104th Street (IND Fulton Street Line)

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104th Street
NYC Subway A service

New York City Subway station
Station information
Line IND Fulton Street Line
Services A all times (all times)
Platforms 2 side platforms
Tracks 3
Other
Borough Queens
Opened September 25, 1915[1]
Next north Rockaway Boulevard: A all times
Next south 111th Street: A all times


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 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 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 September 25, 1915 as an extension of the Fulton Street Elevated Line.[1] The connection to the BMT was severed on April 26, 1956, with a new connection to the IND Fulton Street Line opening on April 29, 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.[2] By 1948, "Oxford" and "104" were shown in equal sizes,[3] and by 1959 the name was shown as "104 St–Oxford".[4] The current official map shows the name as just "104 St".[5] Station signage still shows "104th Street–Oxford Avenue".

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  1. ^ a b c "New Elevated Line Opened for Queens" (PDF), The New York Times, September 26, 1915. Retrieved on 2007-09-28. 
  2. ^ BMT Lines, Rapid Transit Division (GIF) (1924). Retrieved on 2007-11-09.
  3. ^ Rapid Transit Lines of the New York City Transit System (GIF) (1948). Retrieved on 2007-11-09.
  4. ^ Official New York City Subway Map and Station Guide (GIF) (1959). Retrieved on 2007-11-09.
  5. ^ MTA New York City Subway with bus, railroad, and ferry connections (PDF). Metropolitan Transporation Authority (August 2007). Retrieved on 2007-11-09.

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