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Of these, many take the form of signs, identifying the station's location. Much of this ceramic work was in place when the subway system originally opened on October 27, 1904. Newer work continues to be installed each year, much of it cheerful and fanciful.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Original_IRT_and_BMT_tiles">Original IRT and BMT tiles</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=New_York_City_Subway_tiles&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Original IRT and BMT tiles"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Heins_&_LaFarge_(1901–1907)"><span id="Heins_.26_LaFarge_.281901.E2.80.931907.29"></span>Heins & LaFarge (1901–1907)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=New_York_City_Subway_tiles&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Heins & LaFarge (1901–1907)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Astor_Place_IRT_004_crop.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Astor_Place_IRT_004_crop.jpg/220px-Astor_Place_IRT_004_crop.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="216" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Astor_Place_IRT_004_crop.jpg/330px-Astor_Place_IRT_004_crop.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Astor_Place_IRT_004_crop.jpg/440px-Astor_Place_IRT_004_crop.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1833" data-file-height="1802" /></a><figcaption>Faience plaque with beaver at <a href="/wiki/Astor_Place_(IRT_Lexington_Avenue_Line)" class="mw-redirect" title="Astor Place (IRT Lexington Avenue Line)">Astor Place</a></figcaption></figure> <p>The earliest ceramic work was done by <a href="/wiki/Heins_%26_LaFarge" title="Heins & LaFarge">Heins & LaFarge</a> (artists George C. Heins and Christopher Grant LaFarge), starting in 1901 and continuing up to 1907. Heins and LaFarge were both relatives of John LaFarge (brother-in-law and son, respectively), a leading stained-glass artisan of the day. They were part of the <a href="/wiki/Arts_and_Crafts_movement" title="Arts and Crafts movement">Arts and Crafts movement</a> and worked in the <a href="/wiki/Beaux-Arts_architecture" title="Beaux-Arts architecture">Beaux-Arts architecture</a> style, both of which were very much in vogue at the turn of the 20th century. At the time of their hiring they had completed large projects at the <a href="/wiki/Cathedral_of_St._John_the_Divine" title="Cathedral of St. John the Divine">Cathedral of St. John the Divine</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Bronx_Zoo" title="Bronx Zoo">Bronx Zoo</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Astor_Court_(Bronx)" class="mw-redirect" title="Astor Court (Bronx)">Astor Court</a>. In addition to designing the artistic motifs, Heins and LaFarge also did much of the architectural work that determined the overall appearance of entire <a href="/w/index.php?title=Subway_stations&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Subway stations (page does not exist)">subway stations</a>. </p><p>They designed name tablets that were made up of tiles with the station name in <a href="/wiki/Serif" title="Serif">serif</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sans_serif" class="mw-redirect" title="Sans serif">sans serif</a> roman lettering, with all of the letters capitalized. Some of the tiles by Heins and LaFarge are for station directional information such as directions to exits, platforms of different lines and systems, and platforms of different directions. The name tablets in each station contained elaborate border tilework surrounding the tablet.<sup id="cite_ref-aiga_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-aiga-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Heins and LaFarge knew what materials would stand up well to heavy-duty cleaning and scrubbing; they worked with the ceramic-producing firms <a href="/wiki/Grueby_Faience_Company" title="Grueby Faience Company">Grueby Faience Company</a> of Boston and <a href="/wiki/Rookwood_Pottery" class="mw-redirect" title="Rookwood Pottery">Rookwood Pottery</a> of Cincinnati. </p><p>Their ceramic artwork includes colorful pictorial motifs relevant to a station's location, for example: </p> <ul><li>The <a href="/wiki/South_Ferry_loops_(IRT_Broadway_%E2%80%93_Seventh_Avenue_Line)" class="mw-redirect" title="South Ferry loops (IRT Broadway – Seventh Avenue Line)">South Ferry</a> loop station is decorated by 15 <a href="/wiki/Bas-relief" class="mw-redirect" title="Bas-relief">bas-relief</a> representations of a sailing ship on the water.</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Astor_Place_(IRT_Lexington_Avenue_Line)" class="mw-redirect" title="Astor Place (IRT Lexington Avenue Line)">Astor Place</a> station is decorated with large ceramic beaver emblems, representing the beaver pelts that helped make <a href="/wiki/John_Jacob_Astor" title="John Jacob Astor">John Jacob Astor</a> wealthy.