THE PROSPECT PARK & CONEY ISLAND RAIL ROAD'S NEW YORK AND CONEY ISLAND RAILROAD
PAGE NEW JANUARY 6, 2003 - Revised 04/21/04
NEW YORK & CONEY ISLAND RAILROAD TO NORTONS POINT .
PROSPECT PARK & CONEY ISLAND TRAIN ON NEW YORK & CONEY ISLAND.
AS PART OF THE P.P.& C.I., THE N.Y.& C.I. WAS ELECTRIFIED IN 1899 AND WAS OPERATED AS PART OF THE SOUTH BROOKLYN RAILWAY. ELEVATED TRAINS AS WELL AS TROLLEY CARS RAN TO NORTONS POINT. EVENTUALLY THE N.Y.& C.I. BECAME THE NORTONS POINT SHUTTLE AND UNTIL 1948 TROLLEY CARS RAN FROM THE ELEVATED STILLWELL AVENUE STATION DOWN A RAMP TO STREET LEVEL. THIS IS FROM A 1946 E.R.A. MAP.