Jump to content

Kingston Avenue station: Difference between revisions

Coordinates: 40°40′10″N 73°56′32″W / 40.669376°N 73.942151°W / 40.669376; -73.942151
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Browse history interactively
← Previous edit
Content deleted Content added
VisualWikitext
No edit summary
m superimposed tracks
 
(39 intermediate revisions by 19 users not shown)
Line 1: Line 1:
{{Short description|New York City Subway station in Brooklyn}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2024}}
{{For|the station at Kingston Avenue between Fulton Street and Throop Avenue|Kingston–Throop Avenues station}}
{{For|the station at Kingston Avenue between Fulton Street and Throop Avenue|Kingston–Throop Avenues station}}

{{Short description|New York City Subway station in Brooklyn}}
{{Infobox NYCS
{{Infobox NYCS
| name = Kingston Avenue
| name = Kingston Avenue
| image = Kingston Av IRT SW stair jeh.jpg
| image = IRT Eastern Parkway Kingston Avenue Southbound Platform.jpg
| image_caption = Entrance on south mall of Eastern Parkway
| image_caption = Southbound platform
| address = Kingston Avenue &amp; Eastern Parkway<br>Brooklyn, New York
| bg_color = #E20F00
| address = Kingston Avenue &amp; Eastern Parkway<br>Brooklyn, NY 11213
| borough = [[Brooklyn]]
| borough = [[Brooklyn]]
| locale = [[Crown Heights, Brooklyn|Crown Heights]]
| locale = [[Crown Heights, Brooklyn|Crown Heights]]
| coordinates = {{coord|40.669376|N|73.942151|W|display=inline,title}}
| coordinates = {{coord|40.669376|N|73.942151|W|display=inline,title}}
| lat_dir = N
| lon_dir = W
| division = IRT
| division = IRT
| line = [[IRT Eastern Parkway Line]]
| line = [[IRT Eastern Parkway Line]]
| service = Eastern center local
| service = Eastern center local
| service_header = Eastern center local header
| service_header = Eastern center local header
| connection = {{bus icon}} '''[[NYCT Bus]]''': {{NYC bus link|B43}}
| connection = {{bus icon}} [[NYCT Bus]]: {{NYC bus link|B43|B45}}<ref>{{cite NYC bus map|B}}</ref>
| code = 344
| levels = 2
| levels = 2
| platforms = 2 [[side platform]]s (1 on each level)
| platforms = 2 [[side platform]]s (1 on each level)
Line 24: Line 20:
| structure = Underground
| structure = Underground
| open_date = {{start date and age|1920|Aug|23|mf=yes}}
| open_date = {{start date and age|1920|Aug|23|mf=yes}}
| adjacent_stations = {{Adjacent stations|system=New York City Subway
| wifi = yes
|line=Eastern local south|left=Nostrand Avenue|right=Crown Heights–Utica Avenue|note-left={{NYCS Eastern center local northbound|time=1}}|note-right={{NYCS Eastern center local southbound|time=1}}}}
| passengers = 1,443,692<ref>{{NYCS const|riderref}}</ref>
| pass_year = 2018
| pass_percent = -2.1
| rank = 303
| next_north = {{NYCS next | station=Nostrand Avenue | line=IRT Eastern Parkway Line | service=Eastern center local northbound}}
| next_south = {{NYCS next | station=Crown Heights–Utica Avenue | line=IRT Eastern Parkway Line | service=Eastern center local southbound}}
| legend = {{NYCS infobox legend|allexceptnights}}{{NYCS infobox legend|nightsonly}}{{NYCS infobox legend|rushonly}}{{NYCS infobox legend|weekdaysonly}}
| legend = {{NYCS infobox legend|allexceptnights}}{{NYCS infobox legend|nightsonly}}{{NYCS infobox legend|rushonly}}{{NYCS infobox legend|weekdaysonly}}
| layout = {{Routemap|inline=y
|legend=track
|map=
uvSTR!~MFADEg\c\SEP!~MFADEg\c\utvSTR!~MFADEg ~~ ~~ ~~ to {{stl|NYCS|Nostrand Avenue|Eastern}}
\uvSTRf\c\SEP\c\utvSTRg\numN075
cPLT\uvSTR\c\SEP\cPLT\utvSTR\c ~~ ~~ ~~ Superimposed tracks
cPLT\uvSTR\c\SEP\cPLT\utvSTR\c ~~ ~~ ~~ (left tracks above right)
cPLT\uvSTR\c\SEP\cPLT\utvSTR\c
cPLT\uvSTR\c\SEP\cPLT\utvSTR\c
uvSTRf\c\SEP\c\utvSTRg
uvSTR!~MFADEf\c\SEP!~MFADEf\c\utvSTR!~MFADEf ~~ ~~ ~~ to [[Crown Heights–Utica Avenue station|Utica Avenue]]
\
uSTRq ~~ Upper level
utSTRq ~~ Lower level
}}
}}
}}