</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/116th_Street_%E2%80%93_Columbia_University_(IRT_Broadway_%E2%80%93_Seventh_Avenue_Line)" class="mw-redirect" title="116th Street – Columbia University (IRT Broadway – Seventh Avenue Line)">116th Street – Columbia University</a> station includes a bas-relief emblem representing nearby <a href="/wiki/Columbia_University" title="Columbia University">Columbia University</a>.</li></ul> <p>Their bas-reliefs in the subway have been likened to the work of the Italian Renaissance artist <a href="/wiki/Andrea_Della_Robbia" class="mw-redirect" title="Andrea Della Robbia">Andrea Della Robbia</a>. Much of their tile work was station-identifying signs to guide passengers. Besides serving an aesthetic function, the images are helpful to New York City's large population of non-English speakers and those who can't read. A traveler can be told to "get off at the stop with the picture of a beaver." As well as pictorial plaques and ceramic signs, Heins and LaFarge designed the running decorative motifs, such as <a href="/wiki/Egg-and-dart" title="Egg-and-dart">egg-and-dart</a> patterns, along station ceilings.<sup id="cite_ref-aiga_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-aiga-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In addition to their wall-side tilework, Heins and LaFarge “hung large, illuminated porcelain-enamel signs over the express platforms, using black type [actually hand-lettering] on a white background and painted station names on the round cast-iron columns.”<sup id="cite_ref-aiga_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-aiga-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Squire_Vickers_(1906–1942)"><span id="Squire_Vickers_.281906.E2.80.931942.29"></span>Squire Vickers (1906–1942)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=New_York_City_Subway_tiles&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Squire Vickers (1906–1942)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1906, <a href="/wiki/Squire_J._Vickers" title="Squire J. Vickers">Squire J. Vickers</a>, then a young architect, was hired. Vickers showed much respect for Heins and LaFarge, but his work consists much more of mosaics; he did not use bas-relief, citing the need for easy cleaning. Vickers also preserved the fonts that Heins and LaFarge used in their name tablets; however, in Vickers's new name tablets, the tilework on the borders of the tablets was more simplified.<sup id="cite_ref-aiga_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-aiga-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In his pictorial work, Vickers emphasizes actual buildings as landmarks, such as his colorful depiction of <a href="/wiki/Brooklyn_Borough_Hall" title="Brooklyn Borough Hall">Brooklyn Borough Hall</a> (1919) at the <a href="/wiki/Borough_Hall_(IRT_Broadway_%E2%80%93_Seventh_Avenue_Line)" class="mw-redirect" title="Borough Hall (IRT Broadway – Seventh Avenue Line)">station</a> of that name, rather than Heins and LaFarge's beavers and sailing ships. He describes his technique: </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>"...the mosaic was of the cut variety, that is, the body is burned in strips, glazed, and then broken into irregular shapes. The designs are set by hand and shipped in sections with paper pasted on the front. These sections are set against the wall flush with the tile. In certain stations the color bands and name tablets are a combination of mosaic and hand-made tile"</p><div class="templatequotecite">— <cite>(Stookey, 1994).</cite></div></blockquote> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:28th_Street,_IRT_Lexington_Avenue_column_mosaics(Close-Up).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/28th_Street%2C_IRT_Lexington_Avenue_column_mosaics%28Close-Up%29.jpg/170px-28th_Street%2C_IRT_Lexington_Avenue_column_mosaics%28Close-Up%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="128" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/28th_Street%2C_IRT_Lexington_Avenue_column_mosaics%28Close-Up%29.jpg/255px-28th_Street%2C_IRT_Lexington_Avenue_column_mosaics%28Close-Up%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/28th_Street%2C_IRT_Lexington_Avenue_column_mosaics%28Close-Up%29.jpg/340px-28th_Street%2C_IRT_Lexington_Avenue_column_mosaics%28Close-Up%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2816" data-file-height="2112" /></a><figcaption>Enamel station-identification signs</figcaption></figure> <p>Through the 1930s, Vickers ordered some <a href="/wiki/Vitreous_enamel" title="Vitreous enamel">enamel</a> signs for the IRT and BMT from both <a href="/w/index.php?title=Nelke_Signs&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Nelke Signs (page does not exist)">Nelke Signs</a> and the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Baltimore_Enamel_Company&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Baltimore Enamel Company (page does not exist)">Baltimore Enamel Company</a>. These signs were located on girder and cast-iron columns, and made them easier to identify stations. Shortened station names on the porcelain-enamel signs had a condensed sans serif capital-letter font.