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THE CULVER LINE
THE PROSPECT PARK & CONEY ISLAND RAIL ROAD'S
NEW YORK AND CONEY ISLAND RAILROAD
PAGE NEW JANUARY 6, 2003 - Revised JANUARY 9, 2021
FROM PERCY'S POCKET DICTIONARY OF CONEY ISLAND
1880 PAMPHLET AT LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
RIGHT OF WAY OF THE NEW YORK & CONEY ISLAND RAILROAD
CONEY ISLAND 1867
"Tilyou’s Surf House, established in 1865, a popular tavern close to the terminus of the first rail line".
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THE GENT WITH THE SHOTGUN MAY BE HUNTING FOR CONEYS. OR PERHAPS
HE'S GUARDING TILYOU'S CHOWDER RECIPE OR HIS SUPPLY OF BAVARIAN LAGER.
APRIL 16 1879 AGREEMENT BETWEEN B. B. & C. I. AND N. Y. & C. I.
THIS CIRCA 1865 MAP SHOWS THE "RAILROAD HOUSE" HOTEL, B. B. & C. I. STATION AND TICKET OFFICE.
PROSPECT PARK & CONEY ISLAND TRAIN ON NEW YORK & CONEY ISLAND.
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B. R. T. BLUEPRINT OF N. Y. & C. I.
THE RIGHT OF WAY
THE GIGANTIC ELEPHANT; THE ELEPHANTINE COLOSSUS;
THE MAMMOTH COLOSSUS; THE COLOSSAL MAMMOTH;
THE PREPONDERANT PACHYDERM
IN 1884 A HOTEL IN THE SHAPE OF AN ELEPHANT WAS BUILT ON LAND
PURCHASED OR LEASED FROM THE NEW YORK & SEA BEACH RAILROAD.
RIGHT OF WAY - WEST EIGHTH STREET DIAMOND CROSSING SIGN VISIBLE NEAR BOTTOM RIGHT
THE ELEPHANT HOTEL HAD ITS OWN N. Y. & S. B. STATION.
A LARGE SIGN ANNOUNCES "NEWARK, BATH AND LOCUST GROVE R. R."
1884 THE ELEPHANT HOTEL NEW. THE CROSSING IS WEST 11TH STREET.
IN 1889 A ROLLER COASTER WAS BUILT AROUND THE HOTEL
1895 SANFORD MAP
The Shaw Elevator and Channel Chute Company Limited was incorporated
December 4, 1888, in New York City. The roller coaster opened in 1889.
IN THE FOREGROUND IS WEST TWELFTH STREET CROSSING
THE SIGN ON THE STATION PLATFORM ANNOUNCES "TRAINS FOR NEW YORK VIA 39TH ST FERRY".
RIGHT OF WAY - AT BOTTOM RIGHT IS DIAMOND CROSSING SIGN AT WEST EIGHTH STREET
CONNECTION WITH WEST END TERMINAL. B.B. & W.E. CARS VISIBLE. WEST TWELFTH STREET CROSSING.
A SECOND ROLLER COASTER - THE RACER - WAS BUILT EAST OF THE CHANNEL SHUTE
THE ELEPHANT HOTEL BURNED SEPTEMBER 27 1896
AFTER THE FIRE
SEA LION PARK
ON JULY 4 1895 CAPTAIN PAUL BOYTON OPENED SEA LION PARK, BEHIND THE SEA
BEACH PALACE AND ON PROPERTY FORMERLY OCCUPIED BY PAYNE'S FIREWORKS
THIS REMARKABLE PHOTOGRAPH SHOWS SEA LION PARK NEW AND THE ELEPHANT HOTEL
THE PARK FEATURED HIS "SHOOTING THE CHUTES" WATER SLIDE. THIS IS ITS LAGOON.
IN THE RIGHT BACKGROUND ARE THE RACER COASTER, THE CHANNEL
SHUTE COASTER AND OUT OF SIGHT, PERHAPS, THE ELEPHANT HOTEL.
Boyton purchased and installed Lina Beecher’s Flip-Flap Railway
AT FIRST THE FLIP-FLAP PARTIALLY SURROUNDED THE LAGOON.
THESE TWO PHOTOS WERE COPYRIGHTED IN 1900
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BASED UPON CONFLICTING INFORMATION FROM VARIOUS HISTORIANS, WIKIPEDIA, GOOGLE SEARCH, THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS AND NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY, AND AFTER MUCH DELIBERATION, CONSIDERATION, AND INTERPOLATION, WE HAVE COME TO THIS CONCLUSION: IN 1901 PAUL BOYTON INVESTED $100000 IN IMPROVEMENTS TO SEA LION PARK. HE PURCHASED OR LEASED THE SIX ACRES WHERE THE ELEPHANT HOTEL HAD STOOD. HE MOVED THE FLIP-FLAP COASTER TO THAT AREA BORDERED BY WEST TWELFTH STREET AND THE NEW YORK & CONEY ISLAND RAIL ROAD. |
ALL OF WHICH RESULTED IN THIS:
SHOOT THE CHUTES
LOVELY MAP FROM HISTORIC MAP WORKS SHOWS CONEY ISLAND ELEVATED
CULVER TERMINAL 1899 or 1900.
