{"id":9474,"date":"2025-08-21T08:30:00","date_gmt":"2025-08-21T12:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.chelseascorner.org\/?p=9474"},"modified":"2025-08-10T10:59:59","modified_gmt":"2025-08-10T14:59:59","slug":"beach-25th-st-wavecrest-line-a","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chelseascorner.org\/index.php\/2025\/08\/21\/beach-25th-st-wavecrest-line-a\/","title":{"rendered":"Beach 25th St.-Wavecrest (Line A)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Rockaways is a peninsula located at the southern end of Queens, and is rather isolated from the rest of the city. It also happens to be pretty well-known as a summer getaway within NYC, along with the likes of Coney Island and Brighton Beach. Now, with all that in mind…

WHAT THE HELL DOES ANYTHING ABOUT A BEACH GETAWAY DESTINATION HAVE TO DO WITH ANYTHING I WRITE ABOUT HERE?!<\/span><\/em><\/strong> Well, I’ll tell you what: there’s a wholeass subway (ex-LIRR) line here! And, with that, here’s the first of several (on this blog, chronologically as of me writing this) entries: Beach 25th St.-Wavecrest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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B 25 St-Wavecrest<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

So, Beach 25th. It’s an elevated station – albeit on a concrete viaduct (ala 33rd\/40th\/46th on the 7 line). Is it accessible? Not really. It’s also one of the least-used stations on the system (however not THE least-used, the awards go to Beach 105th and Broad Channel<\/a>). The platforms have countdown clocks, wastebaskets, benches, the usual amenities. Street level surprisingly doesn’t have bus connections within a block or two of the station – but rather within a 10-12 minute walk. So, this is one of the rare stations on the system WITHOUT a direct bus connection. As for land use around here, it’s mostly residential with a Chinese restaurant, liquor store, and convenience store at the station entrance. If you walk a little ways south, though, you’ll reach the Atlantic Ocean and apartment complexes. (I did not do this as I was planning to meet up with Honaj). There’s also a couple of parks, a high school, a couple of synagogues, a couple of churches, but by and large the area is residential. It’s also an okay place to railfan the A line.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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BEACH (this was from elsewhere on the line – I just felt like dropping it here)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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This is a Brooklyn-bound A train. The next stop is: Beach 36th St.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Platform shot w\/ curve<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The other side with wastebasket!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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And another shot<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Broken clock?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Dot matrix signage too?!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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BLOODY HELL<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Stained glass!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Crossover<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The underside – and yes, concrete<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The neighborhood<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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A little run down…<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Something about this just feels weird…<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Entrance!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Train meet!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Zoomed in<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Going to the next stop<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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This was more crossing Jamaica Bay<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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And another Jamaica Bay shot as I go intercept Honaj at [REDACTED]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The good: It serves the local neighborhood, and the walkshed is mostly residential! And, the beach isn’t TOO far away

The bad: It’s not accessible. No bus connections(!!!). One of the countdown clocks doesn’t seem to work correctly, either.

Nearby points of interest: The beach, but that’s a bit of a ways away and there’s some stops considerably closer. There’s also some churches and synagogues, a high school, and some parks.

Transit connections:
8th Ave. (Line A)

Overall, it’s not a bad station. The vibes are a tad weird, but it’s not too terrible a station for what it is. But, for beach access, better stops exist.

Rating: 6\/10<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Rockaways is a peninsula located at the southern end of Queens, and is rather isolated from the rest of the city. It also happens to be pretty well-known as a summer getaway within NYC, along with the likes of Coney Island and Brighton Beach. Now, with all that in mind… WHAT THE HELL DOES … Continue reading “Beach 25th St.-Wavecrest (Line A)”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,12,8,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9474","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-irl","category-extra","category-othertransit","category-public-transit"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chelseascorner.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9474","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chelseascorner.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chelseascorner.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chelseascorner.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chelseascorner.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9474"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.chelseascorner.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9474\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9496,"href":"https:\/\/www.chelseascorner.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9474\/revisions\/9496"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chelseascorner.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9474"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chelseascorner.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9474"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chelseascorner.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9474"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}