 The odd double transfer was made necessary by the City of Brooklyn's refusal to allow the line to operate steam cars within its city limits.The road took its common name from the area of its terminal on Coney Island, where a hotel of the same name, but unconnected to the railroad, existed.Its terminal was known as West End Terminal, a name which survived upon major rebuilding in 1919 as "New West End Terminal" before that name fell into disuse.