ELEVATED STRUCTURE OF THE CONEY ISLAND ELEVATED CLEARLY VISIBLE (SEA VIEW RAILWAY)
AS PART OF THE P.P.& C.I., THE N.Y.& C.I. WAS ELECTRIFIED IN 1899.
IN 1900 THE ELEVATED STRUCTURE OF THE CONEY ISLAND ELEVATED (SEA VIEW RAILWAY) WAS DEMOLISHED.
THE TRACKS WERE RELAID ON THE GROUND AND USED
TO CONNECT THE BRIGHTON LINE WITH THE CULVER LINE.
1904 NEW CULVER TERMINAL
IN THE DISTANCE A BRIGHTON BEACH TRAIN IS MOVING ACROSS THE NEW SWITCHES
A ROLLER COASTER AT THE RIGHT
A B.R.T BLUEPRINT
BY 1915 THE BRIGHTON TRACKS AGAIN CROSSED CULVER TERMINAL AND WERE CONNECTED WITH THE N.Y. & C.I. R.R.
BRIGHTON TRAINS COULD NOW RUN VIA CULVER TERMINAL OR WEST END TERMINAL.
AT BRIGHTON BEACH THE LOOP TRACKS HAD BEEN REMOVED AND TWO TRACKS RAN ON THE SURFACE TO CONEY ISLAND.
OCEAN PARKWAY STATION
WEST FIRST STREET
WEST FIFTH STREET
1916 PHOTO THANKS TO BRIAN MERLIS AT OLD NYC PHOTOS
AT LEFT PROBBER'S DELI AND LUNCH
THIS AND THE NEXT MAP SHOW HOW THE ENTRANCE TO LUNA PARK WAS BUILT STRADDLING THE N. Y. & C. I. TRACKS.
GRAND ENTRANCE TO LUNA PARK
BUILT ACROSS BOTH N. Y. & C. I. TRACKS
APRIL 12 1889 P.P.& C.I. AND B.B.& W.E. AGREEMENT
REGARDING SEA BEACH LINE,
BILL FAUSSER IN HIS "THE SEA BEACH TO CONEY ISLAND"
STATES THAT THIS SERVICE RAN ONLY IN 1907 AND 1908.
NEXT TO THE ENTRANCE THE MAP SHOWS TWO SHORT TRACKS RUNNING NORTH OFF SURF AVENUE.
THESE APPARENTLY PROVIDED A "LUNA PARK STATION" WHERE PASSENGERS COULD
DETRAIN AND BOARD INSTEAD OF WAITING ON THE STREET.
THIS ALSO PROVIDED A "WYE" FOR TURNING CARS.
IN THIS PHOTO THERE IS A STREETCAR AT THE FAR RIGHT.
IN THIS VIEW OF THE ENTRANCE AN ELEVATED CAR IS VISIBLE
OVER THE YEARS THE ENTRANCE GOT WIDER AND GRANDER
IN 1918 - 1920 THE N. Y. & C. I. TRACKS WERE RAISED AND BECAME THE BRIGHTON
LINE ABOVE THE CULVER LINE INTO THE NEW STILLWELL AVENUE TERMINAL.
THE ENTRANCE WAS MADE SMALLER FRONT TO BACK AND WAS NOW ENTIRELY IN FRONT OF THE RIGHT-OF-WAY.
SWITCH TO WEST END TERMINAL.
LUNA PARK STATION
THESE TWO PHOTOS AND MAP SHOW THE JUNCTION OF THE SEA BEACH WITH THE CULVER/BRIGHTON LINES.
THE SEA BEACH TRACKS PASSED UNDER/THROUGH THE L. A. THOMPSON ROLLER COASTER.
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.
WEST END TERMINAL CIRCA 1909. SURF AVENUE IN THE FOREGROUND.
NEAR THE CENTER OF THE IMAGE IS A DIAMOND CROSSING SIGN PROTECTING THE N.Y. & C.I. NORTON'S POINT LINE DOUBLE TRACK GRADE CROSSING.
WEST END TERMINAL IN 1916
THIS IMAGE SHOWS THE N.Y. & C.I. NORTON'S POINT LINE DOUBLE TRACK GRADE CROSSING.
AT THE LEFT IN THIS IMAGE IS THE DIAMOND CROSSING SIGN PROTECTING THE N.Y. & C.I. NORTON'S POINT LINE DOUBLE TRACK GRADE CROSSING.
AT THE LEFT IS THE DIAMOND CROSSING SIGN PROTECTING THE N.Y. & C.I. NORTON'S POINT LINE DOUBLE TRACK GRADE CROSSING.
THE NEW WEST END TERMINAL - STILLWELL AVENUE
STILLWELL AVENUE IN 1949
BILL SLADE PHOTOGRAPHS
WEST 37TH STREET 4-11-19
ELEVATED TRAIN COULD BE BRIGHTON, CULVER, SEA BEACH OR WEST END.
AT SEA GATE
JOHN KRAUS PHOTO
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