Art en R ute
A Guide to Art in the MTA Network
East 105th Street, NYC Transit subway
Michael Ingui
The founders of the New York City subway believed that every design element in the
system should show respect for our customers and enhance their experience of travel.
As the century-old transportation network is restored and renewed, decorative elements
of the past are preserved and protected even as contemporary art and design are introduced. Old and new happily coexist.
As you travel through the Metropolitan Transportation Authority network, you experience
a first-rate art museum of mosaic, terra cotta, bronze, glass, and mixed-media sculpture.
We invite you to discover and enjoy this diverse and beautiful collection of commissioned
public artwork installed throughout the region over the past two and a half decades.
Use this guide and its maps to discover the location of the art contained in this vast
collection of work in the subway system of MTA New York City Transit, at many stations of
MTA Long Island Rail Road and MTA Metro-North Railroad, and at one site at MTA Bridges and
Tunnels. As you visit New York, or as part of your daily commute, stop and visit your
favorite Art en Route.
Cover: Times Square-42nd Street, NYC Transit subway Roy Lichtenstein, © Estate of Roy Lichtenstein
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Since the 1980s, MTA Arts for Transit has commissioned public art that touches the
lives of hundreds of thousands of city dwellers as well as national and international
visitors. As the MTA rehabilitates the subway and commuter rail stations in New York
City and its suburbs through its Capital Programs, it uses a portion of the funds for the
installation of permanent works of art.
Arts for Transit’s projects create visually unique links to neighborhoods with art that
echoes the architectural history and design context of the individual stations. Both
well-established and emerging artists contribute to a constantly growing collection of
works that use the materials of the system–mosaic, ceramic, tile, bronze, steel, and
glass. In addition to permanent art, the program encompasses Music Under New York,
a Transit Poster Program, and the Lightbox Project, a series of photography exhibits.
To learn more about Arts for Transit projects, visit http://www.mta.info/mta/aft.
About This Guide
Art en Route helps you view art throughout the MTA system. The sections are organized by subway line, commuter rail stations, and MTA Bridges and Tunnels.
This guide is updated periodically as new installations are completed. An asterisk *
indicates that the project was not yet installed at the time of printing. (Up-to-date
project information is always available on our website http://www.mta.info/mta/aft.)
Art en Route includes a fold-out subway and railroad map with a comprehensive
listing of all stations with artwork, located at the back of the guide. Enjoy!
Above: 233rd Street, NYC Transit subway Skowmon Hastanan
Left: Broadway, Long Island Rail Road Jean Shin
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Eastern Parkway-Brooklyn Museum
Arts for Transit Collaborative
66th Street-Lincoln Center
Nancy Spero
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Crown Heights-Utica Avenue
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Hugo Consuegra
Good Morning and Good
Night, 2004
Ceramic tiles on platform
walls, bronze medallions
in gates
Eastern Parkway-Brooklyn
Museum 2 3
Arts for Transit Collaborative
New York City Architectural
Artifacts from the Collection of
the Brooklyn Museum, 2004
Terra cotta artifacts and glass
mosaic on mezzanine and
stairway walls
Grand Army Plaza 2 3
Jane Greengold
Wings for the IRT: The
Irresistible Romance
of Travel, 1995
Bronze and terra cotta plaques
on mezzanine walls
Nevins Street 2 3 4 5
Anton van Dalen
Work & Nature, 1997
Porcelain enamel frieze on
mezzanine walls
Clark Street 2 3
Ray Ring
Clark Street Passage, 1987
Terrazzo floor in lower
passageway
South Ferry 1
Doug & Mike Starn
See it split, see it change, 2008
Glass, stone mosaic, and stainless steel on mezzanine walls
Wall Street 2 3
Harry Roseman
Subway Wall, 1990
Bronze relief on wall in
passageway to 60 Wall Street,
sponsored by J.P. Morgan
Houston Street 1
Deborah Brown
Platform Diving, 1994
Glass mosaic on platform walls
Christopher Street-Sheridan
Square 1
Lee Brozgol and students from
P.S. 41
The Greenwich Village
Murals, 1994
Ceramic mosaic on platform
walls
34th Street-Penn Station
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Elizabeth Grajales
When the animals speak..., 1998
Ceramic mosaic on 3 platform
walls; handmade ceramic relief
tiles on 1 2 platform walls
72nd Street 1 2 3
Robert Hickman
Laced Canopy, 2002
