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]

Kings Highway
New York City Subway station (rapid transit)
View from the overpass, pre-renovation
Station statistics
Address	Kings Highway & West Seventh Street Brooklyn, NY 11223
Borough	Brooklyn
Locale	Gravesend
Coordinates	40°36′11.33″N 73°58′48.83″W
Division	B (BMT)[1]
Line	BMT Sea Beach Line
Services	N  (all times) ​   Q  (selected northbound rush-hour trips) ​   W  (selected rush-hour trips)
Transit	New York City Bus: B82, B82 SBS
Structure	Open-cut
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	4 (2 in regular service)
Other information
Opened	June 22, 1915; 106 years ago (1915-06-22)[2]
Closed	January 18, 2016; 6 years ago (2016-01-18) (northbound reconstruction) July 31, 2017; 4 years ago (2017-07-31) (southbound reconstruction)
Rebuilt	May 22, 2017; 5 years ago (2017-05-22) (northbound reopening) October 29, 2018; 3 years ago (2018-10-29) (southbound reopening)
Station code	077[3]
Accessible	not ADA-accessible; accessibility planned
Opposite- direction transfer	Yes
Traffic
2019	1,371,311[4]  32.8%
Rank	312 out of 424[4]
Services Preceding station New York City Subway Following station Bay Parkway N  ​Q  ​W  toward Astoria–Ditmars Boulevard Local Avenue U N  ​W  toward Coney Island–Stillwell Avenue
Location Show map of New York City Subway Show map of New York City Show map of New York
Track layout Legend to Bay Pkwy to Av U
Street map
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops all times Stops rush hours 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.[6][7][8] The Coney Island-bound platform was closed for a much longer period of time, from July 31, 2017[9][10] to October 29, 2018.[11] In 2019, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority announced that this station would become ADA-accessible as part of the agency's 2020–2024 Capital Program.[12]

Station layout

G	Street level	Station building, entrance/exit, station agent, MetroCard machines
P Platform level	Side platform
	Northbound local	← toward Ditmars Boulevard (Bay Parkway) ← toward 96th Street (select weekday trips) (Bay Parkway) ← toward Ditmars Boulevard (select weekday trips) (Bay Parkway)
	Northbound express	← No regular service
	Southbound express	→  Trackbed
	Southbound local	→ toward Coney Island (Avenue U) → → toward 86th Street (select weekday trips) (Avenue U) →
	Side platform

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 HEET turnstiles and exit-only turnstiles.

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

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Kings Highway (BMT Sea Beach Line).

• nycsubway.org – BMT Sea Beach Line: Kings Highway
• Station Reporter — N Train
• The Subway Nut — Kings Highway Pictures
• Kings Highway entrance from Google Maps Street View
• Highlawn Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View
• Uptown Platform from Google Maps Street View

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