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			{{short description\|New York City Subway line}}
	] The '''Sea Beach Line''' is a ] line of the {{BMT}} division of the ], connecting the ] subway via a four-track wide open cut to ] in ]. It has at times hosted the fastest express service between ] and Coney Island, but now carries only local trains. On ], ], Sea Beach trains started running to ] again after several years of truncation to ].
			{{Use mdy dates\|date=August 2023}}
			{{Infobox rail line
			\| name = BMT Sea Beach Line
			\| image = {{rint\|nycs\|N\|size=50}}
			\| image_width = 75
			\| caption = The ] serves the entire Sea Beach Line at all times.<br />Limited rush-hour service is also provided by the ].
			\| type = ]
			\| system = ]
			\| start = ]
			\| end = ]
			\| stations = 10
			\| open = 1915–1918
			\| owner = ]
			\| operator = ]
			\| daily_ridership = 45,909 (2023)<ref name="ridership">{{NYCS const\|riderref\|weekday}}</ref>
			\| character = Open-Cut /At-Grade
			(<small> Coney Island Yard stretch </small>) /Elevated (<small>at Stillwell Avenue</small>)
			\| linelength =
			\| tracks = 2–4
			\| gauge = {{RailGauge\|ussg}}
			\| electrification = ]
			\| map = {{BMT Sea Beach Line\|inline=1}}
			\| map_state = collapsed
			}}

			The '''BMT Sea Beach Line''' is a ] line of the ] division of the ], connecting the ] at ] via a four-track wide open cut to ] in ]. It has at times hosted the fastest express service between ] and Coney Island, since there are no express stations along the entire stretch, but now carries only local trains on the ] service, which serves the entire line at all times. During rush hours, several ] trains serve the line north of ].

	==Extent and service==		==Extent and service==
			The following services use part or all of the BMT Sea Beach Line:<ref>{{NYCS const\|serviceguide}}</ref>
	The Sea Beach Line currently carries only {{NYCS N}} trains over the two local tracks.
			{\|class="wikitable"
			!
			!Time period
			!Section of line
			\|-
			\|{{rint\|newyork\|N}}
			\|all times
			\|full line
			\|-
			\|{{rint\|newyork\|W}}
			\|five rush-hour trains<ref name="86N">{{cite web \|date=July 19, 2021 \|title=86 St – OpenMobilityData \|url=https://transitfeeds.com/p/mta/79/latest/stop/N10N/20210726 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210719222837/https://transitfeeds.com/p/mta/79/latest/stop/N10N/20210726 \|archive-date=July 19, 2021 \|access-date=July 19, 2021 \|website=transitfeeds.com}}</ref><ref name="86S">{{cite web\|url=https://transitfeeds.com/p/mta/79/latest/stop/N10S/20210726\|title=86 St – OpenMobilityData\|date=July 19, 2021\|website=transitfeeds.com\|access-date=July 19, 2021\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210719222837/https://transitfeeds.com/p/mta/79/latest/stop/N10S/20210726\|archive-date=July 19, 2021}}</ref>
			\|north of ]
			\|}
			] on the left and the BMT Sea Beach Line on the right.]]
			]

			===Route description===
	The modern line begins as a split from the ] at a ] immediately south of ]. Between the station and the split, ] ] are provided between the local and express tracks of the Fourth Avenue Line, and then the express tracks curve east under the northbound local track to become the beginning of the Sea Beach Line. After emerging from the tunnel under Fourth Avenue, the two separate Sea Beach tracks rise on either side of a ramp which formerly connected to the original line to the Brooklyn shore at 65th Street in ].

			The modern line begins as a split from the ] at a ] immediately south of ]. Between the station and the split, ] are provided between the local and express tracks of the Fourth Avenue Line, and then the express tracks curve east under the northbound local track to become the beginning of the Sea Beach Line. After emerging from the tunnel under Fourth Avenue, the two separate Sea Beach tracks rise on either side of a ramp which formerly connected to the original line to the Brooklyn shore at 65th Street in ].<ref name="tracks">{{NYCS const\|trackref\|trackbook3}}</ref>
	After passing the former junction with the line to the shore, the Sea Beach widens to the width of four tracks, but the southbound express track is in need of repair. All stations have two side platforms, with no platform access to the express tracks anywhere on the Sea Beach right-of-way.

			After passing the former junction with the line to the shore, the Sea Beach widens to the width of four tracks. All stations have two side platforms with no platform access to the express tracks anywhere on the Sea Beach right-of-way.<ref name="tracks" />
	===Express tracks===
	The express tracks were originally intended to host the ''Coney Island Express'', a fast train to Coney Island since elevated train days. Express service was carried on these tracks twice in the line's history, for fast summer weekend expresses (]-] to ] station near City Hall and again for a short time in ] and ] to provide a fast rush-hour ] Express service for Coney Island-area riders. Though these expresses are thought of as being Sea Beach Expresses, they did not serve a single station on the Sea Beach Line.

			Before and after ], there are crossover switches to the southbound express track from the northbound express track. On both sides of Kings Highway, crossovers exist to allow express trains to switch to the local tracks before the station or local trains to switch to express after the station. The express tracks end south of ] as the line becomes double-tracked, and cut diagonally adjacent to the ]. After several ] connections, the line ends at the ] terminal.<ref name="tracks" />
	The express tracks on the Sea Beach had other uses over the years. Most new equipment, especially experimental cars, were broken in on these tracks. The tracks were used for ] training, and they also were set up with a short stretch of ]-era ] to test the ill-fated system later used on one track of the ].

			===Express tracks===
	For most of their career, the two express tracks were an ], that is, there was no signal control between one end of the tracks near 6th Avenue and ] station. A new train was not supposed to enter the block until any train in front of it had departed the block.

