Kingston Avenue (IRT Eastern Parkway Line)
Kingston Avenue   | |||||||||||
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| New York City Subway rapid transit station | |||||||||||
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Entrance on south mall of Eastern Parkway | |||||||||||
| Station statistics | |||||||||||
| Address |
Kingston Avenue & Eastern Parkway Brooklyn, NY 11213 | ||||||||||
| Borough | Brooklyn | ||||||||||
| Locale | Crown Heights | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 40°40′10″N 73°56′32″W / 40.669376°N 73.942151°WCoordinates: 40°40′10″N 73°56′32″W / 40.669376°N 73.942151°W | ||||||||||
| Division | A (IRT) | ||||||||||
| Line | IRT Eastern Parkway Line | ||||||||||
| Services |
2  (special rush hour trips) 3  (all except late nights) 4  (late nights) | ||||||||||
| Transit connections |
 NYCT Bus: B43 | ||||||||||
| Structure | Underground | ||||||||||
| Levels | 2 | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms (1 on each level) | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 4 (2 on each level) | ||||||||||
| Other information | |||||||||||
| Opened | August 23, 1920 | ||||||||||
| Traffic | |||||||||||
| Passengers (2015) |
1,573,003[1]  0.6% | ||||||||||
| Rank | 302 out of 422 | ||||||||||
| Station succession | |||||||||||
| Next north |
Nostrand Avenue: 2 3 4 | ||||||||||
| Next south |
Crown Heights – Utica Avenue: 2 3 4 | ||||||||||
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Kingston Avenue is a local station on the IRT Eastern Parkway Line of the New York City Subway. Located at the intersection of Kingston Avenue and Eastern Parkway in Brooklyn, it is served by the 3 train at all times except late nights, when the 4 train takes over service. There is also occasional 2 train service here during rush hours.
History
On August 23, 1920, the Eastern Parkway Line was extended from Atlantic Avenue to Utica Avenue, with the Kingston Avenue station opening at this time. The new trains would be served by trains from Seventh Avenue.[2]
During the 1964–1965 fiscal year, the platforms at Kingston Avenue, along with those at four other stations on the Eastern Parkway Line, were lengthened to 525 feet to accommodate a ten-car train of 51-foot IRT cars.[3]
Station layout
| G | Street Level | Exit / Entrance |
| B1 | Southbound express | → does not stop here → |
| Southbound local | → ( late nights) toward New Lots Avenue (Crown Heights – Utica Avenue) → | |
| Side platform, doors will open on the right | ||
| Mezzanine | Fare control, station agent, MetroCard vending machines | |
| B2 | Northbound express | ← does not stop here |
| Northbound local | ← toward Harlem – 148th Street ( toward Woodlawn late nights) (Nostrand Avenue) | |
| Side platform, doors will open on the left | ||
This underground station has two levels. The upper level serves New Lots Avenue-bound trains while the lower level serves Manhattan-bound trains. From north to south, each level has an express track, a local track, and one side platform.
Both platforms have their original Dual Contracts-era IRT trim line and name tablets. The trim line has a golden-yellow center, line green border, and a spec of blue in-between. "K" tablets on a blue border run along the trim line at regular intervals. The name tablets read "KINGSTON AVE." in Times New Roman font in gold lettering on a blue background, a gold center, and lime green border.
The platforms were extended at either ends in 1964–1965 to accommodate the current standard IRT train length of 510 feet.[3] Here, they have signs reading "KINGSTON AVE" in white sans serif lettering on a black border.[4] There is a vent chamber on the lower level.
The upper level has one fare control at the center with two staircases going down to the lower level. It has a turnstile bank, token booth, and two staircases going up to the south side mall of Eastern Parkway (between the main and service roads) and Kingston Avenue.
Exits
| Exit location | Exit type | Number of exits | Platform served |
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| Eastern Parkway, south side mall SW corner of Eastern Parkway and Kingston Avenue |
Staircase | 1 | Both |
| Eastern Parkway, south side mall SE corner of Eastern Parkway and Kingston Avenue |
Staircase | 1 | Both |
Nearby points of interest
References
- ↑ "Facts and Figures: Annual Subway Ridership". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved 2016-04-19.
- ↑ "Brooklyn Tube Extensions Open: I.R.T. Begins Service on Eastern Parkway and Nostrand Avenue Lines". New York Times. August 23, 1920. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
- 1 2 Annual Report 1964–1965. New York City Transit Authority. 1965.
- ↑ DanTD (November 17, 2014). File:Kingston Ave - IRT Eastern Pkwy; IND-style Mosaics.JPG (photograph). Retrieved November 25, 2015.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Kingston Avenue (IRT Eastern Parkway Line). |
- nycsubway.org – Brooklyn IRT: Kingston Avenue
- Station Reporter — 3 Train
- The Subway Nut — Kingston Avenue Pictures
- Kingston Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View