Beach 44th Street station

New York City Subway station in Queens

New York City Subway station in Queens, New York

A (all times)Transit

MTA Bus: Q22StructureElevatedPlatforms2 side platformsTracks2Other informationOpened1922; 102 years ago (1922) (LIRR station)RebuiltJune 28, 1956; 67 years ago (1956-06-28) (as a Subway station)Opposite-
direction
transferYesFormer/other namesBeach 44th Street–Frank AvenueTraffic2023140,167^[2]

9.8% Rank419 out of 423^[2]

Services

Preceding station	New York City Subway			Following station
Beach 60th Street toward Inwood–207th Street				Beach 36th Street toward Far Rockaway–Mott Avenue

Former services

Preceding station	Long Island Rail Road			Following station
Edgemere toward Valley Stream		Far Rockaway Branch		Arverne–Straiton Avenue toward Hammels
Edgemere toward Gibson		Rockaway Beach Division		Arverne–Straiton Avenue toward Woodside

Location
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Track layout

Legend

					to Beach 60th Street






					to Beach 36th Street

Street map

Station service legend
Symbol	Description
	Stops all times

The Beach 44th Street station (signed as Beach 44th Street–Frank Avenue station) is a station on the IND Rockaway Line of the New York City Subway. It is served by the A train at all times.

History

Beach 44th Street–Frank Avenue was originally a trolley stop of the Ocean Electric Railway, which used a former segment of the Long Island Rail Road's Far Rockaway Branch tracks, until it became a Long Island Railroad Station in 1922. The station was relocated 758 feet east of its former location between August 2 and August 23, 1940 as part of a grade crossing elimination project between Beach 44th Street and Beach 47th Street. The new elevated station was opened on April 10, 1942.^[3]^[4]

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.^[5] Now operated by the New York City Transit Authority, it reopened as a subway station along the IND Rockaway Line on June 28, 1956.^[5]

Station layout

Platform level	Side platform
	Northbound	← toward Inwood–207th Street (Beach 60th Street)
	Southbound	→ toward Far Rockaway–Mott Avenue (Beach 36th Street) →
	Side platform
Mezzanine		Fare control, station agent, MetroCard machines
Ground	Street level	Exit/entrance

There are two tracks and two side platforms.^[6] The station is served by the A train at all times^[7] and is between Beach 60th Street to the east (railroad south) and Beach 36th Street to the west (railroad north).^[8]

Exits

This station has no closed exits, and the full-time fare control is at the middle of the platforms. Four stairs lead to the street, two on each western corner of Rockaway Freeway and Beach 44th Street.^[9]

References

^ "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.
^ ^a ^b "Annual Subway Ridership (2018–2023)". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2023. Retrieved April 20, 2024.
^ "Last Grade Crossing In Rockaways Ends" (PDF). The New York Times. April 11, 1942. Retrieved 30 June 2015.
^ "Pushes Grade Separation" (PDF). The New York Times. January 24, 1932. Retrieved June 30, 2015.
^ ^a ^b Freeman, Ira Henry (June 28, 1956). "Rockaway Trains to Operate Today" (PDF). The New York Times. Retrieved June 29, 2015.
^ "Tracks of the New York City Subway". Tracks of the New York City Subway. Retrieved October 9, 2015.
^ "A Subway Timetable, Effective June 26, 2022". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved August 26, 2023.
^ "Subway Map" (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. September 2021. Retrieved September 17, 2021.
^ "MTA Neighborhood Maps: The Rockaways" (PDF). mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2015. Retrieved July 6, 2015.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Beach 44th Street (IND Rockaway Line).

nycsubway.org – IND Rockaway: Beach 44th Street-Frank Avenue
Station Reporter — A Rockaway
Frank Avenue Station, 1955 (Arrt's Arrchives)
The Subway Nut — Beach 44th Street-Frank Avenue Pictures Archived 2017-06-15 at the Wayback Machine
Beach 44th Street entrance from Google Maps Street View
Platforms from Google Maps Street View

Stations of the New York City Subway, by service

Eighth Avenue Express

Inwood–207th Street
Dyckman Street
190th Street
181st Street
175th Street
168th Street
163rd Street–Amsterdam Avenue*
155th Street*
145th Street
135th Street*
125th Street
116th Street*
Cathedral Parkway–110th Street*
103rd Street*
96th Street*
86th Street*
81st Street–Museum of Natural History*
72nd Street*
59th Street–Columbus Circle
50th Street*
42nd Street–Port Authority Bus Terminal
34th Street–Penn Station
23rd Street*
14th Street
West Fourth Street–Washington Square
Spring Street*
Canal Street
Chambers Street
Fulton Street
High Street
Jay Street–MetroTech
Hoyt–Schermerhorn Streets
Lafayette Avenue*
Clinton–Washington Avenues*
Franklin Avenue*
Nostrand Avenue
Kingston–Throop Avenues*
Utica Avenue
Ralph Avenue*
Rockaway Avenue*
Broadway Junction
Liberty Avenue*
Van Siclen Avenue*
Shepherd Avenue*
Euclid Avenue
Grant Avenue
80th Street
88th Street
Rockaway Boulevard

Lefferts branch	104th Street 111th Street Ozone Park–Lefferts Boulevard
Rockaways branches	Aqueduct Racetrack Aqueduct–North Conduit Avenue Howard Beach–JFK Airport Broad Channel
Far Rockaway branch	Beach 67th Street Beach 60th Street Beach 44th Street Beach 36th Street Beach 25th Street Far Rockaway–Mott Avenue
Rockaway Park branch	Beach 90th Street Beach 98th Street Beach 105th Street Rockaway Park–Beach 116th Street

See also: Lists by borough (The Bronx; Brooklyn; Manhattan; Queens); Accessible; Closed; Terminals; Transfer; Commons category

Note: Service variations, station closures, and reroutes are not reflected here.
Stations with asterisks have no regular peak, reverse peak, or midday service on that route. See linked articles for more information.

Stations of the New York City Subway, by line (physical trackage)

Rockaway Line

Far Rockaway branch	Beach 67th Street Beach 60th Street Beach 44th Street Beach 36th Street Beach 25th Street Far Rockaway–Mott Avenue
Rockaway Park branch	Beach 90th Street Beach 98th Street Beach 105th Street Rockaway Park–Beach 116th Street

See also: Lists by borough (The Bronx; Brooklyn; Manhattan; Queens); Accessible; Closed; Terminals; Transfer; Commons category

Stations and line segments in italics are closed, demolished, or planned (temporary closures are marked with asterisks). Track connections to other lines' terminals are displayed in brackets. ~~Struck through~~ passenger track connections are closed or unused in regular service.