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°WCoordinates: 40°36′0.22″N 73°45′41.12″W / 40.6000611°N 73.7614222°W
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 (LIRR station)
Rebuilt	June 28, 1956 (as a Subway station)
Former/other names	Beach 25th Street – Wavecrest
Traffic
Passengers (2015)	570,312[1]  9.7%
Rank	402 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

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
Legend
to B 36 St to Mott Av

The station was originally opened by the Long Island Rail Road in May 1928 as Wavecrest Station,^[2] 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.^[3][4]

Station layout

P Platform level	Side platform, doors will open on the right
	Westbound	← toward Inwood–207th Street (Beach 36th Street)
	Eastbound	→ 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. Exit is near the center to the tiled mezzanine. The mezzanine is four stories high. This station was the terminal for the Far Rockaway branch until the opening of Far Rockaway – Mott Avenue station nineteen months later.^[3][5]

References

1. "Facts and Figures: Annual Subway Ridership". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved 2016-04-19.
2. "What The Wave Said 40 Years Ago This Week" (PDF). Wave of Long Island. Fultonhistory.com. March 14, 1968. Retrieved 22 July 2016.
3. Freeman, Ira Henry (June 28, 1956). "Rockaway Trains to Operate Today". nytimes.com. The New York Times. Retrieved 29 June 2015.
4. LIRR Station History
5. "New Subway Unit Ready: Far Rockaway IND Terminal Will Be Opened Today". nytimes.com. The New York Times. January 16, 1958. Retrieved 29 June 2015.

External links

• 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