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| image = Coney Island Stillwell Station by David Shankbone.JPG
| image_caption = Station building as seen from Surf Avenue
| address = 1243 Surf Avenue (near [[Stillwell Avenue]])<br>Brooklyn,
| borough = [[Brooklyn]]
| locale = [[Coney Island]]
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==== Initial renovation attempts ====
Plans to renovate the Coney Island–Stillwell Avenue station were brought up again in the late 1980s, after restaurant mogul [[Horace Bullard]] proposed rebuilding the nearby [[Steeplechase Park]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Coney Island stages a comeback|last=Glave|first=Judie|date=September 2, 1990|work=The Journal-News|location=White Plains, NY|pages=[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/34116222/ 68], [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/34116227/ 69], [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/34116234/ 70]|via=newspapers.com {{open access}}}}</ref> The Steeplechase Park reconstruction was later canceled.<ref name="DeSenaShortell2012">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=S-YNs4ih1FUC|title=The World in Brooklyn: Gentrification, Immigration, and Ethnic Politics in a Global City|author1=Judith N. DeSena|author2=Timothy Shortell|publisher=Lexington Books|year=2012|isbn=978-0-7391-6670-3|pages=147–176}}</ref>{{rp|150}} Nonetheless, plans for the station renovation moved forward, and the [[Metropolitan Transportation Authority]] (MTA) indicated in 1988 that it would spend $30,000 to study what to do with the station building. At the time, ''[[The Washington Post]]'' characterized the shops around the entrance as being arranged around a dark alley that smelled like urine; according to the ''Post'', it had been 15 years since the station had been repainted.<ref name="p307074967">{{cite news |last=Kurtz |first=Howard |date=March 31, 1893 |title=Renovation Threatens to Gobble Up Coney Island Candy Man |page=2 |newspaper=The Washington Post |issn=0190-8286 |id={{ProQuest|307074967}}}}</ref> By the mid-1990s, the MTA had finalized plans to overhaul the station completely.<ref name="Matus 2003 5">{{Cite web|url=http://thethirdrail.net./0305/stillwell6.html|title=The New BMT Coney Island Terminal|last=Matus|first=Paul|date=May 2003|website=thethirdrail.net|page=6|access-date=August 15, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161017051059/http://thethirdrail.net/0305/stillwell6.html|archive-date=October 17, 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>
On December 23, 1992, a contract was awarded for $21.14 million to rehabilitate the viaduct at the station. As part of the project, the concrete on columns and beams were to be removed and replaced. Once work started on the project, the contractor discovered that the extent of the concrete deterioration was greater than expected. Work on the change proceeded on April 1, 1994, and additional workers, including asbestos and lead abatement, were retroactively approved on May 23, 1994.<ref>{{Cite book|title=NYC Transit Committee Agenda May 1994|date=May 16, 1994|publisher=New York City Transit}}</ref>{{Rp|C-102, C-103}} By late 1998, the MTA was planning to renovate the station for $200 million.<ref name="nyt-1998-11-23">{{Cite news |last=Martin |first=Douglas |date=November 23, 1998 |title=Back to the Drawing Board in Coney Island |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1998/11/23/nyregion/back-to-the-drawing-board-in-coney-island.html |access-date=May 18, 2023 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> The MTA requested $125 million in federal funding for the renovation the next year. As part of renovation, a group of [[satellite dish]]es was proposed for the station.<ref name="p313667476">{{cite news |last=Liff |first=Bob |date=June 8, 1999 |title=Spruceup for Stillwell / 125m Plan for Coney Terminal |page=1 |work=New York Daily News |url=http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/boroughs/spruceup-stillwell-125m-plan-coney-terminal-article-1.831734 |access-date=May 18, 2023 |issn=2692-1251 |id={{ProQuest|313667476}}}}</ref> By this point, the [[New York City Transit Police]] were operating from a tent adjacent to the station, and there were vestiges of a [[carousel]] within the station.<ref name="p313667476" />
