Beach 98th Street station
New York City Subway station in Queens
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The Beach 98th Street station (signed as the Beach 98th Street–Playland 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.
Queens, New York
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| Address | Beach 98th Street & Rockaway Freeway Queens, New York | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Borough | Queens | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Locale | Rockaway Beach | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 40.585441°N 73.820186°W | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Division | B (IND, formerly LIRR Rockaway 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 | 2 side platforms | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | April 1903 (LIRR station) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rebuilt | June 28, 1956 (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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History
The station was originally built by the Long Island Rail Road in April 1903 as Steeplechase on the Rockaway Beach Branch, and was also a trolley stop of the Ocean Electric Railway. It was renamed Playland on May 15, 1933,[2] for Rockaways' 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 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 | |
| Southbound | ←  toward Rockaway Park–Beach 116th Street (Beach 105th Street)← PM rush toward Rockaway Park–Beach 116th Street (Beach 105th Street) | |
| Northbound | toward Broad Channel (Beach 90th Street) → AM rush toward Inwood–207th Street (Beach 90th Street) → | |
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| 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.[7] 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).[8][9] It is between Beach 90th Street to the east (railroad north) and Beach 105th Street to the west (railroad south).[10] New lights have been installed. Canopies, mezzanine, and side walls are similar to Beach 90th Street.
Exits
There is a crossunder to the tiled mezzanine. 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]
