[5] The station opened on June 22, 1915, as part of an expanded Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company operation to Coney Island–Stillwell Avenue.

[13] Between October 21, 2019 and Spring 2020, N trains terminated here so work could be completed to protect Coney Island Yard from flooding.

Like many other stations on the Sea Beach Line, the platforms are dilapidated and have paint-chipped columns.

At the southern end of the station there is a pedestrian bridge for employees only that provides access to Coney Island Yard.

South of the station the line exits the open cut and runs at-grade.