Beach 60th Street (IND Rockaway Line)

Beach 60th Street
New York City Subway rapid transit station
Station statistics
Address Beach 60th Street & Rockaway Freeway
Queens, NY 11692
Borough Queens
Locale Arverne
Coordinates 40°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
Division B (IND, formerly LIRR Far Rockaway Branch)
Line IND Rockaway Line
Services       A  (all times)
Transit connections MTA Bus: Q22, QM17
Structure Elevated
Platforms 2 side platforms
Tracks 2
Other information
Opened 1892 (1892) (LIRR station)
Rebuilt June 28, 1956 (1956-06-28) (as a Subway station)
Former/other names Beach 60th Street – Straiton Avenue
Traffic
Passengers (2015) 801,015[1] Increase 3.7%
Rank 385 out of 422
Station succession
Next north Beach 67th Street: A 
Next south Beach 44th Street: A 

Beach 60th Street, sometimes called 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

Track layout
Legend
to B 67 St
to B 44 St
Street stair at Beach 59th Street

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.[2]

Station layout

P
Platform level		 Side platform, doors will open on the right
Westbound ← toward Inwood–207th Street (Beach 67th Street)
Eastbound → toward Far Rockaway (Beach 44th Street) →
Side platform, doors will open on the right
M Mezzanine Fare control, station agent, MetroCard vending machines
G Street level Exit/ Entrance

There are two tracks and two side platforms. The full-time entrance to the station is at the south end, with an additional exit located at the south end of the southbound platform. The outside portion of the station affords a view of the Atlantic Ocean and Jamaica Bay.

References

  1. ↑ "Facts and Figures: Annual Subway Ridership". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved 2016-04-19.
  2. ↑ LIRR Station History Archived January 6, 2011, at the Wayback Machine.

External links

Platforms before 2010 renovation
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