103rd Street (IRT Lexington Avenue Line)

103rd Street
New York City Subway rapid transit station
Station statistics
Address	East 103rd Street & Lexington Avenue New York, NY 10029
Borough	Manhattan
Locale	East Harlem
Coordinates	40°47′25″N 73°56′52″W / 40.79029°N 73.947687°W / 40.79029; -73.947687Coordinates: 40°47′25″N 73°56′52″W / 40.79029°N 73.947687°W / 40.79029; -73.947687
Division	A (IRT)
Line	IRT Lexington Avenue Line
Services	4  (late nights)       6  (all times) <6> (weekdays until 8:45 p.m., peak direction)
Transit connections	NYCT Bus: M101, M102, M103
Structure	Underground
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	4
Other information
Opened	July 17, 1918 (1918-07-17)
Traffic
Passengers (2014)	5,198,601[1]  3.2%
Rank	90 out of 421
Station succession
Next north	110th Street: 4  6  <6>
Next south	96th Street: 4  6  <6>
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops all times Stops late nights only Stops rush hours in the peak direction only

103rd Street is a local station on the IRT Lexington Avenue Line of the New York City Subway. Located at the intersection of Lexington Avenue and 103rd Street in East Harlem, it is served by the 6 train at all times, the <6> during weekdays in peak direction, and the 4 train during late nights.

Station layout

G	Street Level	Exit/ Entrance
M	Mezzanine	Fare control, station agent
P Platform level	Side platform, doors will open on the right
	Northbound local	← toward Parkchester rush hours and middays, Pelham Bay Park all times ( toward Woodlawn late nights) (110th Street)
	Northbound express	← do not stop here
	Southbound express	→ do not stop here →
	Southbound local	→ toward Brooklyn Bridge – City Hall ( toward New Lots Avenue late nights) (96th Street) →
	Side platform, doors will open on the right

Southbound platform and wall after 2015 renovation

This underground station, which opened on July 17, 1918, has four tracks and two side platforms. The two center express tracks are used by the 4 and 5 trains during daytime hours. All other stations between Grand Central – 42nd Street and 125th Street on the line except 110th Street have the local tracks on an upper level and express ones on the lower level, with Emergency Exits provided at local stations for Emergency Egress.

Both platforms have their original trim line, which has "103" tablets on it at regular intervals, and name tablets, which read "103RD STREET" in the original mosaic. Prior to the 1990 remodeling, mosaic tiles were used so as to depict the 103rd Street mosaic as a sign hanging down from a horizontal support beam above. These "signholders" were covered over in 1990. An emergency phone is present immediately to the south of the southbound local platform. The southbound platform was renovated in 2015, with the placement of new white wall tiles, new floor tiles and benches.

The station's only entrance/exit is a mezzanine above the platforms and tracks near the south end. It has two staircases from each platform, a waiting area that can be used as a crossover, turnstile bank, token booth, and two street stairs going up to the southeast and southwest corners of 103rd Street and Lexington Avenue. The mezzanine has mosaics indicating uptown and downtown directions.

The 1990 ceramic artwork here is called Neo-Boriken by Nitza Tufiño.

Exits

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to 103rd Street (IRT Lexington Avenue Line).

• nycsubway.org—IRT East Side Line: 103rd Street
• nycsubway.org — Neo-Boriken Artwork by Nitza Tufino (1990)
• Station Reporter — 4 Train
• Station Reporter — 6 Train
• MTA's Arts For Transit — 103rd Street (IRT Lexington Avenue Line)
• 103rd Street entrance from Google Maps Street View
• Platforms from Google Maps Street View