103rd Street–Corona Plaza station

For other uses of "103rd Street", see 103rd Street.
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The **103rd Street–Corona Plaza station** is a local station on the IRT Flushing Line of the New York City Subway, located at the intersection of 103rd Street and Roosevelt Avenue. It is served by the 7 train at all times.

## History

This station opened on April 21, 1917, as *Alburtis Avenue*, as the easternmost station of an extension of the Flushing line past Queensboro Plaza. It was later renamed *104th Street*, giving the possibility of a sealed exit at the north end, before taking its current name of *103rd Street–Corona Plaza*. This station still contains signs showing *Alburtis Avenue*, but which now have been covered up. This station was the eastern terminal for the joint BMT and IRT services on the line until the extension to 111th Street opened on October 13, 1925.

The platforms at 103rd Street were extended in 1955–1956 to accommodate 11-car trains.

As part of the 2015–2019 Capital Program, the MTA would renovate the 52nd, 61st, 69th, 82nd, 103rd and 111th Streets stations, a project that has been delayed for several years but is slated to begin in mid-2020. Conditions at these stations were among the worst of all stations in the subway system.

## Station layout

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This elevated station has three tracks and two side platforms. The center track is used by the rush hour peak direction <7> express service. Both platforms have beige windscreens and brown canopies supported by green frames and support columns in the center and green waist-high steel fences at both ends. The station names are in the standard black plates with white lettering, though some lampposts at both ends have their original white signs in black lettering.

### Exits

This station's only entrance/exit is an elevated station house beneath the tracks. A pair of staircases from either side of Roosevelt Avenue between 103rd and 104th Streets go up to the station house, where there is a token booth in the center and a turnstile bank on either side. Both turnstile banks lead to a wooden waiting area/crossunder and have a single staircase going up to either platform.

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## External links

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* The Subway Nut — 103rd Street–Corona Plaza Pictures Template:Webarchive
* 103rd Street entrance from Google Maps Street View
* Platforms from Google Maps Street View

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1. ↑ MTA Neighborhood Maps: Corona. Metropolitan Transportation Authority (2015).
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Template:NYCS const
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 New Rapid Transit Commission Preparing Plans for Extension of Corona Line to Flushing; Board of Estimate Has Authorized Extension of Line From Corona to New Storage Yards Near Flushing River--Queensboro Subway to Have Connection With Proposed Eighth Avenue Line Near Times Square (June 12, 1921).
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5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 www.nycsubway.org: IRT Flushing Line.
6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 7 Train (August 11, 2014).
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8. ↑ MTA To Overhaul Six Stations on the 7 Line, Currently in Design Phase (November 19, 2019).
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10. ↑ Cox, Jeremiah. 103 Street-Corona Plaza (7) - The SubwayNut.
11. ↑ MTA Neighborhood Maps: Corona. Metropolitan Transportation Authority (2015).