The Beach 98th Street station (signed as Beach 98th Street–Playland station) is a 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.

Beach 98 Street  ​
New York City Subway station (rapid transit)
View of Rockaway Park-bound platform
Station statistics
Address	Beach 98th Street & Rockaway Freeway Queens, NY 11694
Borough	Queens
Locale	Rockaway Beach
Coordinates	40.585441°N 73.820186°W / 40.585441; -73.820186
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
Other information
Opened	April 1903; 119 years ago (1903-04) (LIRR station)
Rebuilt	June 28, 1956; 66 years ago (1956-06-28) (as a Subway station)
Opposite- direction transfer	Yes
Former/other names	Steeplechase (1903–May 15, 1933[2]) Playland Beach 98th Street–Playland
Traffic
2019	164,130[3]  6.2%
Rank	422 out of 424[3]
Services Preceding station New York City Subway Following station Beach 105th Street A  ​S  toward Rockaway Park–Beach 116th Street Rockaway Park Beach 90th Street A  ​S  toward Broad Channel (Inwood–207th Street rush hours)
Former services Preceding station Long Island Rail Road Following station Holland toward Woodside Rockaway Beach Division Seaside toward Rockaway Park
Location Show map of New York City Subway Show map of New York City Show map of New York
Track layout Legend to B 90 St to B 105 St
Street map
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops all times Stops rush hours in the peak direction only

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 the former Rockaways' Playland, which was closed in 1985. No trace of the park remains other than the station name. In 1942, the station was replaced with an elevated station, and was taken out of service on October 3, 1955 as part of its purchase by the New York City Transit Authority, which reopened it as a subway station on June 28, 1956.

Station layout

P Platform level	Side platform
	Southbound	← toward Rockaway Park (Beach 105th Street) ← PM rush toward Rockaway Park (Beach 105th Street)
	Northbound	→ toward Broad Channel (Beach 90th Street) → → AM rush toward 207th Street (Beach 90th Street) →
	Side platform
M	Mezzanine	Fare control, station agent, MetroCard vending machines
G	Street level	Entrances/exits

The station is built on a concrete viaduct. There are two tracks and two side platforms. 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 99th Street.[4]

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Beach 98th Street station.

• nycsubway.org – IND Rockaway: Beach 98th Street/Playland
• Station Reporter — Rockaway Park Shuttle
• Steeplechase Station (Arrt's Arrchives)
• The Subway Nut — Beach 98th Street – Playland Pictures Archived 2018-01-05 at the Wayback Machine
• Beach 98th Street entrance from Google Maps Street View
• Platform level from Google Maps Street View
• Mezzanine from Google Maps Street View

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