Broad Channel station

Broad Channel  ​
New York City Subway station (rapid transit)
Broad Channel station after the post-Hurricane Sandy renovation
Station statistics
Address	Noel Road & West Road Queens, NY
Borough	Queens
Locale	Broad Channel
Coordinates	40°36′32″N 73°48′58″W / 40.609°N 73.816°W / 40.609; -73.816
Division	B (IND, formerly LIRR Rockaway Beach Branch)[1]
Line	IND Rockaway Line
Services	A  (all times) ​   S  (all times)
Transit	MTA Bus: Q52/Q53 SBS, QM16, QM17
Structure	At-grade
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Other information
Opened	1880 (LIRR station)[2]
Closed	1950 (LIRR station)
Rebuilt	June 28, 1956; 68 years ago (1956-06-28) (as a Subway station)
Accessibility	Same-platform wheelchair transfer available
Opposite- direction transfer	Yes
Traffic
2023	52,378[3]  5.5%
Rank	423 out of 423[3]
Services Preceding station New York City Subway Following station Howard Beach–JFK Airport A  toward Inwood–207th Street Beach 67th Street A  toward Far Rockaway–Mott Avenue Beach 90th Street A  ​S  toward Rockaway Park–Beach 116th Street Rockaway Park through to Inwood–207th Street via A  AM rush
Former services Preceding station Long Island Rail Road Following station The Raunt toward Woodside Rockaway Beach Division Beach Channel toward Gibson or Rockaway Park
Location Show map of New York City Subway Show map of New York City Show map of New York
Track layout Legend to Howard Beach–JFK 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 to Beach 67th Street to Beach 90th Street
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/terminates here. 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^[update]. 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.