, 2017 (2017-07-31) (southbound reconstruction)
RebuiltMay 22, 2017 (2017-05-22) (northbound reopening)
October 29, 2018 (2018-10-29) (southbound reopening)
Accessiblenot ADA-accessible; accessibility planned
Opposite-
direction
transfer		Yes
Traffic
20191,371,311[3] Increase 32.8%
Rank312 out of 424[3]
Services
Preceding station New York City Subway New York City Subway Following station
Bay Parkway
N all times ​Q selected northbound rush-hour trips ​W selected rush-hour trips
toward Astoria–Ditmars Boulevard
Local		 Avenue U
N all times ​W selected rush-hour trips
toward Coney Island–Stillwell Avenue
Location
Kings Highway station (BMT Sea Beach Line) is located in New York City Subway
Kings Highway station (BMT Sea Beach Line)
Kings Highway station (BMT Sea Beach Line) is located in New York City
Kings Highway station (BMT Sea Beach Line)
Kings Highway station (BMT Sea Beach Line) is located in New York
Kings Highway station (BMT Sea Beach Line)
Track layout

to Bay Parkway
to Avenue U
Street map

Station service legend
Symbol Description
Stops all times Stops all times
Stops rush hours only Stops rush hours only
Stops rush hours in the peak direction only Stops rush hours in the peak direction only

History

This station opened on June 22, 1915, along with the rest of the Sea Beach Line.[2]

From January 18, 2016, to May 22, 2017, the Manhattan-bound platform at this station was closed for renovations.[5][6][7] The Coney Island-bound platform was closed for a much longer period of time, from July 31, 2017[8][9] to October 29, 2018.[10] In 2019, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority announced that this station would become ADA-accessible as part of the agency's 2020–2024 Capital Program.[11]

Station layout
Ground Street level Station building, entrance/exit, station agent, MetroCard machines
Platform level Side platform
Northbound local ← "N" train toward Astoria–Ditmars Boulevard (Bay Parkway)
← "Q" train toward 96th Street (select weekday trips) (Bay Parkway)
← "W" train toward Astoria–Ditmars Boulevard (select weekday trips) (Bay Parkway)
Northbound express ← No regular service
Southbound express →  No regular service
Southbound local → "N" train toward Coney Island–Stillwell Avenue (Avenue U) →
→ "W" train toward 86th Street (select weekday trips) (Avenue U) →
Side platform
Southbound platform, pre-renovation
Northbound platform, post-renovation

This open-cut station has four tracks and two side platforms. The two center express tracks are not normally used, but both tracks are available for rerouted trains. The platforms are carved within the Earth's crust on an open cut. The concrete walls and columns are painted beige (previously the columns were blue-green).

This station has two entrances, both of which are beige station houses at street-level between West Seventh and West Eighth Streets above the tracks. Each one has a single staircase leading to each platform at either extreme ends. The main exit at the north end has a turnstile bank and token booth and leads to Kings Highway while the exit at the south end leads to Highlawn Avenue and is un-staffed, containing just a mini turnstile bank.

At the southeast end of the station, switches allow trains to crossover between any of the four tracks. North of here, the Manhattan-bound express track continues with the rest of Sea Beach Line, but there are no signals until Eighth Avenue, so only one train is allowed to run along this stretch at a time. It is signaled for bi-directional service like other center tracks on three track lines throughout the system. The Coney Island-bound express track has been severed from the other three tracks between Eighth Avenue and this station and is unusable for service. South of this station, the two usable express tracks continue until they merge with the local tracks south of 86th Street station.

Notes
  1. Northbound Q trains serve this station during rush hours, but are scheduled as N trains.[4]

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. "Through Tube to Coney, 48 Minutes: First Train on Fourth Avenue Route Beats West End Line Eleven Minutes". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. June 22, 1915. Retrieved June 29, 2015 – via Newspapers.com. open access
  3. "Facts and Figures: Annual Subway Ridership 2014–2019". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2020. Retrieved May 26, 2020.
  4. "N Subway Timetable". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. November 8, 2020. Archived from the original on August 19, 2021. Retrieved August 26, 2021.
  5. Romano, Denise (October 4, 2013). "Two elevators coming to the N line during massive rehabilitation". The Brooklyn Reporter. Archived from the original on January 10, 2019. Retrieved July 27, 2020.
  7. "New York City Subway Map" (PDF). mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. May 1, 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 2, 2017. Retrieved May 2, 2017.
  8. DeJesus, Jaime (May 17, 2017). "Manhattan-bound service to return to N stations on Sea Beach Line". The Brooklyn Reporter. Archived from the original on October 27, 2018. Retrieved May 18, 2017.
  9. "Manhattan-Bound Service Returns to N Stations on Sea Beach Line". www.mta.info (Press release). New York City, NY: Metropolitan Transportation Authority. May 17, 2017. Archived from the original on July 30, 2017. Retrieved May 26, 2017.
  10. "Transit & Bus Committee Meeting - November 2018" (PDF). mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. November 13, 2018. p. 164. Retrieved November 10, 2018.
  11. "MTA Announces 20 Additional Subway Stations to Receive Accessibility Improvements Under Proposed 2020-2024 Capital Plan". mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. December 19, 2019. Retrieved December 25, 2019.
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