104 Street
 "A" train
New York City Subway station (rapid transit)
Brooklyn-bound platform
Station statistics
Address104th Street & Liberty Avenue
Queens, NY 11417
BoroughQueens
LocaleOzone Park
Coordinates40°40′56″N 73°50′14″W / 40.682233°N 73.837352°W / 40.682233; -73.837352
DivisionB (IND, formerly BMT)[1]
LineIND Fulton Street Line
BMT Fulton Street Line (formerly)
Services   A all times (all times)
TransitBus transport MTA Bus: Airport transportation Q7, Q41, Q112
StructureElevated
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks3 (2 in regular service)
Other information
OpenedSeptember 25, 1915
(108 years ago) (1915-09-25)[2]
Opposite-
direction
transfer		Yes
Former/other namesOxford Avenue
104th Street–Oxford Avenue
Traffic
2022345,525[4] Increase 25.7%
Rank406 out of 423[4]
Services
Preceding station New York City Subway New York City Subway Following station
Rockaway Boulevard
toward Inwood–207th Street
Local 		111th Street
toward Ozone Park–Lefferts Boulevard
Location
104th Street station (IND Fulton Street Line) is located in New York City Subway
104th Street station (IND Fulton Street Line)
104th Street station (IND Fulton Street Line) is located in New York City
104th Street station (IND Fulton Street Line)
104th Street station (IND Fulton Street Line) is located in New York
104th Street station (IND Fulton Street Line)
Track layout

Legend
to Rockaway Boulevard
to 111th Street
Street map

Map

Station service legend
Symbol Description
Stops all times Stops all times

The 104th Street station (signed as 104th Street–Oxford Avenue station) is a station on the IND Fulton Street Line of the New York City Subway, located on Liberty Avenue at 104th Street in Ozone Park, Queens. The station is served by the Lefferts Boulevard branch of the A train at all times.

History

Southeastern stair

104th Street was one of the six stations along Liberty Avenue in Queens, from 80th Street through Ozone Park–Lefferts Boulevard, as well as the current three track elevated structure, built for the BMT Fulton Street Line in 1915 as part of BMT's portion of the Dual Contracts.[2][5] The connection to the BMT was severed on April 26, 1956, and the IND was extended east (railroad south) from Euclid Avenue via a connecting tunnel and new intermediate station at Grant Avenue, with the new service beginning on April 29, 1956.[5][6][7] The Fulton Street Elevated west of Hudson Street was closed, and eventually demolished.

The station has gone by a number of different names. It opened as Oxford Avenue.[2] A 1924 system map portrayed the station as "Oxford Avenue", with "104th St." shown below the name in parentheses, and in a smaller print.[8] By 1948, "Oxford" and "104" were shown in equal sizes,[9] and by 1959 the name was shown as "104 St–Oxford".[10] The current official map shows the name as just "104 St".[11] Station signage still shows "104th Street – Oxford Avenue".[12]

The station was completely renovated in 2014.[13][14]

Station layout

Platform level Side platform
Westbound ← "A" train toward Inwood–207th Street (Rockaway Boulevard)
← "A" Shuttle train late night shuttle toward Euclid Avenue (Rockaway Boulevard)
Peak-direction express → No regular service
Eastbound → "A" train ("A" Shuttle train late nights) toward Ozone Park–Lefferts Boulevard (111th Street) →
Side platform
Mezzanine Fare control, station agent
Ground Street level Exit/entrance

The station has three tracks and two side platforms. The middle track is not currently used in revenue service.[15] The A train stops here at all times except nights, running to Brooklyn and Manhattan; a shuttle train from Euclid Avenue to Ozone Park–Lefferts Boulevard serves the station during late nights.[16] The next stop to the east (railroad south) is 111th Street, while the next stop to the west (railroad north) is Rockaway Boulevard.[17] Northwest of the station, there is a view of the abandoned LIRR's Rockaway Beach Branch tracks from the IND Rockaway Line.[12]

After the station was renovated in 2014 and the beginning of 2015, artwork commissioned by MTA Arts & Design and designed by Béatrice Coron was installed, titled On the Right Track.[14][18]

Exits

The exit at the northeastern end of the station (railroad south) leads to either eastern corner of Liberty Avenue and 104th Street. At the opposite end of the station there is an exit to either western corner of Liberty Avenue and 102nd Street.[15][19] These exits were closed due to security concerns but were reopened following the station's renovation from 2014 to 2015.

References

  1. ^ "Glossary". Second Avenue Subway Supplemental Draft Environmental Impact Statement (SDEIS) (PDF). Vol. 1. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. March 4, 2003. pp. 1–2. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 26, 2021. Retrieved January 1, 2021.
  2. ^ a b c "New Elevated Line Opened for Queens" (PDF). The New York Times. September 26, 1915. Retrieved September 28, 2007.
  3. ^ "Annual Subway Ridership (2017–2022)". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2022. Retrieved November 8, 2023.
  4. ^ a b "Annual Subway Ridership (2017–2022)". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2022. Retrieved November 8, 2023.
  5. ^ a b Sparberg, Andrew J. (October 1, 2014). From a Nickel to a Token: The Journey from Board of Transportation to MTA. Fordham University Press. ISBN 978-0-8232-6190-1.
  6. ^ "First Leg of Rockaways Transit Opened at Cost of $10,154,702" (PDF). New York Times. April 30, 1956. Retrieved June 29, 2015.
  7. ^ Freeman, Ira Henry (June 28, 1956). "Rockaway Trains to Operate Today" (PDF). New York Times. Retrieved June 29, 2015.
  8. ^ "BMT Lines, Rapid Transit Division" (GIF). www.nycsubway.com. 1924. Archived from the original on October 12, 2007. Retrieved November 9, 2007.
  9. ^ "Rapid Transit Lines of the New York City Transit System" (GIF). www.nycsubway.com. 1948. Archived from the original on October 12, 2007. Retrieved November 9, 2007.
  10. ^ "Official New York City Subway Map and Station Guide" (GIF). www.nycsubway.com. 1959. Archived from the original on October 12, 2007. Retrieved November 9, 2007.
  11. ^ "Subway Map" (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. September 2021. Retrieved September 17, 2021.
  12. ^ a b Cox, Jeremiah. "104 Street-Oxford Avenue (A except Late Night, S-Late Night Shuttle to Lefferts Blvd) - The SubwayNut". www.subwaynut.com. Archived from the original on February 25, 2016. Retrieved February 18, 2016.
  13. ^ "Queens-bound 88 St and 104 St A Line Stations To Close for Three Months for Renewal". www.mta.info. Metropolitan Transit Authority. May 8, 2014. Archived from the original on May 13, 2014. Retrieved February 18, 2016.
  14. ^ a b "Final Phase of 104 St and 88 St A Line Station Renewals Completed". www.mta.info. January 30, 2015. Archived from the original on February 3, 2015. Retrieved February 18, 2016.
  15. ^ a b "www.nycsubway.org: IND Fulton Street Line". www.nycsubway.org. Retrieved February 18, 2016.
  16. ^ "A Subway Timetable, Effective June 26, 2022". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved August 26, 2023.
  17. ^ "Subway Map" (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. September 2021. Retrieved September 17, 2021.
  18. ^ "www.nycsubway.org: Artwork: On the Right Track (Béatrice Coron)". www.nycsubway.org. Retrieved February 18, 2016.
  19. ^ "MTA Neighborhood Maps: Ozone Park" (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2015. Retrieved October 16, 2015.

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