Kingston-Throop Avenues (C)

Kingston-Throop Avenues is am IND Fulton Street Subway local stop that has two side platforms and no mezzanine areas, so no free crossovers between directions. The platforms are offset from one another quite a bit, with the Euclid Av-bound platform ending slightly more eastern, than the Manhattan-bound one which is slightly more western. Each platform contains a simple turnstile area directly in the middle of each platform that are offset from each other because Fulton Street at this point has no streets that go straight through it, instead it serves as a street where two street grids developed during different times meet, most streets don't even keep the same name.

This gives the station a double name although each platform really could simply have a different name. The exit from the Euclid Ave-bound platform leads up to Kingston Avenue, a street that begins at Fulton Street and goes south, the Manhattan-bound platfrom's exit leads to Throop Avenue a street that leaves Fulton street and goes north. (If your curious to this anomaly in the street grid, here's a Google map of the area). Each exit has two staircases up to either corner of their respective street.

The station platform's trim are a light yellow with a darker yellow boarder, the name tablets have the reverse combination, a dark yellow center with white text, and a lighter yellow boarder. The platforms are completely columnless except for a couple near each of the fare control areas and these are painted yellow.
Photos 1-: June 25, 2008; 10-20: December 30, 2010

Looking down the Euclid Av-bound platform at Kingston-Throop Avs as a R38 C train closes its doors to continue its slow, local journey.

A close up of the Kingston tiling one full tile beneath the station's trim.

A close up of the alternating tiling that says Throop, one full tile beneath the station's trim.

Looking down the Euclid Ave-bound platform at Kingston-Throop Avs as passengers make there way's to the exit.

The single sign for Kingston Avenue & Fulton Street facing the turnstiles out to the station's only exit.

The three turnstiles and Emergency Exit gate on the Euclid Ave-bound platform, the red painted customer service booth is behind the turnstiles.

The four turnstiles to a tiny area outside of fare control and both corners of Fulton Street & Kingston Avenue.

A Kingston-Throop Av name tablet with exit tiling beneath it for Kingston Ave, you n know this name tablet has to be on the Euclid Av-bound platform because Kingston Ave is the street exit from that platform.

Looking across the four track Fulton Street Subway to the Manhattan-bound platform, a name tablet is visible, beneath it there's an arrow pointing towards the exit to Throop Av, the cross-street at the Manhattan-bound platform's exit.

A name tablet on the Manhattan-bound platform, the exit tiling is for Throop Avenue that platforms only exit.

A R32 C train leaves Kingston-Throop Avs, approaching the small fare control area and exit on the Manhattan-bound platform out to Throop Avenues.

The turnstiles are slightly set back from the platforms

Behind the Manhattan-bound platform token booth approaching one of two staircases out to the street

At the intersection of Fulton Street and Kingston Av, looking across to the two Euclid Avenue-bound street stairs

A C Euclid Avenue street stair at Kingston-Throop

An older warning sign in the station for Lefferts Blvd & The Rockaways only, from the days when the C was extended out there and the A served all local stops except for rush hours.

The turnstiles for the A/C to Lefferts Blvd and the Rockaways only (the sign is pre-1998, when the C began running to Brooklyn on Weekends and the A only ran local during late nights)

The long Euclid Av-bound platform at Kingston Throop

A name tablet with the To Kingston Ave exit text

Another view down the empty Euclid Avenue-bound platform at Kingston-Throop Avenues