Beach 67th Street station

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AddressBeach 67th Street & Rockaway Freeway
Queens, New York
Borough Queens
Locale Arverne
Coordinates 40°35′27″N73°47′49″W / 40.59092°N 73.79681°W / 40.59092; -73.79681
Division B (IND, formerly LIRR Far Rockaway Branch) [1]
Line IND Rockaway Line
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Structure Elevated
Platforms2 side platforms
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Opened1888;137 years ago (1888) (LIRR station)
RebuiltJune 28, 1956;68 years ago (1956-06-28) (as a Subway station)
Accessible Wheelchair symbol.svg ADA-accessible
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Former/other namesBeach 67th Street–Arverne By The Sea
Beach 67th Street–Gaston
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2023474,975 [2] Increase2.svg 8.9%
Rank391 out of 423 [2]
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Beach 90th Street NYCS-bull-trans-S-Std.svg Rockaway Park Beach 60th Street
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The Beach 67th Street station (signed as Beach 67th Street–Arverne By The Sea) 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 Rockaway Park Shuttle at all times until May 2025. [3] Under normal service patterns, 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.

History

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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.[ citation needed ]

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. [4] The station was rebuilt as an elevated station named Gaston Avenue, which opened on April 10, 1942. [5] 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. [6] Now operated by the New York City Transit Authority, it reopened as a subway station along the IND Rockaway Line on June 28, 1956. [6] [7]

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. [8] 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. [9] A contract for two elevators at the station was awarded in December 2020. [10] The elevators were finished on January 11, 2024, [11] and dedicated on January 19. [12]

Station layout

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MezzanineFare control, station agent, MetroCard and OMNY machines
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There are two tracks and two side platforms. [13] The station is served by the Rockaway Park Shuttle at all times until May 2025. [3] Under normal service patterns, it is served by the A train at all times [14] and is between Beach 60th Street to the east (railroad south) and Broad Channel to the west (railroad north). [15]

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. [13]

Exits

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Street stair entrances to mezzanine prior to elevator and street-to-platform staircase installation

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. [16]

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. [16] A third exit is located to the west of the main entrance behind the elevator which leads to the Brooklyn-bound platform from the street level.

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. [17]

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