Rockaway Park–Beach 116th Street (IND Rockaway Line)

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Rockaway Park–Beach 116th Street
New York City Subway station

Station information
Line	IND Rockaway Line
Services	A (rush hours, peak direction) S (all times)
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Other
Borough	Queens
Opened	June 28, 1956 as a Subway Station
Accessible
Next north	Beach 105th Street: A S
Next south	(Terminal)

Rockaway Park–Beach 116th Street is a station on the IND Rockaway Line of the New York City Subway, located at the intersection of Beach 116th Street and Rockaway Park in Queens.

The station is at ground level. On either side of the station are tracks leading to the Rockaway Park Yard. The station house is also at ground level and is made of concrete with windows. It also houses a police facility and has plywood walls due its expansion. An examination of the station house shows the former ticket windows, which were used when the line was part of the LIRR. Originally, terminal tracks with low-level platforms occupied the yard area during the LIRR years. The area of the the current high-level platform was part of the LIRR depot yard. Since May 2007, the station building, platform and yard area have been undergoing renovation. The new station building, which is at least twice the size it was previously,^{[citation needed]} was unveiled in early November 2007.