Kings Highway station (BMT Sea Beach Line)

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 Highlawn Av overpass
Station statistics
Address	Kings Highway & West Seventh Street Brooklyn, NY
Borough	Brooklyn
Locale	Gravesend
Coordinates	40°36′11.33″N73°58′48.83″W / 40.6031472°N 73.9802306°W / 40.6031472; -73.9802306
Division	B (BMT) [1]
Line	BMT Sea Beach Line
Services	N   (all times) ​   W   (selected rush-hour trips)
Transit	NYCT Bus: B82, B82 SBS
Structure	Open-cut
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	4 (2 in regular service)
Other information
Opened	June 22, 1915;108 years ago (1915-06-22) [2]
Closed	January 18, 2016;8 years ago (2016-01-18) (northbound reconstruction) July 31, 2017;6 years ago (2017-07-31) (southbound reconstruction)
Rebuilt	May 22, 2017;6 years ago (2017-05-22) (northbound reopening) October 29, 2018;5 years ago (2018-10-29) (southbound reopening)
Accessible	not ADA-accessible; accessibility planned
Opposite- direction transfer	Yes
Traffic
2023	1,247,257 [3]   11.3%
Rank	256 out of 423 [3]
Services Preceding station New York City Subway Following station Bay Parkway N   ​ 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 Parkway to Avenue U
Street map
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops all times Stops rush hours only Stops rush hours in the peak direction only

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 trains also serve this station.

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. ^{[4] [5] [6]} The Coney Island-bound platform was closed 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

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

Highlawn Av entrance of the Kings Highway Station

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.

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.
3. "Annual Subway Ridership (2018–2023)". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2023. Retrieved April 20, 2024.
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.
5. • Harshbarger, Rebecca (January 14, 2016). "9 Brooklyn N train stations to shut down for 14 months". am New York. Archived from the original on July 27, 2020. Retrieved July 27, 2020.
   • "N Line Sea Beach - 2016". web.mta.info. Archived from the original on January 18, 2016. Retrieved January 18, 2016.
   • Katinas, Paula (December 18, 2014). "Commuter headache: MTA to renovate N train stations". Brooklyn Daily Eagle. Archived from the original on July 27, 2020. Retrieved January 18, 2016.
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. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. December 19, 2019. Archived from the original on April 21, 2020. Retrieved December 25, 2019.

External links

• 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