Beach 98th Street station

The Beach 98th Street station (signed as Beach 98th Street–Playland 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 98 Street
 "A" train​Rockaway Park Shuttle
New York City Subway station (rapid transit)
View of Rockaway Park-bound platform
Station statistics
AddressBeach 98th Street & Rockaway Freeway
Queens, NY 11694
BoroughQueens
LocaleRockaway Beach
Coordinates40.585441°N 73.820186°W / 40.585441; -73.820186
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, Q53 SBS, QM16
StructureElevated
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
Other information
OpenedApril 1903 (1903-04) (LIRR station)
RebuiltJune 28, 1956 (1956-06-28) (as a Subway station)
Opposite-
direction
transfer		Yes
Former/other namesSteeplechase (1903–May 15, 1933[2])
Playland
Beach 98th Street–Playland
Traffic
2019164,130[3] Increase 6.2%
Rank422 out of 424[3]
Services
Preceding station New York City Subway New York City Subway Following station
Beach 105th Street
A rush hours, peak direction ​S all times
toward Rockaway Park–Beach 116th Street
 Rockaway Park Beach 90th Street
A rush hours, peak direction ​S all times
toward Broad Channel
Location
Beach 98th Street station is located in New York City Subway
Beach 98th Street station
Beach 98th Street station is located in New York City
Beach 98th Street station
Beach 98th Street station is located in New York
Beach 98th Street station
Track layout

to Beach 90th Street
to Beach 105th 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 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.

Station layout
Platform level Side platform
Southbound ← Rockaway Park Shuttle toward Rockaway Park–Beach 116th Street (Beach 105th Street)
← "A" train PM rush toward Rockaway Park–Beach 116th Street (Beach 105th Street)
Northbound → Rockaway Park Shuttle toward Broad Channel (Beach 90th Street) →
→ "A" train AM rush toward Inwood–207th Street (Beach 90th Street) →
Side platform
Mezzanine Fare control, station agent, MetroCard vending machines
Ground Street level Entrances/exits
Eastern stairs

The station is built on a concrete viaduct. There are two tracks and two side platforms.[4] 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).[5][6] It is between Beach 90th Street to the east (railroad north) and Beach 105th Street to the west (railroad south).[7] 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.[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. 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 2014–2019". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2020. Retrieved May 26, 2020.
  4. "Tracks of the New York City Subway". Tracks of the New York City Subway. Retrieved October 9, 2015.
  5. "S Subway Timetable, Rockaway Park Shuttle, Effective June 26, 2022". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved August 26, 2023.
  6. "A Subway Timetable, Effective June 26, 2022". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved August 26, 2023.
  7. "Subway Map" (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. September 2021. Retrieved September 17, 2021.
  8. "MTA Neighborhood Maps: The Rockaways" (PDF). mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2015. Retrieved July 6, 2015.
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