The '''Kingston Avenue station''' is a local [[metro station|station]] on the [[IRT Eastern Parkway Line]] of the [[New York City Subway]]. Located at the intersection of Kingston Avenue and Eastern Parkway in [[Crown Heights, Brooklyn]], it is served by the [[3 (New York City Subway service)|3]] train at all times except late nights and the [[4 (New York City Subway service)|4]] train during late nights. There is also limited rush hour [[2 (New York City Subway service)|2]] and [[5 (New York City Subway service)|5]] service here.


The station opened on August 23, 1920, as part of an extension of the IRT Eastern Parkway Line by the [[Interborough Rapid Transit Company]]. The station's platforms were extended in the 1964—1965 fiscal year so they could accommodate ten-car trains.
'''Kingston Avenue''' is a local [[metro station|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 (New York City Subway service)|3]]''' train at all times except late nights, when the '''[[4 (New York City Subway service)|4]]''' train takes over service. There is also limited rush hour '''[[2 (New York City Subway service)|2]]''' and '''[[5 (New York City Subway service)|5]]''' services here.


== History ==
== History ==
[[File:Kingston Ave - IRT Eastern Pkwy; Traditional Mosaics.JPG|left|thumb|Mosaic name tablets]]
On August 23, 1920, the Eastern Parkway Line was extended from Atlantic Avenue to [[Crown Heights–Utica Avenue (IRT Eastern Parkway Line)|Crown Heights–Utica Avenue]], with the Kingston Avenue station opening at this time. The new trains would be served by trains from Seventh Avenue.<ref name="BrooklynIRT">{{cite news|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1920/08/23/96895483.pdf|title=Brooklyn Tube Extensions Open: I.R.T. Begins Service on Eastern Parkway and Nostrand Avenue Lines|date=August 23, 1920|publisher=New York Times|accessdate=20 December 2015}}</ref>


=== Background ===
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 {{convert|525|ft}} to accommodate a ten-car train of {{convert|51|ft|adj=on}} IRT cars.<ref name=":02">{{Cite book|title=Annual Report 1964–1965|last=|first=|publisher=New York City Transit Authority|year=1965|isbn=|location=|pages=|via=}}</ref>
Kingston Avenue station was constructed as part of the Eastern Parkway Line. The line's section to Atlantic Avenue was part of Contract 2 of the [[Interborough Rapid Transit Company]] (IRT)'s plan to construct an extension of the original subway, Contract 1. Contract 2 extended the original line from City Hall in Manhattan to Atlantic Avenue in Brooklyn. The Board of Rapid Transit Commissioners approved the route on September 27, 1900,<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jVcPAQAAIAAJ |title=Report of the Public Service Commission for the First District of the State of New York for the Year Ending December 31, 1909 Vol. 1|page=195|date=1910 |publisher=New York State Public Service Commission}}</ref> and the contract was signed on September 11, 1902. Construction commenced on Contract 2 on March 4, 1903.<ref name="Atlantic">{{cite news|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1908/05/02/archives/brooklyn-joyful-over-new-subway-celebrates-opening-of-extension.html|title=Brooklyn Joyful Over New Subway|date=May 2, 1908|page=1}}</ref> The first section opened on January 9, 1908, extending the subway from Bowling Green to Borough Hall.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |title=Subway to Brooklyn Opened for Traffic; First Regular Passenger Train Went Under the East River Early This Morning. Not a Hitch in the Service. Gov. Hughes and Brooklyn Officials to Join in a Formal Celebration of Event To-day.|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1908/01/09/archives/subway-to-brooklyn-opened-for-traffic-first-regular-passenger-train.html |work=the New York Times|date=January 9, 1908|access-date=September 1, 2016}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{cite news |date=January 10, 1908 |title=Brooklyn Joyful Over Its Tunnel |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1908/01/10/archives/brooklyn-joyful-over-its-tunnel-borough-square-thronged-for.html |access-date=March 6, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last=Gasparini |first=D. A. |date=February 2006 |title=Battery-Joralemon Street Tunnel |url=http://cedb.asce.org/c[gi/WWWdisplay.cgi?0600470# |journal=Journal of Performance of Constructed Facilities |publisher=American Society of Civil Engineers |volume=20 |issue=1 |pages=92–107 |doi=10.1061/(ASCE)0887-3828(2006)20:1(92)}}{{Dead link|date=November 2018|bot=InternetArchiveBot|fix-attempted=yes}}</ref> On April 28, 1908, the IRT formally applied with the [[New York Public Service Commission]] for permission to open the final section of the Contract 2 line from [[Borough Hall (IRT Eastern Parkway Line)|Borough Hall]] to [[Atlantic Avenue (IRT Eastern Parkway Line)|Atlantic Avenue]] near the [[Flatbush Avenue (LIRR station)|Flatbush Avenue LIRR station]]. The application was approved, and the IRT extension opened on May 1, 1908.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jp02AAAAIAAJ&q=%22public+service+commission%22+%22manhattan+bridge%22+%22may+1908%22&pg=PA336 |title=Report of the Public Service Commission For The First District of the State of New York For The Year Ending December 31, 1908 |date=1908 |publisher=New York State Public Service Commission}}</ref>{{Rp|194}}<ref name="Atlantic" />
[[File:Kingston Ave - IRT Eastern Pkwy; Helvetica Sign and Staircase.JPG|left|thumb|Staircase to the mezzanine on the Brooklyn-bound platform]]