			The express tracks were originally intended to host the ''Coney Island Express''. Service was carried on these tracks twice in the line's history — for summer weekend service to ] from 1924 to 1952 and again from 1967–1968 to provide a fast rush-hour ] express service for Coney Island riders (]). Though these expresses are thought of as being Sea Beach Expresses, they did not serve a single station on the Sea Beach Line.

			The express tracks on the Sea Beach had other uses over the years. Most new equipment, especially experimental cars, was broken in on these tracks. The tracks were used for ] training and set up with a short stretch of 1950s-era ] to test the ill-fated system later used on one track of the ].
	The express tracks from 6th Avenue to Kings Highway were allowed to severely deteriorate, as did much of the system from the ] on. In ], it was decided to rehabilitate the express tracks in this area, with full signalling. Only one of the tracks was repaired, however, and the other one was left for some future decision. This is why the southbound track (E3) is blocked from Kings Highway to 59th street. The northbound (E4) track was rehabilitated for two-way traffic from its northern end to Kings Highway and the southbound (E3) track remains unused, in need of repair. While there are switches to both tracks, trains cannot travel on the southbound track until it is replaced. The Northbound Express track is currently used for reroutes in both directions when either local track is in need of maintenance.

			Historically, the two express tracks were an absolute block, that is, there was no signal control between one end of the tracks near Sixth Avenue and ]. A train was not supposed to enter the block until any train in front of it had departed the block.
	==Southern portion of the line==
	Before and after ], there are crossover switches to the southbound express track from the northbound express track. On both sides of Kings Highway, crossovers exist to allow express trains to switch to the local tracks before the station, or to allow local trains to switch to express after the station.

			The express tracks' section on this block was allowed to deteriorate severely as did much of the system from the 1970s on. In 1998, it was decided to rehabilitate the express tracks in this area, with full signaling. Only the northbound (E4) track was rehabilitated, however, for two-way traffic from its northern end to Kings Highway if needed. The southbound (E3) track remains unused, being disconnected from the other three tracks and inaccessible from ] to Kings Highway.<ref name="tracks" />
	The express tracks end south of ] as the line becomes double-tracked, and cuts diagonally adjacent to the ]. After several ] connections, the line ends at the ] terminal.

	==History==		==History==
	Like the ], the Sea Beach Line was once a ] ], named the '''New York and Sea Beach Railway'''. It was organized on ], ], and first opened for business on ], ], connecting the ] from ], ] with the ] on ]. Except at its two ends, the railroad used the same route as the current transit line. At the Bay Ridge end, the railroad ran just north of the ]'s ], ending at the ] around 64th Street. The current line joins this alignment near Fifth Avenue. The old railroad crossed the Bay Ridge Branch with a pronounced ] just east of Seventh Avenue; the crossing is now much straighter, with the Bay Ridge Branch in a deeper cut. On the Coney Island end, the original path curved left soon after the curve to the right at the northern edge of the Coney Island Yards, ending at the combined ] hotel and depot, on the north side of the ] at around West 10th Street.

			===Early history===
	In early ] the company went bankrupt, and it was reorganized on ], ] as the '''Sea Beach Railway'''. The ] (BRT) bought it on ], ], along with the short ] ] on Coney Island, and assigned it by lease to the ]. It was soon fitted with ] for electric operation as a branch of the ] from ] to Coney Island, with trains coming from ] in ] via the ] and ]. ]s ran over the rest of the line to Bay Ridge. The realignment to ] was built in ].
			]

			The '''New York and Sea Beach Railroad''' was organized on September 25, 1876, as a ] excursion railroad. It opened from a junction with the ] (West End Line) and concurrently-opened ] (Manhattan Beach Line) to Coney Island on July 18, 1877.<ref>{{cite news \| work = ] \| location = ] \|title=Another Line Open\|date = July 17, 1877\|page=4}}</ref><ref>{{cite news \| work = ] \| location = ] \|title=The Sea Beach Railroad\|date = July 19, 1877\|page=2}}</ref> After a delay of two years, it was opened to the Bay Ridge Ferry (to ]) on July 17, 1879, at which time the Sea Beach Palace opened at the Coney Island end.<ref>{{cite news \| work = ] \| location = ] \|title=Sea Beach\|date = July 15, 1879\|page=2}}</ref><!--the only station mentioned is "Gunther's Junction", earlier called "Bay Ridge Junction"--><ref>{{cite news \| work = ] \| location = ] \|title=The First Train\|date = July 17, 1879\|page=4}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite journal\|date=August 2015\|title=Two Anniversaries–Sea Beach and Steinway Tunnel\|url=https://issuu.com/erausa/docs/2015-08-bulletin\|journal=New York Division Bulletin\|publisher=New York Division, Electric Railroaders' Association\|volume=58\|issue=8\|access-date=August 31, 2016\|via=Issu}}</ref>
	]
	On ], ], the new four-track open cut was completed, and subway trains started running between Coney Island and ] in ]. The express tracks were finished several weeks later. When the ] was extended south from the Sea Beach Line on ], ], the Sea Beach trains were shifted to the express tracks on Fourth Avenue, with Fourth Avenue trains providing local service.

			] station, pre-renovation]]
	The tracks over the north side of the ] opened on ], ], along with part of the ]. All Sea Beach service was moved to the new line, ending at ]. This was extended to ] on ], ]; it continued to end there for a long time.