<sup id="cite_ref-aiga_3-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-aiga-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Vickers continued to work on subway projects for 36 years, until 1942. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2007_exhibitions">2007 exhibitions</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=New_York_City_Subway_tiles&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: 2007 exhibitions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Canal_Street_BMT_002.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Canal_Street_BMT_002.JPG/220px-Canal_Street_BMT_002.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Canal_Street_BMT_002.JPG/330px-Canal_Street_BMT_002.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Canal_Street_BMT_002.JPG/440px-Canal_Street_BMT_002.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2272" data-file-height="1704" /></a><figcaption>Bilingual <a href="/wiki/Canal_Street_(BMT_Broadway_Line)" class="mw-redirect" title="Canal Street (BMT Broadway Line)">Canal Street (BMT Broadway Line)</a> station ID</figcaption></figure> <p>Two exhibitions, one celebrating the work of Heins & LaFarge and one for Vickers, were mounted at the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Transit_Museum" title="New York Transit Museum">New York Transit Museum</a>'s Gallery Annex<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> at <a href="/wiki/Grand_Central_Terminal" title="Grand Central Terminal">Grand Central Terminal</a> during 2007. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="IND_tiles">IND tiles</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=New_York_City_Subway_tiles&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: IND tiles"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The tiles used in the <a href="/wiki/Independent_Subway_System" title="Independent Subway System">Independent Subway System</a> (IND) are very simple and austere, and usually are only of four colors: white, black, and the station-specific band and border colors of the tile. Instead of using the serif and sans-serif fonts of the IRT and BMT, the IND used a blocky geometric font, an altered version of the previous sans-serif font. The <a href="/wiki/Art_Deco" title="Art Deco">Art Deco</a>-influenced form of the IND's tiles was designed in part by Vickers, who integrated directional signs mainly into the walls themselves.<sup id="cite_ref-aiga_3-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-aiga-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The station-specific tiles used in the IND's stations are all color-coded in a specific five-color pattern, as they had originally been designed to facilitate navigation for travelers going away from Manhattan. With one exception, these groupings follow the same order going outbound: purple (violet), blue, green, yellow, and red.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Carlson_2016_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Carlson_2016-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Gleason_2016_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Gleason_2016-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The exception is on the <a href="/wiki/IND_Fulton_Street_Line" title="IND Fulton Street Line">IND Fulton Street Line</a>: <a href="/wiki/Utica_Avenue_(IND_Fulton_Street_Line)" class="mw-redirect" title="Utica Avenue (IND Fulton Street Line)">Utica Avenue</a>/<a href="/wiki/Ralph_Avenue_(IND_Fulton_Street_Line)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ralph Avenue (IND Fulton Street Line)">Ralph Avenue</a>/<a href="/wiki/Rockaway_Avenue_(IND_Fulton_Street_Line)" class="mw-redirect" title="Rockaway Avenue (IND Fulton Street Line)">Rockaway Avenue</a> (red family) is followed by blue family stations, <a href="/wiki/Broadway_Junction_(IND_Fulton_Street_Line)" class="mw-redirect" title="Broadway Junction (IND Fulton Street Line)">Broadway Junction</a>, <a href="/wiki/Liberty_Avenue_(IND_Fulton_Street_Line)" class="mw-redirect" title="Liberty Avenue (IND Fulton Street Line)">Liberty Avenue</a>, <a href="/wiki/Van_Siclen_Avenue_(IND_Fulton_Street_Line)" class="mw-redirect" title="Van Siclen Avenue (IND Fulton Street Line)">Van Siclen Avenue</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Shepherd_Avenue_(IND_Fulton_Street_Line)" class="mw-redirect" title="Shepherd Avenue (IND Fulton Street Line)">Shepherd Avenue</a>, <i>then</i> purple (<a href="/wiki/Euclid_Avenue_(IND_Fulton_Street_Line)" class="mw-redirect" title="Euclid Avenue (IND Fulton Street Line)">Euclid Avenue</a>), <i>then</i> green (<a href="/wiki/Grant_Avenue_(IND_Fulton_Street_Line)" class="mw-redirect" title="Grant Avenue (IND Fulton Street Line)">Grant Avenue</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As one goes uptown or away from Manhattan, the color of the tiles changes whenever there is an express station on a physical line. Thus, a local station that comes directly west of an express station has the same color tiles as the next express station away from Manhattan.