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| Address | Kings Highway & East 16th Street Brooklyn, NY 11229 |
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| Borough | Brooklyn | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Locale | Midwood, Sheepshead Bay | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Division | B (BMT) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Line | BMT Brighton Line | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Services | B (weekdays until 11 p.m.) Q (all times) |
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| Structure | Elevated embankment | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 island platforms cross-platform interchange |
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| Tracks | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | original station: July 2, 1878 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rebuilt | current station: 1908 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Passengers (2010) | 5,755,515[1] 3.7% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rank | 69 out of 422 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Next north | Avenue M (local): Q Newkirk Plaza (express): B |
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| Next south | Avenue U (local): Q Sheepshead Bay (express): B |
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Kings Highway is an express station on the BMT Brighton Line of the New York City Subway. Served by the Q train at all times and by the B on weekdays, it is located at Kings Highway between East 15th and East 16th Streets on the border of Midwood and Sheepshead Bay neighborhoods of Brooklyn.
This station has four tracks and two island platforms. It has three fare control areas at street level—two to Kings Highway/East 16th Street and one to Quentin Road/East 16th Street. The two mezzanines at Kings Highway, located directly underneath the subway embankment, were constructed in the original BMT format, but fully renovated in the 1980s, during which two identical sets of porcelain enamel artwork (Kings Highway Hieroglyphs by Rhoda Andors) were installed, one set in each mezzanine. The entrance on the south side is normally the full time entrance/exit, containing two staircases to each platform, while the one on the north is HEET access only, containing three turnstiles, a staircase to each platform and its MetroCard Vending Machines were installed on the sidewalk.
The normally part-time Quentin Road mezzanine, located to the east of the embankment, was built sometime in the 1950s or 1960s to accommodate growing passenger flow; this is evidenced by its newer-style tiling and signage. Platform extensions are clearly present at the north end of the station. It has a token booth, turnstile bank, and two staircases to each platform with the southbound side requiring a short walk.
South of Kings Highway are crossover switches that allow trains to switch from the local tracks to the express ones, and vice versa; these are used when trains must terminate here during construction on the Brighton Line. Before Brighton signal replacement during the 1990s, a switch tower was in operation about 150 feet south of the station, facing the southbound local track; this tower has been abandoned, and control of the switches has passed to a master tower at DeKalb Avenue. During the signal replacement, a new signal electrical tower was installed over the express tracks at the south end of the station.
This station is currently undergoing reconstruction, which includes installation of ADA-accessible elevators and rebuilding of the platforms and station houses. A temporary platform was used to provide service that would normally stop at the closed platform.