An elevator braking apparatus (50A, 50B) comprising: an electromagnetic brake that has: a brake shoe that is disposed so as to be able to contact with and separate from a brake drum that is coupled coaxially to a car driving electric motor that raises and lowers a car; a spring that presses said brake shoe against said brake drum to apply braking to said car driving electric motor; and a brake coil that constitutes an electromagnet that generates an electromagnetic force that separates said brake shoe from said brake drum in opposition to force from said spring; a braking controlling apparatus that separates said brake shoe from said brake drum by supplying a braking releasing electric current that has a value 10 so as to flow to said brake coil when releasing a braking force on said car driving electric motor during normal operation of said car, and that controls said braking force that acts on said car driving electric motor by adjusting said electric current to said brake coil such that deceleration of said car is at a predetermined value during emergency stopping of said car, said elevator braking apparatus (50A, 50B) being characterized in comprising: a braking information acquiring apparatus that detects a braking release time during release of said braking force that acts on said car driving electric motor from when supply of said braking releasing electric current to said brake coil is started until said braking force that acts on said car driving electric motor is released, said braking controlling apparatus controlling said braking force that acts on said car driving electric motor during emergency stopping of said car by adjusting said electric current to said brake coil, based on said braking release time that is detected during normal operation of said car, and based on predetermined characteristics of the braking release time when the force of the spring is changed, such that deceleration of said car during emergency stopping of said car is at a predetermined value. a brake shoe that is disposed so as to be able to contact with and separate from a brake drum that is coupled coaxially to a car driving electric motor that raises and lowers a car; a spring that presses said brake shoe against said brake drum to apply braking to said car driving electric motor; and a brake coil that constitutes an electromagnet that generates an electromagnetic force that separates said brake shoe from said brake drum in opposition to force from said spring; a braking controlling apparatus that separates said brake shoe from said brake drum by supplying a braking releasing electric current that has a value 10 so as to flow to said brake coil when releasing a braking force on said car driving electric motor during normal operation of said car, and that controls said braking force that acts on said car driving electric motor by adjusting said electric current to said brake coil such that deceleration of said car is at a predetermined value during emergency stopping of said car, said elevator braking apparatus (50A, 50B) being characterized in comprising: a braking information acquiring apparatus that detects a braking release time during release of said braking force that acts on said car driving electric motor from when supply of said braking releasing electric current to said brake coil is started until said braking force that acts on said car driving electric motor is released, said braking controlling apparatus controlling said braking force that acts on said car driving electric motor during emergency stopping of said car by adjusting said electric current to said brake coil, based on said braking release time that is detected during normal operation of said car, and based on predetermined characteristics of the braking release time when the force of the spring is changed, such that deceleration of said car during emergency stopping of said car is at a predetermined value. a braking information acquiring apparatus that detects a braking release time during release of said braking force that acts on said car driving electric motor from when supply of said braking releasing electric current to said brake coil is started until said braking force that acts on said car driving electric motor is released, said braking controlling apparatus controlling said braking force that acts on said car driving electric motor during emergency stopping of said car by adjusting said electric current to said brake coil, based on said braking release time that is detected during normal operation of said car, and based on predetermined characteristics of the braking release time when the force of the spring is changed, such that deceleration of said car during emergency stopping of said car is at a predetermined value.