Coney Island pioneer. In the years after his son's death, he built the first steam railroad to Coney Island, which opened in 1875 and carried one million passengers its inaugural year; by the next year it was carrying two million fares. His Prospect Park & Coney Island Railroad ran on a regular schedule, and gave speedy service for 35 cents. He later added lines out to Brighton Beach and Manhattan Beach. His extensive land holdings along these railroads were sold to the big amusement parks, and his railroad franchise was sold to the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company. The branch which that company built along the right of way purchased from him was called the Culver Division (the MTA still uses the designation Culver Line for F and G trains), and the station at Coney Island was known as the Culver Station. Culver Plaza was in the middle of Coney Island.

Name Andrew Roger Culver
Event Type Death
Event Date 10 Jul 1906
Event Place Manhattan, New York, New York, United States
Gender Male
Age 73
Marital Status Widowed
Race White
Occupation retired
Birth Year (Estimated) 1833
Birthplace Northport, Suffolk Co., L. I.
Burial Date 13 Jul 1906
Burial Place Greenwood Cem.
Father's Name Andrew B.
Father's Birthplace Wallingford, Conn.
Mother's Name Francis Vail
Mother's Birthplace Northport, L.I.

Andrew Roger Culver, son of Captain Andrew Birdsall Culver (1804-1889) and Frances Vail (1808-1866). Married Sarah Cornelia Gerrodette (1833-1893), daughter of Joseph Gerrodette (1805-1866) and Ruth Ann Carstang (1809-1866). Descended from the French Huguenots (Through Gideon Carstang). Married Andrew Roger Culver (born 1832). Children: Helen Culver (1870-1949) who married John Clapperton Kerr. Andrew Culver (1845-1871), Sarah Kerr Culver and L Cornelia Culver born 1856, Fanny Culver born 1864.