west end terminal

West End Terminal described a series of railroad terminals located on Coney Island, near what is now the northeast corner of Surf and Stillwell Avenues. The first standard railroad depot on Coney Island, the original West End Terminal opened on June 8, 1864, to serve the trains of the Brooklyn, Bath & Coney Island Railroad, popularly known from then and now as the West End Line. Trains of the rival New York and Sea Beach Railway (now the BMT Sea Beach Line) later shared the terminal, making West End Terminal a union terminal. In 1919 a completely reconstructed New West End Terminal was built on an elevated structure to consolidate the terminals of all the former steam railroad lines terminating in Coney Island except the Long Island Rail Road controlled New York and Manhattan Beach Railroad. "West End" was gradually dropped from the terminal's name, and it is now known as Stillwell Avenue Terminal or Coney Island Terminal; it is known as Stillwell Avenue-Coney Island on signs. From 2002 to 2005 the terminal is undergoing major reconstruction into a modern train shed and passenger facility of the New York City Subway System.

West End Terminal

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