Beach 25th Street station
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 New York City Subway station (rapid transit) | |||||||
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| Address | Beach 25th Street & Rockaway Freeway Queens, NY 11691 | ||||||
| Borough | Queens | ||||||
| Locale | Bayswater | ||||||
| Division | B (IND, formerly LIRR Far Rockaway Branch)[1] | ||||||
| Line | IND Rockaway Line | ||||||
| Services | A  (all times) | ||||||
| Structure | Elevated | ||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||
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| Opened | May 1928 (LIRR station) | ||||||
| Rebuilt | June 28, 1956 (as a Subway station) | ||||||
| Opposite- direction transfer | Yes | ||||||
| Former/other names | Beach 25th Street – Wavecrest | ||||||
| Traffic | |||||||
| 2023 | 318,542[2]  1.3% | ||||||
| Rank | 411 out of 423[2] | ||||||
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| Next north | Template:NYCS next | ||||||
| Next south | Template:NYCS next | ||||||
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Beach 25th Street, also known as Beach 25th Street – Wavecrest, is a station on the IND Rockaway Line of the New York City Subway, located in Queens on the Rockaway Freeway at Beach 25th Street. It is served by the A train at all times. There are two tracks and two side platforms.
History
The station was originally opened by the Long Island Rail Road in May 1928 as Wavecrest Station, and was closed and relocated 800 feet east of the former location in August 1940 as part of a grade elevation project. The elevated station was opened on April 10, 1942, but was closed on October 3, 1955. It was purchased by the New York City Transit Authority along with the rest of the line west to Rockaway Park, which reopened it as a subway station on June 28, 1956.[4][5]
Station layout
| Platform level | Side platform | |
| Northbound | ← toward Inwood–207th Street (Beach 36th Street)
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| Southbound | toward Far Rockaway–Mott Avenue (Terminus) →
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| Side platform | ||
| Mezzanine | Fare control, station agent, MetroCard and OMNY machines | |
| Ground | Street level | Exit/entrance |
This station is on a concrete viaduct with ballasted track. Exit is near the center to the tiled mezzanine. The mezzanine is four stories high. This station was the terminal for the Far Rockaway branch until the opening of Far Rockaway – Mott Avenue station nineteen months later.[4][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.
- ^ "Facts and Figures: Annual Subway Ridership". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved 2016-04-19.
- ^ a b Freeman, Ira Henry (June 28, 1956). "Rockaway Trains to Operate Today". nytimes.com. The New York Times. Retrieved 29 June 2015.
- ^ LIRR Station History
- ^ "New Subway Unit Ready: Far Rockaway IND Terminal Will Be Opened Today". nytimes.com. The New York Times. January 16, 1958. Retrieved 29 June 2015.
External links
- nycsubway.org – IND Rockaway: Beach 25th Street/Wavecrest
- Station Reporter — A Rockaway
- The Subway Nut — Beach 25th Street – Wavecrest Pictures
- Beach 25th Street entrance from Google Maps Street View
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