Stillwell Coney Island
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Stillwell Coney Island
Stillwell Coney Island is
where Stillwell Avenue begins, and it is its
central section.
The avenue is 2.4miles long
from Coney Island to Bay Parkway where it
extends as the Bay Ridge Parkway or Route
439. Construction plans for Stillwell Avenue
were drawn up in October 1926.
The road was to connect Bay
Parkway and Neptune Avenue. The entire
project, certified by Brooklyn president
James J. Byrne, cost over three hundred
thousand dollars.
Stillwell Avenue was named the Polar Bear
Club Walk on December 11, 2008 after the
Coney Island Polar Bear Club. Surf Avenue
intersects with Stillwell on Coney Island,
and that intersection is the location of
what is possibly the largest subway station
in the entire world. Aside from being the
most massive rapid transit terminal, it is
also the most energy-efficient transport
facility. The station opened in 2004, and
services the D F N Q trains.
Another station along Stillwell Avenue is
the Bay 50th Street station. It is located
in southern
Brooklyn in front of the
John Dewey High School. Unlike the other
station, it only serves the D train.
Commuters who want to skip the train, may go
on the B64 bus line on Stillwell Avenue. The
B64 begins from 86th Street and Bath Avenue,
travels along Stillwell Avenue and ends in
Coney Island.