			Except at its two ends, the railroad used the same route as the current Sea Beach Line. At the Bay Ridge end, the railroad ran just north of the ]'s Bay Ridge Branch, ending at the Bay Ridge Channel around 64th Street. The current line joins this alignment near Fifth Avenue. The old railroad crossed the Bay Ridge Branch with a pronounced S-curve just east of Seventh Avenue; the crossing is now much straighter with the Bay Ridge Branch in a deeper cut. On the Coney Island end, the original path curved left soon after the curve to the right at the northern edge of the Coney Island Yards, ending at the combined Sea Beach Palace hotel and depot, on the north side of the ] at around West 10th Street.<ref name=":0" />
	In ] the {{BMT}} assigned numbers to its services; the ''Sea Beach Line'' service became the ''']'''. This has since become the ''']'''; see those pages for details on service. In general, Sea Beach service has always run express in Manhattan and on Fouth Avenue in Brooklyn, ending at 42nd Street and later ]. The ''']''' was begun in ] as a "super-express" from ] on the ] through ] and along the Sea Beach Line express tracks to 57th Street with only seven stops between Stillwell Avenue and 57th Street, three in Brooklyn and four in Manhattan. This service was canceled quickly due to low ridership; no regular trains have used the Sea Beach express tracks since.

			On May 22, 1883, the company was reorganized as the New York and Sea Beach Railway Company and was allowed to operate from New York Harbor to the Sea Beach Palace in Coney Island. The company went bankrupt, and a receiver was appointed on January 15, 1896, before the company was sold at foreclosure by the '''Sea Beach Railway''', which was incorporated on August 29, 1896. The ] (BRT) bought the company's stock on November 5, 1897, along with the short ] Sea View Railway on Coney Island, and assigned it by lease to the Brooklyn Heights Railroad. It was soon fitted with ] for electric operation. A March 1, 1907, agreement allowed the company to operate through service from 38th Street and New Utrecht Avenue to Coney Island. Starting around 1908, electric trains began operating as a branch of the ] from ] to Coney Island, with trains coming from ] in Manhattan via the ] and ]. ]s ran over the rest of the line to Bay Ridge, from New Utrecht Avenue and 62nd Street to 65th Street and Third Avenue. In 1907, connecting tracks were built connecting to the West End Line just north of ] in order to bring Sea Beach trains into ]. The original alignment was retained for freight service only.<ref name=":0" />
	In later years the ''']''' has been extended from 57th Street, first to ] via the ] and later to ], where it still terminates.

			The portion of the line between 62nd Street and New Utrecht Avenue and Third Avenue and 65th Street was replaced by bus service between December 1, 1913, and June 23, 1914, when trolley service resumed service before being eliminated on June 22, 1915.<ref name=":0" />

			]

			As part of the ], and while the Fourth Avenue Subway Line was being constructed the BRT dug a four-track open cut and built high-level platforms for subway operation on the Sea Beach Line. Trolley cars started using the new open cut between Avenue T and 86th Street on January 9, 1914. Service was gradually extended until the new Sea Beach Line opened for full subway service. Two subway cars with poles were run between Third Avenue and New Utrecht Avenue and started operating on March 16, 1915. Additional cars were equipped with poles and operated service on the line from May 1, 1915, until the line opened for full subway service on June 22, 1915, with trains running between Coney Island and ] in ]. Service started with two- and three-car trains operating via the Fourth Avenue local track and the Manhattan Bridge south tracks. The express tracks were finished several weeks later. When the ] was extended south from the Sea Beach Line on January 15, 1916, the Sea Beach trains were shifted to the express tracks on Fourth Avenue, with Fourth Avenue trains providing local service.<ref name=":0" />

			The tracks over the north side of the ] opened on September 4, 1917, along with part of the ]. All Sea Beach service was moved to the new line, ending at ].<ref>{{Cite news\|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1917/09/05/archives/open-first-section-of-broadway-line-train-carrying-1000-passengers.html\|title=OPEN FIRST SECTION OF BROADWAY LINE; Train Carrying 1,000 Passengers Runs from Fourteenth Street to Coney Island.REGULAR SERVICE BEGINSNew Road Is Expected to Relieve Old System of 15,000 PersonsDaily in Rush Hours. Service Commissioners Jubliant. Schedule Not Fully Arranged.\|date=September 5, 1917\|access-date=November 5, 2016\|issn=0362-4331\|newspaper=The New York Times}}</ref> This was extended to ] on January 5, 1918.

			In 1924, the ] assigned numbers to its services. The ''Sea Beach Line'' service became the ]. This has since become the {{NYCS service\|N}} train. In general, Sea Beach service has always run express in Manhattan and on Fourth Avenue in Brooklyn, ending at 42nd Street and later ]. The {{NYCS service\|NX}} began on November 27, 1967, as a "super-express" from ] on the ] through ], and along the Sea Beach Line express tracks to 57th Street with only seven stops between Stillwell Avenue and 57th Street, three in Brooklyn and four in Manhattan. This service was discontinued on April 15, 1968, due to low ridership, and no regular trains have used the Sea Beach express tracks since.<ref name=":02">{{Cite web\|url=http://www.thejoekorner.com/lines/suball-frame.htm\|title=SUBWAY LINE NAMES\|last=Korman\|first=Joseph D.\|website=www.thejoekorner.com\|access-date=October 23, 2016}}</ref><ref name="erictb.info2">{{cite web\|url=http://www.erictb.info/linehistory.html\|title=NYCT Line by Line History\|last=Bolden\|first=Eric\|access-date=October 30, 2016\|work=erictb.info}}</ref><ref>, effective April 15, 1968</ref>

