Beach 98th Street station

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.

 Beach 98 Street
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New York City Subway station (rapid transit)
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)
LineIND Rockaway Line
Services      A  (rush hours, peak direction)
​      S  (all times)
Transit connections 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)
Station code201[1]
Opposite-direction transfer availableYes
Former/other namesSteeplechase (1903–May 15, 1933[2])
Playland
Beach 98th Street–Playland
Traffic
Passengers (2019)164,130[3]  6.2%
Rank422 out of 424[3]
Station succession
Next eastBeach 90th Street: A  ​S 
Next westBeach 105th Street: A  ​S 

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
Track layout
to B 90 St
to B 105 St
P
Platform level		 Side platform
Southbound ← toward Rockaway Park (Beach 105th Street)
← PM rush toward Rockaway Park (Beach 105th Street)
Northbound → toward Broad Channel (Beach 90th Street) →
→ AM rush toward 207th Street (Beach 90th Street) →
Side platform
M Mezzanine Fare control, station agent, MetroCard vending machines
G Street level Entrances/exits
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]

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References
  1. "Station Developers' Information". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved June 13, 2017.
  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. "MTA Neighborhood Maps: The Rockaways" (PDF). mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2015. Retrieved July 6, 2015.
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