Beach 44th Street station

Beach 44th Street, signed 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.

 Beach 44 Street
 
New York City Subway station (rapid transit)
Southbound platform
Station statistics
AddressBeach 44th Street & Rockaway Freeway
Queens, NY 11691
BoroughQueens
LocaleEdgemere
Coordinates40.592928°N 73.775986°W / 40.592928; -73.775986
DivisionB (IND, formerly LIRR Far Rockaway Branch)
LineIND Rockaway Line
Services   A  (all times)
Transit MTA Bus: Q22
StructureElevated
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
Other information
Opened1922 (1922) (LIRR station)
RebuiltJune 28, 1956 (1956-06-28) (as a Subway station)
Station code206[1]
Opposite-
direction
transfer
Yes
Former/other namesBeach 44th Street–Frank Avenue
Traffic
2019215,701[2] 0.4%
Rank421 out of 424[2]
Station succession
Next westBeach 60th Street: A 
Next eastBeach 36th Street: A 

History

Stairs at Beach 44th Street and Rockaway Freeway.

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.[3][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]

Station layout

P
Platform level
Side platform
Northbound toward 207th Street (Beach 60th Street)
Southbound toward Far Rockaway (Beach 36th Street)
Side platform
M Mezzanine Fare control, station agent, MetroCard machines
G Street level Exit/entrance

There are two tracks and two side platforms.

Exits

This station has no closed exits, and the full-time fare control is at the middle of the platforms. Four stairs lead to the street, two on each western corner of Rockaway Freeway and Beach 44th Street.[6]

References

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