Beach 44th Street (IND Rockaway Line)
Beach 44th Street | |||||||
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| New York City Subway rapid transit station | |||||||
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| Station statistics | |||||||
| Address |
Beach 44th Street & Rockaway Freeway Queens, NY 11691 | ||||||
| Borough | Queens | ||||||
| Locale | Edgemere | ||||||
| Coordinates | 40°35′35″N 73°46′34″W / 40.592928°N 73.775986°WCoordinates: 40°35′35″N 73°46′34″W / 40.592928°N 73.775986°W | ||||||
| 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 | ||||||
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| Opened | 1922 (LIRR station) | ||||||
| Rebuilt | June 28, 1956 (as a Subway station) | ||||||
| Former/other names | Beach 44th Street – Frank Avenue | ||||||
| Traffic | |||||||
| Passengers (2015) |
197,543[1]  8.7% | ||||||
| Rank | 419 out of 422 | ||||||
| Station succession | |||||||
| Next north |
Beach 60th Street: A | ||||||
| Next south |
Beach 36th Street: A | ||||||
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Beach 44th Street, sometimes referred as Beach 44th Street – Frank Avenue, is a station on the IND Rockaway Line of the New York City Subway. It is served by the A train at all times.
History
Beach 44th Street – Frank Avenue was originally a trolley stop of the Ocean Electric Railway, which used a former segment of the Long Island Rail Road's Far Rockaway Branch tracks, until it became a Long Island Railroad Station in 1922. The station was relocated 758 feet east of its former location between August 2 and August 23, 1940 as part of a grade crossing elimination project between Beach 44th Street and Beach 47th Street. The new elevated station was opened on April 10, 1942.[2][3]
The station was purchased by New York City on October 3, 1955, along with the rest of the Rockaway Beach Branch and Far Rockaway Branch west of Far Rockaway, after a fire on the line's crossing over Jamaica Bay in 1950.[4] Now operated by the New York City Transit Authority, it reopened as a subway station along the IND Rockaway Line on June 28, 1956.[4]
Station layout
| P Platform level |
Side platform, doors will open on the right | |
| Westbound | ← toward Inwood–207th Street (Beach 60th Street) | |
| Eastbound | → toward Far Rockaway (Beach 36th 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. This station has no closed exits, and the full-time fare control is at the middle of the platforms.
References
- ↑ "Facts and Figures: Annual Subway Ridership". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved 2016-04-19.
- ↑ "Last Grade Crossing In Rockaways Ends". nytimes.com. The New York Times. April 11, 1942. Retrieved 30 June 2015.
- ↑ "Pushes Grade Separation". nytimes.com. The New York Times. January 24, 1932. Retrieved 30 June 2015.
- 1 2 Freeman, Ira Henry (June 28, 1956). "Rockaway Trains to Operate Today". nytimes.com. The New York Times. Retrieved 29 June 2015.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Beach 44th Street (IND Rockaway Line). |
- nycsubway.org – IND Rockaway: Beach 44th Street-Frank Avenue
- Station Reporter — A Rockaway
- Frank Avenue Station, 1955 (Arrt's Arrchives)
- The Subway Nut — Beach 44th Street-Frank Avenue Pictures
- Beach 44th Street entrance from Google Maps Street View
