Coney Island Avenue is a road in the
New York City
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borough
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History
In the Middle Ag ...
of
Brooklyn
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that runs north-south for a distance of roughly five miles, almost parallel to
Ocean Parkway and
Ocean Avenue Ocean Avenue may refer to:
Roads in the United States
* Ocean Avenue (San Francisco), California, see Ocean Avenue/CCSF Pedestrian Bridge station
* Ocean Avenue (Santa Monica), California
* Ocean Avenue (Palm Beach), Florida; see
* Ocean Avenue ( ...
. It begins at Brighton Beach Avenue in
Coney Island
Coney Island is a peninsular neighborhood and entertainment area in the southwestern section of the New York City borough of Brooklyn. The neighborhood is bounded by Brighton Beach and Manhattan Beach, Brooklyn, Manhattan Beach to its east, L ...
and goes north to Park Circle at the southwest corner of
Prospect Park, where it becomes Prospect Park Southwest. Near-parallel Ocean Parkway terminates five blocks south and three blocks west of that intersection, becoming the
Prospect Expressway (
New York State Route 27
New York State Route 27 (NY 27) is a long state highway that runs east–west from Interstate 278 (I-278) in the New York City borough of Brooklyn to Montauk Point State Park on Long Island, New York. Its two most prominent c ...
). Ocean Parkway originally extended north to Park Circle, where Coney Island Avenue meets Prospect Park, until construction of the Prospect Expressway replaced the northern half-mile of Ocean Parkway but included ramps to the edge of Prospect Park.
Coney Island Avenue frontage is dominated by mixed-use housing: pre-war apartment buildings, small shops, including many
antique shop
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An antiques shop can also be located within an anti ...
s, and service businesses. The
B68 bus line runs along Coney Island Avenue, connecting the Prospect Park area and
Downtown Brooklyn
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to the famous oceanfront attractions of Coney Island and
Brighton Beach
Brighton Beach is a List of Brooklyn neighborhoods, neighborhood in the southern portion of the New York City Borough (New York City), borough of Brooklyn, within the greater Coney Island area along the Atlantic Ocean coastline. Brighton Beach i ...
. It is also one of the most dangerous streets in New York City, with many avoidable accidents happening because of poor road design.
The
Brighton Beach station on the
BMT Brighton Line
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is located adjacent to Coney Island Avenue at the thoroughfare's intersection with Brighton Beach Avenue. The
15th Street-Prospect Park station
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Mathematics
15 is:
* A composite number, and the sixth semiprime; its proper divisors being , and .
* A deficient number, a smooth number, a lucky ...
on the
IND Culver Line
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is located at the north end of Prospect Park Southwest at Bartel Pritchard Square.
An area surrounding about of Coney Island Avenue is home to a sizable population of
Pakistani American
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s, and is informally called "Little Pakistan". In 2021, the
U.S. Census Bureau
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estimated that approximately 7,000
Pakistanis
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lived in a region bordering the street, and they made up nearly 10% of the population of the region.
References
External links
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Asian-American culture in New York City
Ethnic enclaves in New York (state)
Little Pakistans
Pakistani-American culture
Streets in Brooklyn
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