Beach 44th Street (IND Rockaway Line)

 Beach 44 Street
 "A" train
New York City Subway rapid transit station
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°W / 40.592928; -73.775986Coordinates: 40°35′35″N 73°46′34″W / 40.592928°N 73.775986°W / 40.592928; -73.775986
Division B (IND, formerly LIRR Far Rockaway Branch)
Line IND Rockaway Line
Services       A  (all times)
Transit connections MTA Bus: Q22
Structure Elevated
Platforms 2 side platforms
Tracks 2
Other information
Opened 1922 (1922) (LIRR station)
Rebuilt June 28, 1956 (1956-06-28) (as a Subway station)
Station code 206[1]
Former/other names Beach 44th Street–Frank Avenue
Traffic
Passengers (2017) 214,473[2] Increase 1%
Rank 420 out of 425
Station succession
Next west Beach 60th Street: A 
Next east Beach 36th Street: A 

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.

History

Track layout
to B 60 St
to B 36 St
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, doors will open on the right
Northbound ← "A" train toward Inwood–207th Street (Beach 60th Street)
Southbound → "A" train toward Far Rockaway–Mott Avenue (Beach 36th Street) →
Side platform, doors will open on the right
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

  1. ↑ "Station Developers' Information". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved June 13, 2017.
  2. ↑ "Facts and Figures: Annual Subway Ridership 2012–2017". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. July 12, 2018. Retrieved July 12, 2018.
  3. ↑ "Last Grade Crossing In Rockaways Ends" (PDF). nytimes.com. The New York Times. April 11, 1942. Retrieved 30 June 2015.
  4. ↑ "Pushes Grade Separation" (PDF). nytimes.com. The New York Times. January 24, 1932. Retrieved June 30, 2015.
  5. 1 2 Freeman, Ira Henry (June 28, 1956). "Rockaway Trains to Operate Today" (PDF). nytimes.com. The New York Times. Retrieved June 29, 2015.
  6. ↑ "MTA Neighborhood Maps: The Rockaways" (PDF). mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2015. Retrieved July 6, 2015.
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