Beach 25th Street (IND Rockaway Line)

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Beach 25th Street
New York City Subway station
Station information
Line	IND Rockaway Line
Services	A (all times)
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Other
Borough	Queens
Opened	June 28, 1956 as a Subway Station
Next north	Beach 36th Street: A
Next south	Far Rockaway–Mott Avenue: A

Beach 25th Street, also known as Beach 25th Street–Wavecrest, is a station on the IND Rockaway Line of the New York City Subway, located in Queens on the Rockaway Freeway at Beach 25th Street.

As the Rockaway Line was originally operated by the Long Island Rail Road, the platforms here were built to hold twelve-car trains (of 85 foot cars), a typical length of an LIRR train. This station is on a concrete viaduct with ballasted track. Exit is near the center to the tile mezzanine. The mezzanine is four stories high. This station was the terminal for the Far Rockaway branch until the opening of Far Rockaway–Mott Avenue station nineteen months later.