Beach 60th Street station

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 Beach 60 Street
 "A" train
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Beach 60th Street - Mott Avenue Bound Platform.jpg
Southbound platform
Station statistics
AddressBeach 60th Street & Rockaway Freeway
Queens, NY 11692
BoroughQueens
LocaleArverne
Coordinates40°35′33″N 73°47′19″W / 40.592395°N 73.788536°W / 40.592395; -73.788536Coordinates: 40°35′33″N 73°47′19″W / 40.592395°N 73.788536°W / 40.592395; -73.788536
DivisionB (IND, formerly LIRR Far Rockaway Branch)[1]
LineIND Rockaway Line
Services   A all times (all times)
TransitBus transport MTA Bus: Q22, Q52 SBS
StructureElevated
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
Other information
Opened1892; 129 years ago (1892) (LIRR station)
RebuiltJune 28, 1956; 65 years ago (1956-06-28) (as a Subway station)
Station code205[2]
Opposite-
direction
transfer		Yes
Former/other namesBeach 60th Street–Straiton Avenue
Traffic
2019623,826[4] Decrease 1%
Rank399 out of 424[4]
Station succession
Next westBeach 67th Street: A all times
Next eastBeach 44th Street: A all times
Former railroad services
Preceding station Long Island
Rail Road 		Following station
Frank Avenue
toward Valley Stream
 Far Rockaway Branch Arverne
toward Hammels
Frank Avenue
toward Gibson
 Rockaway Beach Division Arverne
toward Woodside
Location
Beach 60th Street station is located in New York City Subway
Beach 60th Street station
Track layout

Legend
to B 67 St
to B 44 St
Street map

Station service legend
Symbol Description
Stops all times Stops all times

Beach 60th Street, signed as Beach 60th Street–Straiton Avenue, is a station on the IND Rockaway Line of the New York City Subway. Located in Queens on the Rockaway Freeway at Beach 60th Street, it is served by the A train at all times.

History[]

Street stair at Beach 59th Street
Platforms before 2010 renovation

Beach 60th Street–Straiton Avenue was originally built by the Long Island Rail Road along the Rockaway Beach Branch as Straiton Avenue, also known as Arverne–Straiton Avenue in 1892 as part of a quarrel between the LIRR and New York lawyer and developer Remington Vernam over the original Arverne Station on Gaston Avenue. It also served as a trolley stop of the Ocean Electric Railway. Like all stations along the Rockaway Beach Branch, the station was rebuilt as an elevated station on April 10, 1942, then purchased by the New York City Transit Authority on October 3, 1955 and reopened as a subway station on June 28, 1956.[5]

Station layout[]

P
Platform level 		Side platform
Northbound ← "A" train toward 207th Street (Beach 67th Street)
Southbound → "A" train toward Far Rockaway (Beach 44th Street) →
Side platform
M Mezzanine Fare control, station agent, MetroCard machines
G Street level Exit/entrance

There are two tracks and two side platforms. The outside portion of the station affords a view of the Atlantic Ocean and Jamaica Bay.

Exits[]

The full-time entrance to the station is at the west end and has two stairs to the northeast corner of Rockaway Freeway and Beach 59th Street. The station house under the platform has a turnstile bank, token booth and two staircase to each platform. There is an additional exit-only staircase at the west end of the eastbound platform.[6]

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. ^ LIRR Station History Archived January 6, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  6. ^ "MTA Neighborhood Maps: The Rockaways" (PDF). mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2015. Retrieved July 6, 2015.

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