Mosaic glass skylight in north
control house
86th Street 1
Grosvenor Neighborhood
House student muralists with
Nitza Tufiño
Westside Views, 1989
Ceramic tile on platform walls
96th Street 1 2 3
50th Street 1
Liliana Porter
Alice: The Way Out, 1994
Glass mosaic on platform walls
Sigi Moeslinger and
Masamichi Udagawa
(Antenna Design New York)
The Veil of Bloomingdale*
Stainless steel sculpture
suspended from control
house ceiling
66th Street-Lincoln
Center 1
Central Park North
(110th Street) 2 3
Nancy Spero
Artemis, Acrobats, Divas,
and Dancers, 2001
Glass and ceramic mosaic on
platform walls
Maren Hassinger
Message from Malcolm, 1998
Glass mosaic on stairway walls
and platform
231st Street Felipe Galindo
*to be installed
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116th Street 2 3
Vincent Smith
Minton’s Playhouse (uptown),
The Movers and Shakers
(downtown), 1999
Glass mosaic on
platform walls
116th Street-Columbia
University 1
Michelle Greene
Railrider’s Throne, 1991
Steel chair on downtown
platform
125th Street 2 3
Faith Ringgold assisted by
Tim Tait Designs
Flying Home: Harlem Heroes
and Heroines (Downtown and
Uptown), 1996
Glass mosaic on
platform walls
Above: South Ferry
Doug & Mike Starn
135th Street 2 3
Willie Birch
Harlem Timeline, 1995
Glass mosaic on platform walls
137th Street-City College 1
Steve Wood
Fossils, 1988
Bronze relief on platform walls
191st Street 1
Raúl Colón
Primavera, 2003
Glass mosaic and faceted
glass on stairway wall
Nevins Street Anton van Dalen
72nd Street Robert Hickman
135th Street Willie Birch
Dyckman Street 1
Wopo Holup
Flight, 1991
Ceramic relief on
mezzanine walls
231st Street 1
Felipe Galindo
Magic Realism in Kingsbridge,
2008
Faceted glass in platform
windscreens
4
2 5 lines
Brooklyn College-Flatbush
Avenue 2 5
Muriel Castanis
Flatbush Floogies, 1996
Bronze reliefs in entrance
and on platform walls
Church Avenue 2 5
Louis Delsarte
Transitions, 2001
Glass mosaic on
platform walls
Third Avenue-149th Street
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José Ortega
Una Raza, Un Mundo,
Universo (One Race, One
World, One Universe), 1996
Ceramic mosaic on
platform walls
Jackson Avenue 2 5
George Crespo
Latin American Stories*
Faceted glass in
platform windscreens
Freeman Street 2 5
Daniel Hauben
The El, 2007
Faceted glass in platform
windscreens
Allerton Avenue 2 5
Prospect Avenue 2 5
Marina Tsesarskaya
Bronx. Four Seasons., 2008
Faceted glass in
platform windscreens
174th Street 2 5
Daniel Del Valle
A Trip Up the Bronx River, 2004
Faceted glass in platform
windscreens and in window niches
Burke Avenue 2 5
Intervale Avenue 2 5
Michael Kelly Williams
El 2 and El 5, 1992
Glass mosaic on
mezzanine walls
West Farms Square-East
Tremont Avenue 2 5
Gun Hill Road 2 5
Simpson Street 2 5
Lisa Amowitz
Urban Renewal, 2008
Faceted glass in platform
windscreens
Above, top left: Freeman Street Daniel Hauben
Above, top right: Pelham Parkway Tomie Arai
Above, left to right: 233rd Street Skowmon Hastanan,
225th Street Nicky Enright, Nereid Avenue (238th Street) Noel Copeland,
219th Street Joseph D’Alesandro
Naomi Campbell
Animal Tracks, 2005
Faceted glass in platform
windscreens
Bronx Park East 2 5
Candida Alvarez
B Is for Birds in the Bronx, 2006
Faceted glass in platform
windscreens
Pelham Parkway 2 5
Tomie Arai
Back to the Garden, 2007
Faceted glass in platform
windscreens
Michele Brody
Allerton Mandalas, 2006
Faceted glass in platform
windscreens
Béatrice Coron
Bronx Literature, 2006
Faceted glass in platform
windscreen
Andrea Arroyo
My Sun (Mi Sol), My Planet
(Mi Planeta) and My City
(Mi Ciudad), 2006
Faceted glass in platform
windscreen
219th Street 2
Joseph D’Alesandro
Homage, 2006
Faceted glass in platform
windscreens
225th Street 2 5
Nicky Enright
Universal City, 2006
Faceted glass in platform
windscreens
233rd Street 2 5
Skowmon Hastanan
Secret Garden: No Place Like
Home, 2006
Faceted glass in platform
windscreens and mezzanine
windows
Nereid Avenue (238th Street)
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Noel Copeland
Leaf of Life, 2006
Faceted glass in platform windscreens
Wakefield-241st Street 2
Alfredo Ceibal
Permanent Residents and
Visitors*
Faceted glass in platform
windscreens
*to be installed
5
59th Street Elizabeth Murray
14th Street-Union Square Mary Miss
4 5 6 lines
Atlantic Avenue
2345BDMNQR
George Trakas in collaboration
with di Domenico + Partners
Hook (Archean Reach), Line
(Sea House), and Sinker (Mined
Swell), 2004
Polished granite, brushed steel,
limestone, and granite throughout station
Frederick Dana Marsh
(1879-1961)
Marine Grill Murals, ca. 1913;
installed 2000
Glazed terra cotta murals and
painted cast iron gates created
for the McAlpin Hotel in 1913;
installed in passageway between
A C and 4 5 stations.
