Beach 90th Street station

New York City Subway station in Queens From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The Beach 90th Street station (signed as the Beach 90th Street–Holland station) is a local 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.

AddressBeach 90th Street & Rockaway Freeway
Queens, New York
BoroughQueens
Coordinates40.588095°N 73.813499°W / 40.588095; -73.813499
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 Beach 90 Street
 "A" trainRockaway Park Shuttle
Artwork on the Rockaway Park-bound platform
Station statistics
AddressBeach 90th Street & Rockaway Freeway
Queens, New York
BoroughQueens
LocaleRockaway Beach
Coordinates40.588095°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; 145 years ago (1880-06) (LIRR station)
RebuiltJune 28, 1956; 69 years ago (1956-06-28) (as a Subway station)
Accessiblenot ADA-accessible; accessibility planned
Former/other namesBeach 90th Street–Holland
Traffic
2024181,605[2]Increase 5.2%
Rank415 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
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

Street 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
Close

History

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. During that time, the Rockaway Park Shuttle was not in operation and A service was cut to Howard Beach–JFK Airport.[6]

As part of its 2025–2029 Capital Program, the MTA has proposed making the station wheelchair-accessible in compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990.[7]

Station layout

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

The station is built on a concrete viaduct. There are two tracks and two side platforms.[8] 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).[9][10] It is between Broad Channel to the east (railroad north) and Beach 98th Street to the west (railroad south).[11] New lights were installed in 2010.[12]

Exits

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.[13]

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