On March 19, 1913, New York City, the [[Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company]], and the IRT reached an agreement, known as the [[Dual Contracts]], to drastically expand subway service across New York City. As part of Contract 3 of the agreement, between New York City and the IRT, the [[Early history of the IRT subway|original subway]] opened by the IRT in 1904 to [[City Hall station (IRT Lexington Avenue Line)|City Hall]],<ref>{{cite news |date=October 28, 1904 |title=Exercises In City Hall.; Mayor Declares Subway Open -- Ovations for Parsons and McDonald. |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1904/10/28/archives/exercises-in-city-hall-mayor-declares-subway-open-ovations-for.html |access-date=December 16, 2018}}</ref> and extended to [[Atlantic Avenue–Barclays Center station|Atlantic Avenue]] in 1908,<ref name="Atlantic22">{{cite news |date=May 2, 1908 |title=Brooklyn Joyful Over New Subway — Celebrates Opening of Extension with Big Parade and a Flow of Oratory — An Ode to August Belmont — Anonymous Poet Calls Him "the Brownie of the Caisson and Spade" — He Talks on Subways |page=1 |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1908/05/02/archives/brooklyn-joyful-over-new-subway-celebrates-opening-of-extension.html |access-date=November 6, 2016}}</ref> was to be extended eastward into Brooklyn.<ref name="NYTimes-618Miles-19132">{{cite news |date=August 3, 1913 |title=618 Miles of Track In The Dual System; City Will Have Invested $226,000,000 When Rapid Transit Project Is Completed. |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1913/08/03/archives/618-miles-of-track-in-the-dual-system-city-will-have-invested.html |access-date=April 25, 2018}}</ref> The line was to be extended along [[Flatbush Avenue]] and [[Eastern Parkway]] to Buffalo Street as a four-track subway line, and then along East 98th Street and Livonia Avenue to New Lots Avenue as an elevated two-track line, with provisions for the addition of a third track. In addition, a two-track branch line along Nostrand Avenue branching off east of the [[Franklin Avenue/Botanic Garden station|Franklin Avenue]] station was to be constructed.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jB0oAAAAYAAJ&q=%22third+track%22+%22livonia+avenue%22&pg=PA121 |title=Comptroller's Monthly Report For March 1916 And From January 1, 1916 To March 31, 1916 |date=1916 |publisher=New York City Department of Finance |pages=121 |language=en}}</ref> The underground portion of the line became known as the Eastern Parkway Line, or Route 12, while the elevated portion became known as the New Lots Line.<ref>{{Cite news |date=March 13, 1910 |title=Differ Over Assessment Plans in Transit Projects: Eastern Parkway Subway and Livonia Avenue Extension the Cause of Bitter Dissension Among Property Owners Uptown |newspaper=The Daily Standard Union |url=http://fultonhistory.com/highlighter/highlight-for-xml?altUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fultonhistory.com%2FNewspaper%252014%2FBrooklyn%2520NY%2520Standard%2520Union%2FBrooklyn%2520NY%2520Standard%2520Union%25201910%2FBrooklyn%2520NY%2520Standard%2520Union%25201910%2520-%25203587.pdf |access-date=August 14, 2016 |via=Fulton History}}</ref>

