104th Street (IND Fulton Street Line)
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| Address | 104th Street & Liberty Avenue Ozone Park, NY 11417 |
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| Borough | Queens | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Locale | Ozone Park | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 40°40′56″N 73°50′14″W / 40.682233°N 73.837352°WCoordinates: 40°40′56″N 73°50′14″W / 40.682233°N 73.837352°W | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Division | B (IND, formerly BMT) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Line | IND Fulton Street Line | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Services | A  (all times) |
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| Structure | Elevated | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 3 (2 in regular service) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 25 September 1915[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Former/other names | Oxford Avenue 104th Street – Oxford Avenue |
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| Passengers (2010) | 503,835[2]  1.3% |
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| Rank | 403 out of 422 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Next north | Rockaway Boulevard: A |
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| Next south | 111th Street: A |
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104th Street 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 A train at all times.
The station has three tracks and two side platforms. The middle track is not currently used in revenue service. The exit at the northeast end of the station (railroad south) leads to 104th Street. At the opposite end of the station, there was formerly an exit to 102nd Street, which is now sealed. Northwest of the station, there is a view of the abandoned LIRR's Rockaway Beach Branch tracks from the IND Rockaway Line.
This is one of six stations along Liberty Avenue in Queens that were originally constructed as part of the BMT's portion of the Dual Contracts System. The stations from 80th Street – Hudson Street to Ozone Park – Lefferts Boulevard opened on 25 September 1915 as an extension of the Fulton Street Elevated.[1] The connection to the BMT was severed on 26 April 1956, with a new connection to the IND Fulton Street Line opening on 29 April 1956. 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.[1] A 1924 system map portrayed the station as "Oxford Avenue", with "104th St." shown below the name in parentheses, and in a smaller print.[3] By 1948, "Oxford" and "104" were shown in equal sizes,[4] and by 1959 the name was shown as "104 St–Oxford".[5] The current official map shows the name as just "104 St".[6] Station signage still shows "104th Street – Oxford Avenue".
[edit] References
- ^ a b c "New Elevated Line Opened for Queens" (PDF). The New York Times. 26 September 1915. http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?_r=1&res=9B01E4D6103CE733A25755C2A96F9C946496D6CF. Retrieved 28 September 2007.
- ^ "Facts and Figures: 2010 Annual Subway Ridership". New York City Metropolitan Transportation Authority. http://mta.info/nyct/facts/ridership/ridership_sub_annual.htm. Retrieved 18 May 2011.
- ^ "BMT Lines, Rapid Transit Division" (GIF). 1924. Archived from the original on 12 October 2007. http://web.archive.org/web/20071012172346/http://nycsubway.org/perl/caption.pl?/img/maps/bmt_1924.gif. Retrieved 9 November 2007.
- ^ "Rapid Transit Lines of the New York City Transit System" (GIF). 1948. Archived from the original on 12 October 2007. http://web.archive.org/web/20071012172921/http://nycsubway.org/perl/caption.pl?/img/maps/system_1948.gif. Retrieved 9 November 2007.
- ^ "Official New York City Subway Map and Station Guide" (GIF). 1959. Archived from the original on 12 October 2007. http://web.archive.org/web/20071012172952/http://nycsubway.org/perl/caption.pl?/img/maps/system_1959.gif. Retrieved 9 November 2007.
- ^ "MTA New York City Subway with bus, railroad, and ferry connections" (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. August 2007. Archived from the original on 31 October 2007. http://web.archive.org/web/20071031062203/http://www.mta.info/nyct/maps/subwaymap.pdf. Retrieved 9 November 2007.
[edit] External links
- nycsubway.org — IND Fulton: 104th Street/Oxford Avenue
- Station Reporter – A Lefferts
- The Subway Nut – 104th Street – Oxford Avenue Pictures
- 104th Street entrance from Google Maps Street View
