Beach 98th Street (IND Rockaway Line)

 Beach 98 Street
 "A" train ​Rockaway Park Shuttle
New York City Subway rapid transit station
Rockaway Park-bound platform
Station statistics
Address Beach 98th Street & Rockaway Freeway
Queens, NY 11694
Borough Queens
Locale Rockaway Beach
Coordinates 40°35′08″N 73°49′13″W / 40.585441°N 73.820186°W / 40.585441; -73.820186Coordinates: 40°35′08″N 73°49′13″W / 40.585441°N 73.820186°W / 40.585441; -73.820186
Division B (IND, formerly LIRR Rockaway Beach Branch)
Line IND Rockaway Line
Services       A  (rush hours, peak direction)
​      S  (all times)
Transit connections MTA Bus: Q22, Q53 SBS, QM16
Structure Elevated
Platforms 2 side platforms
Tracks 2
Other information
Opened April 1903 (1903-04) (LIRR station)
Rebuilt June 28, 1956 (1956-06-28) (as a Subway station)
Station code 201[1]
Former/other names Steeplechase (1903–May 15, 1933[2])
Playland
Beach 98th Street–Playland
Traffic
Passengers (2017) 180,588[3] Decrease 11.4%
Rank 422 out of 425
Station succession
Next east Beach 90th Street: A  ​S 
Next west Beach 105th Street: A  ​S 

Beach 98th Street, signed as Beach 98th Street–Playland, 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.

Station layout

Track layout
to B 90 St
to B 105 St
P
Platform level		 Side platform, doors will open on the right
Northbound ← Rockaway Park Shuttle ("A" train PM rush hours only) toward Rockaway Park (Beach 105th Street)
Southbound → Rockaway Park Shuttle toward Broad Channel ("A" train toward Inwood–207th Street AM rush hours only) (Beach 90th Street) →
Side platform, doors will open on the right
M Mezzanine Fare control, station agent, MetroCard vending machines
G Street level Exit/entrance
Eastern stairs

The station is built on a concrete viaduct. There are two tracks and two side platforms. New lights have been installed. Canopies, mezzanine, and side walls are similar to Beach 90th Street.

Exits

There 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.[4]

History

The 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. In 1942, the station was replaced with an elevated station, and was taken out of service on October 3, 1955 as part of its purchase by the New York City Transit Authority, which reopened it as a subway station on June 28, 1956.

References

  1. ↑ "Station Developers' Information". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved June 13, 2017.
  2. 1 2 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.
  3. ↑ "Facts and Figures: Annual Subway Ridership 2012–2017". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. July 12, 2018. Retrieved July 12, 2018.
  4. ↑ "MTA Neighborhood Maps: The Rockaways" (PDF). mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2015. Retrieved July 6, 2015.
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