Access
The western inlet can be seen from street bridges at Cropsey Avenue (between Bay 54th Street and Hart Place) and Stillwell Avenue (between Shore Parkway and Neptune Avenue), and from the D/N New York City Subway lines several yards east of Stillwell Avenue (and just north of the Coney Island--Stillwell Avenue Station). The inlet can also be seen through the fence of a parking lot on Neptune Avenue near West 12th Street, and along much of Shell Road between Neptune and Shore Parkway. It remains mostly undeveloped and has become polluted, running along private industrial property and several acres owned by Keyspan, the local electricity provider. Marine traffic is restricted by a cable net between Cropsey and Stillwell Avenues.
The eastern inlet, spanned by a pedestrian pontoon bridge at Sheepshead Bay Road, has been widened and developed with promenades, docks, and restaurants and is referred to by residents of Sheepshead Bay and Manhattan Beach as "the canal." It can be visited by car from the Belt Parkway (exits 8 and 9), or by subway, from the Sheepshead Bay Station of the B/Q elevated subway line. Marine traffic is restricted by the pedestrian bridge.
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