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Coney Island – Stillwell Avenue (BMT Brighton Line)

Coney Island–Stillwell Avenue
"D" train "F" train "N" train "Q" train
New York City Subway rapid transit station
Coney Island Stillwell Station by David Shankbone.JPG
Station building as seen from Surf Avenue
Station statistics
Address 1243 Surf Avenue (Stillwell Avenue & Surf Avenue)
Brooklyn, New York 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 (all times)
      F all times (all times)
      N all times (all times)
      Q all times (all times)
Transit connections Bus transport 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; 98 years ago (1919-05-29)
     (Brighton; formal opening)
May 1, 1920; 97 years ago (1920-05-01)
     (Culver)
Rebuilt May 23, 2004; 13 years ago (2004-05-23)
Station code 058
Accessible This station is compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 ADA-accessible
Former/other names Coney Island Terminal, Coney Island, Stillwell Avenue
Traffic
Passengers (2016) 5,025,598 Decrease 2.1%
Rank 94 out of 422
Station succession
Next north West Eighth Street–New York Aquarium (Brighton/Culver): F all times Q all times
86th Street: N all times
Bay 50th Street (West End local): D all times
Bay Parkway (West End express): no regular service
Next south (Terminal): D all times F all times N all times Q all times


Next adjacent station compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 north Kings Highway (via Brighton): Q all times
Church Avenue (via Culver): F all times
Atlantic Avenue–Barclays Center (via Sea Beach): N all times
Bay Parkway (via West End): D all times
Next adjacent station compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 south none: D all times F all times N all times Q all times
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.


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