<sup id="cite_ref-Carlson_2016_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Carlson_2016-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Gleason_2016_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Gleason_2016-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Express stations have wider tile bands than local stations, except at some stations where the walls have been refurbished. Tablets are simple, with a common design, and black tile with white letters spell out the station name on the wall.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>There are also nuances on the tile bands along the Eighth Avenue Line, the first of the IND lines to be opened. Since there were nine express stations along the line, there were ten color groupings, which meant that there were two tile families of the same color on the same line. The line started with the purple family tiles at <a href="/wiki/High_Street_(IND_Eighth_Avenue_Line)" class="mw-redirect" title="High Street (IND Eighth Avenue Line)">High Street</a>, and the fifth express station on the line was at <a href="/wiki/42nd_Street_(IND_Eighth_Avenue_Line)" class="mw-redirect" title="42nd Street (IND Eighth Avenue Line)">42nd Street</a>, where the tile color pattern started over from the purple family tiles. Therefore, 42nd Street and all stations north contained band borders that consisted of half-height black tiles. The next station south, <a href="/wiki/34th_Street%E2%80%93Penn_Station_(IND_Eighth_Avenue_Line)" title="34th Street–Penn Station (IND Eighth Avenue Line)">34th Street–Penn Station</a>, and all stations south contained band borders with half-height tiles that were of a deeper shade of that station's tile colors. For instance, 34th Street would have a red tile color and a deep red tile band border.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Most pre-1955 IND stations have tile plaques with the station name, as well as a colored stripe with black borders, on the platforms or track walls. Tile plaques only exist in stations where there is a wall next to the platform. The number of tiles between the stripes are 2 tiles for local stations and three for express/transfer stations. Several original stations that were renovated, such as <a href="/wiki/Lexington_Avenue_/_53rd_Street_(IND_Queens_Boulevard_Line)" class="mw-redirect" title="Lexington Avenue / 53rd Street (IND Queens Boulevard Line)">Lexington Avenue / 53rd Street</a>, have no color. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/IND_Crosstown_Line" title="IND Crosstown Line">IND Crosstown Line</a>, having no express stations, uses three forms of green in its tile bands, with light green indicating transfer stations. (Broadway was planned as a transfer to an unbuilt IND Second System line; thus, the walls at Broadway have three rows of tiles, rather than the two rows of tiles found on other Crosstown Line stations' walls). </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox" style="clear: right; float:right;margin:0 0 1.5em 1.5em"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size:115%">External image</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="text-align: left"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="image icon" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/61/Searchtool.svg/16px-Searchtool.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/61/Searchtool.svg/24px-Searchtool.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/61/Searchtool.svg/32px-Searchtool.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="512" /></span></span> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.vanshnookenraggen.com/_index/2021/06/ind-tile-color-map">Infographic by Andrew Lynch</a> (<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210614025221/https://www.vanshnookenraggen.com/_index/2021/06/ind-tile-color-map">archived</a> on 26 August 2023)</td></tr></tbody></table> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Ralph_Av_IND_wb_plat_jeh.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Red Family ("RALPH AVE.")"><img alt="Red Family ("RALPH AVE.")" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Ralph_Av_IND_wb_plat_jeh.JPG/120px-Ralph_Av_IND_wb_plat_jeh.JPG" decoding="async" width="120" height="84" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Ralph_Av_IND_wb_plat_jeh.JPG/180px-Ralph_Av_IND_wb_plat_jeh.