==== 2000s renovation ====
The MTA began evicting existing tenants from the station house in early 2001, including Philip's Candy, a candy store that had operated in the station building for seven decades.<ref name="nyt-2001-04-06">{{Cite news |last=Christian |first=Nichole M. |date=April 6, 2001 |title=Pulling Coney Island's Sweet Tooth; As a Landmark Candy Shop Closes, Even Diabetics Mourn |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/04/06/nyregion/pulling-coney-island-s-sweet-tooth-landmark-candy-shop-closes-even-diabetics.html |access-date=May 18, 2023 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> Despite the [[economic effects of the September 11 attacks]] in 2001, the MTA awarded a $282 million construction contract the next month.<ref name="p305663681">{{cite news |last=Donohue |first=Pete |date=October 12, 2001 |title=We Won't Curb Subway Fixups, Says TA Boss |page=40 |work=New York Daily News |issn=2692-1251 |id={{ProQuest|305663681}}}}</ref> A full reconstruction started in November 2001 with the closure of the Sea Beach platform, which was used by the [[N (New York City Subway service)|N]] train.<ref name="Chan 2005" /> The Brighton and Culver Lines' platforms, hosting the [[F (New York City Subway service)|F]] and [[Q (New York City Subway service)|Q]] services, were closed in September 2002, as was the adjacent [[West Eighth Street–New York Aquarium station]].<ref name="Bahrampour 2002" /><ref name="p305756241">{{cite news |last=Farrell |first=Bill |date=September 4, 2002 |title=Station Fixup to Curb Service to Coney Island |page=4 |work=New York Daily News |issn=2692-1251 |id={{ProQuest|305756241}}}}</ref> At the time, the Coney Island Chamber of Commerce estimated that 75 percent of tourists to Coney Island traveled there via one of the two subway stations.<ref name="p219212244">{{cite magazine |last=Jain |first=Anita |date=August 2, 2004 |title=Coney Island tracks success to trains |magazine=Crain's New York Business |volume=20 |issue=31 |page=12 |id={{ProQuest|219212244}}}}</ref>
The project included restoring the BMT station building's facade and adding a roof with [[solar panel]]s.<ref name="www.mta.info 2014" /> To minimize impact on the surrounding community, the renovation was supposed to take 42 months, and the West End Line continued serving the station through the renovation.<ref name="www.mta.info 2014" /> One platform at a time remained open during construction so the West End services (the [[W (New York City Subway service)|W]] until February 2004 and the [[D (New York City Subway service)|D]] afterward<ref name="p305878120">{{cite news |last=Grace |first=Melissa |date=April 23, 2004 |title=Coney Biz Owners Rail Happy Q, F Lines Resume Service to Stillwell Ave. |page=1 |work=New York Daily News |issn=2692-1251 |id={{ProQuest|305878120}}}}</ref>) could keep serving the station.<ref name="Bahrampour 2002" /> Although local officials supported the renovation, they worried that the closure of three platforms would negatively impact local businesses.<ref name="p305637501">{{cite news |last=Hays |first=Elizabeth |date=August 7, 2001 |title=Subway Repair May Impair Coney Biz |page=1 |work=New York Daily News |issn=2692-1251 |id={{ProQuest|305637501}}}}</ref> During the 2003 season, merchants in Coney Island reported that their business had declined significantly because of the station's partial closure.<ref name="p219212244" /><ref name="p305878120" />
[[File:NYC Coney Island Stillwell 2.jpg|thumb|Ramp from mezzanine to platform]]
The new terminal opened on May 23, 2004, with the restoration of F and Q train service and the relocation of D service to tracks 1 and 2.<ref name="mta.info facts">{{cite web | title=New York City Transit — History and Chronology | website=mta.info | url=http://web.mta.info/nyct/facts/ffhist.htm | access-date=August 15, 2016|quote=The newly renovated Stillwell Avenue Terminal reopens and train service returns to Coney Island after a 21-month hiatus during construction}}</ref><ref name="p305883290">{{cite news |last=Son |first=Hugh |date=May 20, 2004 |title=2 More Trains Into Stillwell Station |page=3 |work=New York Daily News |issn=2692-1251 |id={{ProQuest|305883290}}}}</ref> ''The New York Times'' called the refurbished station house "one of the grandest subway stations in the city" and wrote that the station house would give Surf Avenue "a much needed face-lift".