Brooklyn Bridge-City Hall
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James Garvey
Untitled*
Bronze seat rests attached to
platform columns
Chambers Street J M Z
Mark Gibian
Cable Crossing, 1996
Stretched steel cable skylight
sculpture and railings in
entrance area of 4 5 6
Fulton Street/BroadwayNassau
Bleecker Street 6
Broadway-Lafayette Street
Wall Street 4 5
2345ACJMZ
Nancy Holt
Astral Grating, 1987
Steel and light sculpture in
passageway ceiling between
A C and 4 5 stations
BDFV
Leo Villareal
Hive*
Light-emitting diodes (LED)
installation suspended from
upper mezzanine ceiling, over
stairs between 6 and B D F V
Astor Place 6
Milton Glaser
Untitled, 1986
Porcelain enamel on platform
walls
14th Street-Union Square
456NRQLW
Mary Miss
Framing Union Square, 1998
Glass, enameled steel, and
aluminum frames highlighting
historic and architectural
elements throughout station
complex
23rd Street 6
Valerie Jaudon
Long Division, 1988
Painted steel railings on
downtown platform
33rd Street 6
James Garvey
Lariat Seat Loops, 1997
Bronze seat rests attached to
platform columns
51st Street 6 Lexington
Avenue-53rd Street E V
Nina Yankowitz
Tunnel Vision, 1988
Ceramic tile in lower
passageway
59th Street 4 5 6
Lexington Avenue-59th Street
NRW
Elizabeth Murray
Blooming, 1996
Glass mosaic on mezzanine
walls connecting the 4 5 6
and the N R W; medallions on
4 5 express platform
77th Street 6
Robert Kushner
4 Seasons Seasoned, 2004
Glass mosaic on mezzanine
walls above stairs
86th Street 4 5 6
Peter Sis
Happy City, 2004
Glass mosaic and etched stone
on platform walls above stairs
96th Street 6
Laura Bradley
City Suite, 1994
Marble mosaic on platform
walls, ceramic signage,
railings, cut floor tile
103rd Street 6
Nitza Tufiño
Neo-Boriken, 1990
Ceramic tile in stairwells
to platforms
110th Street 6
Manuel Vega
Sábado en la Ciento Diez
(Saturday on 110th Street),
1996
Ceramic mosaic on platform
walls
116th Street 6
Robert Blackburn
Untitled, 2005
Glass mosaic on platform walls
*to be installed
6
Kingsbridge Road Mario M. Muller
Bedford Park Boulevard-Lehman College Andrea Dezsö
167th Street Carol Sun
125th Street 4 5 6
Houston Conwill
The Open Secret, 1986
Bronze reliefs on mezzanine
walls
Valerie Maynard
Polyrhythmics of Consciousness
and Light, 2003
Glass mosaic on mezzanine
walls and above stairs
167th Street 4
Carol Sun
A Bronx Reflection, 2007
Faceted glass in mezzanine
windows
170th Street 4
Dina Bursztyn
Views from Above, 2006
Faceted glass on platform
windscreens and in mezzanine
windows
*to be installed
Mount Eden Avenue 4
Amir Bey
The Procession of Folk #3,
2006
Faceted glass in platform
windscreens and mezzanine
windows
176th Street 4
Juan Sánchez
Reaching Out for Each Other,
2006
Faceted glass in platform
windscreens and mezzanine
windows
Burnside Avenue 4
Laura Battle
How to get to the moon…, 2008
Laminated glass in stairwell
windows
183rd Street 4
José Ortiz
Many Trails, 2008
Laminated glass in mezzanine
windows
Fordham Road 4
Moses Ros
Patriasana Wholesomeland,
2005
Faceted/laminated glass in
mezzanine windows
Woodlawn 4
Parkchester 6
Josie Gonzalez Albright
Children at Play, 2005
Faceted glass in mezzanine
windows
William Low
Untitled*
Faceted glass in stairwell
windows
Kingsbridge Road 4
Whitlock Avenue 6
Barbara Grygutis
Untitled*
Stainless steel windscreen
panels and benches
Westchester Square-East
Tremont Avenue 6
Mario M. Muller
Urban Motif , 2007
Laminated glass in platform
windscreens
Bedford Park BoulevardLehman College 4
Andrea Dezsö
Community Garden*
Glass mosaic on mezzanine
and stair walls
Mosholu Parkway 4
Corinne Grondahl
Metromorphosis, 2008
(Northbound)
Birth of a Station, 2008
(Southbound)
Laminated glass in platform
windscreens
Elder Avenue 6
Jean Whitesavage and
Nick Lyle
Untitled*
Forged steel windscreen panels
Romare Bearden
Untitled, 1982
Faceted glass triptych over stairway (fabricated by Benoit Gilsoul
and Helmut Schardt, 1993)
Morrison-Sound View Avenues
6
Maria Cristalli and
Marc Brown
Untitled*
Forged steel windscreen panels
7
Flushing-Main Street Ik-Joong Kang
7 ‡ line
Grand Central-42nd Street
S4567
Christopher Sproat
V-Beam, 2000
Functional stainless steel ceiling
sculpture on 7 platform incorporating lighting, signage, LED, and fan
system
Queensboro Plaza 7 ‡ N W
Sydney Cash
Columns, 2000
Silkscreened glass panels on
track wall
