Far Rockaway – Mott Avenue is the eastern
terminal station on the
New York City Subway's
IND Rockaway Line. Originally a
Long Island Rail Road station, it is the full-time southern terminal for the
A train and the easternmost station on the New York City Subway. As of 2014, this station is the busiest of all subway stations in the
Rockaway peninsula. The original surface station on this site was opened in 1869; the current elevated station began operation as a subway station on January 16, 1958.