103rd Street–Corona Plaza station

103 Street–Corona Plaza
New York City Subway station (rapid transit)
Platform view
Station statistics
Address	103rd Street & Roosevelt Avenue Queens, NY 11368
Borough	Queens
Locale	Corona
Coordinates	40°44′59.37″N 73°51′45.84″W / 40.7498250°N 73.8627333°W / 40.7498250; -73.8627333Coordinates: 40°44′59.37″N 73°51′45.84″W / 40.7498250°N 73.8627333°W / 40.7498250; -73.8627333
Division	A (IRT)[1]
Line	IRT Flushing Line
Services	7  (all times)
Transit	MTA Bus: Q23
Structure	Elevated
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	3
Other information
Opened	April 21, 1917; 104 years ago (1917-04-21)
Station code	450[3]
Opposite- direction transfer	Yes
Former/other names	Alburtis Avenue[2] 104th Street
Traffic
2019	6,399,657[5]  1.3%
Rank	64 out of 424[5]
Station succession
Next north	111th Street: 7
Next south	Junction Boulevard: 7
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Track layout Legend to 111 St to Junction Blvd
Street map
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops all times

103rd Street–Corona Plaza 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.^[6] It is served by the 7 train at all times.^[7]

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.^[2] 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.^{[2][8][9][10]}

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

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.^[12]

Station layout[]

P Platform level
	Side platform
	Southbound local	← toward Hudson Yards (Junction Boulevard)
	Peak-direction express	← AM rush does not stop here ← PM rush/evenings does not stop here →
	Northbound local	→ toward Flushing–Main Street (111th Street) →
	Side platform
M	Mezzanine	Fare control, station agent, MetroCard machines
G	Street level	Entrances/exits

Old-fashioned smaller signs on the northbound platform in April 2011.

This elevated station has three tracks and two side platforms.^[13] The center track is used by the rush hour peak direction <7> express service.^[7] 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.^[10][14]

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.^[15] Both turnstile banks lead to a wooden waiting area/crossunder and have a single staircase going up to either platform.^[9][10]

References[]

External links[]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to 103rd Street – Corona Plaza (IRT Flushing Line).

• nycsubway.org – IRT Flushing Line: 103rd Street–Corona Plaza
• The Subway Nut — 103rd Street–Corona Plaza Pictures Archived June 15, 2017, at the Wayback Machine
• 103rd Street entrance from Google Maps Street View
• Platforms from Google Maps Street View