The station opened on August 23, 1920, as part of an extension of the IRT Eastern Parkway Line by the Interborough Rapid Transit Company.

Kingston Avenue station was constructed as part of the Eastern Parkway Line.

Contract 2 extended the original line from City Hall in Manhattan to Atlantic Avenue in Brooklyn.

[5] The first section opened on January 9, 1908, extending the subway from Bowling Green to Borough Hall.

[6][7][8] On April 28, 1908, the IRT formally applied with the New York Public Service Commission for permission to open the final section of the Contract 2 line from Borough Hall to Atlantic Avenue near the Flatbush Avenue LIRR station.

[16] During the 1964–1965 fiscal year, the platforms at Kingston Avenue, along with those at four other stations on the Eastern Parkway Line, were lengthened to 525 feet (160 m) to accommodate a ten-car train of 51-foot (16 m) IRT cars.

[citation needed] The platform extensions at either end have signs reading "KINGSTON AVE" in white sans serif lettering on a black border.

It has a turnstile bank, token booth, and two staircases going up to the south side mall of Eastern Parkway (between the main and service roads) and Kingston Avenue.