			{{Use mdy dates\|date=August 2023}}

			===Later years===

			In the 1970s, there was a proposal to renovate the Sea Beach open cut, which was deteriorating to the point that a retaining wall along the line was in danger of collapsing onto the tracks.<ref>{{Cite news\|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1974/04/28/archives/subway-repairs-voted-by-city-east-river-duct-work.html\|title=Subway Repairs Voted By City\|last=Fowler\|first=Glenn\|date=April 28, 1974\|work=The New York Times\|access-date=September 8, 2017\|language=en-US\|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> Funding was allocated for the line's infrastructure improvements in 1975.<ref>{{Cite news\|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1975/10/19/archives/subway-improvements-set-by-mta.html\|title=Subway Improvements Set by M.T.A.\|last=Burks\|first=Edward C.\|date=October 19, 1975\|work=The New York Times\|access-date=September 8, 2017\|language=en-US\|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> More than $20 million was earmarked for New York City Subway projects in 1977, including for upgrades to the Sea Beach line.<ref>{{Cite news\|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1977/10/04/archives/mta-receives-280-million-in-federal-grants.html\|title=M.T.A. Receives $280 Million in Federal Grants\|last=Burks\|first=Edward C. Burks\|date=October 4, 1977\|work=The New York Times\|access-date=September 8, 2017\|language=en-US\|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>

			In 1986, the ] launched a study to determine whether to close 79 stations on 11 routes, including the entire Sea Beach Line, due to low ridership and high repair costs.<ref name="Brooke 1986 p781">{{cite web \|last=Brooke \|first=James \|date=April 29, 1986 \|title=Subway Aides to Weigh Cuts on 11 Routes \|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1986/04/29/nyregion/subway-aides-to-weigh-cuts-on-11-routes.html \|access-date=January 25, 2024 \|website=The New York Times}}</ref><ref name="n139526241">{{Cite news \|last=Gordy \|first=Margaret \|date=1986-04-29 \|title=MTA Studies Citywide Cuts in Subway Lines, Stations \|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/newsday-mta-studies-citywide-cuts-in-sub/139526241/ \|access-date=2024-01-25 \|work=Newsday \|pages=3, }}</ref> Numerous figures, including New York City Council member ], criticized the plans.<ref name="n139526241" /><ref name="Finder 1986 j495">{{cite web \|last=Finder \|first=Alan \|last2=Connelly \|first2=Mary \|date=May 4, 1986 \|title=The Region; On Shrinking The Subways \|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1986/05/04/weekinreview/the-region-on-shrinking-the-subways.html \|access-date=January 25, 2024 \|website=The New York Times}}</ref>

			{{wikinews\|New York City Subway N service to be restored to Coney Island May 29, via the Sea Beach Line}}
			]]]

			When ] was closed for reconstruction from 1993 to 1995 and November 4, 2001, to May 29, 2005, ] was the southern terminal for the N train.<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="erictb.info2"/><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\|website=mta.info\|publisher=Metropolitan Transportation Authority\|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><div class="thumb tmulti tleft"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:204px;max-width:204px"><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:202px;max-width:202px"><div class="thumbimage">
			]</div><div class="thumbcaption">] pre-renovation</div></div></div><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:202px;max-width:202px"><div class="thumbimage">
			]</div><div class="thumbcaption">Bay Parkway post-renovation</div></div></div></div></div>
			In October 2013, it was announced that the line would undergo extensive renovation. All stations would be waterproofed, with their ]s and passageways remodeled and stairways rebuilt; they would also get ], and turnstiles would be added to each station. In addition, ], which is prevalent on the line, would be mitigated; this required going onto private property to remove graffiti and fix the roofs of the stations. ] and ] would get wheelchair-accessible ]s. The $395,700,000 project was scheduled to begin in the winter of 2015,<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.homereporternews.com/news/general/two-elevators-coming-to-the-n-line-during-massive-rehabilitation/article_f6bc6a20-2d28-11e3-a283-001a4bcf887a.html \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140313022820/http://www.homereporternews.com/news/general/two-elevators-coming-to-the-n-line-during-massive-rehabilitation/article_f6bc6a20-2d28-11e3-a283-001a4bcf887a.html \|url-status=dead \|archive-date=March 13, 2014 \|title=Two elevators coming to the N line during massive rehabilitation \|date=October 4, 2013 \|access-date=May 24, 2014 }}</ref> but work began in late June 2015.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.bensonhurstbean.com/2012/07/hazards-of-the-sea-beach-n-line-stations/\|title=Hazards Of The Sea Beach N Line Stations\|author=lvladimirova\|work=Bensonhurst Bean\|access-date=May 29, 2014\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140529223056/http://www.bensonhurstbean.com/2012/07/hazards-of-the-sea-beach-n-line-stations/\|archive-date=May 29, 2014\|url-status=dead}}</ref>

			Funding for the renovation was provided for in the 2010–2014 Capital Program.<ref>{{Cite web\| title=MTA Capital Program 2010-2014 \| url=http://web.mta.info/capital/pdf/CapitalConstruction_1014.pdf \| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140114135146/http://web.mta.info:80/capital/pdf/CapitalConstruction_1014.pdf \| archive-date=2014-01-14}}</ref> From January 18, 2016, to May 22, 2017, the Manhattan-bound platforms of all stations were closed. At Bay Parkway and Eighth Avenue, temporary wooden platforms were placed on the southbound express trackbed.<ref name="mta.info N Line Sea Beach 2016">{{Cite web\|title = N Line Sea Beach – 2016\|url = http://web.mta.info/nyct/service/NLine2016/\|website = web.mta.info\|access-date = January 18, 2016\|archive-date = January 18, 2016\|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160118015523/http://web.mta.info/nyct/service/NLine2016/\|url-status = dead}}

