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New York City Subway station in Queens
New York City Subway station in Queens, New York
The
Beach 36th Street station
(signed as
Beach 36th Street?Edgemere station
) 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.
History
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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 and reopened on April 10, 1942. This station along with all others on the Far Rockaway Branch west of
Far Rockaway
closed on October 3, 1955, after a fire destroyed the Jamaica Bay trestle that linked the branch with the main line.
New York City Transit
brought the line from the LIRR and converted all stations, including this one, for the subway. The new stations opened on June 28, 1956.
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Station layout
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Stairs on the north side of Rockaway Freeway
This elevated station has two tracks and two
side platforms
.
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The station is served by the
A
train at all times
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and is between
Beach 44th Street
to the east (
railroad south
) and
Beach 25th Street
to the west (railroad north).
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Both platforms have beige windscreens and canopies with green support columns in the center and full height metallic fences at both ends.
Exits
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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.
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References
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"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
.
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a
b
"Annual Subway Ridership (2018?2023)"
.
Metropolitan Transportation Authority
. 2023
. Retrieved
April 20,
2024
.
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"LIRR Station History"
. Archived from
the original
on May 26, 2017
. Retrieved
June 21,
2008
.
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"Tracks of the New York City Subway"
.
Tracks of the New York City Subway
. Retrieved
October 9,
2015
.
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"A Subway Timetable, Effective June 26, 2022"
.
Metropolitan Transportation Authority
. Retrieved
August 26,
2023
.
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"Subway Map"
(
PDF
)
.
Metropolitan Transportation Authority
. September 2021
. Retrieved
September 17,
2021
.
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"MTA Neighborhood Maps: The Rockaways"
(PDF)
.
mta.info
.
Metropolitan Transportation Authority
. 2015
. Retrieved
July 6,
2015
.
External links
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