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Beach 90th Street station

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The Beach 90th Street station (signed as Beach 90th Street–Holland station) is a station on the IND Rockaway Line of the New York City Subway. It is served by the Rockaway Park Shuttle at all times and ten daily rush-hour only A trains.

 Beach 90 Street
 "A" train​Rockaway Park Shuttle
New York City Subway station (rapid transit)
Artwork on the Rockaway Park-bound platform
Station statistics
AddressBeach 90th Street & Rockaway Freeway
Queens, New York
BoroughQueens
LocaleRockaway Beach
Coordinates40°35′17″N 73°48′49″W / 40.588095°N 73.813499°W / 40.588095; -73.813499
DivisionB (IND, formerly LIRR Rockaway Beach Branch)[1]
LineIND Rockaway Line
Services   A rush hours, peak direction (rush hours, peak direction)
​   S all times (all times)
TransitBus transport MTA Bus: Q22, Q52 SBS, QM17
StructureElevated
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
Other information
OpenedJune 1880; 144 years ago (1880-06) (LIRR station)
RebuiltJune 28, 1956; 68 years ago (1956-06-28) (as a Subway station)
Opposite-
direction
transfer		Yes
Former/other namesBeach 90th Street–Holland
Traffic
2023172,663[2] Increase 0.6%
Rank416 out of 423[2]
Services
Preceding station New York City Subway New York City Subway Following station
Beach 98th Street
A rush hours, peak direction ​S all times
toward Rockaway Park–Beach 116th Street
 Rockaway Park Broad Channel
A rush hours, peak direction ​S all times
Terminus
Location
Beach 90th Street station is located in New York City Subway
Beach 90th Street station
Beach 90th Street station is located in New York City
Beach 90th Street station
Beach 90th Street station is located in New York
Beach 90th Street station
Track layout

Legend
to Broad Channel
Hammels Wye
to Beach 67th Street
to Beach 98th Street
Street map

Map

Station service legend
Symbol Description
Stops all times Stops all times
Stops rush hours in the peak direction only Stops rush hours in the peak direction only

History

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The "Holland" designation refers to Michael P. Holland, one of the early developers of the area in which the station was located. It was originally built by the Long Island Rail Road at Holland Avenue and Beach 92nd Street between May and June 1880 along the Rockaway Beach Branch for the nearby Holland Hotel, and was also a trolley stop of the Ocean Electric Railway. It was rebuilt in 1899, and again in 1914 with a baggage storage facility. The station was rebuilt as an elevated station, which opened on April 10, 1942.[3] 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.[4] Now operated by the New York City Transit Authority, it reopened as a subway station along the IND Rockaway Line on June 28, 1956.[4][5]

After Hurricane Sandy hit and destroyed the long stretch of the IND Rockaway Line, this was a terminal of the temporary H shuttle until May 30, 2013, when the A train and the Rockaway Park Shuttle were restored to the Rockaways. H trains terminated on the northbound track, because the Rockaway Park Shuttle was not in operation and A service was cut to Howard Beach–JFK Airport.[citation needed]

Station layout

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Platform level Side platform
Southbound ←   toward Rockaway Park–Beach 116th Street (Beach 98th Street)
←   PM rush toward Rockaway Park–Beach 116th Street (Beach 98th Street)
Northbound →   toward Broad Channel (Terminus) →
→   AM rush toward Inwood–207th Street (Broad Channel) →
← (No service: Beach 67th Street)
Side platform
Mezzanine Fare control, station agent, MetroCard and OMNY vending machines
Ground Street level Entrances/exits

The station is built on a concrete viaduct. There are two tracks and two side platforms.[6] The station is served by the Rockaway Park Shuttle at all times and limited A trains during rush hours in the peak direction (toward Manhattan in the morning and toward the Rockaways in the afternoon).[7][8] It is between Broad Channel to the east (railroad north) and Beach 98th Street to the west (railroad south).[9] New lights were installed in 2010.[10]

Exits

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There is a crossunder to the tiled mezzanine. Outside of fare control, there are stairs to either eastern corner of Rockaway Freeway and Beach 90th Street. The southbound side had an additional exit on the south end, which has been removed.[11]

References

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  1. ^ "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.
  2. ^ a b "Annual Subway Ridership (2018–2023)". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2023. Retrieved April 20, 2024.
  3. ^ "Last Grade Crossing In Rockaways Ends" (PDF). The New York Times. April 11, 1942. Retrieved June 30, 2015.
  4. ^ a b Freeman, Ira Henry (June 28, 1956). "Rockaway Trains to Operate Today". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on May 20, 2022. Retrieved June 29, 2015.
  5. ^ "First Train On Rockaway Line Runs This Afternoon". Wave of Long Island. Fultonhistory.com. June 28, 1956. p. 1. Archived from the original on October 13, 2021. Retrieved August 16, 2016.
  6. ^ "Tracks of the New York City Subway". Tracks of the New York City Subway. Retrieved October 9, 2015.
  7. ^ "S Subway Timetable, Rockaway Park Shuttle, Effective December 17, 2023". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved June 28, 2024.
  8. ^ "A Subway Timetable, Effective December 17, 2023". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved June 28, 2024.
  9. ^ "Subway Map" (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. September 2021. Retrieved September 17, 2021.
  10. ^ Two Rockaway Stations Re-Open Today (MTA Press Release; December 22, 2010)
  11. ^ "MTA Neighborhood Maps: The Rockaways" (PDF). mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2015. Retrieved July 6, 2015.
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