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This station opened on July 2, 1878, as part of an excursion railroad—the Brooklyn, Flatbush and Coney Island Railway—to bring beachgoers from downtown Brooklyn (via a connection with the Long Island Rail Road) to the seashore at Coney Island on the Atlantic Ocean, at a location named Brighton Beach at the same time the railroad arrived.
The Sheepshead Bay station is an express station on the BMT Brighton Line of the New York City Subway. It is located in the Sheepshead Bay neighborhood of Brooklyn . It is served by the Q train at all times and by the B train on weekdays.
The Brighton Line passing over Coney Island Avenue in Brighton Beach. In 1903, the New York State Legislature created the Brooklyn Grade Crossing Elimination Commission (BGCEC) to eliminate all grade crossings on the Brighton Beach Line and the Bay Ridge Line of the Long Island Rail Road. The city was supposed to cover half of the costs, not ...
A reconfiguration in 1954 resulted in the discontinuation of Brighton Line service on the lower level of West Eighth Street, as well as express service at Ocean Parkway. West of this station, the local tracks merge into the express tracks, which continue to serve the upper level of West Eighth Street.
Brighton Beach is featured in the Russian crime film Brother 2 (2000). [84] In the film Two Lovers (2008), the action takes place in Brighton Beach. [85] Brighton Beach is featured in the 2005 drama Lord of War starring Nicolas Cage, where the protagonist and his family immigrated to from Ukraine in order to escape the Soviet Union. [86]
Brighton i360 [2] is a 162 m (531 ft) moving observation tower on the seafront of Brighton, East Sussex, England at the landward end of the remains of the West Pier. [3] The tower opened on 4 August 2016. [4] From the fully enclosed viewing pod, visitors experience 360-degree views across Brighton, the South Downs and the English Channel.
Brighton Beach station is located in Brighton, a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria. The station is located close to the beach, hence its name. Directly to the south of the station is a level crossing with South Road. [4] The station is owned by VicTrack, a state government agency, and the station is operated by Metro Trains.
Big Beach Boutique II was a free concert held on 13 July 2002 by the English DJ Fatboy Slim (Norman Cook) on Brighton beach in Brighton, England. It was attended by over 250,000 people, four times more than expected. In 2022, Mixmag described the event as the largest outdoor party ever to take place in the UK. Local authorities were severely ...