Beach 25th Street (IND Rockaway Line)

Beach 25th Street
New York City Subway rapid transit station
Station statistics
Address	Beach 25th Street & Rockaway Freeway Queens, NY 11691
Borough	Queens
Locale	Bayswater
Coordinates	40°36′0.22″N 73°45′41.12″W / 40.6000611°N 73.7614222°W / 40.6000611; -73.7614222Coordinates: 40°36′0.22″N 73°45′41.12″W / 40.6000611°N 73.7614222°W / 40.6000611; -73.7614222
Division	B (IND, formerly LIRR Far Rockaway Branch)
Line	IND Rockaway Line
Services	A  (all times)
Structure	Elevated
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Other information
Opened	May 1928 (1928-05) (LIRR station)
Rebuilt	June 28, 1956 (1956-06-28) (as a Subway station)
Station code	208[1]
Former/other names	Beach 25th Street–Wavecrest
Traffic
Passengers (2016)	601,116[2]  5.4%
Rank	397 out of 422
Station succession
Next north	Beach 36th Street: A
Next south	Far Rockaway–Mott Avenue: A
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops all times
Location Show map of New York City Subway Show map of New York City Show map of New York Show map of the US

North side stair

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. It is served by the A train at all times. There are two tracks and two side platforms.

History

Track layout
to B 36 St to Mott Av

The station was originally opened by the Long Island Rail Road in May 1928 as Wavecrest Station,^[3] and was closed and relocated 800 feet east of the former location in August 1940 as part of a grade elevation project. The elevated station was opened on April 10, 1942, but was closed on October 3, 1955. It was purchased by the New York City Transit Authority along with the rest of the line west to Rockaway Park, which reopened it as a subway station on June 28, 1956.^[4][5]

Station layout

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

North side of the Mott Avenue bound platform

This station is on a concrete viaduct with ballasted track. This station was the terminal for the Far Rockaway branch until the opening of Far Rockaway–Mott Avenue station nineteen months later.^[4][6]

Exits

Exit is near the center to the tiled mezzanine. The mezzanine is four stories high. Three stairs lead to the street, two to the southwestern corner and one to the northwestern corner of Rockaway Freeway and Beach 25th Street.^[7]

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Beach 25th Street (IND Rockaway Line).

• nycsubway.org – IND Rockaway: Beach 25th Street/Wavecrest
• Station Reporter — A Rockaway
• The Subway Nut — Beach 25th Street–Wavecrest Pictures
• Beach 25th Street entrance from Google Maps Street View

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