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LIRR Far Rockaway Branch (Today's A Rockaway train) This line turned off the main lien and ran on today's' A train line near Ozone Park to the Rockaways- the Far Rockaway service via the main line is discussed on the Rockaway Beach Page.) We will cover stations after we leave the main line Matawok No further information is available Brooklyn Manor No further information is available Parkside No further information is available Woodhaven Junction Was located over the underground Woodhaven Blvd station on the Brooklyn line. It had two side platforms and two tracks. No further information is available Ozone Park had four tracks and two side platforms with two locations. The north location was used for terminating trains while the south location was used for boarding and exiting passengers. It remains today in non railroad use and can be seen from the A train at Rocakway Blvd (see A Lefferts and A Rockaway ) Aqueduct No further information is available Rambersville No further information is available Howard Beach No further information is available Hamilton Beach No further information is available Goose Creek No further information is available The Raunt No further information is available Broad Channel No further information is available Beach Channel No further information is available Hammels No further information is available Beach 67th Street Gaston Avenue (Beach 67th Street on Rockaway Freeway) opened 6/28/1956: The F/T side is at the south end with 4 street stairs and stairs to each platform. The mezzanine layout does relive the memories of longtime Rockaway residents that separate entry and exit turnstiles were set up. The entry turnstiles are all on one side of the booth, while the exit turnstiles were on the opposite side of the booth. Since the elimination of a double fare imposed on all travel south of Broad Channel, the standard steel gates replace the turnstiles. A sealed exit is at the north end of the Far Rockaway-bound platform and has a non-functional high wheel turnstile specially designed to collect single fares upon exiting. The extreme long length of this and other platforms along both Rockaway branches does indicate the LIRR left its footprints here after the transfer of ownership to NYCTA in the 1950's. Beach 60th Street Straiton Avenue (Beach 59-60th Streets on Rockaway Freeway). No further information is available Beach 44th Street Frank Avenue (Beach 44th Street on Rockaway Freeway). No further information is available Beach 36th Street Edgemere (Beach 36th Streets on Rockaway Freeway) . No further information is available Beach 25th Street Wavecrest (Beach 25th Street on Rockaway Freeway) has two tracks and two wall platforms which can hold twelve cars of 85 feet in length. It is on a concrete viaduct with ballasted track. Exit is near the center to the tile mezzanine. It is four stories high. No further information is available . Mott Avenue Far Rockaway has two tracks on a concrete viaduct with an island platform. Doors lead to the stairs to the street level. No further information is available Far Rockaway station. The station ticket office is at the west end of the platform at Nameoke Avenue. There is no visible remnant of when the line continued on and connected to the present A train terminal at Mott Avenue. It is a 5 minute walk to the A train. See Herbert George's book (Change at Ozone Park) for more information.
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