Kingston–Throop Avenues (IND Fulton Street Line)

Kingston–Throop Avenues
New York City Subway rapid transit station
Station statistics
Address Fulton Street between Kingston Avenue & Throop Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11216
Borough Brooklyn
Locale Weeksville
Division B (IND)
Line IND Fulton Street Line
Services       A  (late nights)
      C  (all except late nights)
Connection
Structure Underground
Platforms 2 side platforms
Tracks 4
Other information
Opened April 9, 1936; 75 years ago (April 9, 1936)
Traffic
Passengers (2010) 1,571,551[1]  4.7%
Rank 279 out of 422
Station succession
Next north Nostrand Avenue: A  C 
Next south Utica Avenue: A  C 

Kingston–Throop Avenues is a local station on the IND Fulton Street Line of the New York City Subway. Located on Fulton Street between Kingston and Throop Avenues in the Weeksville, Brooklyn, it is served by the C train at all times except late nights, when it is replaced by the A train.

This underground station, opened on April 9, 1936, has four tracks and two offset side platforms. The two center tracks are used by the A express train during daytime hours. The platforms have a yellow trim line on a dark yellow border while name tablets read "KINGSTON - THROOP AV." in white sans serif lettering on two lines. They are in a dark yellow border on a lighter yellow background. Beneath the trim line and name tablets are small black directional and station signs alternating between "KINGSTON" and "THROOP" in white lettering. The platforms are column-less except for a few dark yellow I-beam ones near fare control.

Each platform has one same-level fare control area. The one on the Euclid Avenue-bound platform is at the extreme west (railroad north) end and has a bank of three turnstiles, a customer assistance booth, and one staircase going up to the southeast corner of Fulton Street and Kingston Avenue. The one on the Manhattan-bound platform is at the center and has a bank of four turnstiles, a full-time token booth, and two staircases going up to either northern corners of Fulton Street and Throop Avenue.

This station was the site of a 1995 robbery that killed the token booth clerk, 50-year-old Harry Kaufman. Robbers squirted accelerant into the booth on the Queens-bound platform and set the fumes alight with a match, causing an explosion that blew out the glass and deformed the booth. The incident drew national attention due to allegations that the movie Money Train inspired the murder. The allegations were unfounded and the movie's producer, Columbia Pictures, claimed that the scenes were inspired by an actual event in 1988 where a token booth clerk was killed in the same fashion.[2][3][4]

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References

  1. ^ "Facts and Figures: 2010 Annual Subway Ridership". New York City Metropolitan Transportation Authority. http://mta.info/nyct/facts/ridership/ridership_sub_annual.htm. Retrieved 2011-05-18. 
  2. ^ Holloway, Lynette (1995-12-16). "Token Booth Fire Attack Seems Unrelated To Movie". The New York Times. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C07E4DB1739F935A25751C1A963958260. Retrieved 2010-05-07. 
  3. ^ Terry, Don (1988-06-05). "Subway Token Clerk Dies After Booth Was Set Afire". The New York Times. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=940DE2DF1E38F936A35755C0A96E948260. Retrieved 2010-05-07. 
  4. ^ Vandam, Jeff (2006-12-31). "Cash and Carry". The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/31/nyregion/thecity/31mone.html. Retrieved 2010-05-07. 

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