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Beach 98 Street ​
New York City Subway station (rapid transit)
View of Rockaway Park-bound platform
Station statistics
Address	Beach 98th Street & Rockaway Freeway Queens, New York
Borough	Queens
Locale	Rockaway Beach
Coordinates	40°35′08″N 73°49′13″W / 40.585441°N 73.820186°W / 40.585441; -73.820186
Division	B (IND, formerly LIRR Rockaway Beach Branch)
Line	IND Rockaway Line
Services	A  (rush hours, peak direction) ​   S  (all times)
Transit	MTA Bus: Q22, Q53 SBS, QM16
Structure	Elevated
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Other information
Opened	April 1903; 121 years ago (1903-04) (LIRR station)
Rebuilt	June 28, 1956; 68 years ago (1956-06-28) (as a Subway station)
Opposite- direction transfer	Yes
Former/other names	Steeplechase (1903–May 15, 1933) Playland Beach 98th Street–Playland
Traffic
2023	97,689  4.6%
Rank	421 out of 423
Services Preceding station New York City Subway Following station Beach 105th StreetA  ​S toward Rockaway Park–Beach 116th Street Rockaway Park Beach 90th StreetA  ​S toward Broad Channel
Former services Preceding station Long Island Rail Road Following station Hollandtoward Woodside Rockaway Beach Division Seasidetoward Rockaway Park
Location Show map of New York City SubwayShow map of New York CityShow map of New York
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 the 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, for the former Rockaways' Playland, which was closed in 1985. No trace of the park remains other than the station name. The station was rebuilt as an elevated station, which opened on April 10, 1942. The station was purchased by New York City on October 3, 1955, along with the rest of the Rockaway Beach Branch and Far Rockaway Branch west of Far Rockaway, after a fire on the line's crossing over Jamaica Bay in 1950. Now operated by the New York City Transit Authority, it reopened as a subway station along the IND Rockaway Line 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 and OMNY vending machines
Ground	Street level	Entrances/exits

The station is built on a concrete viaduct. There are two tracks and two side platforms. 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). It is between Beach 90th Street to the east (railroad north) and Beach 105th Street to the west (railroad south). 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.

References

1. "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.
2. ^ 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.
3. ^ "Annual Subway Ridership (2018–2023)". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2023. Retrieved April 20, 2024.
4. "Last Grade Crossing In Rockaways Ends" (PDF). The New York Times. April 11, 1942. Retrieved June 30, 2015.
5. ^ Freeman, Ira Henry (June 28, 1956). "Rockaway Trains to Operate Today". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on May 20, 2022. Retrieved June 29, 2015.
6. "First Train On Rockaway Line Runs This Afternoon". Wave of Long Island. Fultonhistory.com. June 28, 1956. p. 1. Archived from the original on October 13, 2021. Retrieved August 16, 2016.
   • "First Train On Rockaway Line Runs This Afternoon". Wave of Long Island. Fultonhistory.com. June 28, 1956. p. 6. Archived from the original on October 13, 2021. Retrieved August 16, 2016.
   • "TA's New Line To Rockaways Begins Today: Fifty Piece Band To Play as Special Train Makes First Run". The Leader-Observer. Fultonhistory.com. June 28, 1956. p. 1. Archived from the original on October 13, 2021. Retrieved August 16, 2016.
   • "To Rockaways: Beach Trains In Operation". Greenpoint Weekly Star. Fultonhistory.com. June 29, 1956. p. 2. Archived from the original on October 13, 2021. Retrieved August 16, 2016.
7. "Tracks of the New York City Subway". Tracks of the New York City Subway. Retrieved October 9, 2015.
8. "S Subway Timetable, Rockaway Park Shuttle, Effective December 17, 2023". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved December 16, 2024.
9. "A Subway Timetable, Effective December 17, 2023". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved December 16, 2024.
10. "Subway Map" (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. September 2021. Retrieved September 17, 2021.
11. "MTA Neighborhood Maps: The Rockaways" (PDF). mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2015. Retrieved July 6, 2015.

External links

• 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

v t e Stations of the New York City Subway, by service
Eighth Avenue Express	Inwood–207th Street Dyckman Street 190th Street 181st Street 175th Street 168th Street 163rd Street–Amsterdam Avenue* 155th Street* 145th Street 135th Street* 125th Street 116th Street* Cathedral Parkway–110th Street* 103rd Street* 96th Street* 86th Street* 81st Street–Museum of Natural History* 72nd Street* 59th Street–Columbus Circle 50th Street* 42nd Street–Port Authority Bus Terminal 34th Street–Penn Station 23rd Street* 14th Street West Fourth Street–Washington Square Spring Street* Canal Street Chambers Street Fulton Street High Street Jay Street–MetroTech Hoyt–Schermerhorn Streets Lafayette Avenue* Clinton–Washington Avenues* Franklin Avenue* Nostrand Avenue Kingston–Throop Avenues* Utica Avenue Ralph Avenue* Rockaway Avenue* Broadway Junction Liberty Avenue* Van Siclen Avenue* Shepherd Avenue* Euclid Avenue Grant Avenue 80th Street 88th Street 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	Broad Channel Beach 90th Street Beach 98th Street Beach 105th Street Rockaway Park–Beach 116th Street
See also Lists by borough (The Bronx Brooklyn Manhattan Queens) Accessible Closed Terminals Transfer Commons category 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.

v t e Stations of the New York City Subway, by line (physical trackage)
Rockaway Line	[← to Rockaway Boulevard, Fulton St. Line] 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
See also Lists by borough (The Bronx Brooklyn Manhattan Queens) Accessible Closed Terminals Transfer Commons category 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.

• IND Rockaway Line stations
• Rockaway, Queens
• New York City Subway stations in Queens, New York
• Railway stations in the United States opened in 1956
• 1956 establishments in New York City