The Beach 90th Street station (signed as Beach 90th Street–Holland station) is a
station
Station may refer to:
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on the
IND Rockaway Line of the
New York City Subway
The New York City Subway is a rapid transit system owned by the government of New York City and leased to the New York City Transit Authority, an affiliate agency of the state-run Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA). Opened on October 2 ...
. It is served by the
Rockaway Park Shuttle
The Rockaway Park Shuttle is a New York City Subway shuttle train that operates in Queens. It connects with the train at Broad Channel station and is the latest iteration of the Rockaway Shuttle services that have been running on the Rockaway p ...
at all times and ten daily rush-hour only
A trains.
History
The "Holland" designation refers to Michael P. Holland, one of the early developers of the area in which the station was located. It was originally built by the
Long Island Rail Road
The Long Island Rail Road , often abbreviated as the LIRR, is a commuter rail system in the southeastern part of the U.S. state of New York (state), New York, stretching from Manhattan to the eastern tip of Suffolk County, New York, Suffolk Co ...
at Holland Avenue and Beach 92nd Street between May and June 1880 along the
Rockaway Beach Branch for the nearby Holland Hotel, and was also a trolley stop of the
Ocean Electric Railway
The Ocean Electric Railway was a street car line that operated on The Rockaways. It ran parallel to parts of the Rockaway Beach Branch and Far Rockaway Branch of the Long Island Rail Road. The headquarters of the OER were at the Far Rockaway Lon ...
. It was rebuilt in 1899, and again in 1914 with a baggage storage facility. Like much of the Rockaway Beach Branch and part of the former
Far Rockaway Branch, it was closed in 1941 and rebuilt as an elevated station in 1942, only to be purchased by the
New York City Transit Authority on October 3, 1955 and reopened as a subway station on June 28, 1956.
After Hurricane Sandy hit and destroyed the long stretch of the
IND Rockaway Line, this was a terminal of the temporary shuttle until May 30, 2013, when the A train and the Rockaway Park Shuttle were restored to the Rockaways. H trains terminated on the northbound track, because the Rockaway Park Shuttle was not in operation and A service was cut to
Howard Beach–JFK Airport.
Station layout
The station is built on a concrete viaduct. There are two tracks and two
side platforms. New lights were installed in 2010.
Two Rockaway Stations Re-Open Today (MTA Press Release; December 22, 2010)
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Exits
There is a crossunder to the tiled mezzanine
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. Outside of fare control, there are stairs to either eastern corner of Rockaway Freeway and Beach 90th Street. The southbound side had an additional exit on the south end, which has been removed.
References
External links
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* Station Reporter â€
Rockaway Park Shuttle
1905 Image of Holland Station (Arrt's Arrchives)
* The Subway Nut â€
Beach 90th Street – Holland Pictures
Beach 90 Street entrance from Google Maps Street View
Platform level from Google Maps Street View
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IND Rockaway Line stations
New York City Subway stations in Queens, New York
New York City Subway stations located aboveground
Railway stations in the United States opened in 1956
1956 establishments in New York City