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Beach 44th Street station

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 Beach 44 Street
 "A" train
MTA NYC logo.svg New York City Subway station (rapid transit)
Beach 44th Street - Mott Avenue Bound Platform.jpg
Southbound platform
Station statistics
AddressBeach 44th Street & Rockaway Freeway
Queens, NY 11691
BoroughQueens
LocaleEdgemere
Coordinates40°35′35″N 73°46′34″W / 40.592928°N 73.775986°W / 40.592928; -73.775986Coordinates: 40°35′35″N 73°46′34″W / 40.592928°N 73.775986°W / 40.592928; -73.775986
DivisionB (IND, formerly LIRR Far Rockaway Branch)[1]
LineIND Rockaway Line
Services   A all times (all times)
TransitBus transport MTA Bus: Q22
StructureElevated
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
Other information
Opened1922; 101 years ago (1922) (LIRR station)
RebuiltJune 28, 1956; 66 years ago (1956-06-28) (as a Subway station)
Opposite-
direction
transfer		Yes
Former/other namesBeach 44th Street–Frank Avenue
Traffic
2019215,701[3] Decrease 0.4%
Rank421 out of 424[3]
Location
Beach 44th Street station is located in New York City Subway
Beach 44th Street station
Beach 44th Street station is located in New York City
Beach 44th Street station
Beach 44th Street station is located in New York
Beach 44th Street station
Track layout

Legend
to Beach 60th Street
to Beach 36th Street
Street map

Station service legend
Symbol Description
Stops all times Stops all times

The Beach 44th Street station (signed as Beach 44th Street–Frank Avenue station) is a station on the IND Rockaway Line of the New York City Subway. It is served by the A train at all times.

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Metro station

Metro station

A metro station or subway station is a train station for a rapid transit system, which as a whole is usually called a "metro" or "subway". A station provides a means for passengers to purchase tickets, board trains, and evacuate the system in the case of an emergency. In the United Kingdom, they are known as underground stations, most commonly used in reference to the London Underground.

IND Rockaway Line

IND Rockaway Line

The IND Rockaway Line is a rapid transit line of the IND Division of the New York City Subway, operating in Queens. It branches from the IND Fulton Street Line at Rockaway Boulevard, extending over the Jamaica Bay, into the Rockaways. The A train serves the line on the Far Rockaway–Mott Avenue branch and north of Hammels Wye. The Rockaway Park Shuttle runs between Broad Channel and Rockaway Park–Beach 116th Street. Five rush hour A trains provide service between Rockaway Park and Manhattan in the peak direction.

New York City Subway

New York City Subway

The New York City Subway is a rapid transit system in the New York City boroughs of Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, and the Bronx. It is owned by the government of New York City and leased to the New York City Transit Authority, an affiliate agency of the state-run Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA). Opened on October 27, 1904, the New York City Subway is one of the world's oldest public transit systems, one of the most-used, and the one with the most stations, with 472 stations in operation.

A (New York City Subway service)

A (New York City Subway service)

The A Eighth Avenue Express is a rapid transit service in the B Division of the New York City Subway. Its route emblem, or "bullet", is colored blue since it uses the IND Eighth Avenue Line in Manhattan.

History

Stairs at Beach 44th Street and Rockaway Freeway
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.[4][5]

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.[6] Now operated by the New York City Transit Authority, it reopened as a subway station along the IND Rockaway Line on June 28, 1956.[6]

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Ocean Electric Railway

Ocean Electric Railway

The Ocean Electric Railway was a street car line that operated on The Rockaways. It ran parallel to parts of the Rockaway Beach Branch and Far Rockaway Branch of the Long Island Rail Road. The headquarters of the OER were at the Far Rockaway Long Island Rail Road station which was then located across Mott Avenue from the existing Far Rockaway–Mott Avenue subway station. The Office of Superintendent - Trolleys at that location managed all the LIRR's owned trolley operations.

Long Island Rail Road

Long Island Rail Road

The Long Island Rail Road, often abbreviated as the LIRR, is a commuter rail system in the southeastern part of the U.S. state of New York, stretching from Manhattan to the eastern tip of Suffolk County on Long Island. With an average weekday ridership of 354,800 passengers in 2016, it is the busiest commuter railroad in North America. It is also one of the world's few commuter systems that runs 24/7 year-round. It is publicly owned by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, which refers to it as MTA Long Island Rail Road. In 2021, the system had a ridership of 49,167,600, or about 226,100 per weekday as of the third quarter of 2022.

Far Rockaway Branch

Far Rockaway Branch

The Far Rockaway Branch is an electrified rail line and service owned and operated by the Long Island Rail Road in the U.S. state of New York. The branch begins at Valley Interlocking, just east of Valley Stream station. From Valley Stream, the line heads south and southwest through southwestern Nassau County, ending at Far Rockaway in Queens, thus reentering New York City. LIRR maps and schedules indicate that the Far Rockaway Branch service continues west along the Atlantic Branch to Jamaica. This two-track branch provides all day service in both directions to Grand Central Madison and Penn Station, both in Midtown Manhattan

Rockaway Beach Branch

Rockaway Beach Branch

The Rockaway Beach Branch was a rail line owned and operated by the Long Island Rail Road in Queens, New York City, United States. The line left the Main Line at Whitepot Junction in Rego Park heading south via Ozone Park and across Jamaica Bay to Hammels in the Rockaways, turning west there to a terminal at Rockaway Park. Along the way it connected with the Montauk Branch near Glendale, the Atlantic Branch near Woodhaven, and the Far Rockaway Branch at Hammels.

New York City Transit Authority

New York City Transit Authority

The New York City Transit Authority is a public-benefit corporation in the U.S. state of New York that operates public transportation in New York City. Part of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, the busiest and largest transit system in North America, the NYCTA has a daily ridership of 8 million trips.

Station layout

P
Platform level 		Side platform
Northbound ← "A" train toward Inwood–207th Street (Beach 60th Street)
Southbound → "A" train toward Far Rockaway–Mott Avenue (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.[7]

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Side platform

Side platform

A side platform is a platform positioned to the side of one or more railway tracks or guideways at a railway station, tram stop, or transitway. A station having dual side platforms, one for each direction of travel, is the basic design used for double-track railway lines. Side platforms may result in a wider overall footprint for the station compared with an island platform where a single width of platform can be shared by riders using either track.

A (New York City Subway service)

A (New York City Subway service)

The A Eighth Avenue Express is a rapid transit service in the B Division of the New York City Subway. Its route emblem, or "bullet", is colored blue since it uses the IND Eighth Avenue Line in Manhattan.

Inwood–207th Street station

Inwood–207th Street station

The Inwood–207th Street station is the northern terminal station of the IND Eighth Avenue Line of the New York City Subway. Located at the intersection of 207th Street and Broadway in the Manhattan neighborhood of Inwood, near Inwood Hill Park, it is served by the A train at all times.

Beach 60th Street station

Beach 60th Street station

The Beach 60th Street station 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. The station opened in 1892, and was rebuilt in 1942 as an elevated station.

Far Rockaway–Mott Avenue station

Far Rockaway–Mott Avenue station

The Far Rockaway–Mott Avenue station is the eastern terminal station of the New York City Subway's IND Rockaway Line. Originally a Long Island Rail Road station, it is currently the easternmost station in the New York City Subway. It is served by the A train at all times.

Beach 36th Street station

Beach 36th Street station

The Beach 36th Street station is a station on the IND Rockaway Line of the New York City Subway. The station is located at the intersection of Beach 36th Street and Rockaway Freeway in Edgemere, Queens. It is served by the A train at all times.

MetroCard

MetroCard

The MetroCard is a magnetic stripe card used for fare payment on transportation in the New York City area. It is a payment method for the New York City Subway, New York City Transit buses and MTA buses. The MetroCard is also accepted by several partner agencies: Nassau Inter-County Express (NICE), the PATH train system, the Roosevelt Island Tramway, AirTrain JFK, and Westchester County's Bee-Line Bus System.

Source: "Beach 44th Street station", Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, (2023, February 8th), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beach_44th_Street_station.

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Further Reading

Rockaway Park Shuttle

Howard Beach–JFK Airport station

Rockaway Boulevard station

Aqueduct–North Conduit Avenue station

88th Street station

104th Street station (IND Fulton Street Line)

East 105th Street station

63rd Drive–Rego Park station

Beach 90th Street station

Beach 98th Street station

Beach 105th Street station

Rockaway Park–Beach 116th Street station

Beach 67th Street station

Beach 60th Street station

Beach 36th Street station

Beach 25th Street station

Far Rockaway–Mott Avenue station

Bedford–Nostrand Avenues station
References
  1. ^ "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.
  2. ^ "Facts and Figures: Annual Subway Ridership 2014–2019". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2020. Retrieved May 26, 2020.
  3. ^ a b "Facts and Figures: Annual Subway Ridership 2014–2019". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2020. Retrieved May 26, 2020.
  4. ^ "Last Grade Crossing In Rockaways Ends" (PDF). The New York Times. April 11, 1942. Retrieved 30 June 2015.
  5. ^ "Pushes Grade Separation" (PDF). The New York Times. January 24, 1932. Retrieved June 30, 2015.
  6. ^ a b Freeman, Ira Henry (June 28, 1956). "Rockaway Trains to Operate Today" (PDF). The New York Times. Retrieved June 29, 2015.
  7. ^ "MTA Neighborhood Maps: The Rockaways" (PDF). mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2015. Retrieved July 6, 2015.
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