Coney Island Avenue is a road in the New York City borough of Brooklyn that runs north-south for a distance of roughly five miles, almost parallel to Ocean Parkway and Ocean Avenue. It begins at Brighton Beach Avenue in Coney Island and goes north to Park Circle at the southwest corner of Prospect Park, where it becomes Prospect Park Southwest. Near-parallel Ocean Parkway terminates five blocks south and three blocks west of that intersection, becoming the Prospect Expressway (New York State Route 27). Ocean Parkway originally extended north to Park Circle, where Coney Island Avenue meets Prospect Park, until construction of the Prospect Expressway replaced the northern half-mile of Ocean Parkway but included ramps to the edge of Prospect Park.
 Coney Island Avenue & Avenue M | |
| Owner | City of New York |
|---|---|
| Maintained by | NYCDOT |
| Length | 5.3 mi (8.5 km)[1] |
| Location | Brooklyn, New York City |
| Coordinates | 40°36′44.56″N 73°57′46.11″W / 40.6123778°N 73.9628083°W |
| South end | Riegelmann Boardwalk in Brighton Beach |
| Major junctions |  Belt Parkway in Brighton Beach NY 27 in Prospect Park South |
| North end | NY 27 / Parkside Avenue in Windsor Terrace |
| East | 11th/12th Streets |
| West | 9th/10th Streets |
Coney Island Avenue frontage is dominated by mixed-use housing: pre-war apartment buildings, small shops, including many antique shops, and service businesses. It is also one of the most dangerous streets in New York City, with many avoidable accidents happening because of poor road design.[2]
Public transportation
editConey Island Avenue is served by the following:
- The B68 bus line serves most of the corridor, connecting the Prospect Park area and Downtown Brooklyn to the famous oceanfront attractions of Coney Island and Brighton Beach.
- The Brighton Beach station on the BMT Brighton Line is located adjacent to Coney Island Avenue at the thoroughfare's intersection with Brighton Beach Avenue.
- The 15th Street-Prospect Park station on the IND Culver Line is located at the north end of Prospect Park Southwest at Bartel Pritchard Square.
- The B103 Limited and BM3/BM4 express buses serve the corridor between Church Avenue and Cortelyou Road.
- The BM1/BM2 express buses also run on the avenue, but they don’t make any stops. The corridor is used between Cortelyou Road and either Park Circle for Manhattan terminals, or Caton Avenue for Brooklyn terminals.
- The B8 runs on the corridor between 18th Avenue and Foster Avenue.
- The B11 runs on the corridor between Avenue I and Avenue J.
History
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An area surrounding about 1 mile (1.6 km) of Coney Island Avenue is home to a sizable population of Pakistani Americans, and is informally called "Little Pakistan".[3] In 2021, the U.S. Census Bureau estimated that approximately 7,000 Pakistanis lived in a region bordering the street, and they made up nearly 10% of the population of the region.[4]
References
edit- ^ "Coney Island Avenue" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved May 23, 2019.
- ^ Brachfeld, Ben (27 January 2022). "Truck critically injures teen on deadly Coney Island Avenue". Brooklyn Paper. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
- ^ Afridi, Humera (June 19, 2005). "The Coney Island of Their Mind". The New York Times. Retrieved 2012-03-14.
- ^ "U.S. Census Bureau". Retrieved 9 December 2022.
External links
edit- Coney Island Plank Road Forgotten-NY
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