Beach 36th Street (IND Rockaway Line)
Beach 36th Street![]() |
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New York City Subway rapid transit station | |||||||
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Address | Beach 36th Street & Rockaway Freeway Edgemere, NY 11691 |
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Borough | Queens | ||||||
Locale | Edgemere | ||||||
Coordinates | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | ||||||
Division | B (IND, formerly LIRR Far Rockaway Branch) | ||||||
Line | IND Rockaway Line | ||||||
Services | A ![]() |
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Transit connections | ![]() |
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Structure | Elevated | ||||||
Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||
Tracks | 2 | ||||||
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Opened | June 21, 1895LIRR station) | (||||||
Rebuilt | June 28, 1956 | (as a Subway station)||||||
Former/other names | Beach 36th Street – Edgemere | ||||||
Traffic | |||||||
Passengers (2015) | 296,860[1] ![]() |
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Rank | 416 | ||||||
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Next north | Beach 44th Street: A ![]() |
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Next south | Beach 25th Street: A ![]() |
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Beach 36th Street, sometimes referred as Beach 36th Street – Edgemere, is a station on the IND Rockaway Line of the New York City Subway. Located at the intersection of Beach 36th Street and Rockaway Freeway in Edgemere, Queens, it is served by the A train at all times.
History
This station was originally opened on June 21, 1895, as part of Long Island Rail Road's Far Rockaway Branch and later as a trolley stop of the Ocean Electric Railway, which was designed to accommodate guests of the former Edgemere Hotel. It was relocated 600 feet east of its former location in August 1940 and reopened on April 10, 1942. This station along with all others on the Far Rockaway Branch west of Far Rockaway closed on October 3, 1955, after a fire destroyed the Jamaica Bay trestle that linked the branch with the main line. New York City Transit brought the line from the LIRR and converted all stations, including this one, for the subway. The new stations opened on June 28, 1956.[2]
Station layout
P Platform level |
Side platform, doors will open on the right | |
Westbound | ← ![]() |
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Eastbound | → ![]() |
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Side platform, doors will open on the right | ||
M | Mezzanine | Fare control, station agent, MetroCard vending machines |
G | Street level | Exit/ Entrance |
This elevated station has two tracks and two side platforms. Both platforms have beige windscreens and canopies with green support columns in the center and full height metallic fences at both ends. The station's only entrance/exit is an elevated brick station house beneath the tracks. It has a turnstile bank, station agent booth, waiting area that allows a free transfer between directions, two staircases to each platform at the center, and two staircases to either side of Rockaway Freeway between Beach 35th and Beach 36th Streets. The two southern street stairs are connected to the station house with a large canopied overpass.
References
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ LIRR Station History
External links
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- nycsubway.org—IND Rockaway: Beach 36th Street/Edgemere
- Station Reporter — A Rockaway
- The Subway Nut — Beach 36th Street – Edgemere Pictures
- Beach 36th Street entrance from Google Maps Street View
- Pages using New York City Subway service templates
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- IND Rockaway Line stations
- Rockaway, Queens
- New York City Subway stations in Queens, New York
- Railway stations opened in 1956
- 1956 establishments in New York
- Railway stations opened in 1895
- 1895 establishments in New York