<ref name="nyt-2004-08-01">{{Cite news |last=Polgreen |first=Lydia |date=August 1, 2004 |title=Ballpark Hums, but Not the Neighborhood; Coney Island, Once a Wonderland of Whimsy, Is Still Waiting for a Rebirth |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/08/01/nyregion/ballpark-hums-but-not-neighborhood-coney-island-once-wonderland-whimsy-still.html |access-date=May 18, 2023 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> The project was completed on May 29, 2005,<ref name="Chan 2005" /> with full restoration of [[N (New York City Subway service)|N]] service.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.mta.info/nyct/service/n_to_coneyisland.htm |title=Noteworthy – N restored to Coney Island |date=May 7, 2005 |access-date=September 18, 2016 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050507105016/http://www.mta.info/nyct/service/n_to_coneyisland.htm |archive-date=May 7, 2005 }}</ref><ref name="
==== Later modifications ====
In May 2010, the station received four new electronic {{Convert|32|in|cm|
The MTA announced in late 2022 that it would open customer service centers at 15 stations; the centers would provide services such as travel information and [[OMNY]] farecards. The first six customer service centers, including one at the Coney Island–Stillwell Avenue station, were to open in early 2023.<ref>{{cite web | last=Garcia | first=Deanna | title='Customer Service Centers' to open at 15 subway stations | website=Spectrum News NY1 New York City | date=December 14, 2022 | url=https://www.ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/transit/2022/12/14/-customer-service-centers--to-open-at-15-subway-stations | access-date=March 20, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | last=Chasan | first=Aliza | title=MTA opening subway customer service centers | website=PIX11 | date=December 15, 2022 | url=https://pix11.com/news/local-news/mta-opening-subway-customer-service-centers/ | access-date=March 20, 2023}}</ref> The Coney Island–Stillwell Avenue station's customer service center opened in February 2023.<ref>{{cite web | last=Brachfeld | first=Ben | title=MTA opens new 'customer service centers,' expanded successor to the token booth | website=amNewYork | date=February 7, 2023 | url=https://www.amny.com/transit/mta-opens-new-customer-service-centers-expanded-successor-to-the-token-booth/ | access-date=March 20, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title=MTA unveils new customer service centers at 3 subway stations | website=CBS News | date=February 8, 2023 | url=https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/mta-customer-service-centers-brooklyn-bronx/ | access-date=March 20, 2023}}</ref> The MTA also announced plans in 2023 to add [[bicycle parking]] racks at the Stillwell Avenue station.<ref name="Martinez 2023">{{cite web |last=Martinez |first=Jose |date=January 12, 2023 |title=Racks in Effect: City, MTA to Put Bike Parking at Dozens of Subway Stations |url=https://www.thecity.nyc/2023/1/11/23551155/nyc-mta-putting-bike-parking-racks-at-subway-stations-racks-on-buses |access-date=May 18, 2023 |website=The City}}</ref>
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The station has eight tracks and four [[island platform]]s.<ref name="tracks"/> According to the [[New York City Transit Authority]], this makes it one of the world's largest elevated transportation terminals.<ref name="www.mta.info 2014"/><ref name="Chan 2005" /> The westernmost tracks, tracks 5–8, gradually slope downward, so tracks 1–4 are slightly higher than tracks 5–8 at the station's south end.<ref name="Cox">{{Cite web|url=http://www.subwaynut.com/ct/coney_islandd/index.php|title=Coney Island-Stillwell Avenue (D,F,N,Q) – The SubwayNut|last=Cox|first=Jeremiah|website=www.subwaynut.com|access-date=August 15, 2016}}</ref> There are [[Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990|ADA-compliant]] ramps from the three easternmost platforms (served by the {{NYCS trains|Culver IND south}}, the {{NYCS trains|Brighton south}}, and the {{NYCS trains|Sea Beach south}}, respectively) to the main station building below the platforms; a non-ADA-compliant ramp leads from the {{NYCS trains|West End south|apos=y}} (western) platform, with steps. ADA access to the {{NYCS trains|West End south|time=nolink|apos=y}} platform is provided by an elevator at the north end of that platform. The elevator leads to an overpass that connects to another ADA-compliant elevator at the northern end of the {{NYCS trains|Sea Beach south|time=nolink|apos=y}} platform. There are also stairways down to the station building.<ref name="Cox" /> The station has train crew facilities at its north end.<ref name="Chan 2005" /> North of the station, tracks 1–2 and 7–8 lower to run at-grade adjacent to the yard.<ref name="tracks" />
