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New York City Subway station in Queens

New York City Subway station in Queens, New York

Beach 36 Street "A" train
New York City Subway station (rapid transit)
Northbound platform
Station statistics
Address Beach 36th Street & Rockaway FreewayEdgemere, New York
Borough Queens
Locale Edgemere
Coordinates 40°35′43″N 73°46′05″W / 40.595413°N 73.768076°W / 40.595413; -73.768076
Division B (IND, formerly LIRR Far Rockaway Branch)[1]
Line IND Rockaway Line
Services A all times (all times)
Transit Bus transport MTA Bus: Q22, QM17
Structure Elevated
Platforms 2 side platforms
Tracks 2
Other information
Opened June 21, 1895; 129 years ago (1895-06-21) (LIRR station)
Rebuilt June 28, 1956; 68 years ago (1956-06-28) (as a Subway station)
Opposite-directiontransfer Yes
Former/other names Beach 36th Street–Edgemere
Traffic
2023 170,361[2] Decrease 2.4%
Rank 417 out of 423[2]
Services Preceding station New York City Subway New York City Subway Following station Beach 44th Streettoward Inwood–207th Street Beach 25th Streettoward Far Rockaway–Mott Avenue
Former services Preceding station Long Island Rail Road Following station Wavecresttoward Valley Stream Far Rockaway Branch Frank Avenuetoward Hammels Wavecresttoward Gibson Rockaway Beach Division Frank Avenuetoward Woodside
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Track layout Legend to Beach 44th Street to Beach 25th Street
Street map Map
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops all times Stops all times

The Beach 36th Street station (signed as Beach 36th Street–Edgemere) is a station on the IND Rockaway Line of the New York City Subway. The station is located at the intersection of Beach 36th Street and Rockaway Freeway in Edgemere, Queens. It is served by the A train at all times.

This station was originally opened on June 21, 1895, as part of Long Island Rail Road's Far Rockaway Branch and later as a trolley stop of the Ocean Electric Railway, which was designed to accommodate guests of the former Edgemere Hotel. It was relocated 600 feet east of its former location in August 1940. The elevated station was opened on April 10, 1942.[3] The station was purchased by New York City on October 3, 1955, along with the rest of the Rockaway Beach Branch and Far Rockaway Branch west of Far Rockaway, after a fire on the line's crossing over Jamaica Bay in 1950.[4] Now operated by the New York City Transit Authority, it reopened as a subway station along the IND Rockaway Line on June 28, 1956.[4][5]

Platform level Side platform
Northbound ← "A" train toward Inwood–207th Street (Beach 44th Street)
Southbound "A" train toward Far Rockaway–Mott Avenue (Beach 25th Street) →
Side platform
Mezzanine Fare control, station agent, MetroCard and OMNY machines
Ground Street level Exit/entrance

Stairs on the north side of Rockaway Freeway

This elevated station has two tracks and two side platforms.[6] The station is served by the A train at all times[7] and is between Beach 44th Street to the east (railroad south) and Beach 25th Street to the west (railroad north).[8]

Both platforms have beige windscreens and canopies with green support columns in the center and full height metallic fences at both ends.[_citation needed_]

The station's only entrance/exit is an elevated brick station house beneath the tracks. It has a turnstile bank, station agent booth, waiting area that allows a free transfer between directions, two staircases to each platform at the center, and two staircases to either side of Rockaway Freeway between Beach 35th and Beach 36th Streets. The two southern street stairs are connected to the station house with a large canopied overpass.[9]

  1. ^ "Glossary". Second Avenue Subway Supplemental Draft Environmental Impact Statement (SDEIS) (PDF). Vol. 1. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. March 4, 2003. pp. 1–2. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 26, 2021. Retrieved January 1, 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Annual Subway Ridership (2018–2023)". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2023. Retrieved April 20, 2024.
  3. ^ "Last Grade Crossing In Rockaways Ends" (PDF). The New York Times. April 11, 1942. Retrieved June 30, 2015.
  4. ^ a b Freeman, Ira Henry (June 28, 1956). "Rockaway Trains to Operate Today". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on May 20, 2022. Retrieved June 29, 2015.
  5. ^ "First Train On Rockaway Line Runs This Afternoon". Wave of Long Island. Fultonhistory.com. June 28, 1956. p. 1. Archived from the original on October 13, 2021. Retrieved August 16, 2016.
  6. ^ "Tracks of the New York City Subway". Tracks of the New York City Subway. Retrieved October 9, 2015.
  7. ^ "A Subway Timetable, Effective December 17, 2023". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved December 16, 2024.
  8. ^ "Subway Map" (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. September 2021. Retrieved September 17, 2021.
  9. ^ "MTA Neighborhood Maps: The Rockaways" (PDF). mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2015. Retrieved July 6, 2015.