33rd Street-Rawson Street 7
40th Street-Lowery Street 7
46th Street-Bliss Street 7
Yumi Heo
Q Is for Queens, 1999
Faceted glass on mezzanines
and platforms
Woodside-61st Street 7 ‡
John Cavanagh
Commuting/Community, 1986
Porcelain enamel on mezzanine
walls
Dimitri Gerakaris
Woodside Continuum, 1998
Hand-forged steel and stainless
steel railings in control area
74th Street-Broadway 7
Jackson Heights-Roosevelt
Avenue E F G R V
Tom Patti
Passage, 2004
Glass in windows of Victor
Moore Arcade and 7 platform
windscreens
Flushing-Main Street 7 ‡
Ik-Joong Kang
Happy World, 1998
Ceramic tile on mezzanine wall
Above: Jackson Heights-Roosevelt Avenue Tom Patti
Queensboro Plaza Sydney Cash
46th Street-Bliss Street Yumi Heo
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14th Street-Eighth Avenue
Tom Otterness
23rd Street-Ely Avenue Elizabeth Murray
A C E lines
Rockaway Park-Beach 116th
Street A S
K K Kozik
First on the Beach and
Wednesday Night Fireworks,
2008
Laminated glass in the station
building interior windows
Beach 105th Street A S
Callie Hirsch
Vast*
Faceted glass in platform
windscreens
Beach 98th Street A S
Duke Riley
Be Good or Be Gone*
Faceted glass in platform
windscreens
Beach 90th Street A S
Michael Miller
Surf Station 90*
Faceted glass in platform
windscreens
*to be installed
Far Rockaway-Mott Avenue
A
Jason Rohlf
Respite*
Laminated glass in control
house
Beach 25th Street A
Mauricio Lopez
Past/Present/Future*
Faceted glass in platform
windscreens
Beach 67th Street A
Ingo Fast
Untitled*
Laminated glass in platform
windscreens
Utica Avenue A C
Jimmy James Greene with
children from community
groups
Children’s Cathedral, 1996
Ceramic mosaic and iron
grillwork in passageways
leading to platforms
Jay Street-Borough Hall
ACF
Ben Snead
Arrivals and Departures*
Glass and ceramic mosaic on
south mezzanine wall
Chambers Street A C
Park Place 2 3
14th Street A C E
Eighth Avenue L
Tom Otterness
Life Underground, 2001
Bronze sculptures on railings,
beams, and columns throughout
station
34th Street-Penn Station
Kristin Jones and Andrew
Ginzel
Oculus, 1998
Stone mosaic on walls throughout station complex; stone and
glass floor mosaic at Park Place
entrance
ACE
Eric Fischl
The Garden of Circus Delights,
2001
Glass mosaic throughout station
Canal Street A C E
Walter Martin and Paloma
Muñoz
A Gathering, 2001
Bronze sculptures on station
booth, railings, and beams
throughout mezzanine
Lisa Dinhofer
Losing my Marbles, 2003
Glass mosaic on mezzanine
walls
42nd Street-Port Authority
Bus Terminal A C E
59th Street-Columbus Circle
ABCD1
Sol LeWitt
MTA Whirls and Twirls*
Ceramic tile on mezzanine wall
between the 1 and A B C D
Compass (57th Street)*
Compass (58th Street)*
Porcelain tile floors on 57th
and 58th Street mezzanines
81st Street-Museum of
Natural History B C
Arts for Transit Collaborative
For Want of a Nail, 2000
Glass and ceramic mosaic,
handmade ceramic relief tiles,
hand-cast glass, bronze, and
cut granite floor tiles throughout station
50th Street C E
Cathedral Parkway (110th
Street) B C
Matt Mullican
Untitled, 1989
Etched granite mural in
entrance, sponsored by New
York Communications Center
Associates
Christopher Wynter
Migrations (In Memory of Athie
L. Wynter), 1999
Glass mosaic on mezzanine and
platform walls
9
Lexington Avenue-53rd Street Al Held
Inwood-207th Street A
Sheila Levrant de Bretteville
At the Start... At Long Last…,
1999
Mirror mosaic text,
silkscreened tiles, etched
railings, and terrazzo pavers
on the mezzanine
Lexington Avenue-53rd Street
Fifth Avenue-53rd Street E V
G
Elizabeth Murray
Stream, 2001
Glass mosaic on walls in
passageway connecting the E
V to the G
Designed by Drenttel Doyle
Partners for MTA Arts for
Transit, Municipal Art Society,
Museum of American Folk Art,
Museum of Television and
Radio, and New York Public
Library/Donnell Library Center
53rd Street Art Stop, 2000
Porcelain enamel on downtown
platform wall
Ralph Fasanella
Subway Riders, 1950/1995
Oil on canvas on mezzanine
Donated in 1995 by Ralph and
Eva Fasanella through Public
Domain. Collection of Museum
of American Folk Art
EV6
Al Held
Passing Through, 2004
Glass mosaic on mezzanine
walls
23rd Street-Ely Avenue E V
Long Island City-Court Square
Frank Olt
Temple Quad Reliefs, 1992
Glass mosaic and ceramic
reliefs on station platforms and
on mezzanine
Queens Plaza Ellen Harvey
