Beach 98th Street station

New York City Subway station in Queens

New York City Subway station in Queens, New York

A (rush hours, peak direction)
S (all times)Transit

MTA Bus: Q22, Q53 SBS, QM16StructureElevatedPlatforms2 side platformsTracks2Other informationOpenedApril 1903; 121 years ago (1903-04) (LIRR station)RebuiltJune 28, 1956; 67 years ago (1956-06-28) (as a Subway station)Opposite-
direction
transferYesFormer/other namesSteeplechase (1903–May 15, 1933^[2])
Playland
Beach 98th Street–PlaylandTraffic202397,689^[3]

4.6% Rank421 out of 423^[3]

Services

Preceding station	New York City Subway			Following station
Beach 105th Street A S toward Rockaway Park–Beach 116th Street		Rockaway Park		Beach 90th Street A S toward Broad Channel

Former services

Preceding station	Long Island Rail Road			Following station
Holland toward Woodside		Rockaway Beach Division		Seaside toward Rockaway Park

Location
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Track layout

Legend

					to Beach 90th Street






					to Beach 105th Street

Street map

Station service legend
Symbol	Description
	Stops all times
	Stops rush hours in the peak direction only

The Beach 98th Street station (signed as Beach 98th Street–Playland station) is a station on the IND Rockaway Line of the New York City Subway. It is served by the Rockaway Park Shuttle at all times and ten daily rush-hour only A trains.

History

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,^[2] 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.

Station layout

Platform level	Side platform
	Southbound	← toward Rockaway Park–Beach 116th Street (Beach 105th Street) ← PM rush toward Rockaway Park–Beach 116th Street (Beach 105th Street)
	Northbound	→ toward Broad Channel (Beach 90th Street) → → AM rush toward Inwood–207th Street (Beach 90th Street) →
	Side platform
Mezzanine		Fare control, station agent, MetroCard vending machines
Ground	Street level	Entrances/exits

The station is built on a concrete viaduct. There are two tracks and two side platforms.^[4] The station is served by the Rockaway Park Shuttle at all times and limited A trains during rush hours in the peak direction (toward Manhattan in the morning and toward the Rockaways in the afternoon).^[5]^[6] It is between Beach 90th Street to the east (railroad north) and Beach 105th Street to the west (railroad south).^[7] New lights have been installed. Canopies, mezzanine, and side walls are similar to Beach 90th Street.

Exits

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.^[8]

References

^ "Glossary". Second Avenue Subway Supplemental Draft Environmental Impact Statement (SDEIS) (PDF). Vol. 1. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. March 4, 2003. pp. 1–2. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 26, 2021. Retrieved January 1, 2021.
^ ^a ^b Baer, Christopher T. (April 2015). "A General Chronology of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company Its Predecessors and Successors and Its Historical Context: 1933" (PDF). Pennsylvania Railroad Technical Historical Society. p. 36. Retrieved December 7, 2015.
^ ^a ^b "Annual Subway Ridership (2018–2023)". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2023. Retrieved April 20, 2024.
^ "Tracks of the New York City Subway". Tracks of the New York City Subway. Retrieved October 9, 2015.
^ "S Subway Timetable, Rockaway Park Shuttle, Effective June 26, 2022". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved August 26, 2023.
^ "A Subway Timetable, Effective June 26, 2022". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved August 26, 2023.
^ "Subway Map" (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. September 2021. Retrieved September 17, 2021.
^ "MTA Neighborhood Maps: The Rockaways" (PDF). mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2015. Retrieved July 6, 2015.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Beach 98th Street station.

nycsubway.org – IND Rockaway: Beach 98th Street/Playland
Station Reporter — Rockaway Park Shuttle
Steeplechase Station (Arrt's Arrchives)
The Subway Nut — Beach 98th Street – Playland Pictures Archived 2018-01-05 at the Wayback Machine
Beach 98th Street entrance from Google Maps Street View
Platform level from Google Maps Street View
Mezzanine from Google Maps Street View

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Rockaway Avenue*
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80th Street
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Rockaway Boulevard

Lefferts branch	104th Street 111th Street Ozone Park–Lefferts Boulevard
Rockaways branches	Aqueduct Racetrack Aqueduct–North Conduit Avenue Howard Beach–JFK Airport Broad Channel
Far Rockaway branch	Beach 67th Street Beach 60th Street Beach 44th Street Beach 36th Street Beach 25th Street Far Rockaway–Mott Avenue
Rockaway Park branch	Beach 90th Street Beach 98th Street Beach 105th Street Rockaway Park–Beach 116th Street

Rockaway Park Shuttle

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Note: Service variations, station closures, and reroutes are not reflected here.
Stations with asterisks have no regular peak, reverse peak, or midday service on that route. See linked articles for more information.

Stations of the New York City Subway, by line (physical trackage)

Rockaway Line

Far Rockaway branch	Beach 67th Street Beach 60th Street Beach 44th Street Beach 36th Street Beach 25th Street Far Rockaway–Mott Avenue
Rockaway Park branch	Beach 90th Street Beach 98th Street Beach 105th Street Rockaway Park–Beach 116th Street

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Stations and line segments in italics are closed, demolished, or planned (temporary closures are marked with asterisks). Track connections to other lines' terminals are displayed in brackets. ~~Struck through~~ passenger track connections are closed or unused in regular service.