103rd Street station (IRT Lexington Avenue Line)

103 Street
103 Street
	New York City Subway station (rapid transit)
Station statistics
Address	East 103rd Street & Lexington Avenue; New York, NY 10029
Borough	Manhattan
Locale	East Harlem
Coordinates	40.79029°N 73.947687°W
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[1]
Station code	395[2]
Wireless service	[3]
Opposite-direction transfer available	Yes
Traffic
Passengers (2019)	4,039,570[4] 0.6%
Rank	120 out of 424[4]
Station succession
Next north	110th Street: 4 6 <6>
Next south	96th Street: 4 6 <6>
Location
Street map
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> train during weekdays in the peak direction, and the 4 train during late nights.

History

103rd Street opened on July 17, 1918, as part of an expansion of the IRT Lexington Avenue Line north of Grand Central–42nd Street.[1]

The Downtown/Brooklyn platform was renovated in 2015, with the placement of new white wall tiles, new floor tiles and benches. From January 26, 2016, to May 23, 2016, the Uptown/Bronx-bound platform was closed for renovation and was done in the same style as the Downtown/Brooklyn platform. This was completed about a month earlier than planned.[5]

Station layout

Track layout

					to 110 St






					to 96 St

G	Street level	Entrances/exits
P Platform level	Side platform
	Northbound local	← toward Pelham Bay Park or Parkchester (110th Street) ← toward Woodlawn late nights (110th Street)
	Northbound express	← do not stop here
	Southbound express	→ do not stop here →
	Southbound local	→ toward Brooklyn Bridge (96th Street) → → toward New Lots Avenue late nights (96th Street) →
	Side platform

Wall tiles prior to 2015 renovation

This underground station 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.[6]

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 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, based on the neighborhood's Caribbean and Latin American heritage. According to the accompanying plaque, P.R.O.M.I.S.E. (Puerto Rican Organization for Growth Research Education and Self Sufficiency) helped to fund the murals.[7] This is one of two projects Tufiño made for MTA Arts & Design; the other, Westside Views – a community project for which she was the lead artist – can be found at 86th Street.[8]

Exits

The Hellenic Orthodox Church of Sts. George and Demetrios, located just outside the southwestern corner entrance

Both exits serve both platforms. The fences surrounding each exit stairway are unusual as each section of the fence is at a different elevation, as they are located on Duffy's Hill, a sharp incline, on Lexington Avenue between 102nd and 103rd Streets.

Exit location[9]	Exit type	Number of exits
SW corner of Lexington Avenue and 103rd Street	Staircase	1
SE corner of Lexington Avenue and 103rd Street	Staircase	1

References

"Lexington Av. Line to be Opened Today" (PDF). The New York Times. July 17, 1918. p. 13. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved April 21, 2020.
"Station Developers' Information". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved June 13, 2017.
"NYC Subway Wireless – Active Stations". Transit Wireless Wifi. Retrieved November 13, 2019.
"Facts and Figures: Annual Subway Ridership 2014–2019". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2020. Retrieved May 26, 2020.
"103rd Street - Full Service Restored - Planned Service Changes". web.mta.info. May 23, 2016. Archived from the original on February 11, 2019. Retrieved March 29, 2020.
Dougherty, Peter (2006) [2002]. Tracks of the New York City Subway 2006 (3rd ed.). Dougherty. OCLC 49777633 – via Google Books.
"103rd Street – Nitza Tufiño – Neo-Boriken, 1990". web.mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Archived from the original on September 1, 2019. Retrieved March 30, 2020.
"86th Street – Nitza Tufiño – Westside Views, 1989". web.mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved April 16, 2020.
"MTA Neighborhood Maps: Upper East Side" (PDF). mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2016. Retrieved December 30, 2016.

External links

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

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[lexopens-1] "Lexington Av. Line to be Opened Today" (PDF). The New York Times. July 17, 1918. p. 13. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved April 21, 2020.

[stationinformation-2] "Station Developers' Information". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved June 13, 2017.

[wifi-3] "NYC Subway Wireless – Active Stations". Transit Wireless Wifi. Retrieved November 13, 2019.

[riderref-4] "Facts and Figures: Annual Subway Ridership 2014–2019". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2020. Retrieved May 26, 2020.

[5] "103rd Street - Full Service Restored - Planned Service Changes". web.mta.info. May 23, 2016. Archived from the original on February 11, 2019. Retrieved March 29, 2020.

[tracks-6] Dougherty, Peter (2006) [2002]. Tracks of the New York City Subway 2006 (3rd ed.). Dougherty. OCLC 49777633 – via Google Books.

[7] "103rd Street – Nitza Tufiño – Neo-Boriken, 1990". web.mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Archived from the original on September 1, 2019. Retrieved March 30, 2020.

[8] "86th Street – Nitza Tufiño – Westside Views, 1989". web.mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved April 16, 2020.

[MTAMaps-2017-9] "MTA Neighborhood Maps: Upper East Side" (PDF). mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2016. Retrieved December 30, 2016.

Stations of the New York City Subway, by service
Lexington Avenue Local	Pelham Bay Park Buhre Avenue Middletown Road Westchester Square–East Tremont Avenue Zerega Avenue Castle Hill Avenue Parkchester St. Lawrence Avenue Morrison Avenue–Soundview Elder Avenue Whitlock Avenue Hunts Point Avenue Longwood Avenue East 149th Street East 143rd Street–St. Mary's Street Cypress Avenue Brook Avenue Third Avenue–138th Street 125th Street 116th Street 110th Street 103rd Street 96th Street 86th Street 77th Street 68th Street–Hunter College 59th Street 51st Street Grand Central–42nd Street 33rd Street 28th Street 23rd Street 14th Street Astor Place Bleecker Street Spring Street Canal Street Brooklyn Bridge–City Hall
Pelham Bay Park Express	Pelham Bay Park Buhre Avenue Middletown Road Westchester Square–East Tremont Avenue Zerega Avenue Castle Hill Avenue Parkchester Hunts Point Avenue Third Avenue–138th Street 125th Street 116th Street 110th Street 103rd Street 96th Street 86th Street 77th Street 68th Street–Hunter College 59th Street 51st Street Grand Central–42nd Street 33rd Street 28th Street 23rd Street 14th Street Astor Place Bleecker Street Spring Street Canal Street Brooklyn Bridge–City Hall
See also Lists by borough (The Bronx Brooklyn Manhattan Queens) Accessible Closed Terminals Transfer Commons category Note: Service variations, station closures, and reroutes are not reflected here. Stations with asterisks have no regular peak, reverse peak, or midday service on that route. See linked articles for more information.