Beach 44th Street station

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

Beach 44 Street
New York City Subway station (rapid transit)
Southbound platform
Station statistics
Address	Beach 44th Street & Rockaway Freeway Queens, New York
Borough	Queens
Locale	Edgemere
Coordinates	40.592928°N 73.775986°W / 40.592928; -73.775986
Division	B (IND, formerly LIRR Far Rockaway Branch)[1]
Line	IND Rockaway Line
Services	A  (all times)
Transit	MTA Bus: Q22
Structure	Elevated
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Other information
Opened	1922; 102 years ago (1922) (LIRR station)
Rebuilt	June 28, 1956; 68 years ago (1956-06-28) (as a Subway station)
Opposite- direction transfer	Yes
Former/other names	Beach 44th Street–Frank Avenue
Traffic
2023	140,167[2]  9.8%
Rank	419 out of 423[2]
Services Preceding station New York City Subway Following station Beach 60th Street toward Inwood–207th Street Beach 36th Street toward Far Rockaway–Mott Avenue
Former services Preceding station Long Island Rail Road Following station Edgemere toward Valley Stream Far Rockaway Branch Arverne–Straiton Avenue toward Hammels Edgemere toward Gibson Rockaway Beach Division Arverne–Straiton 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 60th Street to Beach 36th Street
Street map
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops all times

History

Stairs at Beach 44th Street and Rockaway Freeway

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.^[3][4]

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.^[5] Now operated by the New York City Transit Authority, it reopened as a subway station along the IND Rockaway Line on June 28, 1956.^[5][6]

Station layout

Platform level	Side platform
	Northbound	← toward Inwood–207th Street (Beach 60th Street)
	Southbound	→ toward Far Rockaway–Mott Avenue (Beach 36th Street) →
	Side platform
Mezzanine		Fare control, station agent, MetroCard and OMNY machines
Ground	Street level	Exit/entrance

There are two tracks and two side platforms.^[7] The station is served by the A train at all times^[8] and is between Beach 60th Street to the east (railroad south) and Beach 36th Street to the west (railroad north).^[9]

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.^[10]

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. "Pushes Grade Separation" (PDF). The New York Times. January 24, 1932. Retrieved June 30, 2015.
5. 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.
6. "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.
7. "Tracks of the New York City Subway". Tracks of the New York City Subway. Retrieved October 9, 2015.
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. "MTA Neighborhood Maps: The Rockaways" (PDF). mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2015. Retrieved July 6, 2015.

External links

• nycsubway.org – IND Rockaway: Beach 44th Street-Frank Avenue
• Station Reporter — A Rockaway
• Frank Avenue Station, 1955 (Arrt's Arrchives)
• The Subway Nut — Beach 44th Street-Frank Avenue Pictures Archived 2017-06-15 at the Wayback Machine
• Beach 44th Street entrance from Google Maps Street View
• Platforms from Google Maps Street View