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| Address | Beach 98th Street &Rockaway Freeway Queens, New York | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Borough | Queens | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Locale | Rockaway Beach | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 40°35′08″N73°49′13″W / 40.585441°N 73.820186°W /40.585441; -73.820186 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Division | B (IND, formerlyLIRRRockaway Beach Branch)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Line | IND Rockaway Line | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Services | A  (rush hours, peak direction) S  (all times) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Transit |  MTA Bus:Q22,Q53 SBS,QM16 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Structure | Elevated | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2side platforms | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | April 1903; 122 years ago (1903-04) (LIRR station) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rebuilt | June 28, 1956; 69 years ago (1956-06-28) (as a Subway station) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Former/other names | Steeplechase (1903–May 15, 1933[2]) Playland Beach 98th Street–Playland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2024 | 99,833[3]  2.2% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rank | 421 out of 423[3] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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TheBeach 98th Street station (signed as theBeach 98th Street–Playland station) is a localstation on theIND Rockaway Line of theNew York City Subway. It is served by theRockaway Park Shuttle at all times and ten daily rush-hour onlyA trains.
The station was originally built by theLong Island Rail Road in April 1903 asSteeplechase on theRockaway Beach Branch, and was also a trolley stop of theOcean Electric Railway. It was renamedPlayland on May 15, 1933,[2] forRockaways' Playland, which was closed in 1985. No trace of the park remains other than the station name. The station was rebuilt as an elevated station, which opened on April 10, 1942.[4] The station was purchased by New York City on October 3, 1955, along with the rest of theRockaway Beach Branch andFar Rockaway Branch west of Far Rockaway, after a fire on the line's crossing over Jamaica Bay in 1950.[5] Now operated by theNew York City Transit Authority, it reopened as a subway station along the IND Rockaway Line on June 28, 1956.[5][6]
| Platform level | Side platform | |
| Southbound | ← towardRockaway Park–Beach 116th Street(Beach 105th Street)← PM rush toward Rockaway Park–Beach 116th Street(Beach 105th Street) | |
| Northbound | towardBroad Channel(Beach 90th Street) → AM rush towardInwood–207th Street(Beach 90th Street) → | |
| Side platform | ||
| Mezzanine | Fare control, station agent,MetroCard andOMNY vending machines | |
| Ground | Street level | Entrances/exits |
The station is built on a concrete viaduct. There are two tracks and twoside platforms.[7] The station is served by theRockaway Park Shuttle at all times and limitedA trains during rush hours in the peak direction (toward Manhattan in the morning and toward the Rockaways in the afternoon).[8][9] It is betweenBeach 90th Street to the east (railroad north) andBeach 105th Street to the west (railroad south).[10] New lights have been installed. Canopies, mezzanine, and side walls are similar toBeach 90th Street.
There is a crossunder to the tiledmezzanine. The southbound platform is longer than the northbound one, and had an exit at the north end of the Rockaway Park bound platform which has been removed. Outside of fare control, there are stairs to either eastern corner of Rockaway Freeway and Beach 98th Street.[11]
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