The Kingston–Throop Avenues station 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 Bedford–Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, it is served by the C train at all times except nights, when the A train takes over service. History The Kingston—Throop Avenues station was constructed as part of the IND Fulton Street Line, the main line of the city-owned Independent Subway System (IND)'s main line from Downtown Brooklyn to southern Queens. The groundbreaking for the line was held on April 16, 1929, at Fulton Street and Arlington Place. This station opened on April 9, 1936, as part of an extension of the Independent Subway System (IND) from its previous Brooklyn terminus at Jay Street–Borough Hall, which opened three years earlier, to Rockaway Avenue. The new IND subway replaced the BMT Fulton Street Elevated, and this station replaced its Brooklyn–Tompkins Avenues station, which closed on May 31, 1940. Under the 2015–2019 Metropolitan Transportation Authority Capital Plan, the station, along with thirty other New York City Subway stations, were to have undergone a complete overhaul and would have been entirely closed for up to six months. Updates would include cellular service, Wi-Fi, charging stations, improved signage, and improved station lighting. However, most of these renovations are being deferred until the 2020–2024 Capital Program due to a lack of funding. Station layout This underground station has four tracks and two noticeably offset side platforms, with the southbound platform located roughly 300 feet further west (railroad north) than the northbound platform. The two center tracks are used by the A express train during daytime hours. Both platforms have a butterscotch yellow trim line with a mustard brown border and mosaic name tablets reading KINGSTON - THROOP AV." in white sans serif lettering on two lines on a mustard brown background and butterscotch yellow border. Small tile captions alternating between "KINGSTON" and "THROOP" in white lettering on a black background run below the trim line, and directional captions in the same style are present below some of the name tablets. The platforms are column-less except for a few dark yellow I-beam ones near fare control. Exits Each platform has one same-level fare control area. The one on the Euclid Avenue- and Queens-bound platform is at the extreme west (railroad north) end and has a bank of three turnstiles, and two staircases going