			*{{cite web \| title=9 Brooklyn N train stations to shut down for 14 months \| website=am New York \| date=January 14, 2016 \| url=http://www.amny.com/transit/n-train-closings-9-brooklyn-station-platforms-to-close-for-14-months-1.11325586 \| access-date=January 18, 2016 \| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160118131230/http://www.amny.com/transit/n-train-closings-9-brooklyn-station-platforms-to-close-for-14-months-1.11325586 \| archive-date=January 18, 2016 \| url-status=dead }}
			*{{cite web \| last=Katinas \| first=Paula \| title=Commuter headache: MTA to renovate N train stations \| website=Brooklyn Daily Eagle \| date=December 18, 2014 \| url=http://www.brooklyneagle.com/articles/2014/12/18/commuter-headache-mta-renovate-n-train-stations \| access-date=January 18, 2016 \| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181027143028/http://www.brooklyneagle.com/articles/2014/12/18/commuter-headache-mta-renovate-n-train-stations \| archive-date=October 27, 2018 \| url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://web.mta.info/nyct/maps/subway_map.pdf \|title=New York City Subway Map \|date=May 1, 2017 \|website=mta.info \|publisher=Metropolitan Transportation Authority \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170502011736/http://web.mta.info/nyct/maps/subway_map.pdf \|archive-date=May 2, 2017 \|url-status=dead \|access-date=May 2, 2017 }}</ref> After a two-month halt in construction, the Coney Island bound platforms closed on July 31, 2017.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://brooklynreporter.com/story/manhattan-bound-service-return-n-stations-sea-beach-line/\|title=Manhattan-bound service to return to N stations on Sea Beach Line\|last=DeJesus\|first=Jaime\|date=May 17, 2017\|website=brooklynreporter.com\|access-date=May 18, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://www.mta.info/press-release/nyc-transit/manhattan-bound-service-returns-n-stations-sea-beach-line\|title=Manhattan-Bound Service Returns to N Stations on Sea Beach Line\|date=May 17, 2017\|website=www.mta.info\|publisher=Metropolitan Transportation Authority\|access-date=May 26, 2017\|archive-date=July 30, 2017\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170730064618/http://www.mta.info/press-release/nyc-transit/manhattan-bound-service-returns-n-stations-sea-beach-line\|url-status=dead}}</ref> The southbound platforms at Kings Highway, Avenue U, and 86th Street reopened on October 29, 2018, with closures lasting a month less than for their northbound counterparts.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://web.mta.info/mta/news/books/pdf/181113_1030_Transit.pdf\|title=Transit & Bus Committee Meeting – November 2018\|date=November 13, 2018\|website=mta.info\|publisher=]\|pages=164\|access-date=November 10, 2018}}</ref> The southbound platforms between Eighth Avenue and Bay Parkway, however, were closed until July 1, 2019, six months longer than their northern counterparts and seven months longer than the other three southbound platforms.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://travel.mtanyct.info/serviceadvisory/routeStatusResult.aspx?tag=ALL&date=07/01/2019&time=&method=getstatus4\|title=Planned Service Changes for: Monday, July 1, 2019\|date=July 1, 2019\|website=travel.mtanyct.info\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190701152409/http://travel.mtanyct.info/serviceadvisory/routeStatusResult.aspx?tag=ALL&date=7%2F1%2F2019&time=&method=getstatus4\|archive-date=July 1, 2019\|url-status=live\|access-date=July 1, 2019}}</ref> The elevators at New Utrecht Avenue/62nd Street opened on July 19, 2019.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://www.mta.info/press-release/nyc-transit/mta-installs-four-elevators-other-ada-features-new-utrecht-av62-st-station\|title=MTA Installs Four Elevators, Other ADA Features at New Utrecht Av/62 St Station Complex\|date=July 19, 2019\|website=mta.info\|publisher=Metropolitan Transportation Authority\|access-date=July 19, 2019\|archive-date=January 10, 2021\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210110100435/https://www.mta.info/press-release/nyc-transit/mta-installs-four-elevators-other-ada-features-new-utrecht-av62-st-station\|url-status=dead}}</ref> The northbound elevator at Eighth Avenue opened on November 4, 2019,<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://www.mta.info/press-release/nyc-transit/mta-opens-new-elevator-8-av-northbound-access-improve-accessibility\|title=MTA Opens New Elevator at 8 Av for Northbound Access to Improve Accessibility in Southern Brooklyn\|date=November 4, 2019\|website=mta.info\|publisher=Metropolitan Transportation Authority\|access-date=November 4, 2019\|archive-date=November 6, 2019\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191106022640/http://www.mta.info/press-release/nyc-transit/mta-opens-new-elevator-8-av-northbound-access-improve-accessibility\|url-status=dead}}</ref> with the southbound elevator opening on July 30, 2023. From October 21, 2019, until April 27, 2020, N trains terminated at 86th Street so work could be completed to protect Coney Island Yard from flooding. An out-of-system transfer was made available between the N at 86th Street and the F at ].<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://new.mta.info/system_modernization/coneyislandyard\|title=Preparing for Climate Change: Protecting the Coney Island Yard\|date=September 16, 2019\|website=mta.info\|publisher=Metropolitan Transportation Authority\|language=en\|access-date=September 17, 2019}}</ref>

	==Station listing==		==Station listing==

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	==~~See also~~==		==References==
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			== Further reading ==
	==External links==
	{{wikinews\|New York City Subway N service to be restored to Coney Island May 29, via the Sea Beach Line}}
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			*Rapid Transit's Coney Island Route, '']'' November 30, 1897, page 4
	==References==
			*Brooklyn's Subway Will Open Today, ''The New York Times'' June 19, 1915, page 18
	*
	*~~Rapid~~ ~~Transit's~~ ~~Coney~~ ~~Island~~ ~~Route~~, ] ~~November~~ 30, ~~1897~~ page 4		*New Subway Opens; Mayor Not Present, ''The New York Times'' June 20, 1915, page 6
	*~~Brooklyn's~~ ~~Subway~~ ~~Will~~ ~~Open~~ ~~Today~~, ] ~~June~~ 19, ~~1915~~ page 18		*To Open New Subway Link, ''The New York Times'' January 14, 1916, page 16
	*~~New~~ ~~Subway~~ ~~Opens;~~ ~~Mayor~~ ~~Not~~ ~~Present~~, ] ~~June~~ 20, ~~1915~~ page 6		*Open First Section of Broadway Line, ''The New York Times'' September 5, 1917, page 8
	*~~To Open~~ New Subway ~~Link~~, ] January 14, ~~1916~~ page 16		*New Subway Extension, ''The New York Times'' January 6, 1918, page 37

	*Open First Section of Broadway Line, ] September 5, 1917 page 8
			==External links==
	*New Subway Extension, ] January 6, 1918 page 37
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Latest revision as of 15:22, 11 January 2025

New York City Subway line

BMT Sea Beach Line

The N serves the entire Sea Beach Line at all times.
Limited rush-hour service is also provided by the W.

