Beach 44th Street (IND Rockaway Line)

Beach 44th Street
New York City Subway rapid transit station
Station statistics
Address	Beach 44th Street & Rockaway Freeway Queens, NY 11691
Borough	Queens
Locale	Edgemere
Coordinates	40°35′35″N 73°46′34″W / 40.592928°N 73.775986°W / 40.592928; -73.775986Coordinates: 40°35′35″N 73°46′34″W / 40.592928°N 73.775986°W / 40.592928; -73.775986
Division	B (IND, formerly LIRR Far Rockaway Branch)
Line	IND Rockaway Line
Services	A  (all times)
Connection	MTA Bus: Q22, QM17 (all on Beach Channel Drive)
Structure	Elevated
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Other information
Opened	1922 (1922) (LIRR station)
Rebuilt	June 28, 1956 (1956-06-28) (as a Subway station)
Former/other names	Beach 44th Street – Frank Avenue
Traffic
Passengers (2014)	181,758[1]  99%
Rank	418 out of 421
Station succession
Next north	Beach 60th Street: A
Next south	Beach 36th Street: A
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops in station at all times Stops all times except late nights Stops late nights only Stops late nights and weekdays only Stops late nights and weekends only Stops weekends and weekend late nights Stops weekdays and weekday late nights Stops weekdays only Stops weekends only Stops all times except rush hours in the peak direction Stops all times except weekdays in the peak direction Stops daily except rush hours in the peak direction Stops rush hours only Stops rush hours in the peak direction only Station is closed (Details about time periods)

Beach 44th Street, sometimes referred as Beach 44th Street – Frank Avenue, is a station on the IND Rockaway Line of the New York City Subway. It is served by the A train at all times. There are two tracks and two side platforms. This station has no closed exits, and the full-time fare control is at the middle of the platforms.

Beach 44th Street – Frank Avenue was originally a trolley stop of the Ocean Electric Railway, which used a former segment of the Long Island Rail Road's Far Rockaway Branch tracks, until it became a Long Island Railroad Station in 1922. The station was relocated 758 feet east of its former location between August 2 and August 23, 1940 as part of a grade crossing elimination project between Beach 44th Street and Beach 47th Street. It was reopened on April 10, 1942 but was purchased by the New York City Transit Authority on October 3, 1955, along with the rest of the Rockaway Beach Branch and Far Rockaway Branch west of Far Rockaway. It reopened as a subway station along the IND Rockaway Line on June 28, 1956.

Station layout

P Platform level	Side platform, doors will open on the right
	Westbound	← toward Inwood – 207th Street (Beach 60th Street)
	Eastbound	→ toward Far Rockaway (Beach 36th Street) →
	Side platform, doors will open on the right
M	Mezzanine	Fare control, station agent, MetroCard vending machines
G	Street level	Exit/ Entrance

References

External links

• nycsubway.org—IND Rockaway: Beach 44th Street/Frank Avenue
• Station Reporter — A Rockaway
• Frank Avenue Station, 1955 (Arrt's Arrchives)
• The Subway Nut — Beach 44th Street-Frank Avenue Pictures
• Beach 44th Street entrance from Google Maps Street View