[5][6][7][8] Trains from this station began using the Fourth Avenue Subway to the Nassau Street Loop in Lower Manhattan when that line opened on May 30, 1931.

With the connection completed, all service at the stations on the former BMT Culver Line south of Ditmas Avenue, including this one, were from then on served by IND trains.

[15][16] Express service ended in 1987, largely due to budget constraints and complaints from passengers at local stations.

Express service on the elevated Culver Line was ended due to necessary structural work, but never restored.

[21] In November 2022, the MTA announced that it would award a $965 million contract for the installation of 21 elevators across eight stations,[22] including Kings Highway.

The center express track is normally used only during rush hours to short turn trains not going to Stillwell Avenue.

There are platform signs informing riders that some rush hour 179th Street-bound trains are available from the center track.

[16] The current track configurations allow trains to terminate and reverse at Kings Highway; however, from 1990 to September 2020, the previous configuration did not allow northbound local trains from Coney Island to run express north of Kings Highway without skipping Avenue U. Switches originally existed,[16][25] but were removed during track rehabilitation projects in the 1990s[16] before being replaced in September 2020 as part of CBTC installation on the Culver Line.