

The Brighton Beach Hotel was located on Coney Island by the Atlantic Ocean at the foot of modern-day Coney Island Avenue. On July 2, 1878, this steam railroad began operations on what would become the BMT Brighton Line, from Prospect Park to the Brighton Beach Hotel in Brighton Beach, which opened at the same time. The predecessor to the subway service known as the Q today was the Brooklyn, Flatbush and Coney Island Railway. Eden Avenue 1878–1920: Original railroad File:MTA NYC Subway Q train arriving at Beverley Rd (2).jpg

Eden Avenue–Manhattan (BMT)'s 1 service beginning in 1920, it ran along the Brighton Line in Brooklyn and Broadway Line in Manhattan. Limited rush hour service operates locally in Brooklyn via the BMT Sea Beach Line and express via the BMT Fourth Avenue Line, but only in the northbound direction. Daytime service makes express stops in Manhattan and local stops in Brooklyn late night service makes local stops along its entire route. The Q operates at all times between 96th Street on the Upper East Side of Manhattan and Stillwell Avenue in Coney Island, Brooklyn, via the BMT Broadway Line, the Manhattan Bridge and the BMT Brighton Line.

Its route emblem, or "bullet", is colored Template:NYCS const since it uses the BMT Broadway Line in Mt. The Q Second Avenue/Broadway Express/Brighton Local is a rapid transit service in the B Division of the New York City Subway. Template:Short description Template:Redirect Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox NYCS service
