103rd Street–Corona Plaza station
103 Street–Corona Plaza MTA Bus: Q23 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Structure | Elevated | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Platforms | 2 side platforms | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tracks | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Opened | April 21, 1917 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Opposite- direction transfer | Yes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Former/other names | Alburtis Avenue[2] 104th Street | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Traffic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2023 | 6,460,459[3] 35.8% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rank | 28 out of 423[3] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 103rd Street–Corona Plaza station is a local
History
Early history
The 1913 Dual Contracts called for the Interborough Rapid Transit Company (IRT) and Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company (BRT; later Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit Corporation, or BMT) to build new lines in Brooklyn, Queens, and the Bronx. Queens did not receive many new IRT and BRT lines compared to Brooklyn and the Bronx, since the city's Public Service Commission (PSC) wanted to alleviate subway crowding in the other two boroughs first before building in Queens, which was relatively undeveloped. The IRT Flushing Line was to be one of two Dual Contracts lines in the borough, along with the Astoria Line; it would connect Flushing and Long Island City, two of Queens' oldest settlements, to Manhattan via the Steinway Tunnel. When the majority of the line was built in the early 1910s, most of the route went through undeveloped land, and Roosevelt Avenue had not been constructed.[7]: 47 Community leaders advocated for more Dual Contracts lines to be built in Queens to allow development there.[8]
This station opened on April 21, 1917, as Alburtis Avenue, as the easternmost station of an extension of the Flushing line past
Later years
The city government took over the IRT's operations on June 12, 1940.
As part of the 2015–2019 Capital Program, the MTA announced plans to renovate the 52nd, 61st, 69th, 82nd, 103rd and 111th Streets stations, a project that had been delayed for several years. Conditions at these stations were reported to be among the worst of all stations in the subway system.[23] The Flushing-bound platform at the 103rd Street station will close for five months for renovation in 2025, followed by the five-month closure of the Manhattan-bound platform.[24][25]
Station layout
Platform level | ||
Side platform | ||
Southbound local | ← toward 34th Street–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 | ||
Mezzanine | Fare control, station agent, MetroCard machines | |
Ground | Street level | Entrances/exits |
This elevated station has three tracks and two
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.[28] Both turnstile banks lead to a wooden waiting area/crossunder and have a single staircase going up to either platform.[10][11]
References
- ^ "Glossary". Second Avenue Subway Supplemental Draft Environmental Impact Statement (SDEIS) (PDF). Vol. 1. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. March 4, 2003. pp. 1–2. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 26, 2021. Retrieved January 1, 2021.
- ^ a b c "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" (PDF). The New York Times. June 12, 1921. Archived (PDF) from the original on May 18, 2022. Retrieved September 18, 2015.
- ^ a b "Annual Subway Ridership (2018–2023)". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2023. Retrieved April 20, 2024.
- ^ "Annual Subway Ridership (2018–2023)". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2023. Retrieved April 20, 2024.
- ^ "MTA Neighborhood Maps: Corona" (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2015. Archived (PDF) from the original on May 5, 2017. Retrieved September 20, 2015.
- ^ a b "7 Subway Timetable, Effective June 26, 2023". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved August 26, 2023.
- ISBN 978-0-82325-369-2.
- ^ "Move for Rapid Transit" (PDF). Newtown Register. December 2, 1909. p. 1. Retrieved September 30, 2017 – via Fultonhistory.com.
- Brooklyn Daily Eagle. October 5, 1925. p. 8. Archivedfrom the original on October 26, 2016. Retrieved September 20, 2015.
- ^ a b "www.nycsubway.org: IRT Flushing Line". www.nycsubway.org. Archived from the original on March 2, 2016. Retrieved February 18, 2016.
- ^ a b c "7 Train". Station Reporter. August 11, 2014. Archived from the original on August 11, 2014. Retrieved February 18, 2016.
- from the original on January 7, 2022. Retrieved May 14, 2022.
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- ^ Brown, Nicole (May 17, 2019). "How did the MTA subway lines get their letter or number? NYCurious". amNewYork. Archived from the original on March 2, 2021. Retrieved January 27, 2021.
- ^ Friedlander, Alex; Lonto, Arthur; Raudenbush, Henry (April 1960). "A Summary of Services on the IRT Division, NYCTA" (PDF). New York Division Bulletin. 3 (1). Electric Railroaders' Association: 2–3. Archived (PDF) from the original on September 14, 2020. Retrieved January 27, 2021.
- ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved October 7, 2017.
- ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved April 29, 2018.
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- ^ Minutes and Proceedings of the New York City Transit Authority. New York City Transit Authority. 1955. Archived from the original on September 13, 2020. Retrieved August 31, 2016.
- ^ "R17s to the Flushing Line". New York Division Bulletin. 5 (6). Electric Railroaders' Association: M-8. December 1962 – via Issu.
- ^ "TA to Show Fair Train". Long Island Star – Journal. August 31, 1963. Retrieved August 30, 2016 – via Fulton History.
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- ^ Murray, Christian (November 19, 2019). "MTA To Overhaul Six Stations on the 7 Line, Currently in Design Phase". Sunnyside Post. Retrieved April 29, 2020.
- ^ "MTA Announces Service Changes on 7 Line Beginning May 12". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. April 21, 2023. Archived from the original on April 22, 2023. Retrieved April 22, 2023.
- ^ "Improving the 7 Line". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. March 9, 2023. Archived from the original on March 25, 2023. Retrieved April 22, 2023.
- OCLC 49777633 – via Google Books.
- ^ Cox, Jeremiah. "103 Street-Corona Plaza (7) - The SubwayNut". www.subwaynut.com. Archived from the original on June 15, 2017. Retrieved February 18, 2016.
- ^ "MTA Neighborhood Maps: Corona" (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2015. Archived (PDF) from the original on May 5, 2017. Retrieved September 20, 2015.
External links
- 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