Canal Street Walter Martin and Paloma Muñoz
Chambers Street
Kristin Jones and Andrew Ginzel
Queens Plaza E G R V
Ellen Harvey
Look Up, Not Down, 2005
Glass mosaic on mezzanine
walls
10
Coney Island-Stillwell Avenue
Robert Wilson
B D F V lines
Coney Island-Stillwell Avenue
DFNQ
Robert Wilson
My Coney Island Baby, 2004
Glass brick wall at station
ground floor
West 8th Street-New York
Aquarium F Q
Acconci Studio
(Vito Acconci)
in collaboration with
Daniel Frankfurt
Wavewall, 2005
Steel, ceramic tile, granite,
fiberglass
Neptune Avenue F
Michael Krondl
Looking Up, 2004
Faceted glass in platform
windscreens
Delancey Street-Essex Street
FJMZ
Ming Fay
Shad Crossing, Delancey
Orchard, 2004
Glass mosaic on platform and
mezzanine walls
Broadway-Lafayette Street B
DFV
Bleecker Street 6
(Southbound only)
Mel Chin
Signal, 1997
Stainless steel and glass sculpture with lights on mezzanine
column bases; ceramic tile on
station walls
34th Street-Herald Square
BDFNQRVW
Nicholas Pearson
Halo, 1991
Hand-coiled aluminum spheres
in atrium space at southwest
end of station
Delancey Street-Essex Street Ming Fay
11
34th Street-Herald Square Christopher Janney
Left: West 8th Street-New York Aquarium Acconci Studio
34th Street-Herald Square
Christopher Janney
REACH: New York, An Urban
Musical Instrument, 1996
Interactive sound installation
on N Q R W platforms
Michele Oka Doner
Radiant Site, 1991
Handmade bronze-colored tiles
at north end of mezzanine
David Provan
Yab-Yum, 1992
Kinetic aluminum sculpture
at northeast end of station
42nd Street-Bryant Park
BDFV
Fifth Avenue 7
Samm Kunce
Under Bryant Park, 2002
Glass, stone, and marble mosaic
walls in passageway between
42nd Street and Fifth Avenue
stations
161st Street-Yankee Stadium
BD4
Vito Acconci (Acconci Studio)
Wall-Slide, 2002
Stone, tile, and fiberglass
installation throughout
station complex
Helene Brandt in cooperation
with Acconci Studio and
di Domenico+Partners
Room of Tranquility, 2002
Glass, stone, and marble
mosaic mural on 4
mezzanine wall
Tremont Avenue Frank Leslie Hampton
Tremont Avenue B D
Frank Leslie Hampton
Uptown New York, 2000
Glass, stone, and marble
mosaic wall on mezzanine
42nd Street-Bryant Park Samm Kunce
12
Flushing Avenue Robin Holder
Left: Halsey Street SOL’SAX
Below: Norwood Avenue Margaret Lanzetta
J M Z lines
Marcy Avenue J M Z
Ellsworth Ausby
Space Odyssey, 2004
Faceted glass in mezzanine
windows and platform windscreens
Hewes Street J M
Mara Held
El in 16 Notes, 2002
Faceted glass in mezzanine
windows and platform
windscreens
Lorimer Street J M
Annette Davidek
Roundlet Series, 2002
Faceted glass in mezzanine
windows and platform
windscreens
Flushing Avenue J M
Robin Holder
Migration, 2006
Laminated glass in mezzanine
windows and platform
windscreens
Myrtle Avenue J M Z
Verna Hart
Jammin’ Under the El, 1999
Faceted glass in mezzanine
windows and platform
windscreens
Kosciuszko Street J
Ronald Calloway
Euphorbias, 2002
Faceted glass in mezzanine
windows and platform
windscreens
Gates Avenue J Z
Chris Wade Robinson
Dream Train, 2002
Faceted glass in mezzanine
windows and platform
windscreens
13
Van Siclen Avenue Barbara Ellmann
Halsey Street J
SOL’SAX
SOL’SCRYPT, 2008
Faceted glass in mezzanine
windows and platform
windscreens
Chauncey Street J Z
Maria Dominguez
El-Views, 2002
Faceted glass in mezzanine
windows and platform
windscreens
Broadway Junction
ACJLZ
Al Loving
Brooklyn, New Morning, 2001
Faceted glass throughout
complex; glass mosaic on
upper mezzanine wall
Alabama Avenue J Z
Scott Redden
Untitled, 2007
Faceted glass in platform
windscreens
Van Siclen Avenue J Z
Barbara Ellmann
The View from Here, 2007
Faceted glass in platform
windscreens
Cleveland Street J
Amy Cheng
Las Flores, 2007
Faceted glass in platform
windscreens
Norwood Avenue J Z
Margaret Lanzetta
Culture Swirl, 2007
Faceted glass in platform
windscreens
Crescent Street J Z
Cypress Hills J
75th Street J Z
Woodhaven Boulevard J Z
104th Street J Z
111th Street J
Kathleen McCarthy
Five Points of Observation,
1990-93
Wire mesh sculpture in
platform windscreens
Jamaica Center/Parsons-Archer
EJZ
Sam Gilliam
Jamaica Center Station Riders,
Blue, 1991
Painted aluminum sculpture on
wall above station entrance
Alabama Avenue Scott Redden
Jung Hyang Kim
Wheel of Bloom-Soak up the
Sun, 2007
Faceted glass in platform
windscreens