Nearly everything in the current station dates to the 2000s renovation;<ref name="Chan 2005" /><ref name="p30594769022"
As part of the [[MTA Arts & Design]] program, an artwork by Robert Wilson, ''My Coney Island Baby'', was installed in 2004.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Coney Island-Stillwell Avenue: Robert Wilson: My Coney Island Baby, 2004 |url=http://web.mta.info/mta/aft/permanentart/permart.html?agency=nyct&line=Q&artist=1&station=23 |access-date=August 15, 2016 |website=web.mta.info |publisher=[[Metropolitan Transportation Authority]]}}</ref><ref name="Knoke 2015">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=k2VmCQAAQBAJ|title=Subway Adventure Guide: New York City: To the End of the Line|last=Knoke|first=Kyle|date=May 1, 2015|publisher=Triumph Books|isbn=9781629370774|language=en}}</ref><ref name="Goodrich 2005">{{cite web|url=http://www.nysun.com/arts/fun-house-meets-bauhaus/19727/|title=Fun House Meets Bauhaus|last=Goodrich|first=John|date=September 8, 2005|website=[[The New York Sun]]|access-date=August 16, 2016}}</ref> The artwork consists of glass bricks measuring {{convert|8|by|8|in}} across and {{convert|1.5|in}} thick, which in turn form a wall measuring {{convert|17|ft}} tall.<ref name="nyt-2004-04-02">{{Cite news |last=Vogel |first=Carol |date=April 2, 2004 |title=Inside Art |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/04/02/arts/inside-art.html |access-date=May 18, 2023 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> The wall contains [[Screen printing|silk screen prints]] that feature beach-related scenes, especially scenes related to Coney Island's history.<ref name="My Coney Island Baby">{{cite web |title=My Coney Island Baby |url=https://new.mta.info/agency/arts-design/collection/my-coney-island-baby |access-date=May 18, 2023 |website=[[Metropolitan Transportation Authority]]}}</ref> The width of the wall is variously described as {{convert|300|ft}}<ref name="p30594769022" /> or {{Convert|370|ft}}.<ref name="
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[[File:Coney IslandStillwell.JPG|thumb|right|250px|Main entrance through station house]]
The [[Station building|station house]], called the Portal Building, was designed by di Domenico + Partners<ref name="Matus 2003 5" /><ref name="Morris 2010" /><ref name="Goodrich 2005" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ddp-ny.com/projects/stillwell-avenue|title=Stillwell Avenue Portal Building|website=ddp-ny.com|publisher=di Domenico + Partners|access-date=August 16, 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161017050917/http://www.ddp-ny.com/projects/stillwell-avenue|archive-date=October 17, 2016}}</ref> and built by Vertex Engineering Services.<ref name="Chan 2005" /><ref name="Matus 2003 5" /> The three-floor, {{Convert|34,000|sqft|m2|
The Portal Building's main entrance is on Surf Avenue past the station's south end.<ref name="MTA-NameofNeighborhood-2015">{{cite web|url=http://web.mta.info/maps/neighborhoods/bkn/B16_Coney_Island_2015.pdf|title=MTA Neighborhood Maps: Coney Island|date=2015|website=[[Metropolitan Transportation Authority|mta.info]]|publisher=[[Metropolitan Transportation Authority]]|access-date=August 15, 2016}}</ref> From this entrance, there is a police precinct (Transit District 34 of the [[New York City Police Department]]<ref name="Goodrich 2005" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.nyc.gov/html/nypd/html/transit_bureau/district_34.shtml|title=NYPD — Transit District 34|website=www.nyc.gov|access-date=August 15, 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160825032356/http://www.nyc.gov/html/nypd/html/transit_bureau/district_34.shtml|archive-date=August 25, 2016}}</ref>), retail space, and the station's [[fare control]] area.<ref name="Cox" /><ref name="Goodrich 2005" /> There is also another entrance/exit to the bus shelter on Mermaid Avenue.