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Coney Island Avenue is a roadway in the New York City borough of Brooklyn that runs for a distance of roughly five miles, almost parallel to Ocean Parkway. The City of New York In New York City, a borough is a unique form of government which administers the five fundamental constituent parts that make up the consolidated city Brooklyn (named after the Dutch town Breukelen) is one of the five boroughs of New York City. Ocean Parkway is a broad Boulevard and associated Neighborhood in the west central portion of the borough of Brooklyn in New York City It begins at Brighton Beach Avenue, in Coney Island, and goes all the way to Parkside Avenue (at the southwest corner of Prospect Park), where it becomes Prospect Park Southwest. Coney Island is a Peninsula, formerly an island in southernmost Brooklyn, New York City, USA with a Beach on the Atlantic Ocean Prospect Park is a 585 acre (24 km² public Park in the New York City borough of Brooklyn located between Park Slope, The near-parallel Ocean Parkway terminates five blocks south and three blocks west of that intersection, becoming the Prospect Expressway (New York State Route 27). The Prospect Expressway is a short sunken highway in the New York City borough of Brooklyn, that runs through Park Slope and Windsor Terrace Ocean Parkway originally extended all the way to Park Circle, where Coney Island Avenue met Prospect Park, until construction of the Prospect Expressway replaced the northern half-mile of Ocean Parkway, but included ramps over to the edge of Prospect Park.

Coney Island Avenue frontage is dominated by mixed-use housing - pre-war apartment buildings, small shops, including a large number of antique shops, and service businesses. Several bus lines, including the B68 and the X29, run along Coney Island Avenue, connecting the Prospect Park area and Downtown Brooklyn to the famous oceanfront attractions of Coney Island and Brighton Beach. Williamsburgh Savings Bank Tower by DSJPG|thumb|The Williamsburgh Savings Bank Tower is a prominent symbol of Downtown BrightonCOOPsJPG|thumb|Newly built luxury condos on Brighton Beach]]BrightonSchool1438