Overview

Owner

City of New York

Termini

Stations

Service

Type

Rapid transit

System

New York City Subway

Operator(s)

New York City Transit Authority

Daily ridership

45,909 (2023)

History

Opened

1915–1918

Technical

Number of tracks

2–4

Character

Open-Cut /At-Grade ( Coney Island Yard stretch ) /Elevated (at Stillwell Avenue)

Track gauge

4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm)

Electrification

600V DC third rail

Route map

Legend


					Fourth Avenue Line
					LIRR Bay Ridge Branch
					Eighth Avenue
					Fort Hamilton Parkway
					New Utrecht Avenue (West End Line)
					18th Avenue
					20th Avenue
					Bay Parkway
					Kings Highway
					Avenue U
					86th Street
					to West End Line

					Stillwell \| Coney Island Yards
					West End Line

					Coney Island–Stillwell Avenue
					Culver Line
					Brighton Line

This diagram:

The BMT Sea Beach Line is a rapid transit line of the BMT division of the New York City Subway, connecting the BMT Fourth Avenue Line at 59th Street via a four-track wide open cut to Coney Island in Brooklyn. It has at times hosted the fastest express service between Manhattan and Coney Island, since there are no express stations along the entire stretch, but now carries only local trains on the N service, which serves the entire line at all times. During rush hours, several W trains serve the line north of 86th Street.

Extent and service

The following services use part or all of the BMT Sea Beach Line:

	Time period	Section of line
	all times	full line
	five rush-hour trains	north of 86th Street

Route description

The modern line begins as a split from the BMT Fourth Avenue Line at a flying junction immediately south of 59th Street. Between the station and the split, crossover switches are provided between the local and express tracks of the Fourth Avenue Line, and then the express tracks curve east under the northbound local track to become the beginning of the Sea Beach Line. After emerging from the tunnel under Fourth Avenue, the two separate Sea Beach tracks rise on either side of a ramp which formerly connected to the original line to the Brooklyn shore at 65th Street in Bay Ridge.

After passing the former junction with the line to the shore, the Sea Beach widens to the width of four tracks. All stations have two side platforms with no platform access to the express tracks anywhere on the Sea Beach right-of-way.

Before and after Kings Highway, there are crossover switches to the southbound express track from the northbound express track. On both sides of Kings Highway, crossovers exist to allow express trains to switch to the local tracks before the station or local trains to switch to express after the station. The express tracks end south of 86th Street as the line becomes double-tracked, and cut diagonally adjacent to the Coney Island Yards. After several yard connections, the line ends at the Coney Island–Stillwell Avenue terminal.

Express tracks

The express tracks were originally intended to host the Coney Island Express. Service was carried on these tracks twice in the line's history — for summer weekend service to Chambers Street from 1924 to 1952 and again from 1967–1968 to provide a fast rush-hour Broadway Line express service for Coney Island riders (NX). Though these expresses are thought of as being Sea Beach Expresses, they did not serve a single station on the Sea Beach Line.

The express tracks on the Sea Beach had other uses over the years. Most new equipment, especially experimental cars, was broken in on these tracks. The tracks were used for motorman training and set up with a short stretch of 1950s-era automation to test the ill-fated system later used on one track of the IRT 42nd Street Shuttle.

Historically, the two express tracks were an absolute block, that is, there was no signal control between one end of the tracks near Sixth Avenue and Kings Highway. A train was not supposed to enter the block until any train in front of it had departed the block.

The express tracks' section on this block was allowed to deteriorate severely as did much of the system from the 1970s on. In 1998, it was decided to rehabilitate the express tracks in this area, with full signaling. Only the northbound (E4) track was rehabilitated, however, for two-way traffic from its northern end to Kings Highway if needed. The southbound (E3) track remains unused, being disconnected from the other three tracks and inaccessible from 59th Street to Kings Highway.

History

Early history

The New York and Sea Beach Railroad was organized on September 25, 1876, as a steam-powered excursion railroad. It opened from a junction with the Brooklyn, Bath and Coney Island Railroad (West End Line) and concurrently-opened New York, Bay Ridge and Jamaica Railroad (Manhattan Beach Line) to Coney Island on July 18, 1877. After a delay of two years, it was opened to the Bay Ridge Ferry (to South Ferry, Manhattan) on July 17, 1879, at which time the Sea Beach Palace opened at the Coney Island end.

Except at its two ends, the railroad used the same route as the current Sea Beach Line. At the Bay Ridge end, the railroad ran just north of the Long Island Rail Road's Bay Ridge Branch, ending at the Bay Ridge Channel around 64th Street. The current line joins this alignment near Fifth Avenue. The old railroad crossed the Bay Ridge Branch with a pronounced S-curve just east of Seventh Avenue; the crossing is now much straighter with the Bay Ridge Branch in a deeper cut. On the Coney Island end, the original path curved left soon after the curve to the right at the northern edge of the Coney Island Yards, ending at the combined Sea Beach Palace hotel and depot, on the north side of the BMT Brighton Line at around West 10th Street.

