Broad Channel (IND Rockaway Line)
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| New York City Subway station Broad Channel |
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| Line | IND Rockaway Line |
| Services | A S |
| Platforms | 2 side platforms |
| Tracks | 2 |
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| Borough | Queens |
| Opened | 1880 as LIRR station[1] June 28, 1956 as subway station |
| Next North | Howard Beach-JFK  A |
| Next South | To Far Rockaway: Beach 67th Street–Gaston Avenue A |
| To Rockaway Park: Beach 90th Street–Holland A (1a) S |
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Broad Channel is a station on the IND Rockaway Line of the New York City Subway. Located at Noel Road and West Road in the Broad Channel neighborhood of the borough of Queens, it is served by the A train and the Rockaway Park Shuttle (S) at all times. This is the northern terminal for the S at all times except summer weekends, when it is extended to Euclid Avenue on the IND Fulton Street Line.
The station opened to subway service on June 28, 1956, having been converted from its prior use as a Long Island Rail Road station on a line abandoned by the LIRR and sold to the city.
This station has two tracks and two side platforms, with a glass-enclosed crossover containing the waiting area and fare control. Entrance/exit is from the southbound platform only, requiring northbound passengers to cross over. Just to the north, the Rockaway Line gains two extra non-revenue tracks straddling the two revenue tracks; the western track is used as a test track, while the eastern track is used to turn S trains. Continuing north, the Rockaway Line crosses Jamaica Bay before reaching Howard Beach; the distance between the two stations is the longest between any two in the New York City Subway system. To the south, the Rockaway Line continues to the Rockaway peninsula, where it splits at Hammel's Wye to allow service to both Far Rockaway–Mott Avenue and Rockaway Park–Beach 116th Street.
[edit] Nearby points of interest
- Jamaica Bay Unit of the Gateway National Recreation Area
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- nycsubway.org — IND Rockaway: Broad Channel
- Station Reporter — H Train (H is the Metropolitan Transportation Authority's internal designation for the Rockaway Park Shuttle)
