Beach 25th Street station

Beach 25th Street, signed 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.

Beach 25 Street
New York City Subway station (rapid transit)
Northbound platform
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
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)
Station code	208[1]
Opposite- direction transfer	Yes
Former/other names	Beach 25th Street–Wavecrest
Traffic
2019	517,164[2]  4.9%
Rank	410 out of 424[2]
Station succession
Next west	Beach 36th Street: A
Next east	Far Rockaway–Mott Avenue: A
Location
Track layout to B 36 St to Mott Av
Street map
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops all times

History

North side stair

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
	Northbound	← toward 207th Street (Beach 36th Street)
	Southbound	→ toward Far Rockaway (Terminus) →
	Side platform
M	Mezzanine	Fare control, station agent, MetroCard 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

1. "Station Developers' Information". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved June 13, 2017.
2. "Facts and Figures: Annual Subway Ridership 2014–2019". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2020. Retrieved May 26, 2020.
3. "What The Wave Said 40 Years Ago This Week". Wave of Long Island. Fultonhistory.com. March 14, 1968. Retrieved July 22, 2016.
4. Freeman, Ira Henry (June 28, 1956). "Rockaway Trains to Operate Today" (PDF). nytimes.com. The New York Times. Retrieved June 29, 2015.
5. "LIRR Station History". Archived from the original on 2014-10-06. Retrieved 2008-06-21.
6. "New Subway Unit Ready: Far Rockaway IND Terminal Will Be Opened Today" (PDF). nytimes.com. The New York Times. January 16, 1958. Retrieved June 29, 2015.
7. "MTA Neighborhood Maps: The Rockaways" (PDF). mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2015. Retrieved July 6, 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
• Platforms from Google Maps Street View