Neptune Avenue station

Neptune Avenue  ​
New York City Subway station (rapid transit)
Platform view at night
Station statistics
Address	Neptune Avenue & West Sixth Street Brooklyn, New York
Borough	Brooklyn
Locale	Coney Island
Coordinates	40°34′49.43″N 73°58′28.44″W / 40.5803972°N 73.9745667°W / 40.5803972; -73.9745667
Division	B (IND, formerly BMT)[1]
Line	IND Culver Line BMT Culver Line (formerly)
Services	F  (all times) <F>  (two rush hour trains, peak direction)​
Transit	NYCT Bus: B68
Structure	Elevated
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Other information
Opened	May 1, 1920; 104 years ago (May 1, 1920)
Accessible	not ADA-accessible; accessibility planned
Opposite- direction transfer	Yes
Former/other names	Van Sicklen
Traffic
2023	320,508[2]  11%
Rank	410 out of 423[2]
Services Preceding station New York City Subway Following station Avenue X F  <F> ​ toward Jamaica–179th Street Local West Eighth Street–New York Aquarium F  <F> ​ toward Coney Island–Stillwell Avenue
Location Show map of New York City Subway Show map of New York City Show map of New York
Track layout Legend to Avenue X to W Eighth St–NY Aquarium
Street map
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops all times Stops rush hours in the peak direction only (limited service) Stops weekdays and weekday late nights

The Neptune Avenue station is a station on the IND Culver Line of the New York City Subway, located in Coney Island, Brooklyn, at the intersection of Neptune Avenue and West 6th Street. It is served by the F train at all times and the <F> train during rush hours in the peak direction.

This station opened on May 1, 1920, as part of an extension of the BMT Culver Line from Avenue X to Coney Island–Stillwell Avenue, completing the line. This was the last of the four lines to Coney Island, and upon its opening the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company (BRT) was forced to cut the fare to Coney Island from ten to five cents.^[3][4]

In 2002, it was announced that Neptune Avenue would be one of ten subway stations citywide to receive renovations.^[5] The station was closed on September 8, 2002, in conjunction with the reconstruction of the Coney Island–Stillwell Avenue terminal,^[6] and service was restored on May 23, 2004.^[7] The renovation would take place during the temporary closure.^[5]

In 2019, the MTA announced that this station would become ADA-accessible as part of the agency's 2020–2024 Capital Program.^[8] The project was to be funded by congestion pricing in New York City, but it was postponed in June 2024 after the implementation of congestion pricing was delayed.^[9]

On January 10, 2024, a northbound F train derailed at the Neptune Avenue station.^[10]

P Platform level	Northbound	← toward Jamaica–179th Street (Avenue X)
	Island platform, doors will open on the left
	Southbound	→ toward Coney Island–Stillwell Avenue (West Eighth Street–New York Aquarium) →
M	Mezzanine	to entrances/exits, station agent, MetroCard vending machines
G	Street Level	Entrances/Exits

This elevated station has one island platform and two tracks.^[11] The platform has a brown canopy with green frames and support columns in the center and black lampposts at either end. The station signs are in the standard black plates with white lettering.

The 2004 artwork here is called Looking Up by Michael Krondl. It features stained glass panels on four of the station's sign structures depicting images related to Coney Island, including the Coney Island Cyclone.

The original name of this station was Van Sicklen, named for the family that owned the property through which the original surface right-of-way passed, and that operated the Van Sicklen Hotel at the location. The name was changed to Neptune Avenue in 1995.

This station has one elevated station-house beneath the center of the platform and tracks. Two staircases from the platform go down to a landing, where a set of doors for each one leads to two more staircases that go down to the mezzanine. The mezzanine has a turnstile bank, exit-only turnstile, token booth, and two staircases going down to either side of West Sixth Street north of Neptune Avenue.^[12]

• nycsubway.org – BMT Culver Line: Neptune Avenue
• Station Reporter — F Train
• The Subway Nut — Neptune Avenue Pictures
• MTA's Arts For Transit — Neptune Avenue (IND Culver Line)
• Entrance from Google Maps Street View
• Platform from Google Maps Street View