Coney Island–Stillwell Avenue (New York City Subway)

Infobox NYCS
name=Coney Island–Stillwell Avenue
accessible = yes


service=Stillwell
borough=Brooklyn
font_color = white
font_color_2 = black
bg_color = #FF6E1A
bg_color_2=#FFC800
platforms = 4 island platforms
tracks = 8
open_date =May 29, 1919 (formal opening)
December 23, 1918 (Sea Beach and West End)
May 29, 1919 (Brighton)
May 1, 1920 (Culver)
May 23, 2004 (reconstructed station opening) [cite web|author=Matus, Paul|work=The Third Rail Online|title=The New BMT Coney Island Terminal|url=http://thethirdrail.net/0305/stillwell4.html|accessdate=2007-08-29]
north_custom_station=NYCS next|type=Brighton/Culver|station=West Eighth Street–New York Aquarium|line=BMT Brighton Line|service=West 8th
north_custom_station_2=NYCS next|type=Sea Beach|station=Gravesend–86th Street|line=BMT Sea Beach Line|service=Sea Beach south
north_custom_station_3=NYCS next|type=West End|station=Bay 50th Street|line=BMT West End Line|service=West End far south
south_custom_station = (Terminal)

Coney Island–Stillwell Avenue (also known as Coney Island Terminal) is a major rapid transit station in Coney Island, Brooklyn, serving as the terminal for four New York City Subway services. It is the world's largest above-ground terminal facility, and notable as the most energy-efficient mass transit facility in the United States.

The station is located at the corner of Stillwell and Surf Avenues in Coney Island, the site of the former West End Terminal; it is the southernmost terminal in the New York system. It has eight tracks and four island platforms, with trains entering from both compass north and south; however, it serves as the railroad-south terminal for all trains. This large facility was designed at a time when Coney Island was the primary summer resort area for the New York region, with all of the rail lines in southern Brooklyn funneling service to the area.

Beginning in late 2001, Coney Island Terminal was entirely reconstructed, and the new terminal opened May 23, 2004 with 6 tracks. The project completed on May 29, 2005, with full restoration of N service and all 8 tracks in service. A new entrance building was constructed, with a terra cotta facade in imitation of the former terminal, including restored BMT signs and logos. The former steel and concrete station, badly corroded by the effects of salt water and poor maintenance, was replaced with a new infrastructure, including a soaring roof with arches reminiscent of classic European train sheds. The roof is glazed with photovoltaic (solar electric) panels, consisting of 2,800 thin-film modules from SCHOTT (Germany) and covering a surface of convert|76000|sqft|m2|-2. The solar panel system has a nominal power of about 210 kWp, which generates an annual output of 250,000 kW hours, which the station can use to offset power needs. It is the largest renewable-energy enabled mass transit station in the United States.

While labeled a terminal, six of the eight tracks could provide through service in either direction. The station has been used as a terminal for most of its history, but at least two through services have been offered:

*7 Brighton–Franklin service, via the BMT Franklin Avenue Line and BMT Brighton Line, through Stillwell Avenue to Manhattan (summer Sundays 1924–1952)
*NYCS service|NX Sea Beach "super-express" service (rush hours 1967–1968)

In 2006, through service was offered during several weekends while track maintenance shut down portions of the BMT Brighton Line west of Kings Highway.

The terminal is the new home of Transit District 34 of the New York City Police Department.

ervices

Bus connections

* B36 west to Sea Gate east to Sheepshead Bay via Avenue Z, Nostrand & Surf Avenues
* B64 to Bensonhurst, Dyker Heights, Bay Ridge via Bath Avenue & 86 Street
* B68 to Brighton Beach then via Coney Island Avenue to Midwood and Prospect Park
* B74 to Sea Gate via Mermaid Avenue
* B82 to Bensonhurst, Gravesend, Midwood, Flatbush, Flatlands, Spring Creek Towers via Kings Highway & Flatlands Avenue

ee also

*Transportation to Coney Island

References

External links

* [http://www.nycsubway.org/perl/stations?211:1042 nycsubway.org — Coney Island/Stillwell Avenue]
*Station Reporter — [http://www.stationreporter.net/dtrain.htm D Train]
*Station Reporter — [http://www.stationreporter.net/ftrain.htm F Train]
*Station Reporter — [http://www.stationreporter.net/ntrain.htm N Train]
*Station Reporter — [http://www.stationreporter.net/qtrain.htm Q Train]
* [http://3drail.com/0305/index.html Brooklyn's New Coney Island Terminal] ("The Third Rail")
* [http://myrecollection.com/bernsteink/ci2zoo.html Franklin–Nassau through service] ("My Recollection")