The Beach 98th Street station (signed as Beach 98th Street–Playland station) is a station on the IND Rockaway Line of the New York City Subway. It is served by the Rockaway Park Shuttle at all times and ten daily rush-hour only A trains.
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| Address | Beach 98th Street & Rockaway Freeway Queens, New York | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Borough | Queens | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Locale | Rockaway Beach | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 40°35′08″N 73°49′13″W / 40.585441°N 73.820186°W | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Division | B (IND, formerly LIRR Rockaway Beach Branch)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Line | IND Rockaway Line | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Services | A  (rush hours, peak direction) S  (all times) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Transit |  MTA Bus: Q22, Q53 SBS, QM16 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Structure | Elevated | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | April 1903 (LIRR station) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rebuilt | June 28, 1956 (as a Subway station) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Opposite- direction transfer | Yes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Former/other names | Steeplechase (1903–May 15, 1933[2]) Playland Beach 98th Street–Playland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2023 | 97,689[3]  4.6% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rank | 421 out of 423[3] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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History
editThe station was originally built by the Long Island Rail Road in April 1903 as Steeplechase on the Rockaway Beach Branch, and was also a trolley stop of the Ocean Electric Railway. It was renamed Playland on May 15, 1933,[2] for the former Rockaways' Playland, which was closed in 1985. No trace of the park remains other than the station name. The station was rebuilt as an elevated station, which opened on April 10, 1942.[4] 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.[5] Now operated by the New York City Transit Authority, it reopened as a subway station along the IND Rockaway Line on June 28, 1956.[5][6]
Station layout
edit| Platform level | Side platform | |
| Southbound | ←  toward Rockaway Park–Beach 116th Street (Beach 105th Street)← PM rush toward Rockaway Park–Beach 116th Street (Beach 105th Street)
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| Northbound | toward Broad Channel (Beach 90th Street) → AM rush toward Inwood–207th Street (Beach 90th Street) →
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| Mezzanine | Fare control, station agent, MetroCard and OMNY vending machines | |
| Ground | Street level | Entrances/exits |
The station is built on a concrete viaduct. There are two tracks and two side platforms.[7] The station is served by the Rockaway Park Shuttle at all times and limited A trains during rush hours in the peak direction (toward Manhattan in the morning and toward the Rockaways in the afternoon).[8][9] It is between Beach 90th Street to the east (railroad north) and Beach 105th Street to the west (railroad south).[10] New lights have been installed. Canopies, mezzanine, and side walls are similar to Beach 90th Street.
Exits
editThere is a crossunder to the tiled mezzanine. The southbound platform is longer than the northbound one, and had an exit at the north end of the Rockaway Park bound platform which has been removed. Outside of fare control, there are stairs to either eastern corner of Rockaway Freeway and Beach 99th Street.[11]
References
edit- ^ "Glossary". Second Avenue Subway Supplemental Draft Environmental Impact Statement (SDEIS) (PDF). Vol. 1. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. March 4, 2003. pp. 1–2. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 26, 2021. Retrieved January 1, 2021.
- ^ a b Baer, Christopher T. (April 2015). "A General Chronology of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company Its Predecessors and Successors and Its Historical Context: 1933" (PDF). Pennsylvania Railroad Technical Historical Society. p. 36. Retrieved December 7, 2015.
- ^ a b "Annual Subway Ridership (2018–2023)". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2023. Retrieved April 20, 2024.
- ^ "Last Grade Crossing In Rockaways Ends" (PDF). The New York Times. April 11, 1942. Retrieved June 30, 2015.
- ^ a b Freeman, Ira Henry (June 28, 1956). "Rockaway Trains to Operate Today". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on May 20, 2022. Retrieved June 29, 2015.
- ^ "First Train On Rockaway Line Runs This Afternoon". Wave of Long Island. Fultonhistory.com. June 28, 1956. p. 1. Archived from the original on October 13, 2021. Retrieved August 16, 2016.
- "First Train On Rockaway Line Runs This Afternoon". Wave of Long Island. Fultonhistory.com. June 28, 1956. p. 6. Archived from the original on October 13, 2021. Retrieved August 16, 2016.
- "TA's New Line To Rockaways Begins Today: Fifty Piece Band To Play as Special Train Makes First Run". The Leader-Observer. Fultonhistory.com. June 28, 1956. p. 1. Archived from the original on October 13, 2021. Retrieved August 16, 2016.
- "To Rockaways: Beach Trains In Operation". Greenpoint Weekly Star. Fultonhistory.com. June 29, 1956. p. 2. Archived from the original on October 13, 2021. Retrieved August 16, 2016.
- ^ "Tracks of the New York City Subway". Tracks of the New York City Subway. Retrieved October 9, 2015.
- ^ "S Subway Timetable, Rockaway Park Shuttle, Effective December 17, 2023". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved June 28, 2024.
- ^ "A Subway Timetable, Effective December 17, 2023". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved June 28, 2024.
- ^ "Subway Map" (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. September 2021. Retrieved September 17, 2021.
- ^ "MTA Neighborhood Maps: The Rockaways" (PDF). mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2015. Retrieved July 6, 2015.
External links
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- nycsubway.org – IND Rockaway: Beach 98th Street/Playland
- Station Reporter — Rockaway Park Shuttle
- Steeplechase Station (Arrt's Arrchives)
- The Subway Nut — Beach 98th Street – Playland Pictures Archived 2018-01-05 at the Wayback Machine
- Beach 98th Street entrance from Google Maps Street View
- Platform level from Google Maps Street View
- Mezzanine from Google Maps Street View
