Broad Channel (LIRR station)
Broad Channel 
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| New York City Subway rapid transit station | |||||||||
Broad Channel station after the post-Hurricane Sandy renovation
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| Address | Noel Road & West Road Queens, NY 11693 |
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| Borough | Queens | ||||||||
| Locale | Broad Channel | ||||||||
| Coordinates | 40°36′31″N 73°48′58″W / 40.608618°N 73.816°WCoordinates: 40°36′31″N 73°48′58″W / 40.608618°N 73.816°W | ||||||||
| Division | B (IND, formerly LIRR Rockaway Beach Branch) | ||||||||
| Line | IND Rockaway Line | ||||||||
| Services |
A  (all times)S (all times) |
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| Transit connections |
 MTA Bus: Q52, Q53, QM16, QM17
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| Structure | At-grade | ||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||
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| Opened | 1880 (LIRR station) | ||||||||
| Closed | 1950 (LIRR station) | ||||||||
| Rebuilt | June 28, 1956 (as a Subway station) | ||||||||
| Accessibility | Same-platform wheelchair transfer available | ||||||||
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| Passengers (2015) | 91,766  23.4% |
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| Rank | 421 out of 425 | ||||||||
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| Next north |
Howard Beach–JFK Airport: A (Terminal): S
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| Next south |
Beach 67th Street (Far Rockaway): A Beach 90th Street (Rockaway Park): A  S
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Broad Channel is a station on the IND Rockaway Line of the New York City Subway, located in the neighborhood of the same name at Noel and West Roads in the borough of Queens. It is served by the A train and the Rockaway Park Shuttle at all times, the latter of which originates/terminates here.
The station originally opened in 1880 as a New York, Woodhaven and Rockaway Railroad station (although some sources claim it opened in June 1881), that was acquired by the Long Island Rail Road and became a station on the Rockaway Beach Branch. As a Long Island Rail Road station it served as one of two junctions between the Far Rockaway and Rockaway Beach Branches. The other junction was at Hammels Station, although it was originally a junction for the Far Rockaway Branch and the Ocean Electric Railway. Wooden shelter sheds were added to the station in 1921 and 1923. A fire on the trestle between this station and another one known as The Raunt forced the closure of both stations on May 23, 1950, as well as the entire Jamaica Bay trestle.
By October 3, 1955, the entire Rockaway Beach Branch south of Ozone Park, and all of the Far Rockaway Branch west of Far Rockaway was purchased by the New York City Transit Authority. The Broad Channel station was entirely reconstructed (as were the Howard Beach and Far Rockaway stations) with new concrete platforms, and a new station house. The contract for the new station was approved in December 1954. The station opened to subway service on June 28, 1956.
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