| Beach 25 Street | |
| Other Name: | Beach 25th Street–Wavecrest |
| Address: | Beach 25th Street & Rockaway Freeway Queens, NY |
| Borough: | Queens |
| Locale: | Bayswater |
| Coordinates: | 40.6001°N -73.7614°W |
| Division: | IND Far Rockaway |
| Line: | IND Rockaway Line |
| Service: | Far Rockaway |
| Platforms: | 2 side platforms |
| Tracks: | 2 |
| Structure: | Elevated |
| Open Date: | (LIRR station) |
| Rebuilt: | (as a Subway station) |
The Beach 25th Street station (signed as Beach 25th Street–Wavecrest station) is a station on the IND Rockaway Line of the New York City Subway, located in Queens on the Rockaway Freeway at Beach 25th Street. It is served by the A train at all times. There are two tracks and two side platforms.
The station was originally opened by the Long Island Rail Road in May 1928 as Wavecrest Station.[1]
It was closed and relocated 800feet east of the former location in August 1940 as part of a grade elevation project. The elevated station was opened on April 10, 1942, but was closed on October 3, 1955. It was purchased by the New York City Transit Authority along with the rest of the line west to Rockaway Park, which reopened it as a subway station on June 28, 1956.[2] [3] This station was the terminal for the Far Rockaway branch until the opening of Far Rockaway–Mott Avenue station on January 16, 1958.[4]
This station is on a concrete viaduct with ballasted track. It has two tracks and two side platforms. The station is served by the A train at all times and is between Far Rockaway–Mott Avenue to the east (railroad south) and Beach 36th Street to the west (railroad north).
Exit is near the center to the tiled mezzanine. The mezzanine is four stories high. Three stairs lead to the street, two to the southwestern corner and one to the northwestern corner of Rockaway Freeway and Beach 25th Street.[5]