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Ralph_Av_IND_wb_plat_jeh.JPG/240px-Ralph_Av_IND_wb_plat_jeh.JPG 2x" data-file-width="3969" data-file-height="2794" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><span style="color:red;"><b>Red Family</b></span><br />("<a href="/wiki/Ralph_Avenue_(IND_Fulton_Street_Line)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ralph Avenue (IND Fulton Street Line)">RALPH AVE.</a>")</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Fort_Hamilton_Parkway.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Yellow Family ("FT. HAMILTON PKWAY.")"><img alt="Yellow Family ("FT. HAMILTON PKWAY.")" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Fort_Hamilton_Parkway.jpg/120px-Fort_Hamilton_Parkway.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Fort_Hamilton_Parkway.jpg/180px-Fort_Hamilton_Parkway.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Fort_Hamilton_Parkway.jpg/240px-Fort_Hamilton_Parkway.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="480" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><span style="color:orange;"><b>Yellow Family</b></span><br />("<a href="/wiki/Fort_Hamilton_Parkway_(IND_Culver_Line)" class="mw-redirect" title="Fort Hamilton Parkway (IND Culver Line)">FT. HAMILTON PKWAY.</a>")</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Greenpoint_Avenue_Station.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Green Family ("GREENPOINT AVE.")"><img alt="Green Family ("GREENPOINT AVE.")" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Greenpoint_Avenue_Station.JPG/120px-Greenpoint_Avenue_Station.JPG" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Greenpoint_Avenue_Station.JPG/180px-Greenpoint_Avenue_Station.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Greenpoint_Avenue_Station.JPG/240px-Greenpoint_Avenue_Station.JPG 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="480" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><span style="color:green;"><b>Green Family</b></span><br />("<a href="/wiki/Greenpoint_Avenue_(IND_Crosstown_Line)" class="mw-redirect" title="Greenpoint Avenue (IND Crosstown Line)">GREENPOINT AVE.</a>")</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Van_Siclen_Avenue_Mosaic_Tile.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Blue Family ("VAN SICLEN AVE")"><img alt="Blue Family ("VAN SICLEN AVE")" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/Van_Siclen_Avenue_Mosaic_Tile.jpg/120px-Van_Siclen_Avenue_Mosaic_Tile.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/Van_Siclen_Avenue_Mosaic_Tile.jpg/180px-Van_Siclen_Avenue_Mosaic_Tile.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/Van_Siclen_Avenue_Mosaic_Tile.jpg/240px-Van_Siclen_Avenue_Mosaic_Tile.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="480" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><span style="color:blue;"><b>Blue Family</b></span><br />("<a href="/wiki/Van_Siclen_Avenue_(IND_Fulton_Street_Line)" class="mw-redirect" title="Van Siclen Avenue (IND Fulton Street Line)">VAN SICLEN AVE</a>")</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Northern_Blvd_Station.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Purple Family ("NORTHERN BLVD.")"><img alt="Purple Family ("NORTHERN BLVD.")" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Northern_Blvd_Station.JPG/120px-Northern_Blvd_Station.JPG" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Northern_Blvd_Station.JPG/180px-Northern_Blvd_Station.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Northern_Blvd_Station.JPG/240px-Northern_Blvd_Station.JPG 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="480" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><span style="color:purple;"><b>Purple Family</b></span><br />("<a href="/wiki/Northern_Boulevard_(IND_Queens_Boulevard_Line)" class="mw-redirect" title="Northern Boulevard (IND Queens Boulevard Line)">NORTHERN BLVD.</a>")</div> </li> </ul> <table class="wikitable collapsible" style="margin:0.5em auto;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="5">List of IND tile colors by station (underground stations only) </th></tr> <tr> <th>Station </th> <th>Band Color </th> <th>Border Color </th> <th>Tile Height </th> <th>Notes </th></tr> <tr> <td colspan="5" align="center"><span style="color:red;"><b>Red Family</b></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/169th_Street_(IND_Queens_Boulevard_Line)" class="mw-redirect" title="169th Street (IND Queens Boulevard Line)">169th Street</a> </td> <td>Carmine Red </td> <td>Black </td> <td>2 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Parsons_Boulevard_(IND_Queens_Boulevard_Line)" class="mw-redirect" title="Parsons Boulevard (IND Queens Boulevard Line)">Parsons Boulevard</a> </td> <td>Scarlet Red </td> <td>Black </td> <td>3 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Court_Square_%E2%80%93_23rd_Street_(IND_Queens_Boulevard_Line)" class="mw-redirect" title="Court Square – 23rd Street (IND Queens Boulevard Line)">Court Square – 23rd Street</a> </td> <td>Scarlet Lake </td> <td>Dark Brown </td> <td>2 </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Fifth_Avenue_/_53rd_Street_(IND_Queens_Boulevard_Line)" class="mw-redirect" title="Fifth Avenue / 53rd Street (IND Queens Boulevard Line)">5th Avenue – 53rd Street</a> </td> <td>Carmine Red </td> <td>Crimson </td> <td>2 </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/47th%E2%80%9350th_Streets_%E2%80%93_Rockefeller_Center_(IND_Sixth_Avenue_Line)" class="mw-redirect" title="47th–50th Streets – Rockefeller Center (IND Sixth Avenue Line)">47th–50th Streets</a> </td> <td>Scarlet Red </td> <td>Dark Brown </td> <td>3 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/42nd_Street_(IND_Sixth_Avenue_Line)" class="mw-redirect" title="42nd Street (IND Sixth Avenue Line)">42nd Street–6th Avenue</a> </td> <td>Scarlet Red </td> <td>Dark Brown </td> <td>3 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/34th_Street%E2%80%93Penn_Station_(IND_Eighth_Avenue_Line)" title="34th Street–Penn Station (IND Eighth Avenue Line)">34th Street–Penn Station</a> </td> <td>Burgundy </td> <td>Black </td> <td>2 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/168th_Street_(IND_Eighth_Avenue_Line)" class="mw-redirect" title="168th Street (IND Eighth Avenue Line)">168th Street</a> </td> <td>Burgundy </td> <td>Black </td> <td>2 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/207th_Street_(IND_Eighth_Avenue_Line)" class="mw-redirect" title="207th Street (IND Eighth Avenue Line)">207th Street</a> </td> <td>Claret Red </td> <td>Pearl Grey </td> <td>2 </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Tremont_Avenue_(IND_Concourse_Line)" class="mw-redirect" title="Tremont Avenue (IND Concourse Line)">Tremont Avenue</a> </td> <td>Claret Red </td> <td>Black </td> <td>3 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/182nd%E2%80%93183rd_Streets_(IND_Concourse_Line)" class="mw-redirect" title="182nd–183rd Streets (IND Concourse Line)">182nd–183rd Streets</a> </td> <td>Claret Red </td> <td>Black </td> <td>2 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Utica_Avenue_(IND_Fulton_Street_Line)" class="mw-redirect" title="Utica Avenue (IND Fulton Street Line)">Utica Avenue</a> </td> <td>Tuscan Red </td> <td>Maroon </td> <td>3 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ralph_Avenue_(IND_Fulton_Street_Line)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ralph Avenue (IND Fulton Street Line)">Ralph Avenue</a> </td> <td>Tuscan Red </td> <td>Maroon </td> <td>2 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Rockaway_Avenue_(IND_Fulton_Street_Line)" class="mw-redirect" title="Rockaway Avenue (IND Fulton Street Line)">Rockaway Avenue</a> </td> <td>Tuscan Red </td> <td>Maroon </td> <td>2 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Church_Avenue_(IND_Culver_Line)" class="mw-redirect" title="Church Avenue (IND Culver Line)">Church Avenue</a> </td> <td>Burgundy </td> <td>Maroon </td> <td>2 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Fulton_Street_(IND_Eighth_Avenue_Line)" class="mw-redirect" title="Fulton Street (IND Eighth Avenue Line)">Fulton Street</a> </td> <td>Tuscan Red </td> <td>Maroon </td> <td>2 </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-note_15_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-note_15-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-note_19_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-note_19-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="5" align="center"><span style="color:orange;"><b>Yellow Family</b></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Sutphin_Boulevard_(IND_Queens_Boulevard_Line)" class="mw-redirect" title="Sutphin Boulevard (IND Queens Boulevard Line)">Sutphin Boulevard</a> </td> <td>Sunshine Yellow </td> <td>Black </td> <td>2 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Briarwood_(IND_Queens_Boulevard_Line)" class="mw-redirect" title="Briarwood (IND Queens Boulevard Line)">Briarwood</a> </td> <td>Corn Yellow </td> <td>Black </td> <td>2 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Union_Turnpike_(IND_Queens_Boulevard_Line)" class="mw-redirect" title="Union Turnpike (IND Queens Boulevard Line)">Union Turnpike</a> </td> <td>Jasmine </td> <td>Black </td> <td>3 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/14th_Street_(IND_Eighth_Avenue_Line)" class="mw-redirect" title="14th Street (IND Eighth Avenue Line)">14th Street–8th Avenue</a> </td> <td>Mustard Yellow </td> <td>Terra Cotta Brown </td> <td>2 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/145th_Street_(IND_Eighth_Avenue_Line)" class="mw-redirect" title="145th Street (IND Eighth Avenue Line)">145th Street</a> </td> <td>Deep Yellow </td> <td>Black </td> <td>2 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/34th_Street_%E2%80%93_Herald_Square_(IND_Sixth_Avenue_Line)" class="mw-redirect" title="34th