=== Construction and opening ===
The IRT Eastern Parkway Line was built as part of Route 12 from 1915 to 1918.<ref>{{Cite web |date=August 23, 1920 |title=More Interborough Service for Brooklyn 2 New Lines |url=http://pudl.princeton.edu/sheetreader.php?obj=f304cf40-5610-4c05-9ee0-e56cf06d5599 |access-date=September 19, 2016 |website=pudl.princeton.edu |publisher=Interborough Rapid Transit Company}}</ref> On August 23, 1920, the Eastern Parkway Line was extended from Atlantic Avenue to [[Crown Heights–Utica Avenue (IRT Eastern Parkway Line)|Crown Heights–Utica Avenue]], with the Kingston Avenue station opening at this time. The new trains would be served by trains from Seventh Avenue.<ref name="BrooklynIRT">{{cite news|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1920/08/23/96895483.pdf|title=Brooklyn Tube Extensions Open: I.R.T. Begins Service on Eastern Parkway and Nostrand Avenue Lines|date=August 23, 1920|work=The New York Times|access-date=December 20, 2015}}</ref>

=== Later years ===
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 {{convert|525|ft}} to accommodate a ten-car train of {{convert|51|ft|adj=on}} IRT cars.<ref name=":02">{{Cite book|title=Annual Report 1964–1965|publisher=New York City Transit Authority|year=1965}}</ref><ref name="New York City Transit Authority 1964 p. "/> The work was performed by the Arthur A. Johnson Corporation.<ref name="New York City Transit Authority 1964 p. ">{{cite book | author=New York City Transit Authority | title=Proceedings of the New York City Transit Authority Relating to Matters Other Than Operation | publisher=The Authority | issue=v. 13 | year=1964 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HXbJw6Q3GBMC | page=86}}</ref>


==Station layout==
==Station layout==
[[File:Kingston Ave - IRT Eastern Pkwy; IND-style Mosaics.JPG|thumb|Platform extension sign]]
{{Stack|float=right|
[[File:Kingston Av IRT SW stair jeh.jpg|thumb|Entrance on the south side of Eastern Parkway]]
{{Routemap
|title=Track layout
|title-bg=#{{NYCS color|3}}
|title-color=white
|legend =track
|map-title=Upper level
|map=
numN075
uvSTR!~MFADEg
uvSTRf
dBSl\uvSTR\d
dBSl\uvSTR\d
dBSl\uvSTR\d
dBSl\uvSTR\d
uvSTRf
uvSTR!~MFADEf ~~ ~~ ~~ to [[Crown Heights–Utica Avenue (IRT Eastern Parkway Line)|Utica Av]]
|map2-title=Lower level
|map2=
utvSTR!~MFADEg ~~ ~~ ~~ to [[Nostrand Avenue (IRT Eastern Parkway Line)|Nostrand Av]]
utvSTRg
dBSl\utvSTR\d
dBSl\utvSTR\d
dBSl\utvSTR\d
dBSl\utvSTR\d
utvSTRg
utvSTR!~MFADEf
}}
}}
{{NYCS Platform Layout IRT Eastern Parkway Line}}
{{NYCS Platform Layout IRT Eastern Parkway Line}}
This underground station has two levels. The upper level serves [[New Lots Avenue (IRT New Lots Line)|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]].