Left to right: Cleveland Street Amy Cheng, Crescent Street Jung Hyang Kim, Kosciuszko Street Ronald Calloway,
Chauncey Street Maria Dominguez
14
Sutter Avenue Takayo Noda
L line
Lorimer Street L
Metropolitan Avenue G
Jackie Chang
Signs of Life, 2000
Glass and ceramic tile on
walls of mezzanine, transfer
passageway, and stairs to
L platforms
Myrtle-Wyckoff Avenues L M
Cadence Giersbach
From Earth to Sky, 2006
Glass mosaic in rotunda of
control house ceiling
Livonia Avenue L
Philemona Williamson
Seasons, 2007
Fused glass in platform
windscreens
East 105th Street L
Michael Ingui
Crescendo, 2007
Laminated glass in mezzanine
windows and above stairs
New Lots Avenue L
Eugenie Tung
16 Windows, 2007
Fused glass in platform
windscreens
New Lots Avenue Eugenie Tung
Sutter Avenue L
Takayo Noda
The Habitat for the Yellow Bird,
2007
Faceted glass in platform
windscreens
Myrtle-Wyckoff Avenues Cadence Giersbach
Livonia Avenue Philemona Williamson
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Prince Street Janet Zweig and Edward del Rosario
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36th Street D M N R
Owen Smith
An Underground Movement:
Designers, Builders, Riders,
1998
Ceramic mosaic on mezzanine
walls; ceramic mosaic
medallions on stairway walls
Union Street M R
Emmett Wigglesworth
CommUnion, 1994
Porcelain enamel on platform
walls; tile design on track walls
Whitehall Street R W
Frank Giorgini
Passages, 2000
Handmade ceramic relief tiles,
ceramic mosaic, cut granite
floor tile, bronze, and forged
steel railings in full-time
mezzanine; handmade ceramic
relief tiles in part-time
mezzanine
Cortlandt Street R W
Margie Hughto
Trade, Treasure and Travel,
1997
Handmade ceramic relief
tiles in passageway (closed for
renovation; reopening date to
be announced)
Prince Street N R W
Janet Zweig and
Edward del Rosario
Carrying On, 2004
Steel, marble, and slate frieze
on platform walls
8th Street-NYU N R W
Timothy Snell
Broadway Diary, 2002
Glass mosaic on platform walls
23rd Street N R W
Keith Godard
Memories of Twenty-Third
Street, 2002
Glass mosaic on platform walls
28th Street N R W
Mark Hadjipateras
City Dwellers (for Costas
and Maro), 2002
Glass mosaic on platform walls
Fifth Avenue-59th Street
NRW
Ann Schaumburger
Urban Oasis, 1997
Glass mosaic on station façade
and throughout station
Woodhaven Boulevard
GRV
Pablo Tauler
In Memory of the Lost
Battalion, 1996
Stainless steel and faceted glass
column covers on mezzanine
28th Street Mark Hadjipateras
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DeKalb Avenue Stephen Johnson
œ
0 line
Brighton Beach B Q
Dan George
Mermade/Dionysus and
the Pirates, 1999
Aluminum sculptures on
elevated platform
Sheepshead Bay B Q
DeBorah Goletz
Postcards from Sheepshead
Bay, 1998
Ceramic on façade; ceramic
and banding on interior
station walls
Neck Road Q
Mary Temple
West Wall, East Light,
Morning*
Glass and ceramic mosaic on
stairway walls
Avenue U Q
Jason Middlebrook
Brooklyn Seeds*
Glass mosaic on stairway walls
Kings Highway B Q
Rhoda Andors
Kings Highway Hieroglyphs,
1987
Porcelain enamel at station
entrances
Avenue M Q
Rita MacDonald
Hare Apparent*
Glass mosaic on stairway walls
Avenue J Q
Rita MacDonald
Bird Laid Bare*
Glass mosaic on stairway walls
Avenue H Q
Ed Kopel
Untitled*
Bronze chairs on station porch
Newkirk Avenue B Q
David Wilson
Transit Skylight, 1988
Zinc-glazed polycarbonate
skylight
Cortelyou Road Q
Beverley Road Q
Patsy Norvell
Garden Stops, 1994 and 1996
Sandblasted glass windows on
mezzanines, stair railings, and
exterior fences
Parkside Avenue Q
Prospect Park B Q S
Susan Tunick
Brighton Clay Re-Leaf Nos. 1-4,
1994
Ceramic mosaic on mezzanines
DeKalb Avenue B M Q R
Stephen Johnson
DeKalb Improvisation, 2005
Glass mosaic on mezzanine
walls
Bill Brand
Masstransiscope, 1980
(Restored 2008)
Hand-painted panels north of
DeKalb Avenue station, in
northbound transit tunnel past
former Myrtle Avenue Station
Canal Street
JMNQ RWZ6
Bing Lee
Empress Voyage 2.22.1794, 1998
Ceramic tiles and mosaic
banding on platform walls and
connecting passageway
57th Street-7th Avenue
NQRW
Josh Scharf
Carnegie Hall, 1994
Ceramic tiles on north and
south mezzanine walls;
porcelain enamel on north
mezzanine wall
Canal Street Bing Lee
Sheepshead Bay DeBorah Goletz
*to be installed
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Times Square-42nd Street Jacob Lawrence
