Beach 60th Street station explained

Beach 60 Street
Other Name:Beach 60th Street–Straiton Avenue
Address:Beach 60th Street & Rockaway Freeway
Queens, New York
Borough:Queens
Locale:Arverne
Coordinates:40.5924°N -73.7885°W
Division:IND Far Rockaway
Line:IND Rockaway Line
Service:Far Rockaway
Connection: MTA Bus:
Platforms:2 side platforms
Tracks:2
Structure:Elevated
Open Date: (LIRR station)
Rebuilt: (as a Subway 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.

History

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, which opened on April 10, 1942.[1] 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. Now operated by the New York City Transit Authority, it reopened as a subway station along the IND Rockaway Line on June 28, 1956.[2] [3]

The station was renovated in 2010.

Station layout

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

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.[4]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Last Grade Crossing In Rockaways Ends. The New York Times. 30 June 2015. April 11, 1942.
  2. News: Freeman. Ira Henry. June 28, 1956. Rockaway Trains to Operate Today. The New York Times. June 29, 2015. 0362-4331. May 20, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220520043759/https://www.nytimes.com/1956/06/28/archives/rockaway-trains-to-operate-today-manmade-islands-in-jamaica-bay.html?searchResultPosition=1. live.
  3. News: June 28, 1956. First Train On Rockaway Line Runs This Afternoon. 1. Wave of Long Island. Fultonhistory.com. August 16, 2016. October 13, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20211013152411/https://fultonhistory.com/highlighter/viewer/?file=http%3A%2F%2Ffultonhistory.com%2FNewspapers%252021%2FRockaway%2520Beach%2520NY%2520%2520Wave%2520Of%2520Long%2520Island%2FRockaway%2520Beach%2520NY%2520%2520Wave%2520Of%2520Long%2520Island%2520%25201956%2FRockaway%2520Beach%2520NY%2520%2520Wave%2520Of%2520Long%2520Island%2520%25201956%2520-%25200350.pdf&highlightsFile=http%3A%2F%2Ffultonhistory.com%2Fhighlighter%2Fhits%2F43c772ea5053ba7a2fe1850240ed52cd#page=1. live.
    • News: June 28, 1956. First Train On Rockaway Line Runs This Afternoon. 6. Wave of Long Island. Fultonhistory.com. August 16, 2016. October 13, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20211013152419/https://fultonhistory.com/highlighter/viewer/?file=http%3A%2F%2Ffultonhistory.com%2FNewspapers%2021%2FRockaway%20Beach%20NY%20%20Wave%20Of%20Long%20Island%2FRockaway%20Beach%20NY%20%20Wave%20Of%20Long%20Island%20%201956%2FRockaway%20Beach%20NY%20%20Wave%20Of%20Long%20Island%20%201956%20-%200355.pdf&highlightsFile=http%3A%2F%2Ffultonhistory.com%2Fhighlighter%2Fhits%2F6b6ee609a1895c1f89ff0c622e5b3813#page=1. live.
    • News: June 28, 1956. TA's New Line To Rockaways Begins Today: Fifty Piece Band To Play as Special Train Makes First Run. 1. The Leader-Observer. Fultonhistory.com. August 16, 2016. October 13, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20211013152443/https://fultonhistory.com/highlighter/viewer/?file=http%3A%2F%2Ffultonhistory.com%2FNewspapers%252023%2FForest%2520Parkway%2520NY%2520Leader%2520Observer%2FForest%2520Parkway%2520NY%2520Leader%2520Observer%25201955-1957%2FForest%2520Parkway%2520NY%2520Leader%2520Observer%25201955-1957%2520-%25200650.pdf&highlightsFile=http%3A%2F%2Ffultonhistory.com%2Fhighlighter%2Fhits%2F8150b004ade0565d32aa4d88b21d2892#page=1. live.
    • News: June 29, 1956. To Rockaways: Beach Trains In Operation. 2. Greenpoint Weekly Star. Fultonhistory.com. August 16, 2016. October 13, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20211013152443/https://fultonhistory.com/highlighter/viewer/?file=http%3A%2F%2Ffultonhistory.com%2FNewspapers%2023%2FBrooklyn%20NY%20Greenpoint%20Daily%20Star%2FBrooklyn%20NY%20Greenpoint%20Daily%20Star%201956-1957%2FBrooklyn%20NY%20Greenpoint%20Daily%20Star%201956-1957%20-%200241.pdf&highlightsFile=http%3A%2F%2Ffultonhistory.com%2Fhighlighter%2Fhits%2F147cd4c4e78bb11637387bbb8e8e3a06#page=1. live.
  4. Web site: MTA Neighborhood Maps: The Rockaways. mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. July 6, 2015. 2015.

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