Street – Herald Square (IND Sixth Avenue Line)">34th Street</a> </td> <td>Deep Yellow </td> <td>Yellow Ochre </td> <td>3 </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/155th_Street_(IND_Concourse_Line)" class="mw-redirect" title="155th Street (IND Concourse Line)">155th Street</a> </td> <td>Deep Yellow </td> <td>Black </td> <td>2 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/161st_Street_%E2%80%93_Yankee_Stadium_(IND_Concourse_Line)" class="mw-redirect" title="161st Street – Yankee Stadium (IND Concourse Line)">161st Street – Yankee Stadium</a> </td> <td>Mustard Yellow </td> <td>Black </td> <td>2 </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/167th_Street_(IND_Concourse_Line)" class="mw-redirect" title="167th Street (IND Concourse Line)">167th Street</a> </td> <td>Spanish Orange </td> <td>Black </td> <td>2 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/170th_Street_(IND_Concourse_Line)" class="mw-redirect" title="170th Street (IND Concourse Line)">170th Street</a> </td> <td>Spanish Orange </td> <td>Black </td> <td>2 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/174th%E2%80%93175th_Streets_(IND_Concourse_Line)" class="mw-redirect" title="174th–175th Streets (IND Concourse Line)">174th–175th Streets</a> </td> <td>Deep Yellow </td> <td>Black </td> <td>2 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Seventh_Avenue_(IND_Culver_Line)" class="mw-redirect" title="Seventh Avenue (IND Culver Line)">Seventh Avenue</a> </td> <td>Orange Yellow </td> <td>Brown </td> <td>3 </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/15th_Street_%E2%80%93_Prospect_Park_(IND_Culver_Line)" class="mw-redirect" title="15th Street – Prospect Park (IND Culver Line)">15th Street – Prospect Park</a> </td> <td>Orange Yellow </td> <td>Brown </td> <td>3 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Fort_Hamilton_Parkway_(IND_Culver_Line)" class="mw-redirect" title="Fort Hamilton Parkway (IND Culver Line)">Fort Hamilton Parkway</a> </td> <td>Orange Yellow </td> <td>Brown </td> <td>2 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Nostrand_Avenue_(IND_Fulton_Street_Line)" class="mw-redirect" title="Nostrand Avenue (IND Fulton Street Line)">Nostrand Avenue</a> </td> <td>Maize </td> <td>Saddle Brown </td> <td>3 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Kingston%E2%80%93Throop_Avenues_(IND_Fulton_Street_Line)" class="mw-redirect" title="Kingston–Throop Avenues (IND Fulton Street Line)">Kingston–Throop Avenues</a> </td> <td>Maize </td> <td>Saddle Brown </td> <td>2 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Broad_Street_(BMT_Nassau_Street_Line)" class="mw-redirect" title="Broad Street (BMT Nassau Street Line)">Broad Street</a> </td> <td>Deep Yellow </td> <td>Saddle Brown </td> <td>3 </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-note_15_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-note_15-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-note_19_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-note_19-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="5" align="center"><span style="color:green;"><b>Green Family</b></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/75th_Avenue_(IND_Queens_Boulevard_Line)" class="mw-redirect" title="75th Avenue (IND Queens Boulevard Line)">75th Avenue</a> </td> <td>Light Green </td> <td>Black </td> <td>2 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Forest_Hills_%E2%80%93_71st_Avenue_(IND_Queens_Boulevard_Line)" class="mw-redirect" title="Forest Hills – 71st Avenue (IND Queens Boulevard Line)">Forest Hills – 71st Avenue</a> </td> <td>Nile Green </td> <td>Black </td> <td>3 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/23rd_Street_(IND_Sixth_Avenue_Line)" class="mw-redirect" title="23rd Street (IND Sixth Avenue Line)">23rd Street</a> </td> <td>Medium Light Green </td> <td>True Green </td> <td>2 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/14th_Street_(IND_Sixth_Avenue_Line)" class="mw-redirect" title="14th Street (IND Sixth Avenue Line)">14th Street</a> </td> <td>Medium Light Green </td> <td>True Green </td> <td>2 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/West_Fourth_Street_%E2%80%93_Washington_Square_(New_York_City_Subway)" class="mw-redirect" title="West Fourth Street – Washington Square (New York City Subway)">West 4th Street</a> </td> <td>Grass Green </td> <td>Chrome Green </td> <td>2 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/125th_Street_(IND_Eighth_Avenue_Line)" class="mw-redirect" title="125th Street (IND Eighth Avenue Line)">125th Street</a> </td> <td>Marine Green </td> <td>Black </td> <td>2 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Bedford_Park_Boulevard_(IND_Concourse_Line)" class="mw-redirect" title="Bedford Park Boulevard (IND Concourse Line)">Bedford Park Boulevard</a> </td> <td>Grass Green </td> <td>Chrome Green </td> <td>3 