Beach_67th_Street_station

Beach 67th Street station

Beach 67th Street station

New York City Subway station in Queens

The Beach 67th Street station (signed as Beach 67th Street–Arverne By The Sea station) is a station on the IND Rockaway Line of the New York City Subway. Located at Beach 67th Street and Rockaway Freeway in Arverne, Queens, it is served by the A train at all times. The station is adjacent to Kohlreiter Square, a public green space on the north side of the station.

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History

Before renovation

The station was originally built as Arverne for the Long Island Rail Road in 1888 at Gaston Avenue, by New York lawyer and developer Remington Vernam. The station and the development were named by his wife who admired the way he signed his checks. The station had a large tower, was shaped like a Victorian hotel and had a connection to the Ocean Electric Railway.

Due to a quarrel between the LIRR and Vernam, another Arverne station was built at Straiton Avenue in 1892. From then on, it was known as Arverne–Gaston Avenue to distinguish it from the Straiton Avenue station. Arverne station was rebuilt on a new site with a simpler structure in May 1912. Like all stations along the Rockaway Beach Branch, it was closed and replaced with the elevated Gaston Avenue station on April 10, 1942, only to be transferred to the New York City Transit Authority on October 3, 1955 and reopened as a subway station on June 28, 1956.[3]

In March 2010, Queens Community Board 14, which represents Arverne, voted in favor of renaming the station from Beach 67th Street–Gaston to Beach 67th Street–Arverne By The Sea.[4] New signs with this name were installed in July 2011.

In 2019, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority announced that this station would become ADA-accessible as part of the agency's 2020–2024 Capital Program.[5] A contract for two elevators at the station was awarded in December 2020.[6] The elevators were finished on January 11, 2024,[7] and dedicated on January 19.[8]

Station layout

Platform level Side platform Disabled access
Northbound ← "A" train toward Inwood–207th Street (Broad Channel)
← (No service: Beach 90th Street)
Southbound → "A" train toward Far Rockaway–Mott Avenue (Beach 60th Street) →
Side platform Disabled access
Mezzanine Fare control, station agent, MetroCard machines
Ground Street level Exit/entrance

There are two tracks and two side platforms.[9] The station is served by the A train at all times[10] and is between Beach 60th Street to the east (railroad south) and Broad Channel to the west (railroad north).[11]

Trains that leave the station northbound reach the Hammels Wye, where it is possible to head north to Broad Channel (the usual service pattern) or traverse a short single-track segment onto the southbound Rockaway Park-bound branch of the line. This connection was used for the temporary H shuttle from Far Rockaway to Beach 90th Street following Hurricane Sandy, and was used by the Rockaway Park Shuttle for several months in 2018.[9]

Exits

Street stair

The only active station house beneath the platforms and tracks at the east end has four staircases: two to the street (one to each western corner of Beach 67th Street and Rockaway Freeway) and one to each platform. The mezzanine layout gives evidence that there were originally separate turnstiles for entry and exit. The entry turnstiles are all on one side of the booth while the exit turnstiles are on the opposite side. Since the elimination of the double fare, steel gates have replaced the turnstiles.[12]

A second exit is located at the west end of the Far Rockaway-bound platform which leads to the southeast side of Beach 69th Street and Rockaway Freeway.[12]

The station has an elevator that connects to the mezzanine, westbound platform, and street levels, outside of fare control, at northwest corner of Beach 67th Street and Rockaway Freeway. A second elevator inside fare control connects to the mezzanine and eastbound platform levels.[13]

References

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    "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.
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    "Annual Subway Ridership (2018–2023)". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2023. Retrieved April 20, 2024.
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    LIRR Station History Archived January 6, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  4. [4]
    ""Beach 67 Street Station – Arverne By The Sea," by Nicholas Briano (The Wave; March 12, 2010)". Archived from the original on May 27, 2011. Retrieved February 10, 2011.
  5. [5]
    "Press Release - MTA Headquarters - MTA Announces 20 Additional Subway Stations to Receive Accessibility Improvements Under Proposed 2020-2024 Capital Plan". MTA. December 19, 2019. Archived from the original on April 21, 2020. Retrieved December 20, 2019.
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    "MTA Announces Accessibility Projects at Eight Stations Throughout the Five Boroughs" (Press release). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2020-12-16. Archived from the original on 2021-05-26. Retrieved 2021-05-26.
  7. [7]
    "Station accessibility projects". mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. January 11, 2024. Archived from the original on January 12, 2024.
  8. [8]
    Andres, Czarinna (January 19, 2024). "Revamp of Beach 67th Street subway station completed in the Rockaways – QNS.com". QNS.com. Retrieved January 21, 2024.
  9. [9]
    "Tracks of the New York City Subway". Tracks of the New York City Subway. Retrieved October 9, 2015.
  10. [10]
    "A Subway Timetable, Effective June 26, 2022". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved August 26, 2023.
  11. [11]
    "Subway Map" (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. September 2021. Retrieved September 17, 2021.
  12. [12]
    "MTA Neighborhood Maps: The Rockaways" (PDF). mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2015. Retrieved July 6, 2015.
  13. [13]
    "MTA Announces Beach 67 St A Station in Queens Now Fully Accessible". MTA. Retrieved 2024-01-22.
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