On May 22, 1883, the company was reorganized as the New York and Sea Beach Railway Company and was allowed to operate from New York Harbor to the Sea Beach Palace in Coney Island. The company went bankrupt, and a receiver was appointed on January 15, 1896, before the company was sold at foreclosure by the Sea Beach Railway, which was incorporated on August 29, 1896. The Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company (BRT) bought the company's stock on November 5, 1897, along with the short elevated Sea View Railway on Coney Island, and assigned it by lease to the Brooklyn Heights Railroad. It was soon fitted with trolley wire for electric operation. A March 1, 1907, agreement allowed the company to operate through service from 38th Street and New Utrecht Avenue to Coney Island. Starting around 1908, electric trains began operating as a branch of the BMT West End Line from Bath Junction to Coney Island, with trains coming from Park Row in Manhattan via the Brooklyn Bridge and BMT Fifth Avenue Line. Streetcars ran over the rest of the line to Bay Ridge, from New Utrecht Avenue and 62nd Street to 65th Street and Third Avenue. In 1907, connecting tracks were built connecting to the West End Line just north of Coney Island Creek in order to bring Sea Beach trains into West End Depot. The original alignment was retained for freight service only.

The portion of the line between 62nd Street and New Utrecht Avenue and Third Avenue and 65th Street was replaced by bus service between December 1, 1913, and June 23, 1914, when trolley service resumed service before being eliminated on June 22, 1915.

As part of the Dual Contracts, and while the Fourth Avenue Subway Line was being constructed the BRT dug a four-track open cut and built high-level platforms for subway operation on the Sea Beach Line. Trolley cars started using the new open cut between Avenue T and 86th Street on January 9, 1914. Service was gradually extended until the new Sea Beach Line opened for full subway service. Two subway cars with poles were run between Third Avenue and New Utrecht Avenue and started operating on March 16, 1915. Additional cars were equipped with poles and operated service on the line from May 1, 1915, until the line opened for full subway service on June 22, 1915, with trains running between Coney Island and Chambers Street in Lower Manhattan. Service started with two- and three-car trains operating via the Fourth Avenue local track and the Manhattan Bridge south tracks. The express tracks were finished several weeks later. When the BMT Fourth Avenue Line was extended south from the Sea Beach Line on January 15, 1916, the Sea Beach trains were shifted to the express tracks on Fourth Avenue, with Fourth Avenue trains providing local service.

The tracks over the north side of the Manhattan Bridge opened on September 4, 1917, along with part of the BMT Broadway Line. All Sea Beach service was moved to the new line, ending at 14th Street–Union Square. This was extended to Times Square–42nd Street on January 5, 1918.

In 1924, the BMT assigned numbers to its services. The Sea Beach Line service became the 4. This has since become the N train. In general, Sea Beach service has always run express in Manhattan and on Fourth Avenue in Brooklyn, ending at 42nd Street and later 57th Street. The NX began on November 27, 1967, as a "super-express" from Brighton Beach on the BMT Brighton Line through Coney Island–Stillwell Avenue, and along the Sea Beach Line express tracks to 57th Street with only seven stops between Stillwell Avenue and 57th Street, three in Brooklyn and four in Manhattan. This service was discontinued on April 15, 1968, due to low ridership, and no regular trains have used the Sea Beach express tracks since.

Later years

In the 1970s, there was a proposal to renovate the Sea Beach open cut, which was deteriorating to the point that a retaining wall along the line was in danger of collapsing onto the tracks. Funding was allocated for the line's infrastructure improvements in 1975. More than $20 million was earmarked for New York City Subway projects in 1977, including for upgrades to the Sea Beach line.

In 1986, the New York City Transit Authority launched a study to determine whether to close 79 stations on 11 routes, including the entire Sea Beach Line, due to low ridership and high repair costs. Numerous figures, including New York City Council member Carol Greitzer, criticized the plans.

When Coney Island–Stillwell Avenue was closed for reconstruction from 1993 to 1995 and November 4, 2001, to May 29, 2005, 86th Street was the southern terminal for the N train.

Bay Parkway pre-renovation

Bay Parkway post-renovation

In October 2013, it was announced that the line would undergo extensive renovation. All stations would be waterproofed, with their houses and passageways remodeled and stairways rebuilt; they would also get Help Points, and turnstiles would be added to each station. In addition, graffiti, which is prevalent on the line, would be mitigated; this required going onto private property to remove graffiti and fix the roofs of the stations. Eighth Avenue and New Utrecht Avenue/62nd Street would get wheelchair-accessible elevators. The $395,700,000 project was scheduled to begin in the winter of 2015, but work began in late June 2015.

Funding for the renovation was provided for in the 2010–2014 Capital Program. From January 18, 2016, to May 22, 2017, the Manhattan-bound platforms of all stations were closed. At Bay Parkway and Eighth Avenue, temporary wooden platforms were placed on the southbound express trackbed. After a two-month halt in construction, the Coney Island bound platforms closed on July 31, 2017. The southbound platforms at Kings Highway, Avenue U, and 86th Street reopened on October 29, 2018, with closures lasting a month less than for their northbound counterparts. The southbound platforms between Eighth Avenue and Bay Parkway, however, were closed until July 1, 2019, six months longer than their northern counterparts and seven months longer than the other three southbound platforms. The elevators at New Utrecht Avenue/62nd Street opened on July 19, 2019. The northbound elevator at Eighth Avenue opened on November 4, 2019, with the southbound elevator opening on July 30, 2023. From October 21, 2019, until April 27, 2020, N trains terminated at 86th Street so work could be completed to protect Coney Island Yard from flooding. An out-of-system transfer was made available between the N at 86th Street and the F at Avenue X station.

