South Brooklyn Railway

40°39′16″N 74°00′36″W / 40.6545436°N 74.0099555°W / 40.6545436; -74.0099555

South Brooklyn Railway
South Brooklyn Railway junction, under Exit 23 of the Gowanus Expressway
Overview
StatusOperating
OwnerCity of New York
LocaleSunset Park, Brooklyn, New York City
Termini
Service
TypeFreight rail
SystemNone; connected to New York City Subway
Operator(s)New York City Transit Authority
Rolling stock2 GE47T diesels
History
Opened1887
Technical
CharacterFreight railroad
Track gauge4 ft 8+12 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Route map

NYNJ Rail via 1st Avenue
to BAT and LIRR Bay Ridge Branch
2nd Avenue
38th Street
39th Street
5th Avenue

The South Brooklyn Railway (reporting mark SBK) is a railroad in the New York City borough of Brooklyn. It is owned by the government of New York City and operated by the New York City Transit Authority. Its original main line ran parallel to 38th Street from the Upper New York Bay to McDonald Avenue, and south on McDonald Avenue to the Coney Island Yards, mostly underneath the former Culver Shuttle and the IND Culver Line of the New York City Subway.

Parts of the original line still exist. The section between the BMT West End Line's Ninth Avenue station and its interchange yard at Second Avenue and 39th Street is still open. The section under the IND Culver Line has been paved over. Today, it runs only from the 36th–38th Street Yard in the east to the South Brooklyn Marine Terminal in the west.