Far Rockaway–Mott Avenue station

Coordinates: 40°36′14″N 73°45′20″W / 40.603983°N 73.755426°W / 40.603983; -73.755426
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 Far Rockaway–Mott Avenue
 
n33
StructureElevated
Platforms1 island platform
Tracks2
Other information
OpenedJuly 29, 1869; 154 years ago (1869-07-29) (SSRRLI, then LIRR station)[2]
RebuiltJuly 15, 1890; 133 years ago (1890-07-15), January 16, 1958; 66 years ago (1958-01-16) (as a subway station)[3]
AccessibleThis station is compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 ADA-accessible
Opposite-
direction
transfer
N/A
Traffic
2022775,401[4]Increase 8.3%
Rank328 out of 423[4]
Services
Preceding station New York City Subway New York City Subway Following station
Beach 25th Street Terminus
Location
Far Rockaway–Mott Avenue station is located in New York City Subway
Far Rockaway–Mott Avenue station
Far Rockaway–Mott Avenue station is located in New York City
Far Rockaway–Mott Avenue station
Far Rockaway–Mott Avenue station is located in New York
Far Rockaway–Mott Avenue station
Track layout

Street map

Map

Station service legend
Symbol Description
Stops all times Stops all times

The Far Rockaway–Mott Avenue station (announced as Far Rockaway station) is the eastern

terminal station of the New York City Subway's IND Rockaway Line. Originally a Long Island Rail Road station, it is currently the easternmost station in the New York City Subway. It is served by the A
train at all times.

As of 2016[update], this station is the busiest subway station on the Rockaway peninsula. The original surface station on this site was opened in 1869; the current elevated station began operation as a subway station on January 16, 1958. The station was renovated between 2009 and 2012.

History

LIRR use

Until 1950 the

Valley Stream station in Valley Stream, New York. Eastbound trains continued south then southwest, through Five Towns and the Rockaway Peninsula, and onto a trestle across Jamaica Bay through Queens where it reconnected with the Rockaway Beach Branch; westbound trains did the reverse, using the Rockaway Beach Branch to cross the trestle, go through the Rockaways and Five Towns, and continue northeast then north to join the westbound Atlantic Branch.[5][6]

Far Rockaway station itself was originally built by the

Cedarhurst Station), remodeled, and opened on October 1, 1881. The third depot opened on July 15, 1890, while the second depot was sold and moved to a private location in October 1890. The surface station featured a large plaza and depot, serving horse-drawn carriages, taxis, and surface trolleys.[5][7] The Ocean Electric Railway terminated at the station between 1897 and September 2, 1926, and the station served as the headquarters for the Ocean Electric Railway.[8][9]

The station also served as the terminus of a

Q114 buses).[10][11] Around noon on April 10, 1942, the surface station was closed, and a new elevated station on the current concrete trestle was opened as part of the Long Island Rail Road's grade crossing elimination project.[12][13] This station had two low-level side platforms.[14]

Subway use

The Far Rockaway station in 2008, prior to renovations

There were frequent fires and maintenance problems on the Jamaica Bay viaduct. The most notorious of these problems was a fire in May 1950 between

Beach 25th Street–Wavecrest serving as the eastern spur terminal,[15] a new Far Rockaway subway station was constructed, opening on January 16, 1958.[17][18][19][20]

The Far Rockaway LIRR station was moved to a grade-level station at Nameoke Street on February 21, 1958—two blocks from the original station and three blocks from the subway station—becoming the terminus of the Far Rockaway branch.[5][14][21][22] The original site of the LIRR's elevated station and the bus depot, located on the northeast side of Mott Avenue, were replaced with a shopping center and parking lot,[5][21][22][23] which began construction in 1960.[24] The Far Rockaway Shopping Center, as it was called, started undergoing redevelopment in 2017 as part of the Far Rockaway rezoning; it was proposed to replace the shopping center with affordable housing.[25][26]

In 1981, the MTA listed the Mott Avenue station among the 69 most deteriorated stations in the subway system, despite the fact that the station had become part of the subway system just two decades earlier.

ADA-accessible. A glass artwork titled Respite was installed as part of the MTA's Arts for Transit program. The renovated station was unveiled on May 11, 2012.[17][28][29]

Disputed age

Far Rockaway is the oldest currently operating

).

Station layout

P
Platform level
Northbound "A" train toward Inwood–207th Street (Beach 25th Street)
Island platform Disabled access
Northbound "A" train toward Inwood–207th Street (Beach 25th Street)
G Street level Exits/entrances
Station building Lobby, fare control, station agent
Disabled access Elevators to platform level inside station house at northeast corner of Mott Avenue and Beach 22nd Street

The Far Rockaway–Mott Avenue station, the Rockaway Line's eastern terminus, is built on a concrete viaduct and has two tracks and an

The former track connection to the current

n33 services that terminate at the station.[43][44]

The doors at the northeast end of the platform lead to stairs down to the street level

fare control area. A tower and crew offices are at the southwest end. Two elevators and several staircases inside the station house lead to the platform level.[17] A bodega called the "A Line Deli", previously called the "Last Stop Deli", is attached to the station entrance. It was originally a cafe, having been built along with the station in the 1950s.[45][46]

  • Jason Rohlf's Respite piece in the station
    Jason Rohlf's Respite piece in the station
  • On the platform
    On the platform
  • Jay Walder, then-chairman of the MTA, greets Hurricane Irene evacuees
    Hurricane Irene
    evacuees
  • The bus terminal and parking lot adjacent to the station
    The bus terminal and parking lot adjacent to the station

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