Beach 60th Street station

The Beach 60th Street station (signed as Beach 60th Street–Straiton Avenue 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.

 Beach 60 Street
 "A" train
New York City Subway station (rapid transit)
Southbound platform
Station statistics
AddressBeach 60th Street & Rockaway Freeway
Queens, NY 11692
BoroughQueens
LocaleArverne
Coordinates40.592395°N 73.788536°W / 40.592395; -73.788536
DivisionB (IND, formerly LIRR Far Rockaway Branch)[1]
LineIND Rockaway Line
Services   A all times (all times)
TransitBus transport MTA Bus: Q22, Q52 SBS
StructureElevated
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
Other information
Opened1892 (1892) (LIRR station)
RebuiltJune 28, 1956 (1956-06-28) (as a Subway station)
Opposite-
direction
transfer		Yes
Former/other namesBeach 60th Street–Straiton Avenue
Traffic
2019623,826[2] Decrease 1%
Rank399 out of 424[2]
Services
Preceding station New York City Subway New York City Subway Following station
Beach 67th Street
toward Inwood–207th Street
 Beach 44th Street
toward Far Rockaway–Mott Avenue
Location
Beach 60th Street station is located in New York City Subway
Beach 60th Street station
Beach 60th Street station is located in New York City
Beach 60th Street station
Beach 60th Street station is located in New York
Beach 60th Street station
Track layout

to Beach 67th Street
to Beach 44th Street
Street map

Station service legend
Symbol Description
Stops all times Stops all times

History
Street stair at Beach 59th Street
Platforms before 2010 renovation

Beach 60th Street–Straiton Avenue was originally built by the Long Island Rail Road along the Rockaway Beach Branch as Straiton Avenue, also known as Arverne–Straiton Avenue in 1892 as part of a quarrel between the LIRR and New York lawyer and developer Remington Vernam over the original Arverne station on Gaston Avenue. It also served as a trolley stop of the Ocean Electric Railway.

The station was rebuilt as an elevated station on April 10, 1942. After being purchased by the New York City Transit Authority on October 3, 1955, it reopened as a subway station on June 28, 1956.[3]

The station was renovated in 2010.

Station layout
Platform level Side platform
Northbound ← "A" train toward Inwood–207th Street (Beach 67th Street)
Southbound → "A" train toward Far Rockaway–Mott Avenue (Beach 44th Street) →
Side platform
Mezzanine Fare control, station agent, MetroCard machines
Ground Street level Exit/entrance

This elevated station has two tracks and two side platforms.[4] The station is served by the A train at all times[5] and is between Beach 44th Street to the east (railroad south) and Beach 67th Street to the west (railroad north).[6]

Exits

The full-time entrance to the station is at the west end and has two stairs to the northeast corner of Rockaway Freeway and Beach 59th Street. The station house under the platform has a turnstile bank, token booth and two staircase to each platform. There is an additional exit-only staircase at the west end of the eastbound platform.[7]

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. LIRR Station History Archived January 6, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  4. "Tracks of the New York City Subway". Tracks of the New York City Subway. Retrieved October 9, 2015.
  5. "A Subway Timetable, Effective June 26, 2022". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved August 26, 2023.
  6. "Subway Map" (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. September 2021. Retrieved September 17, 2021.
  7. "MTA Neighborhood Maps: The Rockaways" (PDF). mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2015. Retrieved July 6, 2015.
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