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* {{NYCS ref|http://www.nycsubway.org/wiki/IND_Rockaway_Line#Beach_105th_Street-Seaside|IND Rockaway|Beach 105th Street/Seaside}} |
* {{NYCS ref|http://www.nycsubway.org/wiki/IND_Rockaway_Line#Beach_105th_Street-Seaside|IND Rockaway|Beach 105th Street/Seaside}} |
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* Station Reporter — [http://www.stationreporter.net/htrain.htm Rockaway Park Shuttle] |
* Station Reporter — [https://web.archive.org/web/20050103234556/http://www.stationreporter.net/htrain.htm Rockaway Park Shuttle] |
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* Seaside Station (Arrt's Arrchives): |
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** [http://arrts-arrchives.com/images3/elseaside1.jpg 1905 image] |
** [http://arrts-arrchives.com/images3/elseaside1.jpg 1905 image] |
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Revision as of 14:29, 16 July 2017
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 New York City Subway station (rapid transit) | |||||||||
 Broad Channel bound platform | |||||||||
| Station statistics | |||||||||
| Address | Beach 105th Street & Rockaway Freeway Queens, NY 11694 | ||||||||
| Borough | Queens | ||||||||
| Locale | Rockaway Park | ||||||||
| Coordinates | 40°35′00″N 73°49′39″W / 40.583217°N 73.827594°W | ||||||||
| Division | B (IND, formerly LIRR Rockaway Beach Branch)[1] | ||||||||
| Line | IND Rockaway Line | ||||||||
| Services | A  (rush hours, peak direction) S  (all times) | ||||||||
| Transit |  MTA Bus: Q22, Q53, QM16 | ||||||||
| Structure | Elevated | ||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||
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| Opened | 1880 (LIRR station) | ||||||||
| Rebuilt | June 28, 1956 (as a Subway station) | ||||||||
| Opposite- direction transfer | Yes | ||||||||
| Former/other names | Beach 105th Street–Seaside | ||||||||
| Traffic | |||||||||
| 2023 | 62,878[2]  9.1% | ||||||||
| Rank | 422 out of 423[2] | ||||||||
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| Next south | Template:NYCS next | ||||||||
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Beach 105th Street, sometimes referred as Beach 105th Street–Seaside, is a station on the IND Rockaway Line of the New York City Subway, located at Beach 105th Street on the Rockaway Freeway in Queens. It is served by the Rockaway Park Shuttle at all times and ten daily rush-hour only A trains.
Station layout
| Platform level | Side platform | |
| Westbound | ←  toward Eighth Avenue ([[{{{prev}}} (BMT Canarsie Line)|{{{prev}}}]])
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| Eastbound | toward Canarsie–Rockaway Parkway ([[{{{prev}}} (BMT Canarsie Line)|{{{prev}}}]]) →
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| Side platform | ||
| Mezzanine | Mezzanine | |
| Ground | Street level | Exit/entrance |
This elevated station has two tracks and two side platforms on a concrete viaduct. Both platforms have beige windscreens and canopies with green support columns in the center and full height fences at both ends. South of this station, the IND Rockaway Line descends to ground level.
Exits
The station's only entrance/exit is an elevated station house beneath the tracks. It has a station agent booth, turnstile bank, waiting area that allows a free transfer between directions, two staircases to each platform at the center, and two staircases going down to either side of Rockaway Freeway between Beach 105th and Beach 104th Streets. The two southern staircases are connected to the station house with a canopied overpass.[4] The Rockaway Park-bound platform had an exit at the north end, which has been removed.
History
This station previously had six different names. It was originally opened by the Long Island Rail Road in 1880 as Seaside Station (also an earlier name for Babylon) for the Rockaway Beach Branch at 102nd Street. It also included a trolley stop of the Ocean Electric Railway, as well as an OER spur to the Neponsit-Rockaway Beach Branch. A second station at Beach 104th Street became its replacement in April 1888, only to be burned on September 20, 1892.
The third station was built in 1892 and burned on August 29, 1893. The fourth station was built in 1894 and renovated between April and May 1899. Like many of the stations on the Rockaway Beach and Far Rockaway Branches, it burned for a third time in 1941 and replaced with an elevated railroad station that opened in 1942.
A 1950 fire at The Raunt destroyed the trestle across Jamaica Bay, forcing the LIRR to reroute Rockaway Beach service along the Far Rockaway Branch through the Hammels Wye for the next five years. This station was closed on October 3, 1955, purchased by the New York City Transit Authority, rebuilt and reopened as a subway station on June 28, 1956.[5]
In 1985, the station had only 262 paying daily riders on a typical weekday in 1985, not counting farebeaters, making it one of the least used stations in the system.[6]
References
- ^ "Glossary". Second Avenue Subway Supplemental Draft Environmental Impact Statement (SDEIS) (PDF). Vol. 1. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. March 4, 2003. pp. 1–2. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 26, 2021. Retrieved January 1, 2021.
- ^ a b "Annual Subway Ridership (2018–2023)". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2023. Retrieved April 20, 2024.
- ^ "Annual Subway Ridership (2018–2023)". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2023. Retrieved April 20, 2024.
- ^ "MTA Neighborhood Maps: The Rockaways" (PDF). mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2015. Retrieved July 6, 2015.
- ^ LIRR Station History
- ^ Levine, Richard (1986-11-05). "Column One: Transport". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2016-10-02.
External links
- nycsubway.org – IND Rockaway: Beach 105th Street/Seaside
- Station Reporter — Rockaway Park Shuttle
- Seaside Station (Arrt's Arrchives):
- The Subway Nut — Beach 105th Street – Seaside Pictures
- Entrance from Google Maps Street View
- Platforms from Google Maps Street View
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