Broad Channel station

 Broad Channel
 
Broad Channel station after the post-Hurricane Sandy renovation
Station statistics
AddressNoel Road & West Road
Queens, New York
BoroughQueens
LocaleBroad Channel
Coordinates40°36′32″N 73°48′58″W / 40.609°N 73.816°W / 40.609; -73.816
DivisionB (IND, formerly LIRR Rockaway Beach Branch)
LineIND Rockaway Line
Services   A  (all times)
   S  (all times)
Transit MTA Bus: Q52/Q53 SBS, QM16, QM17
StructureAt-grade
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
Other information
Opened1880 (1880) (LIRR station)
Closed1950 (1950) (LIRR station)
RebuiltJune 28, 1956 (1956-06-28) (as a Subway station)
AccessibilitySame-platform wheelchair transfer available
Opposite-
direction
transfer
Yes
Traffic
202352,378 5.5%
Rank423 out of 423
Services
Preceding station New York City Subway Following station
Howard Beach–JFK Airport
A 
Beach 67th Street
A 
Beach 90th Street
A  S 
Rockaway Park through to Inwood–207th Street via A 
Location
Track layout

Jamaica Bay Trestle
Long track section
~2 miles (3.2 km)
Test track
Shuttle relay track
Jamaica Bay
Long track section
~1,000 feet (300 m)
Jamaica Bay
Hammels Wye
Street map

Station service legend
Symbol Description
Stops all times
Stops rush hours in the peak direction only

The Broad Channel station is a station on the IND Rockaway Line of the New York City Subway, located in the neighborhood of the same name at Noel and West Roads in the borough of Queens. It is served by the A train and the Rockaway Park Shuttle at all times, the latter of which originates and terminates here except in the summertime on weekends during the day. Broad Channel originally opened in 1880 as a Long Island Railroad station. The LIRR discontinued service in 1950 after a fire on the trestle across Jamaica Bay, to the station's north. The station reopened June 28, 1956, as a subway station.

Broad Channel is the only subway station serving the island of Broad Channel, which is located in Jamaica Bay and only has about 3,000 residents. Thus it is the least-used in the subway as of 2023. However, this station is the only transfer point for riders traveling between Brooklyn and Manhattan (which the A train travels to) and the four other stations served by the Rockaway Park Shuttle. North of this station, there are two additional tracks within the right-of-way: a short track that allows Rockaway Park Shuttle trains to reverse direction and return to the Rockaways, and a longer track that is used to test new subway cars.