Far Rockaway – Mott Avenue (IND Rockaway Line)

Far Rockaway–Mott Avenue
New York City Subway rapid transit station
Station statistics
Address	Mott Avenue & Beach 22nd Street Queens, NY 11691
Borough	Queens
Locale	Far Rockaway
Coordinates	40°36′14″N 73°45′20″W / 40.603983°N 73.755426°W / 40.603983; -73.755426Coordinates: 40°36′14″N 73°45′20″W / 40.603983°N 73.755426°W / 40.603983; -73.755426
Division	B (IND, formerly LIRR Far Rockaway Branch)
Line	IND Rockaway Line
Services	A  (all times)
Transit connections	MTA Bus: Q22, Q113, Q114, QM17 NICE Bus: n31, n32, n33
Structure	Elevated
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Other information
Opened	July 29, 1869; 147 years ago (1869-07-29) (SSRRLI, then LIRR station)
Rebuilt	January 16, 1958; 59 years ago (1958-01-16) (as a subway station)
Accessible
Traffic
Passengers (2015)	1,576,988  6.1%
Rank	301 out of 425
Station succession
Next north	Beach 25th Street: A
Next south	(Terminal): A
Next north	Howard Beach–JFK Airport (via Rockaway): A  Rockaway Park–Beach 116th Street (via Hammels Wye): no regular service
Next south	none: A
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops all times
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Far Rockaway–Mott Avenue is the eastern terminal station on the New York City Subway's IND Rockaway Line. Originally a Long Island Rail Road station, it is the full-time southern terminal for the A train and the easternmost station on the New York City Subway. As of 2015^[update], this station is the busiest of all subway stations in 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 in 2009–2012 at a cost of $117 million.

The Far Rockaway Branch of the Long Island Rail Road had originally been part of a loop that traveled along the existing route. The line diverges from the present-day Atlantic and Long Beach Branches east of 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.

Far Rockaway station itself was originally built by the Far Rockaway Branch Railroad, a subsidiary of the South Side Railroad of Long Island. Construction on the line began in September 1868, and the station was opened on July 29, 1869. The station was later converted into a freight house, when a second station was moved from Ocean Point Station (a.k.a. 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. 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.

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