Beach 60th Street station

Beach 60 Street   Q52 SBS
Structure	Elevated
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Other information
Opened	1892; 132 years ago (1892) (LIRR station)
Rebuilt	June 28, 1956; 67 years ago (1956-06-28) (as a Subway station)
Opposite- direction transfer	Yes
Former/other names	Beach 60th Street–Straiton Avenue
Traffic
2023	355,668[2]  1.9%
Rank	408 out of 423[2]
Services Preceding station New York City Subway Following station Beach 67th Street toward Inwood–207th Street Beach 44th Street toward Far Rockaway–Mott Avenue
Former services Preceding station Long Island Rail Road Following station Frank Avenue toward Valley Stream Far Rockaway Branch Arverne toward Hammels Frank Avenue toward Gibson Rockaway Beach Division Arverne toward Woodside
Location Show map of New York City Subway Show map of New York City Show map of New York
Track layout Legend to Beach 67th Street to Beach 44th Street
Street map
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops all times

The Beach 60th Street station (signed as Beach 60th Street–Straiton Avenue station) is a station on the IND Rockaway Line of the New York City Subway. Located in Queens on the Rockaway Freeway at Beach 60th Street, it is served by the A train at all times. The station opened in 1892, and was rebuilt in 1942 as an elevated station.

History

Beach 60th Street–Straiton Avenue was originally built by the

The station was rebuilt as an elevated station on April 10, 1942. After being purchased by the New York City Transit Authority on October 3, 1955, it reopened as a subway station on June 28, 1956.^[3]

The station was renovated in 2010.

Station layout

Platform level	Side platform
	Northbound	← toward Inwood–207th Street (Beach 67th Street)
	Southbound	→ toward Far Rockaway–Mott Avenue (Beach 44th Street) →
	Side platform
Mezzanine		Fare control, station agent, MetroCard machines
Ground	Street level	Exit/entrance

This elevated station has two tracks and two

The full-time entrance to the station is at the west end and has two stairs to the northeast corner of Rockaway Freeway and Beach 59th Street. The station house under the platform has a turnstile bank, token booth and two staircase to each platform. There is an additional exit-only staircase at the west end of the eastbound platform.[7]

References

External links

• Media related to Beach 60th Street (IND Rockaway Line) at Wikimedia Commons
• nycsubway.org – IND Rockaway: Beach 60th Street/Straiton
• The Subway Nut — Beach 60th Street – Straiton Avenue Pictures Archived 2017-06-14 at the Wayback Machine
• Beach 59th Street entrance from Google Maps Street View
• Platforms from Google Maps Street View