Beach 67th Street station

Beach 67th Street, signed as Beach 67th Street–Arverne By The Sea, is a station on the IND Rockaway Line of the New York City Subway. Located at Beach 67th Street and Rockaway Freeway in Arverne, Queens, it is served by the A train at all times. The station is adjacent to Kohlreiter Square, a public green space on the north side of the station.

 Beach 67 Street
 
New York City Subway station (rapid transit)
Northbound platform
Station statistics
AddressBeach 67th Street & Rockaway Freeway
Queens, NY 11692
BoroughQueens
LocaleArverne
Coordinates40.59092°N 73.79681°W / 40.59092; -73.79681
DivisionB (IND, formerly LIRR Far Rockaway Branch)
LineIND Rockaway Line
Services      A  (all times)
Transit connections MTA Bus: Q22, Q52 SBS, QM17
StructureElevated
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
Other information
Opened1888 (1888) (LIRR station)
RebuiltJune 28, 1956 (1956-06-28) (as a Subway station)
Station code204[1]
Accessiblenot ADA-accessible; accessibility planned
Opposite-direction transfer availableYes
Former/other namesBeach 67th Street–Arverne By The Sea
Beach 67th Street–Gaston
Traffic
Passengers (2019)718,008[2]  7.3%
Rank392 out of 424[2]
Station succession
Next westBroad Channel: A 
Beach 90th Street: no regular service
Next eastBeach 60th Street: A 

History
Track layout
to Broad Channel
Hammels Wye
to Beach 90 St
to Beach 60 St
Before renovation

The station was originally built as Arverne for the Long Island Rail Road in 1888 at Gaston Avenue, by New York lawyer and developer Remington Vernam. The station and the development were named by his wife who admired the way he signed his checks. The station had a large tower, was shaped like a Victorian hotel and had a connection to the Ocean Electric Railway.

Due to a quarrel between the LIRR and Vernam, another Arverne station was built at Straiton Avenue in 1892. From then on, it was known as Arverne–Gaston Avenue to distinguish it from the Straiton Avenue station. Arverne station was rebuilt on a new site with a simpler structure in May 1912. Like all stations along the Rockaway Beach Branch, it was closed and replaced with the elevated Gaston Avenue station on April 10, 1942, only to be transferred to the New York City Transit Authority on October 3, 1955 and reopened as a subway station on June 28, 1956.[3]

In March 2010, Queens Community Board 14, which represents Arverne, voted in favor of renaming the station from Beach 67th Street–Gaston to Beach 67th Street–Arverne By The Sea.[4] New signs with this name were installed in July 2011.

In 2019, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority announced that this station would become ADA-accessible as part of the agency's 2020–2024 Capital Program.[5]

Station layout
P
Platform level		 Side platform
Northbound ← toward 207th Street (Broad Channel)
← (No service: Beach 90th Street)
Southbound → toward Far Rockaway (Beach 60th Street) →
Side platform
M Mezzanine Fare control, station agent, MetroCard machines
G Street level Exit/entrance

There are two tracks and two side platforms. Trains that leave the station northbound reach the Hammels Wye, where it is possible to head north to Broad Channel (the usual service pattern) or traverse a short single-track segment onto the southbound Rockaway Park-bound branch of the line. This connection was used for the temporary H shuttle from Far Rockaway to Beach 90th Street following Hurricane Sandy, and was used by the Rockaway Park Shuttle for several months in 2018.

Exits
Street stair

The only active station house beneath the platforms and tracks at the east end has four staircases: two to the street (one to each western corner of Beach 67th Street and Rockaway Freeway) and one to each platform. The mezzanine layout gives evidence that there were originally separate turnstiles for entry and exit. The entry turnstiles are all on one side of the booth while the exit turnstiles are on the opposite side. Since the elimination of the double fare, steel gates have replaced the turnstiles.[6]

A second exit is located at the west end of the Far Rockaway-bound platform which leads to the southeast side of Beach 69th Street and Rockaway Freeway.[6]

References
  1. "Station Developers' Information". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved June 13, 2017.
  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. ""Beach 67 Street Station – Arverne By The Sea," by Nicholas Briano (The Wave; March 12, 2010)". Archived from the original on May 27, 2011. Retrieved February 10, 2011.
  5. "Press Release - MTA Headquarters - MTA Announces 20 Additional Subway Stations to Receive Accessibility Improvements Under Proposed 2020-2024 Capital Plan". MTA. December 19, 2019. Retrieved December 20, 2019.
  6. "MTA Neighborhood Maps: The Rockaways" (PDF). mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2015. Retrieved July 6, 2015.
Preceding station   LIRR   Following station
Former services
Beach Channel   Far Rockaway Branch   Arverne - Straiton Avenue
Hammels   Rockaway Beach Branch
(via Hammels Wye)		   Arverne - Straiton Avenue
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