Beach 67th Street station

Beach 67 Street
Beach 67 Street
New York City Subway station (rapid transit)
	Northbound platform
Station statistics
Address	Beach 67th Street & Rockaway Freeway; Queens, NY 11692
Borough	Queens
Locale	Arverne
Coordinates	40°35′27″N 73°47′49″W / 40.59092°N 73.79681°WCoordinates: 40°35′27″N 73°47′49″W / 40.59092°N 73.79681°W
Division	B (IND, formerly LIRR Far Rockaway Branch)
Line	IND Rockaway Line
Services	A (all times)
Transit	MTA Bus: Q22, Q52 SBS, QM17
Structure	Elevated
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Other information
Opened	1888; 133 years ago (LIRR station)
Rebuilt	June 28, 1956; 65 years ago (as a Subway station)
Station code	204
Accessible	not ADA-accessible; accessibility planned
Opposite-; direction; transfer	Yes
Former/other names	Beach 67th Street–Arverne By The Sea; Beach 67th Street–Gaston
Traffic
2019	718,008 7.3%
Rank	392 out of 424
Station succession
Next west	Broad Channel: A ; Beach 90th Street: no regular service
Next east	Beach 60th Street: A
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Beach 67th Street, signed as Beach 67th Street–Arverne By The Sea, is a station on the IND Rockaway Line of the New York City Subway. Located at Beach 67th Street and Rockaway Freeway in Arverne, Queens, it is served by the A train at all times. The station is adjacent to Kohlreiter Square, a public green space on the north side of the station.

History[]

Before renovation

The station was originally built as Arverne for the Long Island Rail Road in 1888 at Gaston Avenue, by New York lawyer and developer Remington Vernam. The station and the development were named by his wife who admired the way he signed his checks. The station had a large tower, was shaped like a Victorian hotel and had a connection to the Ocean Electric Railway.

Due to a quarrel between the LIRR and Vernam, another Arverne station was built at Straiton Avenue in 1892. From then on, it was known as Arverne–Gaston Avenue to distinguish it from the Straiton Avenue station. Arverne station was rebuilt on a new site with a simpler structure in May 1912. Like all stations along the Rockaway Beach Branch, it was closed and replaced with the elevated Gaston Avenue station on April 10, 1942, only to be transferred to the New York City Transit Authority on October 3, 1955 and reopened as a subway station on June 28, 1956.^[5]

In March 2010, Queens Community Board 14, which represents Arverne, voted in favor of renaming the station from Beach 67th Street–Gaston to Beach 67th Street–Arverne By The Sea.^[6] New signs with this name were installed in July 2011.

In 2019, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority announced that this station would become ADA-accessible as part of the agency's 2020–2024 Capital Program.^[7] A contract for two elevators at the station was awarded in December 2020.^[8]

Station layout[]

P Platform level	Side platform
	Northbound	← toward 207th Street (Broad Channel) ← (No service: Beach 90th Street)
	Southbound	→ toward Far Rockaway (Beach 60th Street) →
	Side platform
M	Mezzanine	Fare control, station agent, MetroCard machines
G	Street level	Exit/entrance

There are two tracks and two side platforms. Trains that leave the station northbound reach the Hammels Wye, where it is possible to head north to Broad Channel (the usual service pattern) or traverse a short single-track segment onto the southbound Rockaway Park-bound branch of the line. This connection was used for the temporary H shuttle from Far Rockaway to Beach 90th Street following Hurricane Sandy, and was used by the Rockaway Park Shuttle for several months in 2018.

Exits[]

Street stair

The only active station house beneath the platforms and tracks at the east end has four staircases: two to the street (one to each western corner of Beach 67th Street and Rockaway Freeway) and one to each platform. The mezzanine layout gives evidence that there were originally separate turnstiles for entry and exit. The entry turnstiles are all on one side of the booth while the exit turnstiles are on the opposite side. Since the elimination of the double fare, steel gates have replaced the turnstiles.^[9]

A second exit is located at the west end of the Far Rockaway-bound platform which leads to the southeast side of Beach 69th Street and Rockaway Freeway.^[9]

References[]

^ "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.
^ "Station Developers' Information". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved June 13, 2017.
^ "Facts and Figures: Annual Subway Ridership 2014–2019". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2020. Retrieved May 26, 2020.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "Facts and Figures: Annual Subway Ridership 2014–2019". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2020. Retrieved May 26, 2020.
^ LIRR Station History Archived January 6, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
^ ""Beach 67 Street Station – Arverne By The Sea," by Nicholas Briano (The Wave; March 12, 2010)". Archived from the original on May 27, 2011. Retrieved February 10, 2011.
^ "Press Release - MTA Headquarters - MTA Announces 20 Additional Subway Stations to Receive Accessibility Improvements Under Proposed 2020-2024 Capital Plan". MTA. December 19, 2019. Retrieved December 20, 2019.
^ "MTA Announces Accessibility Projects at Eight Stations Throughout the Five Boroughs" (Press release). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2020-12-16. Retrieved 2021-05-26.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "MTA Neighborhood Maps: The Rockaways" (PDF). mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2015. Retrieved July 6, 2015.

External links[]

Media related to Beach 67th Street (IND Rockaway Line) at Wikimedia Commons
nycsubway.org – IND Rockaway: Beach 67th Street/Gaston Avenue
Station Reporter — A Rockaway
The Subway Nut — Beach 67th Street – Gaston Pictures Archived 2017-06-15 at the Wayback Machine
Beach 67th Street entrance from Google Maps Street View
Platforms from Google Maps Street View

[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.

[stationinformation-2] "Station Developers' Information". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved June 13, 2017.

[2016-rider-3] "Facts and Figures: Annual Subway Ridership 2014–2019". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2020. Retrieved May 26, 2020.

[riderref-4] Jump up to: ^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] ""Beach 67 Street Station – Arverne By The Sea," by Nicholas Briano (The Wave; March 12, 2010)". Archived from the original on May 27, 2011. Retrieved February 10, 2011.

[:06-7] "Press Release - MTA Headquarters - MTA Announces 20 Additional Subway Stations to Receive Accessibility Improvements Under Proposed 2020-2024 Capital Plan". MTA. December 19, 2019. Retrieved December 20, 2019.

[8] "MTA Announces Accessibility Projects at Eight Stations Throughout the Five Boroughs" (Press release). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2020-12-16. Retrieved 2021-05-26.

[MTA-RockawaysMap-2015-9] Jump up to: ^a ^b "MTA Neighborhood Maps: The Rockaways" (PDF). mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2015. Retrieved July 6, 2015.

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