Beach 60th Street station

New York City Subway station in Queens

New York City Subway station in Queens, New York

A (all times)Transit

MTA Bus: Q22, Q52 SBSStructureElevatedPlatforms2 side platformsTracks2Other informationOpened1892; 132 years ago (1892) (LIRR station)RebuiltJune 28, 1956; 67 years ago (1956-06-28) (as a Subway station)Opposite-
direction
transferYesFormer/other namesBeach 60th Street–Straiton AvenueTraffic2023355,668^[2]

1.9% Rank407 out of 423^[2]

Services

Preceding station	New York City Subway			Following station
Beach 67th Street toward Inwood–207th Street				Beach 44th Street toward Far Rockaway–Mott Avenue

Former services

Preceding station	Long Island Rail Road			Following station
Frank Avenue toward Valley Stream		Far Rockaway Branch		Arverne toward Hammels
Frank Avenue toward Gibson		Rockaway Beach Division		Arverne toward Woodside

Location
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Track layout

Legend

					to Beach 67th Street






					to Beach 44th Street

Street map

Station service legend
Symbol	Description
	Stops all times

The Beach 60th Street station (signed as Beach 60th Street–Straiton Avenue station) is a station on the IND Rockaway Line of the New York City Subway. Located in Queens on the Rockaway Freeway at Beach 60th Street, it is served by the A train at all times. The station opened in 1892, and was rebuilt in 1942 as an elevated station.

History

Beach 60th Street–Straiton Avenue was originally built by the Long Island Rail Road along the Rockaway Beach Branch as Straiton Avenue, also known as Arverne–Straiton Avenue in 1892 as part of a quarrel between the LIRR and New York lawyer and developer Remington Vernam over the original Arverne station on Gaston Avenue. It also served as a trolley stop of the Ocean Electric Railway.

The station was rebuilt as an elevated station on April 10, 1942. After being purchased by the New York City Transit Authority on October 3, 1955, it reopened as a subway station on June 28, 1956.^[3]

The station was renovated in 2010.

Station layout

Platform level	Side platform
	Northbound	← toward Inwood–207th Street (Beach 67th Street)
	Southbound	→ toward Far Rockaway–Mott Avenue (Beach 44th Street) →
	Side platform
Mezzanine		Fare control, station agent, MetroCard machines
Ground	Street level	Exit/entrance

This elevated station has two tracks and two side platforms.^[4] The station is served by the A train at all times^[5] and is between Beach 44th Street to the east (railroad south) and Beach 67th Street to the west (railroad north).^[6]

Exits

The full-time entrance to the station is at the west end and has two stairs to the northeast corner of Rockaway Freeway and Beach 59th Street. The station house under the platform has a turnstile bank, token booth and two staircase to each platform. There is an additional exit-only staircase at the west end of the eastbound platform.^[7]

References

^ "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.
^ ^a ^b "Annual Subway Ridership (2018–2023)". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2023. Retrieved April 20, 2024.
^ LIRR Station History Archived January 6, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
^ "Tracks of the New York City Subway". Tracks of the New York City Subway. Retrieved October 9, 2015.
^ "A Subway Timetable, Effective June 26, 2022". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved August 26, 2023.
^ "Subway Map" (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. September 2021. Retrieved September 17, 2021.
^ "MTA Neighborhood Maps: The Rockaways" (PDF). mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2015. Retrieved July 6, 2015.

External links

Media related to Beach 60th Street (IND Rockaway Line) at Wikimedia Commons
nycsubway.org – IND Rockaway: Beach 60th Street/Straiton
The Subway Nut — Beach 60th Street – Straiton Avenue Pictures Archived 2017-06-14 at the Wayback Machine
Beach 59th Street entrance from Google Maps Street View
Platforms from Google Maps Street View

Stations of the New York City Subway, by service

Eighth Avenue Express

Inwood–207th Street
Dyckman Street
190th Street
181st Street
175th Street
168th Street
163rd Street–Amsterdam Avenue*
155th Street*
145th Street
135th Street*
125th Street
116th Street*
Cathedral Parkway–110th Street*
103rd Street*
96th Street*
86th Street*
81st Street–Museum of Natural History*
72nd Street*
59th Street–Columbus Circle
50th Street*
42nd Street–Port Authority Bus Terminal
34th Street–Penn Station
23rd Street*
14th Street
West Fourth Street–Washington Square
Spring Street*
Canal Street
Chambers Street
Fulton Street
High Street
Jay Street–MetroTech
Hoyt–Schermerhorn Streets
Lafayette Avenue*
Clinton–Washington Avenues*
Franklin Avenue*
Nostrand Avenue
Kingston–Throop Avenues*
Utica Avenue
Ralph Avenue*
Rockaway Avenue*
Broadway Junction
Liberty Avenue*
Van Siclen Avenue*
Shepherd Avenue*
Euclid Avenue
Grant Avenue
80th Street
88th Street
Rockaway Boulevard

Lefferts branch	104th Street 111th Street Ozone Park–Lefferts Boulevard
Rockaways branches	Aqueduct Racetrack Aqueduct–North Conduit Avenue Howard Beach–JFK Airport Broad Channel
Far Rockaway branch	Beach 67th Street Beach 60th Street Beach 44th Street Beach 36th Street Beach 25th Street Far Rockaway–Mott Avenue
Rockaway Park branch	Beach 90th Street Beach 98th Street Beach 105th Street Rockaway Park–Beach 116th Street

See also: Lists by borough (The Bronx; Brooklyn; Manhattan; Queens); Accessible; Closed; Terminals; Transfer; Commons category

Note: Service variations, station closures, and reroutes are not reflected here.
Stations with asterisks have no regular peak, reverse peak, or midday service on that route. See linked articles for more information.

Stations of the New York City Subway, by line (physical trackage)

Rockaway Line

Far Rockaway branch	Beach 67th Street Beach 60th Street Beach 44th Street Beach 36th Street Beach 25th Street Far Rockaway–Mott Avenue
Rockaway Park branch	Beach 90th Street Beach 98th Street Beach 105th Street Rockaway Park–Beach 116th Street

See also: Lists by borough (The Bronx; Brooklyn; Manhattan; Queens); Accessible; Closed; Terminals; Transfer; Commons category

Stations and line segments in italics are closed, demolished, or planned (temporary closures are marked with asterisks). Track connections to other lines' terminals are displayed in brackets. ~~Struck through~~ passenger track connections are closed or unused in regular service.