S 42nd Street Shuttle
Times Square-42nd Street
ACENRQSW1237
Norman B Colp
The Commuter’s Lament or
A Close Shave, 1991
Porcelain enamel on ceiling beams
in passageway connecting Seventh
and Eighth Avenue lines
Jane Dickson
The Revelers, 2008
Glass mosaic on passageway wall
connecting Seventh and Eighth
Avenue lines
Jack Beal
The Return of Spring, 2001
The Onset of Winter, 2005
Glass mosaic on wall of 41st
Street/Seventh Avenue mezzanine
Toby Buonagurio
Times Square Times: 35 Times,
2005
Ceramic plaques inset in glass
block passageway near N Q R
SW1237
Roy Lichtenstein
Times Square Mural, 2002
Porcelain enamel on wall of N
Q R S W 1 2 3 mezzanine
Jacob Lawrence
New York in Transit, 2001
Glass mosaic on stairway wall
between N Q W R and S
mezzanines
Max Neuhaus
Times Square, 1977-1992, 2006
Sound installation on north end
of the triangular pedestrian
island at Broadway between
45th and 46th streets
Above: Times Square-42nd Street Roy Lichtenstein
Times Square-42nd Street Jack Beal
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S 42nd Street Shuttle
Grand Central-42nd Street
S4567
Jackie Ferrara
Grand Central: Arches, Towers,
Pyramids, 2000
Ceramic mosaic band on
walls of S platform,
passageway to 7 platform,
and upper passageway to
4 5 6 7 and Grand Central
Terminal
Dan Sinclair
Fast Track and Speedwheels,
1990
Two mixed-media sculptures
in passageway between S and
4 5 6 lines
Grand Central-42nd Street Jackie Ferrara
Times Square-42nd Street Toby Buonagurio
Above: Times Square-42nd Street Jane Dickson
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Botantic Garden Millie Burns
Left: Park Place Isha Shabaka
S Franklin Avenue Shuttle
Botanic Garden S
Franklin Avenue 2 3 4 5
Millie Burns
IL7/Square, 1999
Wrought iron railings at
station exterior
Park Place S
Isha Shabaka
Units of the Free, 1999
Wrought iron railings
throughout station
Franklin Avenue C S
Eric Pryor
Life and Continued Growth, 1999
Faceted glass on platform wall
Franklin Avenue Eric Pryor
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Seaford, Babylon Branch Carson Fox
Long Island Rail Road
Penn Station
Andrew Leicester
Ghost Series, 1993–94
Terra cotta wall murals in five
locations and porcelain enamel
above escalator
Maya Lin
Eclipsed Time, 1994
Sandblasted glass, aluminum,
stainless steel, and fiber-optic
sculpture in ceiling at Seventh
Avenue end of station
Atlantic Terminal-Flatbush
Avenue
Allan and Ellen Wexler in
collaboration with
di Domenico + Partners
Overlook*
Granite and glass in entry
pavilion
*to be installed
Broadway, Port Washington
Branch
Jean Shin
Celadon Remnants, 2008
Ceramic and glass mosaic on
retaining walls and station
building
Bayside, Port Washington
Branch
Ed McGowin
Bayside Story, 1999
Bronze relief columns and
frieze on overpass
Great Neck, Port Washington
Branch
David Saunders
Conductor’s Watch and
Keychain, 2001
Aluminum sculpture on
platform wall
Hempstead, Hempstead Branch Ron Baron
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Broadway, Port Washington Branch Jean Shin
Hempstead, Hempstead
Branch
Ronkonkoma, Ronkonkoma
Branch
Ron Baron
Lost and Found: A Hempstead
Excavation Project, 2001
Cast bronze sculpture and
seating in plaza
Alice Adams
Planting (dedicated to Long
Island tree farmers), 1995
Paving, planting, seating,
curving brick walls, and cast
concrete tree balls with cast
aluminum rope inserts
Hicksville, Port Jefferson
and Ronkonkoma Branches
Roy Nicholson
Morning Transit, Hempstead
Plain/Evening Transit,
Hempstead Plain, 2001
Glass mosaics on waiting
room walls
Huntington, Port Jefferson
Branch
Joe Zucker
For My Grandfather Noye
Pride, a Locomotive Engineer,
1998
Faceted glass in windscreen
Greenport, Ronkonkoma
Branch
Anita Thacher in collaboration
with East End Seaport Museum
and Marine Foundation
Illuminated Station, 2005
Lighting and projection on
station façade and roof
Valley Stream, Babylon and
Far Rockaway Branches
Malin Abrahamsson
On the Trail of the Rising Sun,
2008
Glass and ceramic mosaic in
waiting room and stair and
escalator enclosures, terrazzo
floor in ticket office
Merrick, Babylon Branch
Alan Sonfist
The Narrative History of
Merrick, 1993
Hand-painted porcelain tile
on platform columns
Bellmore, Babylon Branch
Alan Sonfist
The Narrative History of
Bellmore, 1993
Hand-painted porcelain tile
on platform columns
