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Coney Island is served by four lines of the New York City Subway , as well as numerous buses and the Belt Parkway . SUBWAY These Subway lines (all Elevated at that point) terminate at Coney Island-Stillwell Avenue station, and are (from east to west) the
All but the Culver Line meet up at DeKalb Avenue station in Downtown Brooklyn and proceed into Lower Manhattan ; the Culver Line goes separately into Manhattan. The services eventually merge together onto two lines - the IND Sixth Avenue Line and the BMT Broadway Line - and serve points as far as the northern Bronx and Jamaica, Queens , all accessible by a single ride. The Brighton and Culver Lines also stop at West Eighth Street-New York Aquarium , and Brighton trains also stop at Ocean Parkway and Brighton Beach . At Brighton Beach, express service begins, heading north into Manhattan, and into the Bronx during rush hours. BUSES The following buses go to Coney Island:
HISTORY All four Subway lines were once typical Steam railroads:
All four were leased by the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company (BRT) and integrated into their system of Elevated Railway s. The Culver Line passed into the Independent Subway System (IND) in October 1954 , since which time it has been operated as part of that system. Further integration of service came in November 1967 with the Chrystie Street Connection , allowing IND trains to go to Coney Island via the Manhattan Bridge and any of the other lines. For part of their lives before being leased by the BRT, the Culver Line was operated as part of the Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) system, and the Brighton Line had various Trackage Rights agreements with the LIRR. A fifth line to Coney Island, the Manhattan Beach Line ( New York, Brooklyn And Manhattan Beach Railroad , originally the New York And Manhattan Beach Railway ), was operated in conjunction with the LIRR from October 1885 until passenger service ended in May 1924 . A sixth line to Coney Island, the New York And Brighton Beach Railway , operated only for a month and a half in 1880 . Later plans to reuse the line, including the innovative "Boynton Bicycle Railway", failed.[http://www.scripophily.net/boybicelrail.html At first, each railroad had its own Coney Island terminal, some at hotels owned by the line operators; after much consolidation of terminals the current situation came about, where all lines end at Coney Island-Stillwell Avenue . Coney Island was also served by Steamboat s to several piers. Two short lines connected the terminals - the Marine Railway to the east and the Coney Island Elevated Railway (later the Sea View Railroad ) in the center. The former was leased by the LIRR, the latter by the BRT. The original terminals The easternmost terminal was on the extended east to the east tip of the island and west to the Brighton Beach Hotel . This hotel was the next terminal to the west, the terminal of the Brighton Beach Line , a bit south of the current Brighton Beach station. The Coney Island Elevated Railway was built later to connect this terminal west to the other three, terminating just west of the Culver Terminal. Not connecting with the elevated was the short-lived terminal of the New York And Brighton Beach Railway , which only operated for a month and a half during the summer of 1880 . This terminal was just west of Ocean Parkway and just north of Brighton Beach Avenue (at the time known as Boulevard and Concourse, respectively). {Link without Title} The Culver Terminal on the Culver Line was located almost exactly where the West Eighth Street-New York Aquarium station is now. Trains could either terminate there or continue west along a private Right-of-way to Norton's Point , at the west tip of Coney Island. The West End Line ended at the West End Terminal , where Coney Island-Stillwell Avenue is now. Sea Beach Palace , the end of the Sea Beach Line , was about halfway between the West End and Culver terminals. EXTERNAL LINKS
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