Beach 44 Street
Other nameBeach 44th Street–Frank Avenue
AddressBeach 44th Street & Rockaway Freeway
Queens, New York
BoroughQueens
LocaleEdgemere
Coordinates40.592928°N 73.775986°W
DivisionIND Far Rockaway
LineIND Rockaway Line
ServiceFar Rockaway
OtherMTA Bus:
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
StructureElevated
Opened1922 (age 104) (LIRR station)
RebuiltJun 28, 1956 (as a Subway station)

The Beach 44th Street station (signed as Beach 44th Street–Frank Avenue) is a local station on the IND Rockaway Line of the New York City Subway. It is served by the A train at all times.

History

Beach 44th Street–Frank Avenue was originally a trolley stop of the Ocean Electric Railway, which used a former segment of the Long Island Rail Road's Far Rockaway Branch tracks, until it became a Long Island Railroad Station in 1922. The station was relocated 758 feet east of its former location between August 2 and August 23, 1940 as part of a grade crossing elimination project between Beach 44th Street and Beach 47th Street. The new elevated station was opened on April 10, 1942.[1][2]

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.[3] Now operated by the New York City Transit Authority, it reopened as a subway station along the IND Rockaway Line on June 28, 1956.[3][4]

Station layout

There are two tracks and two side platforms.[5] The station is served by the A train at all times[6] and is between Beach 60th Street to the east (railroad south) and Beach 36th Street to the west (railroad north).[7]

Exits

This station has no closed exits, and the full-time fare control is at the middle of the platforms. Four stairs lead to the street, two on each western corner of Rockaway Freeway and Beach 44th Street.[8]

References

  1. ^ "Last Grade Crossing In Rockaways Ends". The New York Times. April 11, 1942. Retrieved 30 June 2015.
  2. ^ "Pushes Grade Separation". The New York Times. January 24, 1932. Retrieved June 30, 2015.
  3. ^ Freeman, Ira Henry (June 28, 1956). "Rockaway Trains to Operate Today". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived May 20, 2022 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved June 29, 2015.
  4. ^ "First Train On Rockaway Line Runs This Afternoon". Wave of Long Island. Fultonhistory.com. June 28, 1956. p. 1. Archived October 13, 2021 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved August 16, 2016. * "First Train On Rockaway Line Runs This Afternoon". Wave of Long Island. Fultonhistory.com. June 28, 1956. p. 6. Archived October 13, 2021 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved August 16, 2016. * "TA's New Line To Rockaways Begins Today: Fifty Piece Band To Play as Special Train Makes First Run". The Leader-Observer. Fultonhistory.com. June 28, 1956. p. 1. Archived October 13, 2021 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved August 16, 2016. * "To Rockaways: Beach Trains In Operation". Greenpoint Weekly Star. Fultonhistory.com. June 29, 1956. p. 2. Archived October 13, 2021 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved August 16, 2016.
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  8. ^ "MTA Neighborhood Maps: The Rockaways". mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2015. Retrieved July 6, 2015.