Valley Stream, Babylon and Far Rockaway Branches
Malin Abrahamsson
Seaford, Babylon Branch
Carson Fox
Blue Sky Pursuits, 2008
Laminated and tempered
glass in platform waiting room
Huntington, Port Jefferson Branch Joe Zucker
Bay Shore, Montauk Branch
Brit Bunkley
Bay Shore Icons, 1992
Cast cement relief medallions
and frieze on exterior
of station
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Metro-North Railroad
Grand Central Terminal
Ellen Driscoll
As Above, So Below, 1998
Glass, bronze, and mosaic
in Grand Central North
passageway
Roberto Juarez
A Field of Wild Flowers, 1997
Mixed-media on walls of
Station Master’s Office
Terry Adkins
Harlem Encore, 1999
Aluminum panels with
ornamental backlighting
on overpass
Mount Vernon West,
Harlem Line
Martha Jackson-Jarvis
Travelin’Time, 1991
Glass and ceramic mosaic
sculpture on waiting room
ceiling
Donald Lipski
Sirshasana, 1998
Aluminum and polyester
resin sculpture with crystals
in ceiling at 43rd Street in
Grand Central Market
Fleetwood, Harlem Line
Harlem-125th Street
Arthur Gonzalez
The Finder/The Seekers, 1990
Bronze sculpture on interior
overpass wall
Alison Saar
Hear the Lone Whistle Moan,
1991
Bronze grilles and reliefs
on platforms
Arthur Gonzalez
Time Catcher, 1990
Bronze sculpture on interior
overpass wall
Tuckahoe, Harlem Line
Yonkers, Hudson Line Barbara Segal
Above left: Dobbs Ferry, Hudson Line Nancy Blum Above right: Grand Central Terminal Donald Lipski
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Crestwood, Harlem Line
Pleasantville, Harlem Line
Yonkers, Hudson Line
Cortlandt, Hudson Line
Arthur Gonzalez
The Discovery, 1990
Bronze sculpture on exterior
wall of elevator
Jane Greengold and Kane
Chanh Do
Almost Home, 2002
Bronze sculptural seating
Scarsdale, Harlem Line
Wassaic, Harlem Line
Barbara Segal, 2005
Muhheakantuck (The River that
Flows Two Ways), 2005
Aluminum reliefs on east and
west fascia of train overpass
Tom Nussbaum
Travelers, 1991
COR-TEN® steel sculpture on
station canopies
Anne Huibregtse
Arrival, 2000
Cast bronze sculpture near
stairs to platform
Dobbs Ferry, Hudson Line
Robert Taplin
Three Statues (A Short History of
the Lower Hudson Valley), 1996
Bronze sculpture on exterior
grounds (traffic island) of
station house
Hartsdale, Harlem Line
Station at Yankee Stadium,
Hudson Line
Philipse Manor, Hudson Line
Tom Nussbaum
Workers, 1991
COR-TEN® steel sculpture on
station canopies
North White Plains, Harlem
Line
Rolando Briseño
At the Table, 1991
Cast aluminum low-relief
sculpture on platform columns
Ellen Harvey
Untitled*
Glass mosaic on the wall of
the pedestrian bridge
Riverdale, Hudson Line
Dennis Oppenheim
Rising and Setting, 2006
Perforated painted steel
sculpture on station grounds
Above left: Cortlandt, Hudson Line Robert Taplin
Above right: Larchmont, New Haven Line Joy Taylor
Right: Pleasantville, Harlem Line Jane Greengold and Kane Chanh Do
Nancy Blum
Floating Auriculas, 2007
Glass mosaic on platform wall
Joseph Cavalieri
North, South and Home*
Faceted glass windows in
station overpass
Ossining, Hudson Line
Robert Goodnough
Westchester*
Faceted glass in overpass
windows
Mount Vernon East, New Haven
Line
Marjorie Blackwell
Tranquility, 2001
Faceted glass in platform
windscreen
Larchmont, New Haven Line
Joy Taylor
The Four Seasons, 2005
Glass mosaic on station waiting
room wall
Harrison, New Haven Line
Tova Snyder
Railroads and Rooftops, 2002
Faceted glass in station building
and elevator towers
*to be installed
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Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel
Bridges and Tunnels
R. M. Fisher
Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel
R. M. Fischer
Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel Clock, 1992
Stainless steel and aluminum sculpture
on façade of Manhattan Plaza
ventilation building
Photo Credits (in alphabetical order)
Nancy Blum
Millie Burns
Cathy Carver
Patrick Cashin
Michael Chiabaudo
Peter Chin
Thierry Gourjon
Jane Greengold
Skowmon Hastanan
Daniel Hauben
Christopher Janney
Michael Kamber
Seong Kwon
Edward Lee
David Lubarsky
Michael Moran
Mario M. Muller
Peter Peirce
Ken Shung
Peters Studio
Starn Studio
Irit Baniel Studios
Jeffrey Sturges
David Sundberg
Eugenie Tung
Anthony Verde
Andy Wainwright
Jonathan Wallen
Paul Warchol
Rob Wilson
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