Coney Island Complex

The Coney Island Complex of the New York City Subway system is the largest rapid transit yard in the world. Located in Brooklyn, New York, it covers 75 acres and operates 24/7.

The complex was built in 1926 on former marshlands that, along with Coney Island Creek, used to separate Coney Island from the main body of Brooklyn. Much of this land had originally been proposed for use as a ship canal and port facility.

Regular scheduled maintenance is performed here for a fleet of nearly 800 cars, and the shop facility does heavy maintenance and overhaul for every one of the approximately 6,000 cars in the subway system's fleet as well as those of the Staten Island Railway.

In addition to heavy maintenance facilities and track facilities for cars undergoing maintenance and overhaul, the complex includes three related railroad storage yards. The main yard facility, known as Coney Island Yard, includes direct connections to the adjacent BMT Sea Beach Line, and by a two-track elevated structure to the BMT West End Line. The adjacent but separate Culver (or "City") Yard connects to the IND Culver Line at the eastern border of the yard complex. Another yard, Stillwell Yard, used mainly for off-peak train storage, is located across the Sea Beach Line from the main yard complex, in a "V" between the divergent Sea Beach and West End Lines.

In addition to the maintenance shop and yards, there is a Health Center (gym) for Transit Authority employees and a firing range for the NYPD. The range was originally built for the Transit Authority Police Department, which was merged with the NYPD in 1995.

External links

* [http://nycsubway.org/cars/yards_coney.html Coney Island Complex information on NYCSubway.org]