Coney Island–Stillwell Avenue (BMT Brighton Line)

Coney Island–Stillwell Avenue
New York City Subway rapid transit station
Station building as seen from Surf Avenue
Station statistics
Address	1243 Surf Avenue (Stillwell Avenue & Surf Avenue) Brooklyn, NY 11224
Borough	Brooklyn
Locale	Coney Island
Coordinates	40°34′38.43″N 73°58′52.1″W / 40.5773417°N 73.981139°W / 40.5773417; -73.981139Coordinates: 40°34′38.43″N 73°58′52.1″W / 40.5773417°N 73.981139°W / 40.5773417; -73.981139
Division	B (BMT/IND)
Line	BMT Brighton Line IND Culver Line BMT Sea Beach Line BMT West End Line
Services	D  (all times)       F  (all times)       N  (all times)       Q  (all times)
Transit connections	NYCT Bus: B36, B64, B68, B74, B82
Structure	Elevated
Platforms	4 island platforms
Tracks	8
Other information
Opened	September 5, 1917; 99 years ago (1917-09-05)      (Sea Beach) December 23, 1918; 98 years ago (1918-12-23)      (West End) May 29, 1919; 97 years ago (1919-05-29)      (Brighton; formal opening) May 1, 1920; 96 years ago (1920-05-01)      (Culver)
Rebuilt	May 23, 2004; 12 years ago (2004-05-23)
Accessible
Former/other names	Coney Island Terminal, Coney Island, Stillwell Avenue
Traffic
Passengers (2015)	5,132,083  3.1%
Rank	91 out of 425
Station succession
Next north	West Eighth Street–New York Aquarium (Brighton/Culver): F  Q  86th Street: N  Bay Parkway: N  Bay 50th Street (West End local): D  Bay Parkway (West End express): no regular service
Next south	(Terminal): D  F  N  Q
Next north	Kings Highway (via Brighton): Q  Church Avenue (via Culver): F  Atlantic Avenue–Barclays Center (via Sea Beach): N  Bay Parkway (via West End): D
Next south	none: D  F  N  Q
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops all times
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External images

The station entrance in 1991

Inside the station entrance in 1991

Coney Island–Stillwell Avenue (also known as Coney Island Terminal and signed on some trains as either Coney Island or Stillwell Avenue) is a New York City Subway terminal in Coney Island, Brooklyn, acting as the railroad-south terminus for the D, F, N, and Q trains. The large facility, originally built in 1919, was designed at a time when Coney Island was the primary summer resort area for the New York metropolitan area, with all of the rail lines in southern Brooklyn funneling service to the area. It is one of the largest elevated transportation terminals in the world.

Coney Island–Stillwell Avenue has eight tracks and four island platforms, with trains entering from both compass north and south. It is located at the corner of Stillwell and Surf Avenues in Coney Island, the site of the former West End Terminal. Geographically, the station is the southernmost terminal in the New York City Subway system.

Rail transportation to Coney Island had been available since 1864. The Brooklyn, Bath and Coney Island Railroad was the first steam railroad to Coney Island. It ran from Fifth Avenue and 36th Street in what is now Sunset Park, to its West End Terminal, at the present-day Coney Island Terminal's location, along what is now the right-of-way of the West End Line. The nearby Culver Depot, along the Atlantic Ocean waterfront near the site of the present-day West Eighth Street station, served the Brooklyn, Flatbush, and Coney Island Railway (now the Brighton Line) and Prospect Park and Coney Island Railroad (now the Culver Line). Other rail transportation included the Manhattan Beach Railroad; the Sea Beach Railroad; the Coney Island and Brooklyn Railroad; and Long Island City via the Long Island Rail Road.