104th Street (BMT Jamaica Line)

104th Street
New York City Subway rapid transit station
Northbound platform
Station statistics
Address	104th Street & Jamaica Avenue Queens, NY 11418
Borough	Queens
Locale	Richmond Hill
Coordinates	40°41′43″N 73°50′36″W / 40.695184°N 73.843231°W / 40.695184; -73.843231Coordinates: 40°41′43″N 73°50′36″W / 40.695184°N 73.843231°W / 40.695184; -73.843231
Division	B (BMT)
Line	BMT Jamaica Line
Services	J  (all except rush hours, peak direction)       Z  (rush hours, peak direction)
Transit connections	NYCT Bus: Q56
Structure	Elevated
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Other information
Opened	May 28, 1917 (1917-05-28)[1][2][3]
Station code	082[4]
Former/other names	102nd Street 102nd–104th Streets 104th–102nd Streets
Traffic
Passengers (2016)	850,903[5]  1.1%
Rank	376 out of 422
Station succession
Next north	111th Street: J  (Z  skips to 121st Street)
Next south	Woodhaven Boulevard: J  Z
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops all times except rush hours in the peak direction Stops rush hours in the peak direction only Stops all times
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104th Street is a skip-stop station on the BMT Jamaica Line of the New York City Subway, located on Jamaica Avenue between 102nd and 104th Streets in Richmond Hill, Queens.^[6] It is served by the Z train during rush hours in the peak direction and by the J train at all other times.^[7]

Station layout

Track layout
to 111 St to Woodhaven Blvd

P Platform level	Side platform, being renovated until Fall of 2017
	Southbound	← toward Broad Street does not stop here (Woodhaven Boulevard) ← toward Broad Street does not stop here (Woodhaven Boulevard)
	Center trackway	→ No track or roadbed
	Northbound	→ toward Jamaica Center – Parsons/Archer off-peak hours (111th Street) → → toward Jamaica Center – Parsons/Archer PM rush hours (121st Street) →
	Side platform, doors will open on the right
M	Mezzanine	Fare control, station agent
G	Street Level	Exit / Entrance

This elevated station opened on May 28, 1917^[1][2][3] under the Brooklyn Union Elevated Railroad, an affiliate of the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company. The former Brooklyn Manor station on the LIRR's defunct Rockaway Beach Branch, which was closed in 1962, is two blocks to the west and could be an available transfer if the Rockaway Beach Branch is reopened for train service.

Until 1966, this station was known as 102nd Street. It was then given the dual name of 102nd–104th Streets.^[8] As of 2011, station signage and the official map give the station name as 104th Street.^[9]

This station has two tracks and two side platforms, but there is room for a center track.^[10] Both platforms have beige windscreens and brown canopies with green frames and support columns for their entire length except for a small section at either end. Here, there are only waist-high steel fences with lampposts. The station signs are in the standard black name plate with white lettering.^[11]

The 1990 artwork is called Five Points of Observation by Kathleen McCarthy. It is made of copper mesh, allowing a view of the streets from the platforms, and resembles a human face when viewed from the street. It is found on five other stations on the BMT Jamaica Line.^[12][13] The Manhattan-bound platform of this station is closed for renovation until Fall 2017.

Exits

This station has one active station house beneath the platforms near the east end. A single staircase from each platform goes down to a waiting area/crossunder, where a turnstile bank provides access to and from the station.^[8] Outside fare control, there is a token booth and two staircases to the street. One faces south and goes down to the southeast corner of 104th Street and Jamaica Avenue while the other faces west and goes down to the north side of Jamaica Avenue near the northwest corner of 104th Street.^[6][14] The station house has concrete flooring and windscreens going halfway up the platform stairs.

This station formerly had another mezzanine at 102nd Street. The station house and stairs to the street have been removed.^[8]

References

External links

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

New York City Subway stations, by service
	Jamaica Center–Parsons/Archer Sutphin Boulevard–Archer Avenue–JFK Airport 121st Street 111th Street 104th Street Woodhaven Boulevard 85th Street–Forest Parkway 75th Street–Elderts Lane Cypress Hills Crescent Street Norwood Avenue Cleveland Street Van Siclen Avenue Alabama Avenue Broadway Junction Chauncey Street Halsey Street Gates Avenue Kosciuszko Street Myrtle Avenue Flushing Avenue Lorimer Street Hewes Street Marcy Avenue Essex Street Bowery Canal Street Chambers Street Fulton Street Broad Street
See also Lists by borough (The Bronx Brooklyn Manhattan Queens) Accessible Closed Terminals Transfer Commons category Note: Temporary reroutes on the 2, 5, and M trains are not reflected here. Stations with asterisks are served by that service during off-peak hours only. See linked articles for more information.