This underground local station has two levels. The upper level serves [[New Lots Avenue (IRT New Lots Line)|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]].<ref name="tracks">{{NYCS const|trackref|trackbook3}}</ref> 3 trains stop here at all times except late nights and 4 trains stop here during late nights. Other times, 4 trains as well as limited rush hour 5 trains run on the express track to the north of the local track on each level to bypass the station. Limited rush hour 2 trains in the reverse-peak direction and one weekday morning northbound 5 train also serve this station.<ref name="tt2">{{NYCS const|timetable|2}}</ref><ref name="tt3">{{NYCS const|timetable|3}}</ref><ref name="tt4">{{NYCS const|timetable|4}}</ref><ref name="tt5">{{NYCS const|timetable|5}}</ref> The station is between [[Nostrand Avenue station (IRT Eastern Parkway Line)|Nostrand Avenue]] to the west (railroad north) and [[Crown Heights–Utica Avenue station|Crown Heights–Utica Avenue]] to the east (railroad south).<ref>{{NYCS const|map}}</ref>
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.

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 serif font in gold lettering on a blue background, a gold center, and lime green border.{{citation needed|date=September 2024}}


The platforms were extended at either ends in 1964–1965 to accommodate the current standard IRT train length of 510 feet.<ref name=":02" /> Here, they have signs reading "KINGSTON AVE" in white sans serif lettering on a black border.<ref>{{cite video |people=[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:DanTD DanTD] |date=November 17, 2014 |title=File:Kingston Ave - IRT Eastern Pkwy; IND-style Mosaics.JPG |url= https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kingston_Ave_-_IRT_Eastern_Pkwy;_IND-style_Mosaics.JPG |medium= photograph |accessdate= November 25, 2015 }}</ref> There is a vent chamber on the lower level.
The platform extensions at either end have signs reading "KINGSTON AVE" in white sans serif lettering on a black border.<ref>{{cite video |people=[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:DanTD DanTD] |date=November 17, 2014 |title=File:Kingston Ave - IRT Eastern Pkwy; IND-style Mosaics.JPG |url= https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kingston_Ave_-_IRT_Eastern_Pkwy;_IND-style_Mosaics.JPG |medium= photograph |access-date= November 25, 2015 }}</ref> There is a vent chamber on the lower level.


===Exits===
===Exits===
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.<ref name=maps>{{cite web|title=MTA Neighborhood Maps: Crown Heights|url=http://web.mta.info/maps/neighborhoods/bkn/B4_Crown_Heights_2015.pdf|website=[[Metropolitan Transportation Authority|mta.info]]|publisher=[[Metropolitan Transportation Authority]]|accessdate=January 1, 2017|date=2015}}</ref>
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. One staircase goes to the southeast corner while the other goes to the southwest corner.<ref name="maps">{{Cite web|url=https://new.mta.info/document/4251|title=Kingston Avenue Neighborhood Map|date=April 2018|website=mta.info|publisher=Metropolitan Transportation Authority|access-date=May 20, 2022}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
! Exit location<ref name=maps/>
! Exit type
! width=50px| Number of exits
! Platform served
|-
| align="center"| Eastern Parkway, south side mall <br>SW corner of Eastern Parkway and Kingston Avenue
| Staircase
| 1
| Both
|-
| align="center"| Eastern Parkway, south side mall <br>SE corner of Eastern Parkway and Kingston Avenue
| Staircase
| 1
| Both
|-
|}


== Nearby points of interest ==
== Nearby points of interest ==
Line 106: Line 80:


== References ==
== References ==

{{Reflist}}
{{Reflist}}


Line 112: Line 85:
{{Commons category|Kingston Avenue (IRT Eastern Parkway Line)}}
{{Commons category|Kingston Avenue (IRT Eastern Parkway Line)}}
* {{NYCS ref|http://www.nycsubway.org/perl/stations?215:1752|Brooklyn IRT|Kingston Avenue}}
* {{NYCS ref|http://www.nycsubway.org/perl/stations?215:1752|Brooklyn IRT|Kingston Avenue}}
* Station Reporter — [https://web.archive.org/web/20141006181936/http://www.stationreporter.net/3train.htm 3 Train]
* The Subway Nut — [http://www.subwaynut.com/irt/kingstonn3/index.php Kingston Avenue Pictures]
* [https://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=40.669409,-73.942205&spn=0.003874,0.013711&z=17&layer=c&cbll=40.669417,-73.942345&panoid=tL2ueESgTmXYPKSX1U4eiA&cbp=12,200.6,,0,1.55 Kingston Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View]
* [https://www.google.com/maps/@40.6692862,-73.942374,3a,75y,256.88h,89.92t/data=!3m8!1e1!3m6!1s-ShEdMAFby8s%2FWHbIxPwUTWI%2FAAAAAAAAaeg%2FMGZfbags3NUYxwndCeZwAFz1z6JTXmbKwCLIB!2e4!3e11!6s%2F%2Flh4.googleusercontent.com%2F-ShEdMAFby8s%2FWHbIxPwUTWI%2FAAAAAAAAaeg%2FMGZfbags3NUYxwndCeZwAFz1z6JTXmbKwCLIB%2Fw203-h100-p-k-no%2F!7i9728!8i4864!4m3!8m2!3m1!1e1!6m1!1e1 Platform from Google Maps Street View]


