Beach 90th Street station

The Beach 90th Street station (signed as Beach 90th Street–Holland station) 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.

 Beach 90 Street
 "A" train​Rockaway Park Shuttle
New York City Subway station (rapid transit)
Artwork on the Rockaway Park-bound platform
Station statistics
AddressBeach 90th Street & Rockaway Freeway
Queens, NY 11693
BoroughQueens
LocaleRockaway Beach
Coordinates40.588095°N 73.813499°W / 40.588095; -73.813499
DivisionB (IND, formerly LIRR Rockaway Beach Branch)[1]
LineIND Rockaway Line
Services   A rush hours, peak direction (rush hours, peak direction)
​   S all times (all times)
TransitBus transport MTA Bus: Q22, Q52 SBS, QM17
StructureElevated
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
Other information
OpenedJune 1880 (1880-06) (LIRR station)
RebuiltJune 28, 1956 (1956-06-28) (as a Subway station)
Opposite-
direction
transfer		Yes
Former/other namesBeach 90th Street–Holland
Traffic
2019348,771[2] Decrease 8.9%
Rank416 out of 424[2]
Services
Preceding station New York City Subway New York City Subway Following station
Beach 98th Street
A rush hours, peak direction ​S all times
toward Rockaway Park–Beach 116th Street
 Rockaway Park Broad Channel
A rush hours, peak direction ​S all times
Terminus
Location
Beach 90th Street station is located in New York City Subway
Beach 90th Street station
Beach 90th Street station is located in New York City
Beach 90th Street station
Beach 90th Street station is located in New York
Beach 90th Street station
Track layout

to Broad Channel
Hammels Wye
to Beach 67th Street
to Beach 98th Street
Street map

Station service legend
Symbol Description
Stops all times Stops all times
Stops rush hours in the peak direction only Stops rush hours in the peak direction only

History

The "Holland" designation refers to Michael P. Holland, one of the early developers of the area in which the station was located. It was originally built by the Long Island Rail Road at Holland Avenue and Beach 92nd Street between May and June 1880 along the Rockaway Beach Branch for the nearby Holland Hotel, and was also a trolley stop of the Ocean Electric Railway. It was rebuilt in 1899, and again in 1914 with a baggage storage facility. Like much of the Rockaway Beach Branch and part of the former Far Rockaway Branch, it was closed in 1941 and rebuilt as an elevated station in 1942, only to be purchased by the New York City Transit Authority on October 3, 1955 and reopened as a subway station on June 28, 1956.

After Hurricane Sandy hit and destroyed the long stretch of the IND Rockaway Line, this was a terminal of the temporary H shuttle until May 30, 2013, when the A train and the Rockaway Park Shuttle were restored to the Rockaways. H trains terminated on the northbound track, because the Rockaway Park Shuttle was not in operation and A service was cut to Howard Beach–JFK Airport.

Station layout
Platform level Side platform
Southbound ← Rockaway Park Shuttle toward Rockaway Park–Beach 116th Street (Beach 98th Street)
← "A" train PM rush toward Rockaway Park–Beach 116th Street (Beach 98th Street)
Northbound → Rockaway Park Shuttle toward Broad Channel (Terminus) →
→ "A" train AM rush toward Inwood–207th Street (Broad Channel) →
← (No service: Beach 67th Street)
Side platform
Mezzanine Fare control, station agent, MetroCard vending machines
Ground Street level Entrances/exits

The station is built on a concrete viaduct. There are two tracks and two side platforms.[3] The station is served by the Rockaway Park Shuttle at all times and limited A trains during rush hours in the peak direction (toward Manhattan in the morning and toward the Rockaways in the afternoon).[4][5] It is between Broad Channel to the east (railroad north) and Beach 98th Street to the west (railroad south).[6] New lights were installed in 2010.[7]

Exits

There is a crossunder to the tiled mezzanine. Outside of fare control, there are stairs to either eastern corner of Rockaway Freeway and Beach 90th Street. The southbound side had an additional exit on the south end, which has been removed.[8]

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. "Tracks of the New York City Subway". Tracks of the New York City Subway. Retrieved October 9, 2015.
  4. "S Subway Timetable, Rockaway Park Shuttle, Effective June 26, 2022". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved August 26, 2023.
  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. Two Rockaway Stations Re-Open Today (MTA Press Release; December 22, 2010)
  8. "MTA Neighborhood Maps: The Rockaways" (PDF). mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2015. Retrieved July 6, 2015.
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