Beach 60th Street station

The Beach 60th Street station (signed as Beach 60th Street–Straiton Avenue station) is a station on the IND Rockaway Line of the New York City Subway. Located in Queens on the Rockaway Freeway at Beach 60th Street, it is served by the A train at all times. The station opened in 1892, and was rebuilt in 1942 as an elevated station.

Beach 60 Street
New York City Subway station (rapid transit)
Southbound platform
Station statistics
Address	Beach 60th Street & Rockaway Freeway Queens, NY 11692
Borough	Queens
Locale	Arverne
Coordinates	40°35′33″N 73°47′19″W / 40.592395°N 73.788536°W / 40.592395; -73.788536
Division	B (IND, formerly LIRR Far Rockaway Branch)^[1]
Line	IND Rockaway Line
Services	A  (all times)
Transit	MTA Bus: Q22, Q52 SBS
Structure	Elevated
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Other information
Opened	1892; 131 years ago (1892) (LIRR station)
Rebuilt	June 28, 1956; 67 years ago (1956-06-28) (as a Subway station)
Opposite- direction transfer	Yes
Former/other names	Beach 60th Street–Straiton Avenue
Traffic
2022	349,205^[3]  11.7%
Rank	405 out of 423^[3]
Services Preceding station New York City Subway Following station Beach 67th Street toward Inwood–207th Street Beach 44th Street toward Far Rockaway–Mott Avenue
Former services Preceding station Long Island Rail Road Following station Frank Avenue toward Valley Stream Far Rockaway Branch Arverne toward Hammels Frank Avenue toward Gibson Rockaway Beach Division Arverne toward Woodside
Location Show map of New York City Subway Show map of New York City Show map of New York
Track layout Legend to Beach 67th Street to Beach 44th Street
Street map
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops all times

History

 

Street stair at Beach 59th Street

 

Platforms before 2010 renovation

Beach 60th Street–Straiton Avenue was originally built by the Long Island Rail Road along the Rockaway Beach Branch as Straiton Avenue, also known as Arverne–Straiton Avenue in 1892 as part of a quarrel between the LIRR and New York lawyer and developer Remington Vernam over the original Arverne station on Gaston Avenue. It also served as a trolley stop of the Ocean Electric Railway.

The station was rebuilt as an elevated station on April 10, 1942. After being purchased by the New York City Transit Authority on October 3, 1955, it reopened as a subway station on June 28, 1956.^[4]

The station was renovated in 2010.

Station layout

Platform level	Side platform
	Northbound	←   toward Inwood–207th Street (Beach 67th Street)
	Southbound	→   toward Far Rockaway–Mott Avenue (Beach 44th Street) →
	Side platform
Mezzanine		Fare control, station agent, MetroCard machines
Ground	Street level	Exit/entrance

This elevated station has two tracks and two side platforms.^[5] The station is served by the A train at all times^[6] and is between Beach 44th Street to the east (railroad south) and Beach 67th Street to the west (railroad north).^[7]

Exits

The full-time entrance to the station is at the west end and has two stairs to the northeast corner of Rockaway Freeway and Beach 59th Street. The station house under the platform has a turnstile bank, token booth and two staircase to each platform. There is an additional exit-only staircase at the west end of the eastbound platform.^[8]

References

1. "Glossary". (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. "Annual Subway Ridership (2017–2022)". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2022. Retrieved November 8, 2023.
3. "Annual Subway Ridership (2017–2022)". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2022. Retrieved November 8, 2023.
4. LIRR Station History January 6, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
5. "Tracks of the New York City Subway". Tracks of the New York City Subway. Retrieved October 9, 2015.
6. "A Subway Timetable, Effective June 26, 2022". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved August 26, 2023.
7. "Subway Map" (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. September 2021. Retrieved September 17, 2021.
8. "MTA Neighborhood Maps: The Rockaways" (PDF). mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2015. Retrieved July 6, 2015.

External links

•   Media related to Beach 60th Street (IND Rockaway Line) at Wikimedia Commons
• nycsubway.org – IND Rockaway: Beach 60th Street/Straiton
• The Subway Nut — Beach 60th Street – Straiton Avenue Pictures 2017-06-14 at the Wayback Machine
• Beach 59th Street entrance from Google Maps Street View
• Platforms from Google Maps Street View