<ref name="Cox" /><ref name="MTA-NameofNeighborhood-2015" /> The retail space and the new station entrance were built during the 2001–2005 renovation.<ref name="Bahrampour 2002">{{cite web |last=Bahrampour |first=Tara |date=August 25, 2002 |title=Neighborhood Report: Coney Island: Trek to Beach Will Get Harder as Station Gets a Face-Lift |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/08/25/nyregion/neighborhood-report-coney-island-trek-beach-will-get-harder-station-gets-face.html |access-date=August 15, 2016 |website=The New York Times}}</ref> There is also a side entrance from Stillwell Avenue itself.<ref name="Cox" /><ref name="MTA-NameofNeighborhood-2015" />
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[[File:Coney Island-Stillwell Avenue Terminus.jpg|thumb|left|250px|D train terminating at Coney Island–Stillwell Avenue]]
The new station's infrastructure includes a soaring roof with arches reminiscent of grand European railway stations such as the [[Gare Saint-Lazare]] and the [[London Paddington station|Paddington railway station]].<ref name="Chan 2005" /> The roof is glazed with [[Photovoltaics|photovoltaic]] (solar electric) panels, consisting of 2,730 thin-film modules from [[Schott AG]],<ref name="p221077808">{{Cite magazine |last=Blankinship |first=Steve |date=Oct 2005 |title=Solar Dg Employed From Big Apple to Big D |magazine=Power Engineering |volume=109 |issue=10 |pages=67–68 |id={{ProQuest|221077808}}}}</ref> which cover about {{convert|76000|sqft|m2|-2}}.<ref name="
Due to their location near the beachfront, the station roof's solar panels needed to meet stringent [[Hurricane-proof building|hurricane standards]]. To meet those standards, the panels for the station were rigorously tested in a laboratory in [[York, Pennsylvania]].<ref name="Blake 2013" /> This makes Stillwell Avenue the first solar-powered subway station in the New York City Subway system.<ref name="Bahrampour 2002" /> The solar panels were expected to last for at least 35 years, and a catwalk is located below the roof if any solar panel replacements were ever needed.<ref name="Blake 2013" /> As a bonus feature, a low voltage current, which is emitted from the panels, serves as a deterrent against [[Columbidae|pigeons]].<ref name="Blake 2013" />
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=== Subway–bus transfer coordination ===
To reduce missed connections and waiting time between the {{NYC bus link|B36}} and {{NYC bus link|B82}} buses and the {{NYCS trains|Brighton south|type=train}}, New York City Transit began operating yellow holding lights to signal bus operators to wait for imminently arriving trains. The lights, which began operating March 10, 2014, are on the northeast corner of Surf and Stillwell Avenues and in the Mermaid Avenue Bus Loop. This system operates during late nights, from 11:00
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The station is located across Surf Avenue from the Coney Island amusement area. It is close to the [[Luna Park (Coney Island, 2010)|Luna Park]] amusement park, formerly the site of [[Astroland]];<ref name="MTA-NameofNeighborhood-2015" /> the Scream Zone area, operated by Luna Park;<ref name="MTA-NameofNeighborhood-2015" /> [[Deno's Wonder Wheel Amusement Park]];<ref name="Walsh 2002" /><ref name="MTA-NameofNeighborhood-2015" /> the [[Coney Island Cyclone|Cyclone]]<ref name="Walsh 2002" /><ref name="Knoke 2015" /><ref name="MTA-NameofNeighborhood-2015" /> and [[Thunderbolt (2014 roller coaster)|Thunderbolt]] roller coasters;<ref name="MTA-NameofNeighborhood-2015" /> and the amusement area on the site of [[Steeplechase Park]], which includes the [[B&B Carousell]].<ref name="MTA-NameofNeighborhood-2015" /> Other nearby attractions include the original [[Nathan's Famous]] store and the [[Riegelmann Boardwalk]] along the Atlantic Ocean.<ref name="Knoke 2015" /><ref name="MTA-NameofNeighborhood-2015" /> The [[New York Aquarium]] is a few blocks to the east, though the [[West Eighth Street–New York Aquarium station]] is closer to the aquarium than the Stillwell Avenue station is.<ref name="MTA-NameofNeighborhood-2015" />
Slightly to the west is [[Maimonides Park]], home park of the [[Brooklyn Cyclones]], a minor league baseball team.
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