Beach 36th Street (IND Rockaway Line)

Beach 36th Street New York City Subway rapid transit station
Station statistics
Address	Beach 36th Street & Rockaway Freeway Edgemere, NY 11691
Borough	Queens
Locale	Edgemere
Coordinates	40.595413°N 73.768076°W / 40.595413; -73.768076
Division	B (IND, formerly LIRR Far Rockaway Branch)
Line	IND Rockaway Line
Services	A  (all times)
Connection	MTA Bus: Q22, QM17 (all on Beach Channel Drive)
Structure	Elevated
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Other information
Opened	June 21, 1895 (June 21, 1895) (LIRR station)
Rebuilt	June 28, 1956 (June 28, 1956) (as a Subway station)
Former/other names	Beach 36th Street – Edgemere
Traffic
Passengers (2010)	326,592  23.9%
Rank	411 out of 422
Station succession
Next north	Beach 44th Street: A
Next south	Beach 25th Street: A
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops in station at all times Stops all times except late nights Stops late nights only Stops late nights and weekends only Stops weekdays only Stops all times except rush hours in the peak direction Stops all times except weekdays Stops rush hours only Stops rush hours in the peak direction only Station is closed (Details about time periods)

Beach 36th Street, sometimes referred as Beach 36th Street – Edgemere, is a station on the IND Rockaway Line of the New York City Subway. Located at the intersection of Beach 36th Street and Rockaway Freeway in Edgemere, Queens, it is served by the A train at all times.

This elevated station has two tracks and two side platforms. Both platforms have beige windscreens and canopies with green support columns in the center and black waist-high steel fences at either ends. The station's only entrance/exit is an elevated brick station house beneath the tracks. It has a turnstile bank, token booth, waiting area that allows a free transfer between directions, two staircases to each platform at the center, and two staircases to either side of Rockaway Freeway between Beach 35th and Beach 36th Streets. The two southern street stairs are connected to the station house with a large canopied overpass.

This station was originally opened on June 21, 1895 as part of Long Island Rail Road's Far Rockaway Branch and later as a trolley stop of the Ocean Electric Railway, which was designed to accommodate guests of the former Edgemere Hotel. It was relocated 600 feet east of its former location in August 1940 and reopened on April 10, 1942. This station along with all others on the Far Rockaway Branch west of Far Rockaway closed on October 3, 1955 after a fire destroyed the Jamaica Bay trestle that linked the branch with the main line. New York City Transit brought the line from the LIRR and converted all stations, including this one, for the subway. The new stations opened on June 28, 1956.

External links

• nycsubway.org — IND Rockaway: Beach 36th Street/Edgemere
• Station Reporter — A Rockaway
• The Subway Nut — Beach 36th Street – Edgemere Pictures
• Beach 36th Street entrance from Google Maps Street View