Neptune Avenue (IND Culver Line)

Neptune Avenue
New York City Subway rapid transit station
Station statistics
Address Neptune Avenue & West Sixth Street
Brooklyn, NY 11224
Borough Brooklyn
Locale Coney Island
Coordinates 40°34′49.43″N 73°58′28.44″W / 40.5803972°N 73.9745667°W / 40.5803972; -73.9745667Coordinates: 40°34′49.43″N 73°58′28.44″W / 40.5803972°N 73.9745667°W / 40.5803972; -73.9745667
Division B (IND, formerly BMT)
Line IND Culver Line
Services       F  (all times)
Transit connections NYCT Bus: B68
Structure Elevated
Platforms 1 island platform
Tracks 2
Other information
Opened May 1, 1920 (May 1, 1920)
Former/other names Van Sicklen
Traffic
Passengers (2015) 531,011[1] Increase 3.5%
Rank 406 out of 422
Station succession
Next north Avenue X: F 
Next south West Eighth Street – New York Aquarium: F 

Neptune Avenue is a station on the IND Culver Line of the New York City Subway, located in Coney Island, Brooklyn, at the intersection of Neptune Avenue and West 6th Street. It is served by the F train at all times.

Station layout

Track layout
Legend
to Av X
to W 8 St–NY Aquarium
P
Platform level		 Northbound ← toward Jamaica – 179th Street (Avenue X)
Island platform, doors will open on the left
Southbound → toward Coney Island – Stillwell Avenue (West Eighth Street – New York Aquarium) →
M Mezzanine to entrances/exits, station agent, MetroCard vending machines
G Street Level Entrances/Exits
Entrance to mezzanine from platform

This elevated station opened on May 1, 1920, and was renovated during the reconstruction of Coney Island – Stillwell Avenue between 2001 and 2004. It has one island platform and two tracks. The platform has a brown canopy with green frames and support columns in the center and black lampposts at either ends. The station signs are in the standard black plates with white lettering.

This station has one elevated station-house beneath the center of the platform and tracks. Two staircases from the platform go down to a landing, where a set of doors for each one leads to two more staircases that go down to the mezzanine. The mezzanine has a turnstile bank, exit-only turnstile, token booth, and two staircases going down to either side of West Sixth Street north of Neptune Avenue.

The 2004 artwork here is called Looking Up by Michael Krondl. It features stained glass panels on four of the station's sign structures depicting images related to Coney Island, including the Cyclone.

The original name of this station was Van Sicklen, named for the family that owned the property through which the original surface right-of-way passed, and that operated the Van Sicklen Hotel at the location. The name was changed to Neptune Avenue in 1995.

References

  1. ↑ "Facts and Figures: Annual Subway Ridership". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved 2016-04-19.
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