{{NYCS stations navbox by service|l3=y}}
{{NYCS stations navbox by service|l3=y}}
Line 122: Line 91:
[[Category:IRT Eastern Parkway Line stations]]
[[Category:IRT Eastern Parkway Line stations]]
[[Category:New York City Subway stations in Brooklyn]]
[[Category:New York City Subway stations in Brooklyn]]
[[Category:New York City Subway stations located underground]]
[[Category:Railway stations in the United States opened in 1920]]
[[Category:Railway stations in the United States opened in 1920]]
[[Category:1920 establishments in New York (state)]]
[[Category:1920 establishments in New York City]]
[[Category:Crown Heights, Brooklyn]]
[[Category:Crown Heights, Brooklyn]]

Latest revision as of 20:04, 21 September 2024

For the station at Kingston Avenue between Fulton Street and Throop Avenue, see Kingston–Throop Avenues station.
 Kingston Avenue
 "3" train
New York City Subway station (rapid transit)
Southbound platform
Station statistics
AddressKingston Avenue & Eastern Parkway
Brooklyn, New York
BoroughBrooklyn
LocaleCrown Heights
Coordinates40°40′10″N 73°56′32″W / 40.669376°N 73.942151°W / 40.669376; -73.942151
DivisionA (IRT)[1]
LineIRT Eastern Parkway Line
Services   2 limited rush hour service in the reverse-peak direction (limited rush hour service in the reverse-peak direction)
​   3 all except late nights (all except late nights)
​   4 late nights, and limited rush hour service (late nights, and limited rush hour service)
​   5 one weekday a.m. rush hour trip in the northbound direction only (one weekday a.m. rush hour trip in the northbound direction only)
TransitBus transport NYCT Bus: B43, B45[2]
StructureUnderground
Levels2
Platforms2 side platforms (1 on each level)
Tracks4 (2 on each level)
Other information
OpenedAugust 23, 1920; 104 years ago (1920-08-23)
Opposite-
direction
transfer		Yes
Traffic
20231,017,521[3] Increase 11.3%
Rank290 out of 423[3]
Services
Preceding station New York City Subway New York City Subway Following station
Nostrand Avenue
2 limited rush hour service in the reverse-peak direction ​3 all except late nights ​4 late nights, and limited rush hour service ​5 one weekday a.m. rush hour trip in the northbound direction only
toward Harlem–148th Street
Local 		Crown Heights–Utica Avenue
2 limited weekday rush hour service in the peak direction only ​3 all except late nights ​4 late nights and limited weekday rush hour service in the peak direction
toward New Lots Avenue
Location
Kingston Avenue station is located in New York City Subway
Kingston Avenue station
Kingston Avenue station is located in New York City
Kingston Avenue station
Kingston Avenue station is located in New York
Kingston Avenue station
Track layout

Legend
to Nostrand Avenue
Superimposed tracks
(left tracks above right)
to Utica Avenue
Upper level
Lower level
Street map

Map

Station service legend
Symbol Description
Stops all times except late nights Stops all times except late nights
Stops late nights only Stops late nights only
Stops rush hours only Stops rush hours only
Stops weekdays during the day Stops weekdays during the day

The Kingston Avenue station 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 Crown Heights, Brooklyn, it is served by the 3 train at all times except late nights and the 4 train during late nights. There is also limited rush hour 2 and 5 service here.

The station opened on August 23, 1920, as part of an extension of the IRT Eastern Parkway Line by the Interborough Rapid Transit Company. The station's platforms were extended in the 1964—1965 fiscal year so they could accommodate ten-car trains.

