Broad Channel (IND Rockaway Line)
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Broad Channel  |
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New York City Subway station |
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| Line | IND Rockaway Line |
| Services | A  (all times)S (all times) |
| Platforms | 2 side platforms |
| Tracks | 2 |
| Passengers (2006) | 103,502 ▲ 5% |
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| Borough | Queens |
| Opened | 1880 as LIRR station[1] June 28, 1956 as subway station |
| Next north | Howard Beach–JFK: A |
| Next south | Beach 67th Street (Far Rockaway): A Beach 90th Street (Rockaway Park): A  S |
Broad Channel is a station on the IND Rockaway Line of the New York City Subway. Located at Noel Road and West Road in the Broad Channel neighborhood of the borough of Queens, it is served by the A train and the Rockaway Park Shuttle at all times. This is the northern terminal for the shuttle at all times except summer weekends, when it is extended to Euclid Avenue on the IND Fulton Street Line.
The station opened to subway service on June 28, 1956, having been converted from its prior use as a Long Island Rail Road station on a line abandoned by the LIRR and sold to the city.
This station has two tracks and two side platforms, with a glass-enclosed crossover containing the waiting area and fare control. Entrance/exit is from the southbound platform only, requiring northbound passengers to cross over. Just to the north, the Rockaway Line gains two extra non-revenue tracks straddling the two revenue tracks; the 2 mile long western track is used as a test track, while the eastern track is used to relay shuttle trains. Continuing north, the Rockaway Line crosses Jamaica Bay before reaching Howard Beach; the distance between the two stations, called "The Flats",[citation needed] is the longest between any two in the New York City Subway system. To the south, the Rockaway Line continues to the Rockaway peninsula, where it splits at Hammel's Wye to allow service to both Far Rockaway–Mott Avenue and Rockaway Park–Beach 116th Street.
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[edit] Bus connections
[edit] Nearby points of interest
- Jamaica Bay Unit of the Gateway National Recreation Area
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- nycsubway.org — IND Rockaway: Broad Channel
- Station Reporter — H Train (H is the Metropolitan Transportation Authority's internal designation for the Rockaway Park Shuttle)
- Broad Channel (IND Rockaway Line) is at coordinates Coordinates:
