Beach 36th Street station

The Beach 36th Street station (signed as Beach 36th Street–Edgemere) is a station on the IND Rockaway Line of the New York City Subway. The station is located at the intersection of Beach 36th Street and Rockaway Freeway in Edgemere, Queens. It is served by the A train at all times.

Beach 36 Street
New York City Subway station (rapid transit)
Northbound platform
Station statistics
Address	Beach 36th Street & Rockaway Freeway Edgemere, New York
Borough	Queens
Locale	Edgemere
Coordinates	40.595413°N 73.768076°W / 40.595413; -73.768076
Division	B (IND, formerly LIRR Far Rockaway Branch)[1]
Line	IND Rockaway Line
Services	A  (all times)
Transit	MTA Bus: Q22, QM17
Structure	Elevated
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Other information
Opened	June 21, 1895; 129 years ago (1895-06-21) (LIRR station)
Rebuilt	June 28, 1956; 68 years ago (1956-06-28) (as a Subway station)
Opposite- direction transfer	Yes
Former/other names	Beach 36th Street–Edgemere
Traffic
2023	170,361[2]  2.4%
Rank	417 out of 423[2]
Services Preceding station New York City Subway Following station Beach 44th Street toward Inwood–207th Street Beach 25th Street toward Far Rockaway–Mott Avenue
Former services Preceding station Long Island Rail Road Following station Wavecrest toward Valley Stream Far Rockaway Branch Frank Avenue toward Hammels Wavecrest toward Gibson Rockaway Beach Division Frank Avenue toward Woodside
Location Show map of New York City Subway Show map of New York City Show map of New York
Track layout Legend to Beach 44th Street to Beach 25th Street
Street map
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops all times

History

This station was originally opened on June 21, 1895, as part of Long Island Rail Road's Far Rockaway Branch and later as a trolley stop of the Ocean Electric Railway, which was designed to accommodate guests of the former Edgemere Hotel. It was relocated 600 feet east of its former location in August 1940. The elevated station was 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]

Station layout

Platform level	Side platform
	Northbound	← toward Inwood–207th Street (Beach 44th Street)
	Southbound	→ toward Far Rockaway–Mott Avenue (Beach 25th Street) →
	Side platform
Mezzanine		Fare control, station agent, MetroCard and OMNY machines
Ground	Street level	Exit/entrance

Stairs on the north side of Rockaway Freeway

This elevated station has two tracks and two side platforms.^[6] The station is served by the A train at all times^[7] and is between Beach 44th Street to the east (railroad south) and Beach 25th Street to the west (railroad north).^[8]

Both platforms have beige windscreens and canopies with green support columns in the center and full height metallic fences at both ends.^{[citation needed]}

Exits

The station's only entrance/exit is an elevated brick station house beneath the tracks. It has a turnstile bank, station agent booth, waiting area that allows a free transfer between directions, two staircases to each platform at the center, and two staircases to either side of Rockaway Freeway between Beach 35th and Beach 36th Streets. The two southern street stairs are connected to the station house with a large canopied overpass.^[9]

References

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. "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. 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.

   • "First Train On Rockaway Line Runs This Afternoon". Wave of Long Island. Fultonhistory.com. June 28, 1956. p. 6. Archived from the original on October 13, 2021. 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 from the original on October 13, 2021. Retrieved August 16, 2016.
   • "To Rockaways: Beach Trains In Operation". Greenpoint Weekly Star. Fultonhistory.com. June 29, 1956. p. 2. 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. "A Subway Timetable, Effective December 17, 2023". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved December 16, 2024.
8. "Subway Map" (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. September 2021. Retrieved September 17, 2021.
9. "MTA Neighborhood Maps: The Rockaways" (PDF). mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2015. Retrieved July 6, 2015.

External links

• nycsubway.org – IND Rockaway: Beach 36th Street/Edgemere
• Station Reporter — A Rockaway
• The Subway Nut — Beach 36th Street – Edgemere Pictures Archived June 15, 2017, at the Wayback Machine
• Beach 36th Street entrance from Google Maps Street View
• Platforms from Google Maps Street View