History

[edit]
Mosaic name tablets

Background

[edit]

Kingston Avenue station was constructed as part of the Eastern Parkway Line. The line's section to Atlantic Avenue was part of Contract 2 of the Interborough Rapid Transit Company (IRT)'s plan to construct an extension of the original subway, Contract 1. Contract 2 extended the original line from City Hall in Manhattan to Atlantic Avenue in Brooklyn. The Board of Rapid Transit Commissioners approved the route on September 27, 1900,[4] and the contract was signed on September 11, 1902. Construction commenced on Contract 2 on March 4, 1903.[5] The first section opened on January 9, 1908, extending the subway from Bowling Green to Borough Hall.[6][7][8] On April 28, 1908, the IRT formally applied with the New York Public Service Commission for permission to open the final section of the Contract 2 line from Borough Hall to Atlantic Avenue near the Flatbush Avenue LIRR station. The application was approved, and the IRT extension opened on May 1, 1908.[9]: 194 [5]

Staircase to the mezzanine on the Brooklyn-bound platform

On March 19, 1913, New York City, the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company, and the IRT reached an agreement, known as the Dual Contracts, to drastically expand subway service across New York City. As part of Contract 3 of the agreement, between New York City and the IRT, the original subway opened by the IRT in 1904 to City Hall,[10] and extended to Atlantic Avenue in 1908,[11] was to be extended eastward into Brooklyn.[12] The line was to be extended along Flatbush Avenue and Eastern Parkway to Buffalo Street as a four-track subway line, and then along East 98th Street and Livonia Avenue to New Lots Avenue as an elevated two-track line, with provisions for the addition of a third track. In addition, a two-track branch line along Nostrand Avenue branching off east of the Franklin Avenue station was to be constructed.[13] The underground portion of the line became known as the Eastern Parkway Line, or Route 12, while the elevated portion became known as the New Lots Line.[14]

Construction and opening

[edit]

The IRT Eastern Parkway Line was built as part of Route 12 from 1915 to 1918.[15] On August 23, 1920, the Eastern Parkway Line was extended from Atlantic Avenue to Crown Heights–Utica Avenue, with the Kingston Avenue station opening at this time. The new trains would be served by trains from Seventh Avenue.[16]

Later years

[edit]

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 (160 m) to accommodate a ten-car train of 51-foot (16 m) IRT cars.[17][18] The work was performed by the Arthur A. Johnson Corporation.[18]

Station layout

[edit]
Platform extension sign
Entrance on the south side of Eastern Parkway
Ground Street level Exit/entrance
Basement 1 Southbound express → "4" train does not stop here →
→ "5" train does not stop here (select rush hour trips) →
Southbound local → "3" train ("4" train late nights) toward New Lots Avenue (Crown Heights–Utica Avenue) →
→ "2" train toward New Lots Avenue (select rush hour trips) (Crown Heights–Utica Avenue) →
Side platform
Mezzanine Fare control, station agent, MetroCard and OMNY machines
Basement 2 Northbound express ← "4" train does not stop here
← "5" train does not stop here (select rush hour trips)
Northbound local ← "3" train toward Harlem–148th Street (Nostrand Avenue)
← "4" train toward Woodlawn late nights (Nostrand Avenue)
← "2" train toward Wakefield–241st Street (select rush hour trips) (Nostrand Avenue)
← "5" train toward Eastchester–Dyre Avenue (one a.m. rush hour trip) (Nostrand Avenue)
Side platform

This underground local 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.[19] 3 trains stop here at all times except late nights and 4 trains stop here during late nights. Other times, 4 trains as well as limited rush hour 5 trains run on the express track to the north of the local track on each level to bypass the station. Limited rush hour 2 trains in the reverse-peak direction and one weekday morning northbound 5 train also serve this station.[20][21][22][23] The station is between Nostrand Avenue to the west (railroad north) and Crown Heights–Utica Avenue to the east (railroad south).[24]

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 serif font in gold lettering on a blue background, a gold center, and lime green border.[citation needed]

The platform extensions at either end have signs reading "KINGSTON AVE" in white sans serif lettering on a black border.[25] There is a vent chamber on the lower level.

