Beach 25th Street station

The Beach 25th Street station is a local station on the IND Rockaway Line of the New York City Subway, located in Queens on the Rockaway Freeway at Beach 25th Street. It is served by the A train at all times. There are two tracks and two side platforms.

History

The station was originally opened by the Long Island Rail Road in May 1928 as Wavecrest Station.
It was closed and relocated east of the former location in August 1940 as part of a grade elevation project. The elevated station was opened on April 10, 1942. 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. This station was the terminal for the Far Rockaway branch until the opening of Far Rockaway–Mott Avenue station on January 16, 1958.

Station layout

This station is on a concrete viaduct with ballasted track. It has two tracks and two side platforms. The station is served by the A train at all times and is between Far Rockaway–Mott Avenue to the east and Beach 36th Street to the west.

Exits

Exit is near the center to the tiled mezzanine. The mezzanine is four stories high. Three stairs lead to the street, two to the southwestern corner and one to the northwestern corner of Rockaway Freeway and Beach 25th Street.