Beach 90th Street (IND Rockaway Line)

Beach 90th Street
New York City Subway rapid transit station
Station statistics
Address	Beach 90th Street & Rockaway Freeway Queens, NY 11693
Borough	Queens
Locale	Rockaway Beach
Coordinates	40°35′17″N 73°48′49″W / 40.588095°N 73.813499°WCoordinates: 40°35′17″N 73°48′49″W / 40.588095°N 73.813499°W
Division	B (IND, formerly LIRR Rockaway Beach Branch)
Line	IND Rockaway Line
Services	A  (rush hours, peak direction)       S  (all times)
Transit connections	MTA Bus: Q21, Q22, QM17
Structure	Elevated
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Other information
Opened	June 1880 (LIRR station)
Rebuilt	June 28, 1956 (as a Subway station)
Former/other names	Beach 90th Street – Holland
Traffic
Passengers (2015)	333,006[1]  8.7%
Rank	413 out of 422
Station succession
Next north	Broad Channel: A  S  Beach 67th Street (via Hammels Wye): no regular service
Next south	Beach 98th Street: A  S
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops all times Stops rush hours in the peak direction only
Location

Beach 90th Street, sometimes called Beach 90th Street – Holland, is a station on the IND Rockaway Line of the New York City Subway. It is served by the S (Rockaway Park Shuttle) at all times and ten daily rush-hour only A trains.

History

The "Holland" designation refers to Michael P. Holland, one of the early developers of the area in which the station was located. It was originally built by the Long Island Rail Road at Holland Avenue and Beach 92nd Street between May and June 1880 along the Rockaway Beach Branch for the nearby Holland Hotel, and was also a trolley stop of the Ocean Electric Railway. It was rebuilt in 1899, and again in 1914 with a baggage storage facility. Like much of the Rockaway Beach Branch and part of the former Far Rockaway Branch, it was closed in 1941 and rebuilt as an elevated station in 1942, only to be purchased by the New York City Transit Authority on October 3, 1955 and reopened as a subway station on June 28, 1956.

After Hurricane Sandy hit and destroyed the long stretch of the IND Rockaway Line, this was a terminal of the temporary H shuttle until May 30, 2013, when the A and Rockaway Park Shuttle trains were restored to the Rockaways. H trains terminated on the northbound track, because the Rockaway Park Shuttle was not in operation and A service was cut to Howard Beach – JFK Airport.

Station layout

P Platform level	Side platform, doors will open on the right
	Westbound	← ( PM rush hours only) toward Rockaway Park – Beach 116th Street (Beach 98th Street)
	Eastbound	→ toward Broad Channel ( toward 207th Street AM rush hours only) (Broad Channel (no service: Beach 67th Street)) →
	Side platform, doors will open on the right
M	Mezzanine	Fare control, station agent, MetroCard vending machines
G	Street Level	Exit/ Entrance

The station is built on a concrete viaduct. There are two tracks and two side platforms. New lights were installed in 2010.^[2] There is a crossunder to the tiled mezzanine. The southbound side had an additional exit on the south end, which has been removed.

References

1. "Facts and Figures: Annual Subway Ridership". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved 2016-04-19.
2. Two Rockaway Stations Re-Open Today (MTA Press Release; December 22, 2010)

External links

Stair at the northeast corner of Beach 90th Street and Rockaway Freeway.

• Media related to Beach 90th Street (IND Rockaway Line) at Wikimedia Commons
• nycsubway.org—IND Rockaway: Beach 90th Street/Holland
• Station Reporter — Rockaway Park Shuttle
• 1905 Image of Holland Station (Arrt's Arrchives)
• The Subway Nut — Beach 90th Street – Holland Pictures
• Beach 90 Street entrance from Google Maps Street View