Exits

[edit]

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. One staircase goes to the southeast corner while the other goes to the southwest corner.[26]

Nearby points of interest

[edit]

References

[edit]
  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. ^ "Brooklyn Bus Map" (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. October 2020. Retrieved December 1, 2020.
  3. ^ a b "Annual Subway Ridership (2018–2023)". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2023. Retrieved April 20, 2024.
  4. ^ Report of the Public Service Commission for the First District of the State of New York for the Year Ending December 31, 1909 Vol. 1. New York State Public Service Commission. 1910. p. 195.
  5. ^ a b "Brooklyn Joyful Over New Subway". The New York Times. May 2, 1908. p. 1.
  6. ^ "Subway to Brooklyn Opened for Traffic; First Regular Passenger Train Went Under the East River Early This Morning. Not a Hitch in the Service. Gov. Hughes and Brooklyn Officials to Join in a Formal Celebration of Event To-day". the New York Times. January 9, 1908. Retrieved September 1, 2016.
  7. ^ "Brooklyn Joyful Over Its Tunnel". The New York Times. January 10, 1908. Retrieved March 6, 2010.
  8. ^ Gasparini, D. A. (February 2006). "Battery-Joralemon Street Tunnel". Journal of Performance of Constructed Facilities. 20 (1). American Society of Civil Engineers: 92–107. doi:10.1061/(ASCE)0887-3828(2006)20:1(92).[permanent dead link‍]
  9. ^ Report of the Public Service Commission For The First District of the State of New York For The Year Ending December 31, 1908. New York State Public Service Commission. 1908.
  10. ^ "Exercises In City Hall.; Mayor Declares Subway Open -- Ovations for Parsons and McDonald". The New York Times. October 28, 1904. Retrieved December 16, 2018.
  11. ^ "Brooklyn Joyful Over New Subway — Celebrates Opening of Extension with Big Parade and a Flow of Oratory — An Ode to August Belmont — Anonymous Poet Calls Him "the Brownie of the Caisson and Spade" — He Talks on Subways". The New York Times. May 2, 1908. p. 1. Retrieved November 6, 2016.
  12. ^ "618 Miles of Track In The Dual System; City Will Have Invested $226,000,000 When Rapid Transit Project Is Completed". The New York Times. August 3, 1913. Retrieved April 25, 2018.
  13. ^ Comptroller's Monthly Report For March 1916 And From January 1, 1916 To March 31, 1916. New York City Department of Finance. 1916. p. 121.
  14. ^ "Differ Over Assessment Plans in Transit Projects: Eastern Parkway Subway and Livonia Avenue Extension the Cause of Bitter Dissension Among Property Owners Uptown" (PDF). The Daily Standard Union. March 13, 1910. Retrieved August 14, 2016 – via Fulton History.
  15. ^ "More Interborough Service for Brooklyn 2 New Lines". pudl.princeton.edu. Interborough Rapid Transit Company. August 23, 1920. Retrieved September 19, 2016.
  16. ^ "Brooklyn Tube Extensions Open: I.R.T. Begins Service on Eastern Parkway and Nostrand Avenue Lines" (PDF). The New York Times. August 23, 1920. Retrieved December 20, 2015.
  17. ^ Annual Report 1964–1965. New York City Transit Authority. 1965.
  18. ^ a b New York City Transit Authority (1964). Proceedings of the New York City Transit Authority Relating to Matters Other Than Operation. The Authority. p. 86.
  19. ^ Dougherty, Peter (2006) [2002]. Tracks of the New York City Subway 2006 (3rd ed.). Dougherty. OCLC 49777633 – via Google Books.
  20. ^ "2 Subway Timetable, Effective June 26, 2022". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved June 28, 2024.
  21. ^ "3 Subway Timetable, Effective June 30, 2024". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved June 28, 2024.
  22. ^ "4 Subway Timetable, Effective December 4, 2022". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved June 28, 2024.
  23. ^ "5 Subway Timetable, Effective June 30, 2024". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved June 28, 2024.
  24. ^ "Subway Map" (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. September 2021. Retrieved September 17, 2021.
  25. ^ DanTD (November 17, 2014). File:Kingston Ave - IRT Eastern Pkwy; IND-style Mosaics.JPG (photograph). Retrieved November 25, 2015. {{cite AV media}}: External link in |people= (help)
  26. ^ a b c d e "Kingston Avenue Neighborhood Map". mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. April 2018. Retrieved May 20, 2022.
[edit]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Kingston Avenue (IRT Eastern Parkway Line).
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Kingston_Avenue_station&oldid=1246909516"