Beach 67th Street (IND Rockaway Line)

Beach 67th Street
New York City Subway rapid transit station
Northbound platform
Station statistics
Address	Beach 67th Street & Rockaway Freeway Queens, NY 11692
Borough	Queens
Locale	Arverne
Coordinates	40°35′27″N 73°47′49″W / 40.59092°N 73.79681°WCoordinates: 40°35′27″N 73°47′49″W / 40.59092°N 73.79681°W
Division	B (IND, formerly LIRR Far Rockaway Branch)
Line	IND Rockaway Line
Services	A  (all times)
Transit connections	MTA Bus: Q21, Q22, QM17
Structure	Elevated
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Other information
Opened	1888 (LIRR station)
Rebuilt	June 28, 1956 (as a Subway station)
Former/other names	Beach 67th Street – Arverne By The Sea Beach 67th Street – Gaston
Traffic
Passengers (2015)	799,134[1]  13.9%
Rank	386 out of 422
Station succession
Next north	Broad Channel: A  Beach 90th Street (via Hammels Wye): no regular service
Next south	Beach 60th Street: A
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops all times
Location

Beach 67th Street, sometimes referred 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 A train at all times. The station is adjacent to Kohlreiter Square, a public green space on the north side of the station.

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 Stration 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 (LIRR 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.^[2]

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.^[3] New signs with this name were installed in July 2011.

Station layout

P Platform level	Side platform, doors will open on the right
	Westbound	← toward Inwood – 207th Street (Broad Channel (no service: Beach 90th Street))
	Eastbound	→ toward Far Rockaway (Beach 60th Street) →
	Side platform, doors will open on the right
M	Mezzanine	Fare control, station agent, MetroCard vending machines
G	Street level	Exit/ Entrance

South platform looking east

There are two tracks and two side platforms.

The only active station house beneath the platforms and tracks at the south end has four staircases, two to the street 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.

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

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 – Mott Avenue to Beach 90th Street following Hurricane Sandy.

References

Street stair

1. "Facts and Figures: Annual Subway Ridership". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved 2016-04-19.
2. LIRR Station History
3. "Beach 67 Street Station – Arverne By The Sea," by Nicholas Briano (The Wave; March 12, 2010)

External links

• Media related to Beach 67th Street (IND Rockaway Line) at Wikimedia Commons
• nycsubway.org—IND Rockaway: Beach 67th Street/Gaston Avenue
• Station Reporter — A Rockaway
• The Subway Nut — Beach 67th Street – Gaston Pictures
• Beach 67th Street entrance from Google Maps Street View