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| Address | Beach 116th Street between Rockaway Beach Boulevard & Newport Avenue Rockaway Park, NY 11694 |
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| Borough | Queens | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Locale | Rockaway Park | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Division | B (IND, formerly LIRR Rockaway Beach Branch) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Line | IND Rockaway Line | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Services | A (rush hours, peak direction) S (all times) |
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| Structure | At-grade | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 island platform | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | May 1882 (LIRR station) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rebuilt | June 28, 1956 (as a Subway station) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Passengers (2010) | 268,625[1] 0.3% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rank | 413 out of 422 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Next north | Beach 105th Street: A S | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Next south | (Terminal): A S | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Next north | Howard Beach – JFK Airport: A | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Next south | (none) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Rockaway Park – Beach 116th Street is the western terminal 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. It is served by the Rockaway Park Shuttle at all times and ten daily rush-hour only A trains.
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The station was originally built in 1882 as a Long Island Rail Road station on the Rockaway Beach Branch, called Rockaway Beach Station, and contained a trolley stop for the Ocean Electric Railway, which eventually expanded their line further west to Belle Harbor and Neponsit. In 1899, the station was enlarged in order to accommodate the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company cars, and the name was changed to Rockaway Park Station.
In Spring 1917, a second station was built as a replacement for the former station, which was razed. After a 1950 fire at The Raunt destroyed the trestle across Jamaica Bay, the LIRR rerouted Rockaway Beach service along the Far Rockaway Branch, then abandoned the Rockaway Beach Branch. On October 3, 1955, the New York City Transit Authority acquired all stations and closed them to convert into subway stations. The current Rockaway Park – Beach 116th Street opened on June 28, 1956, with all other stations on the Rockaway Line except Far Rockaway.
The station is at ground level. There are two tracks and an island platform. The tracks end at bumper blocks at the west (railroad south) end of the platform. On either side of the station are tracks leading to the Rockaway Park Yard. The station house is made of concrete with windows and plywood walls. It also houses a police precinct and has an entrance leading to an adjacent restaurant. 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 current high-level platform was part of the LIRR depot yard.
Starting in May 2007, the station building, platform and yard area underwent renovation. The new station building was unveiled in early November 2007.
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