Beach 60th Street (IND Rockaway Line)

Beach 60th Street New York City Subway rapid transit station
Station statistics
Address	Beach 60th Street & Rockaway Freeway Arverne, NY 11692
Borough	Queens
Locale	Arverne
Coordinates	40°35′33″N 73°47′19″W / 40.592395°N 73.788536°W / 40.592395; -73.788536Coordinates: 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)
Line	IND Rockaway Line
Services	A  (all times)
Connection	MTA Bus: Q22, QM17 (all on Beach Channel Drive)
Structure	Elevated
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Other information
Opened	1892 as an LIRR station June 28, 1956 as a Subway Station
Former/other names	Beach 60th Street – Straiton Avenue
Traffic
Passengers (2010)	789,468[1]  9.6%
Rank	378 out of 422
Station succession
Next north	Beach 67th Street: A
Next south	Beach 44th Street: A
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops in station at all times Stops all times except late nights Stops late nights only Stops late nights and weekends only Stops weekdays only Stops all times except rush hours in the peak direction Stops all times except weekdays Stops rush hours only Stops rush hours in the peak direction only Station is closed (Details about time periods)

Beach 60th Street, sometimes called Beach 60th Street – Straiton Avenue, 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. There are two tracks and two side platforms. The full time side of the station is at the south end, and a closed high exit wheel is at the north end. The outside portion of the station affords a view of the Atlantic Ocean and Jamaica Bay.

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. Like all stations along the Rockaway Beach Branch, the station was rebuilt as an elevated station on April 10, 1942, then purchased by the New York City Transit Authority on October 3, 1955 and reopened as a subway station on June 28, 1956.^[2]

References

1. ^ "Facts and Figures: 2010 Annual Subway Ridership". New York City Metropolitan Transportation Authority. http://mta.info/nyct/facts/ridership/ridership_sub_annual.htm. Retrieved 2011-05-18. 
2. ^ LIRR Station History

External links

• nycsubway.org — IND Rockaway: Beach 60th Street/Straiton
• Station Reporter — A Rockaway
• The Subway Nut — Beach 60th Street – Straiton Avenue Pictures
• Beach 59th Street entrance from Google Maps Street View

Street stair