Station listing

Station service legend
	Stops all times
	Stops rush hours only
Time period details

	Station is compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act
↑	Station is compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act in the indicated direction only
↓
	Elevator access to mezzanine only

Neighborhood	Station	Tracks	Services	Opened	Transfers and notes
splits from the BMT Fourth Avenue Line (N W )
Two center express tracks begin (no regular service) (Southbound track disconnected from line; northbound track bi-directional)
Sunset Park	Eighth Avenue	local	N W	June 22, 1915
Borough Park	Fort Hamilton Parkway	local	N W	June 22, 1915
Borough Park	New Utrecht Avenue	local	N W	June 22, 1915	BMT West End Line (D ) at 62nd Street
Mapleton	18th Avenue	local	N W	June 22, 1915
Mapleton	20th Avenue	local	N W	June 22, 1915
Bensonhurst	Bay Parkway	local	N W	June 22, 1915
Southbound express track reconnects to line (no regular service)
Gravesend	Kings Highway	local	N W	June 22, 1915	B82 Select Bus Service
	Avenue U	local	N W	June 22, 1915
	86th Street	local	N W	June 22, 1915
Center express tracks end
connecting tracks to Coney Island Yard
Coney Island	Coney Island–Stillwell Avenue	all	N	December 13, 1918	BMT Brighton Line (Q ) IND Culver Line (F <F> ) BMT West End Line (D )

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New York City Subway lines

A
Division

IRT

Manhattan/Queens	42nd Street Broadway–Seventh Avenue Flushing Lenox Avenue Lexington Avenue
Bronx	Dyre Avenue Jerome Avenue Pelham White Plains Road
Brooklyn	Eastern Parkway New Lots Nostrand Avenue
Bridges and tunnels	Broadway Bridge Joralemon Street Tunnel Steinway Tunnel
Former	Second Avenue Third Avenue Sixth Avenue Ninth Avenue Original subway Queensboro Bridge

B
Division

BMT

Manhattan/Queens	Astoria Broadway Nassau Street
Eastern division	Canarsie Jamaica Myrtle Avenue Williamsburg Bridge
Southern division	Brighton Fourth Avenue Franklin Avenue Sea Beach West End
Bridges and tunnels	60th Street Tunnel Montague Street Tunnel Williamsburg Bridge
Former	Brooklyn Bridge Culver East New York Loop Fifth Avenue Fulton Street Lexington Avenue

IND

Manhattan/Bronx	Concourse Eighth Avenue Second Avenue Sixth Avenue
Brooklyn/Queens	Crosstown Culver Fulton Street Queens Boulevard Rockaway
Bridges and tunnels	63rd Street Tunnel
Former	World's Fair

BMT/IND

Interdivision
connections

Purpose-built	Chrystie Street (BMT/IND) 60th Street (BMT/IND) 63rd Street (BMT/IND) Astoria / Flushing lines (BMT/IRT) Coney Island–Stillwell Avenue station (BMT/IND)
Yards	207th Street Yard (IND/IRT) Coney Island Complex (BMT/IND) Concourse Yard (IND/IRT) Linden Shops (BMT/IRT/LIRR)

Other

Note that this is a list of New York City Subway lines, which are the physical infrastructure over which services operate.
Lines with colors next to them are trunk lines; trunk lines determine the color of New York City Subway service bullets, except for shuttles, which are dark gray.

New York City Subway

Current
services

Shuttles	42nd Street Franklin Avenue Rockaway Park
Planned

Defunct
services

1985–present
Pre-1985	8 9 (Dyre Avenue) AA BB CC EE (Eighth Avenue) EE (Broadway) GG HH (Court Street) JJ K (Jamaica) KK LL MJ NX QB QJ QT RJ RR T TT
Shuttles	Bowling Green Broadway/63rd Street Culver Grand Street Nassau Street Polo Grounds Sixth Avenue/63rd Street
BMT numbers	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Brooklyn Loops East New York Loop
Unused labels	Unused New York City Subway service labels

Stations (List)

By borough	The Bronx Brooklyn Manhattan Queens
By type	Closed Terminals Transfer Accessible

Divisions

A Division
- IRT
B Division
- BMT
- IND

Other lists

History

Early history	IRT BMT BRT Dual Contracts
Expansions	MTA Capital Construction and Development Company Chrystie Street Connection Interborough Express Program for Action 7 Subway Extension Second Avenue Subway Historic proposals Construction Other proposals LaGuardia Airport extension
Notable crashes	Ninth Avenue, 1905 Malbone Street, 1918 Times Square, 1928 Union Square, 1991 Williamsburg Bridge, 1995 96th Street, 2024
Strikes	1966 1980 2005
Service disruptions	2017–2021 New York City transit crisis 2019–2020 L train shutdown
Other major incidents	1984 shooting 2000 lawsuit 2017 bombing 2020 fire 2022 attack 2023 killing 2024 immolation

Infrastructure

Accessibility
58 Joralemon Street
Fulton Center
- Corbin Building
- Dey Street Passageway
Substations
- 7
- 18
- 219
- 401
- IRT
- Dyckman-Hillside

Arts and
culture

Miscellaneous

Other rapid
transit in NYC

Historical	Beach Pneumatic Transit Manhattan Railway Company

Companies and predecessors of the Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit Corporation

Elevated railroads
and subways

Streetcars and
cable cars

Buses

Streetcar lists

Other

Carhouses	New York City Bus garages MTA Bus garages
Financing, advertising, real estate, etc.	Broadway Subway and Home Borough Car Advertising Company Transit Development Company

Categories:

Latest revision as of 15:22, 11 January 2025

Extent and service

Route description

Express tracks

History

Early history

Later years

Station listing

References

Further reading

External links