Rockaway Boulevard (IND Fulton Street Line)
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Rockaway Boulevard
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| New York City Subway rapid transit station | |||||||
Brooklyn-bound platform after renovation
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| Address | Rockaway Boulevard & Liberty Avenue Queens, NY 11417 |
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| Borough | Queens | ||||||
| Locale | Ozone Park | ||||||
| Coordinates | 40°40′50″N 73°50′37″W / 40.680459°N 73.843703°WCoordinates: 40°40′50″N 73°50′37″W / 40.680459°N 73.843703°W | ||||||
| Division | B (IND, formerly BMT) | ||||||
| Line | IND Fulton Street Line | ||||||
| Services |
A  (all times) |
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| Transit connections |
 MTA Bus:  Q7, Q11, Q21, Q41, Q52, Q53, Q112, QM15, QM16, QM17
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| Structure | Elevated | ||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||
| Tracks | 3 (2 in regular service) | ||||||
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| Opened | September 25, 1915 | ||||||
| Accessibility | Same-platform wheelchair transfer available | ||||||
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| Passengers (2015) | 1,729,268  32.8% |
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| Rank | 279 out of 425 | ||||||
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| Next north |
88th Street: A
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| Next south |
104th Street (local): A Ozone Park–Lefferts Boulevard (Lefferts express): no regular service Aqueduct–North Conduit Avenue (Rockaway): A
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Rockaway Boulevard is a station on the IND Fulton Street Line of the New York City Subway. Located at the intersection of Rockaway Boulevard, Woodhaven and Cross Bay Boulevards, and Liberty Avenue in Ozone Park, Queens, it is served by the A train at all times, and, for summer weekends in 2016 during daytime hours by the Rockaway Park Shuttle.
Rockaway Boulevard was one of the six stations along Liberty Avenue in Queens, from 80th Street through Ozone Park – Lefferts Boulevard, as well as the current three track elevated structure, built for the BMT Fulton Street Line in 1915 as part of BMT's portion of the Dual Contracts.
On April 8, 1928, two eastbound trains crashed in the station, killing one person and injuring 30.
The connection to the BMT was severed on April 26, 1956, and the IND was extended east (railroad south) from Euclid Avenue via a connecting tunnel and new intermediate station at Grant Avenue, with the new service beginning on April 29, 1956.
The station was completely renovated in 2015.
This station has two side platforms and three tracks. The center track is not used in revenue service. The platforms have beige windscreens and green and brown canopies.
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