Beach 98th Street (IND Rockaway Line)
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Beach 98th Street
 
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| New York City Subway rapid transit station | |||||||||
Rockaway Park-bound platform
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| Address | Beach 98th Street & Rockaway Freeway Queens, NY 11694 |
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| Borough | Queens | ||||||||
| Locale | Rockaway Beach | ||||||||
| Coordinates | 40°35′08″N 73°49′13″W / 40.585441°N 73.820186°WCoordinates: 40°35′08″N 73°49′13″W / 40.585441°N 73.820186°W | ||||||||
| Division | B (IND, formerly LIRR Rockaway Beach Branch) | ||||||||
| Line | IND Rockaway Line | ||||||||
| Services |
A  (rush hours, peak direction)S  (all times) |
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| Transit connections |
 MTA Bus: Q22, Q53, QM16
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| Structure | Elevated | ||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||
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| Opened | April 1903 (LIRR station) | ||||||||
| Rebuilt | June 28, 1956 (as a Subway station) | ||||||||
| Former/other names | Steeplechase (1903–May 15, 1933) Playland Beach 98th Street–Playland |
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| Traffic | |||||||||
| Passengers (2015) | 214,040  6.9% |
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| Rank | 418 out of 425 | ||||||||
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| Next north |
Beach 90th Street: A S
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| Next south |
Beach 105th Street: A S
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Beach 98th Street, sometimes referred as Beach 98th Street–Playland, 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.
The station is built on a concrete viaduct. There are two tracks and two side platforms. New lights have been installed. Canopies, mezzanine, and side walls are similar to Beach 90th Street.
There is a crossunder to the tiled mezzanine. The southbound platform is longer than the northbound one, and had an exit at the north end of the Rockaway Park bound platform which has been removed. Outside of fare control, there are stairs to either eastern corner of Rockaway Freeway and Beach 99th Street.
The station was originally built by the Long Island Rail Road in April 1903 as Steeplechase on the Rockaway Beach Branch, and was also a trolley stop of the Ocean Electric Railway. It was renamed Playland on May 15, 1933, for the former Rockaways' Playland, which was closed in 1985. No trace of the park remains other than the station name. In 1942, the station was replaced with an elevated station, and was taken out of service on October 3, 1955 as part of its purchase by the New York City Transit Authority, which reopened it as a subway station on June 28, 1956.
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