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  ​
New York City Subway station (rapid transit)
Rockaway Park-bound platform
Station statistics
Address	Beach 98th Street & Rockaway Freeway Queens, NY 11694
Borough	Queens
Locale	Rockaway Beach
Coordinates	40.585441°N 73.820186°W / 40.585441; -73.820186
Division	B (IND, formerly LIRR Rockaway Beach Branch)
Line	IND Rockaway Line
Services	A  (rush hours, peak direction) ​      S  (all times)
Transit connections	MTA Bus: Q22, Q53 SBS, QM16
Structure	Elevated
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Other information
Opened	April 1903 (1903-04) (LIRR station)
Rebuilt	June 28, 1956 (1956-06-28) (as a Subway station)
Station code	201[1]
Opposite-direction transfer available	Yes
Former/other names	Steeplechase (1903–May 15, 1933[2]) Playland Beach 98th Street–Playland
Traffic
Passengers (2019)	164,130[3]  6.2%
Rank	422 out of 424[3]
Station succession
Next east	Beach 90th Street: A  ​S
Next west	Beach 105th Street: A  ​S
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Street map
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops all times 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

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]

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.

External links

• nycsubway.org – IND Rockaway: Beach 98th Street/Playland
• Station Reporter — Rockaway Park Shuttle
• Steeplechase Station (Arrt's Arrchives)
• The Subway Nut — Beach 98th Street – Playland Pictures
• Beach 98th Street entrance from Google Maps Street View
• Platform level from Google Maps Street View
• Mezzanine from Google Maps Street View