Kings Highway station (BMT Sea Beach Line)

Kings Highway 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 and several W trains during rush hours.

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
 
New York City Subway station (rapid transit)
View from the overpass, pre-renovation
Station statistics
AddressKings Highway & West Seventh Street
Brooklyn, NY 11223
BoroughBrooklyn
LocaleGravesend
Coordinates40°36′11.33″N 73°58′48.83″W
DivisionB (BMT)
LineBMT Sea Beach Line
Services   N  (all times)
​   W  (selected rush-hour trips)
Transit New York City Bus: B82, B82 SBS
StructureOpen-cut
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks4 (2 in regular service)
Other information
OpenedJune 22, 1915 (1915-06-22)[1]
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)
Station code077[2]
Accessiblenot ADA-accessible; accessibility planned
Opposite-
direction
transfer		Yes
Traffic
20191,371,311[3]  32.8%
Rank312 out of 424[3]
Station succession
Next northBay Parkway: N  ​W 
Next southAvenue U: N  ​W 

History

This station opened on June 22, 1915, along with the rest of the Sea Beach Line.[1]

From January 18, 2016 to May 22, 2017, the Manhattan-bound platform at this station was closed for renovations.[4][5][6] The Coney Island-bound platform was closed for a much longer period of time, from July 31, 2017[7][8] to October 29, 2018.[9] In 2019, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority announced that this station would become ADA-accessible as part of the agency's 2020–2024 Capital Program.[10]

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 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
Southbound 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.

References
  1. "Through Tube to Coney, 48 Minutes: First Train on Fourth Avenue Route Beats West End Line Eleven Minutes". Brooklyn Daily Eagle. June 22, 1915. Retrieved June 29, 2015.
  2. "Station Developers' Information". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved June 13, 2017.
  3. "Facts and Figures: Annual Subway Ridership 2014–2019". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2020. Retrieved May 26, 2020.
  4. 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.
  6. "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.
  7. 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.
  8. "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.
  9. "Transit & Bus Committee Meeting - November 2018" (PDF). mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. November 13, 2018. p. 164. Retrieved November 10, 2018.
  10. "MTA Announces 20 Additional Subway Stations to Receive Accessibility Improvements Under Proposed 2020-2024 Capital Plan". mta.info. December 19, 2019. Retrieved December 25, 2019.
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