Beach 25th Street station

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 Beach 25 Street
 "A" train
MTA NYC logo.svg New York City Subway station (rapid transit)
Beach 25th Street - Platform.JPG
Northbound platform
Station statistics
AddressBeach 25th Street & Rockaway Freeway
Queens, NY 11691
BoroughQueens
LocaleBayswater
Coordinates40°36′0.22″N 73°45′41.12″W / 40.6000611°N 73.7614222°W / 40.6000611; -73.7614222Coordinates: 40°36′0.22″N 73°45′41.12″W / 40.6000611°N 73.7614222°W / 40.6000611; -73.7614222
DivisionB (IND, formerly LIRR Far Rockaway Branch)[1]
LineIND Rockaway Line
Services   A all times (all times)
StructureElevated
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
Other information
OpenedMay 1928; 93 years ago (1928-05) (LIRR station)
RebuiltJune 28, 1956; 65 years ago (1956-06-28) (as a Subway station)
Station code208[2]
Opposite-
direction
transfer		Yes
Former/other namesBeach 25th Street–Wavecrest
Traffic
2019517,164[4] Decrease 4.9%
Rank410 out of 424[4]
Station succession
Next westBeach 36th Street: A all times
Next eastFar Rockaway–Mott Avenue: A all times
Former railroad services
Preceding station Long Island
Rail Road 		Following station
Far Rockaway
toward Valley Stream
 Far Rockaway Branch Edgemere
toward Hammels
Far Rockaway
toward Gibson
 Rockaway Beach Division Edgemere
toward Woodside
Location
Beach 25th Street station is located in New York City Subway
Beach 25th Street station
Track layout

Legend
to B 36 St
to Mott Av
Street map

Station service legend
Symbol Description
Stops all times Stops all times

Beach 25th Street, signed 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[]

North side stair

The station was originally opened by the Long Island Rail Road in May 1928 as Wavecrest Station,[5] 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.[6][7]

Station layout[]

P
Platform level 		Side platform
Northbound ← "A" train toward 207th Street (Beach 36th Street)
Southbound → "A" train toward Far Rockaway (Terminus) →
Side platform
M Mezzanine Fare control, station agent, MetroCard machines
G Street level Exit/entrance
North side of the Mott Avenue bound platform

This station is on a concrete viaduct with ballasted track. This station was the terminal for the Far Rockaway branch until the opening of Far Rockaway–Mott Avenue station nineteen months later.[6][8]

Exits[]

Exit is near the center to the tiled mezzanine. The mezzanine is four stories high. Three stairs lead to the street, two to the southwestern corner and one to the northwestern corner of Rockaway Freeway and Beach 25th Street.[9]

References[]

  1. ^ "Glossary". Second Avenue Subway Supplemental Draft Environmental Impact Statement (SDEIS) (PDF). 1. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. March 4, 2003. pp. 1–2. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 26, 2021. Retrieved January 1, 2021.
  2. ^ "Station Developers' Information". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved June 13, 2017.
  3. ^ "Facts and Figures: Annual Subway Ridership 2014–2019". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2020. Retrieved May 26, 2020.
  4. ^ a b "Facts and Figures: Annual Subway Ridership 2014–2019". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2020. Retrieved May 26, 2020.
  5. ^ "What The Wave Said 40 Years Ago This Week". Wave of Long Island. Fultonhistory.com. March 14, 1968. Retrieved July 22, 2016.
  6. ^ a b Freeman, Ira Henry (June 28, 1956). "Rockaway Trains to Operate Today" (PDF). The New York Times. Retrieved June 29, 2015.
  7. ^ "LIRR Station History". Archived from the original on 2014-10-06. Retrieved 2008-06-21.
  8. ^ "New Subway Unit Ready: Far Rockaway IND Terminal Will Be Opened Today" (PDF). The New York Times. January 16, 1958. Retrieved June 29, 2015.
  9. ^ "MTA Neighborhood Maps: The Rockaways" (PDF). mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2015. Retrieved July 6, 2015.

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