104 Street-Oxford Avenue (A except Late Night, S-Late Night Shuttle to Lefferts Blvd)

104 Street-Oxford Avenue as of 2013 had the standard design for a former BMT Liberty Street Line elevated station. There are two-side platforms each with canopies over most of the platforms minus the extreme ends. The station still has a closed exit (staircases have No Entry sings on them and are completely fenced over) at the western end of the platforms down to 102 Street with evidence of the abandoned mezzanine in the station house. The one exit is to full time with the standard small fare control area with one staircase down from each platform and one staircase down to the NW and SW corners of Liberty Avenue and 104th Street with turnstiles and the token booth in a small station house below the tracks.

The station was rebuilt from 2014-2015 with the Lefferts-bound platform closed from May 12, 2014 through September 29, 2014 and the Manhattan-bound platform from October 13, 2014 through February 2, 2015. These renovations gave the platform the standard 'modern' for the time green and cream windscreens. New signs went up on the platform columns with 104 St in larger font and Oxford Avenue in a much smaller font below.

These renovations most importantly reopened the 102 Street entrance. Here a staircase leads down from each platform to a High Exit Turnstile besides the now closed and sealed off station house (there is no free crossover) before a staircase leads down to the street. The staircase from the "To Lefferts Blvd" platform (as the sign says) leads down to just beyond the SW corner, from the "Manhattan" platform to just beyond the NW corner of 102 Street and Liberty Avenue.
Photos 1-4: March 30, 2005; 5-16: December 29, 2008; 17-19: May 30, 2013; 20-40: September 4, 2023;

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A Lefferts-bound R44 A train leaves 104 St-Oxford Av.

Looking down the 3 track elevated line at 104 St-Oxford Av at the station's gentle curve, from its western end. Each platform's staircase down to the mezzanine level station house begins right at the end of the platform canopy.

Another view down the gentle curving platform at 104 St-Oxford Av.

Looking across the three tracks at 104 St-Oxford Av, the metal windscreens look like they could use a paint job. The A trians service information sign is also visible saying all trains run to Lefferts Blvd

A staircase of the closed entrance from 102 Street, viewed from street level with a sign telling people to walk two blocks down Liberty Avenue.

A side view of an abandoned, closed fenced off staircase that formerly was an entrance from 102 Street in the setting low mid-winter sun.

One of the two actually open staircases from street level to 104 Street-Oxford Street.

Two mezzanine level with the pair of doors that lead into the mezzanine area at 104 Street-Oxford Street.

A sign on the Lefferts-boiund platform at the one staircase down to the mezzanine and station house, the paint still peeling as bad as ever.

Another view down the platform at 104 Street, it looks like the windscreen here was added above a former simple, platform railing.

A 104 St column sign.

A simple 104 Street-Oxford Avenue sign on the platform windscreen there.

The closed staircase from the Lefferts Blvd-bound platform to the former exit to 102 Street at 104 St-Oxford Av.

Looking down the curving side platforms of 104 St.

A Lefferts Blvd-bound R44 A train approaches 104 St in the setting evening sun.

A Lefferts Blvd-bound R44 A train enters 104 St.

Looking over the former LIRR right of way to 104 Street with an A train half-way out of the station waiting for the Museum Train (that this photo was taken from) to curve onto the el ahead of it coming from the Rockaways

An R46 A train stopped partially in and part out of 104 Street

Curving off of the abandoned LIRR ROW with the 104 Street staiton visible off in the distance

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