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104th Street (BMT Jamaica Line)
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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. The south exit at 102nd Street is closed, but the mezzanine
and the stairs to the street and platforms are still present. The north exit at 104th Street has a wooden-clad crossover mezzanine with concrete floor and windscreens half-way up the stairs from the platform. It is served by the Z train during rush hours in the peak direction and by the J train at all other times.
The station was originally built on June 11, 1917 by the Brooklyn Union Elevated Railroad, an affiliate of the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company, and is near the old Brooklyn Manor station
on the LIRR
Rockaway Beach Branch
, which was closed in 1962. Until 1966, this station was known as 102nd Street. It was then given the dual name of 102nd–104th Streets. As of 2007, station signage and the official map give the station name as 104th Street, but the published timetable gives the name as 104th–102nd Sts.
The 1990 artwork is called Five Points of Observation by Kathleen McCarthy.
Skip-stop
Skip-stop is a public transit service pattern which reduces travel times and increases capacity by not having all vehicles make all designated stops along a route. Skip-stops are used in both rail transit and bus transit operations.-Rail operation:...
station
Metro station
A metro station or subway station is a railway station for a rapid transit system, often known by names such as "metro", "underground" and "subway". It is often underground or elevated. At crossings of metro lines, they are multi-level....
on the BMT Jamaica Line
BMT Jamaica Line
The Jamaica Line is an elevated rapid transit line of the B Division of the New York City Subway, in Brooklyn and Queens, New York City, United States. It runs from the Williamsburg Bridge southeast over Broadway to East New York, Brooklyn, and then east over Fulton Street and Jamaica Avenue to...
of the New York City Subway
New York City Subway
The New York City Subway is a rapid transit system owned by the City of New York and leased to the New York City Transit Authority, a subsidiary agency of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority and also known as MTA New York City Transit...
, located on Jamaica Avenue between 102nd and 104th Streets. The south exit at 102nd Street is closed, but the mezzanine
Mezzanine (architecture)
In architecture, a mezzanine or entresol is an intermediate floor between main floors of a building, and therefore typically not counted among the overall floors of a building. Often, a mezzanine is low-ceilinged and projects in the form of a balcony. The term is also used for the lowest balcony in...
and the stairs to the street and platforms are still present. The north exit at 104th Street has a wooden-clad crossover mezzanine with concrete floor and windscreens half-way up the stairs from the platform. It is served by the Z train during rush hours in the peak direction and by the J train at all other times.
The station was originally built on June 11, 1917 by the Brooklyn Union Elevated Railroad, an affiliate of the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company, and is near the old Brooklyn Manor station
Brooklyn Manor (LIRR station)
Brooklyn Manor was a station on the Long Island Rail Road's Rockaway Beach branch in New York City on the south side of Jamaica Avenue at 100th Street at the border between Richmond Hill and Woodhaven, Queens. The elevated station was constructed from wood—unusual for the Rockaway Beach branch, as...
on the LIRR
Lirr
Lirr or LIRR may refer to:*Long Island Rail Road, a commuter railroad in Long Island, New York, USA*Lapeer Industrial Railroad, in Lapeer, Michigan*Leeds Inner Ring Road, a motorway and A-road circling Leeds, West Yorkshire, England...
Rockaway Beach Branch
Rockaway Beach Branch
The Rockaway Beach Branch was a rail line owned and operated by the Long Island Rail Road in Queens, New York City, United States. The line left the Main Line at Whitepot Junction in Rego Park heading south via Ozone Park and across Jamaica Bay to Hammels in the Rockaways turning west there to a...
, which was closed in 1962. Until 1966, this station was known as 102nd Street. It was then given the dual name of 102nd–104th Streets. As of 2007, station signage and the official map give the station name as 104th Street, but the published timetable gives the name as 104th–102nd Sts.
The 1990 artwork is called Five Points of Observation by Kathleen McCarthy.
External links
- Station Reporter — J Train
- The Subway Nut — 104th Street Pictures
- MTA's Arts For Transit — 104th Street (BMT Jamaica Line)
- 104th Street entrance from Google Maps Street View