Kingston–Throop Avenues (IND Fulton Street Line)

Kingston–Throop Avenues
NYCS A NYCS C
New York City Subway rapid transit station
Station statistics
Address Fulton Street between Kingston Avenue & Throop Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11216
Borough Brooklyn
Locale Weeksville
Coordinates 40°40′47″N 73°56′26″W / 40.679857°N 73.940606°WCoordinates: 40°40′47″N 73°56′26″W / 40.679857°N 73.940606°W
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
Traffic
Passengers (2014) 1,887,628[1] Increase 2.9%
Rank 248 out of 421
Station succession
Next north Nostrand Avenue: A  C 
Next south Utica Avenue: A  C 
Eastbound street entrance
Closed during Hurricane Sandy

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 Weeksville, Brooklyn, it is served by the C train at all times except nights, when the A train takes over service.

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 name tiles that read "KINGSTON - THROOP AV." in white sans serif lettering on two lines on a dark yellow background with a yellow trim line. Beneath the name tiles are small black station signs directing riders to either "KINGSTON" or "THROOP" Avenues in white lettering. The platforms are columnless 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, 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.

1995 token booth murder

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 Euclid Avenue-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 (1995) inspired the murder. The allegations were unfounded and the movie's producer, Columbia Pictures, claimed that the scenes were inspired by an earlier event, in 1988, where another token booth clerk was killed in the same fashion.[2][3][4]

Station layout

G Street Level Exit/Entrance
M Mezzanine Fare control, station agent
P
Platform level		 Side platform, doors will open on the right
Northbound local ← NYCS C toward 168th Street (NYCS A toward 207th Street late nights) (Nostrand Avenue)
Northbound express ← NYCS A does not stop here
Southbound express → NYCS A does not stop here →
Southbound local → NYCS C toward Euclid Avenue (NYCS A toward Far Rockaway late nights) (Utica Avenue) →
Side platform, doors will open on the right

Nearby points of interest

References

  1. ↑ "Facts and Figures: Annual Subway Ridership". New York City Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved 2015-04-27. Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  2. ↑ Holloway, Lynette (1995-12-16). "Token Booth Fire Attack Seems Unrelated To Movie". The New York Times. Retrieved 2010-05-07.
  3. ↑ Terry, Don (1988-06-05). "Subway Token Clerk Dies After Booth Was Set Afire". The New York Times. Retrieved 2010-05-07.
  4. ↑ Vandam, Jeff (2006-12-31). "Cash and Carry". The New York Times. Retrieved 2010-05-07.

External links

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