104th Street station (IND Fulton Street Line)

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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

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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. 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. 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**. A 1924 system map portrayed the station as "Oxford Avenue", with "104th St." shown below the name in parentheses, and in a smaller print. By 1948, "Oxford" and "104" were shown in equal sizes, and by 1959 the name was shown as "104 St–Oxford". The current official map shows the name as just "104 St". Station signage still shows "104th Street – Oxford Avenue".

The station was completely renovated in 2014.

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## Station layout

 **G** | Street level

The station has three tracks and two side platforms. The middle track is not currently used in revenue service. Northwest of the station, there is a view of the abandoned LIRR's Rockaway Beach Branch tracks from the IND Rockaway Line.

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.*

### 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. These exits were closed due to security concerns but were reopened following the station's renovation from 2014 to 2015.

## External links

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* 104th Street entrance from Google Maps Street View
* Platforms from Google Maps Street View

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3. ↑ First Leg of Rockaways Transit Opened at Cost of $10,154,702 (April 30, 1956). Retrieved on June 29, 2015.
4. ↑ Rockaway Trains to Operate Today (June 28, 1956). Retrieved on June 29, 2015.
5. ↑ BMT Lines, Rapid Transit Division (GIF) (1924). Archived from the original on October 12, 2007. Retrieved on November 9, 2007.
6. ↑ Rapid Transit Lines of the New York City Transit System (GIF) (1948). Archived from the original on October 12, 2007. Retrieved on November 9, 2007.
7. ↑ Official New York City Subway Map and Station Guide (GIF) (1959). Archived from the original on October 12, 2007. Retrieved on November 9, 2007.
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9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 Cox, Jeremiah. 104 Street-Oxford Avenue (A except Late Night, S-Late Night Shuttle to Lefferts Blvd) - The SubwayNut.
10. ↑ Queens-bound 88 St and 104 St A Line Stations To Close for Three Months for Renewal. Metropolitan Transit Authority (May 8, 2014).
11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 Final Phase of 104 St and 88 St A Line Station Renewals Completed (January 30, 2015).
12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 www.nycsubway.org: IND Fulton Street Line.
13. ↑ www.nycsubway.org: Artwork: On the Right Track (Béatrice Coron).
14. ↑ MTA Neighborhood Maps: Ozone Park. Metropolitan Transportation Authority (2015). Retrieved on October 16, 2015.