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Coney Island – Stillwell Avenue (also known as Coney Island Terminal) is a New York City Subway station in Coney Island, Brooklyn, acting as the southern terminus for four different services. It is one of the world's largest elevated transportation terminals as well as the most energy-efficient mass transit facility in the United States. This large facility was designed at a time when Coney Island was the primary summer resort area for the New York metropolitan area, with all of the rail lines in southern Brooklyn funneling service to the area. 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 City Subway (but not the southernmost terminal in the entire New York City Transit system, which is the Tottenville station of the Staten Island Railway). 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 D, F, N and Q trains. Nearby, tracks from both the BMT West End Line and BMT Sea Beach Line lead into Coney Island Yard. The terminal is the new home of Transit District 34 of the New York City Police Department. == History == 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 at Coney Island except the Long Island Rail Road-controlled New York and Manhattan Beach Railway. "West End" was gradually dropped from the terminal's name, and it is now known as Stillwell Avenue Terminal or ''Coney Island Terminal''. Station signage reads Stillwell Avenue – Coney Island. A City Planning Commission report in 1979 recommended that free bus to subway transfers be implemented for passengers in Coney Island. Free transfers between the bus routes to and from Coney Island – Stillwell Avenue station were proposed. It was noted that the station was the only one in New York City that once had direct rapid transit service in a single zone which didn't get free bus to subway transfers when service was discontinued (in sharp contrast to the BMT Culver Line, BMT Myrtle Avenue Line, and IRT Third Avenue Line, which were discontinued and replaced by bus transfers). The free transfers would stimulate full occupancy in the $200 million worth of government subsidized, recently constructed apartments, and would help integrate Mark Twain Junior High School and attract a stable middle class.〔''The Bulletin'', New York Division Electric Railroaders' Association, January 1987, page 5.〕 By 1980, the entire system was in a state of disrepair, and the Coney Island Terminal was no exception. It was slated to be rebuilt that year. The Daily News stated that the terminal would emerge "with a bright, new airy look" and would be one of the first stations in the system to benefit from continuously welded rail.〔nycsubway.org—(The Diamond Jubilee Brings Optimism )〕 Construction did not start until November 2001, and Coney Island Terminal was entirely reconstructed, with the new terminal opening May 23, 2004 with 6 tracks. The project completed on May 29, 2005, with full restoration of N service and all eight 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 grand European railway stations such as the Gare Saint-Lazare. The roof is glazed with photovoltaic (solar electric) panels, consisting of 2,800 thin-film modules from Schott AG and covering a surface of . 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. The main terminal and canopy was built by a joint venture between Granite Halmar Construction and Schiavone Construction. The Portal Building was built by Vertex Engineering Services. In May 2010, the station received new electronic train departure boards for each platform. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Coney Island – Stillwell Avenue (New York City Subway)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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