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/205th_Street_(IND_Concourse_Line)" class="mw-redirect" title="205th Street (IND Concourse Line)">205th Street</a> </td> <td>Medium Light Green </td> <td>Campus Green </td> <td>2 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Court_Square_(IND_Crosstown_Line)" class="mw-redirect" title="Court Square (IND Crosstown Line)">Court Square</a> </td> <td>Hunter Green </td> <td>Black </td> <td>2 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/21st_Street_(IND_Crosstown_Line)" class="mw-redirect" title="21st Street (IND Crosstown Line)">21st Street</a> </td> <td>Hunter Green </td> <td>Black </td> <td>2 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Greenpoint_Avenue_(IND_Crosstown_Line)" class="mw-redirect" title="Greenpoint Avenue (IND Crosstown Line)">Greenpoint Avenue</a> </td> <td>Hunter Green </td> <td>Black </td> <td>2 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Nassau_Avenue_(IND_Crosstown_Line)" class="mw-redirect" title="Nassau Avenue (IND Crosstown Line)">Nassau Avenue</a> </td> <td>Hunter Green </td> <td>Black </td> <td>2 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_Avenue_(IND_Crosstown_Line)" class="mw-redirect" title="Metropolitan Avenue (IND Crosstown Line)">Metropolitan Avenue</a> </td> <td>Nile Green </td> <td>Black </td> <td>2 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Broadway_(IND_Crosstown_Line)" class="mw-redirect" title="Broadway (IND Crosstown Line)">Broadway</a> </td> <td>Nile Green </td> <td>Black </td> <td>2 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Flushing_Avenue_(IND_Crosstown_Line)" class="mw-redirect" title="Flushing Avenue (IND Crosstown Line)">Flushing Avenue</a> </td> <td>Light Green </td> <td>True Green </td> <td>2 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Myrtle%E2%80%93Willoughby_Avenues_(IND_Crosstown_Line)" class="mw-redirect" title="Myrtle–Willoughby Avenues (IND Crosstown Line)">Myrtle–Willoughby Avenues</a> </td> <td>Light Green </td> <td>True Green </td> <td>2 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Bedford%E2%80%93Nostrand_Avenues_(IND_Crosstown_Line)" class="mw-redirect" title="Bedford–Nostrand Avenues (IND Crosstown Line)">Bedford–Nostrand Avenues</a> </td> <td>Light Green </td> <td>True Green </td> <td>2 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Classon_Avenue_(IND_Crosstown_Line)" class="mw-redirect" title="Classon Avenue (IND Crosstown Line)">Classon Avenue</a> </td> <td>Light Green </td> <td>True Green </td> <td>2 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Clinton%E2%80%93Washington_Avenues_(IND_Crosstown_Line)" class="mw-redirect" title="Clinton–Washington Avenues (IND Crosstown Line)">Clinton–Washington Avenues</a> </td> <td>Light Green </td> <td>True Green </td> <td>2 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Fulton_Street_(IND_Crosstown_Line)" class="mw-redirect" title="Fulton Street (IND Crosstown Line)">Fulton Street</a> </td> <td>Light Green </td> <td>True Green </td> <td>2 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Hoyt%E2%80%93Schermerhorn_Streets_(New_York_City_Subway)" class="mw-redirect" title="Hoyt–Schermerhorn Streets (New York City Subway)">Hoyt–Schermerhorn Streets</a> </td> <td>Light Green </td> <td>True Green </td> <td>2 </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Lafayette_Avenue_(IND_Fulton_Street_Line)" class="mw-redirect" title="Lafayette Avenue (IND Fulton Street Line)">Lafayette Avenue</a> </td> <td>Light Green </td> <td>True Green </td> <td>2 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Clinton%E2%80%93Washington_Avenues_(IND_Fulton_Street_Line)" class="mw-redirect" title="Clinton–Washington Avenues (IND Fulton Street Line)">Clinton–Washington Avenues</a> </td> <td>Light Green </td> <td>True Green </td> <td>2 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Franklin_Avenue_(IND_Fulton_Street_Line)" class="mw-redirect" title="Franklin Avenue (IND Fulton Street Line)">Franklin Avenue</a> </td> <td>Light Green </td> <td>True Green </td> <td>2 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Grant_Avenue_(IND_Fulton_Street_Line)" class="mw-redirect" title="Grant Avenue (IND Fulton Street Line)">Grant Avenue</a> </td> <td>Bottle Green </td> <td>Ice Green </td> <td> </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-note_5_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-note_5-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Bergen_Street_(IND_Culver_Line)" class="mw-redirect" title="Bergen Street (IND Culver Line)">Bergen Street</a> </td> <td>Bottle Green </td> <td>Light Green </td> <td>2 </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Carroll_Street_(IND_Culver_Line)" class="mw-redirect" title="Carroll Street (IND Culver Line)">Carroll Street</a> </td> <td>Lawn Green </td> <td>Hunter Green </td> <td>2 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="5" align="center"><span style="color:blue;"><b>Blue Family</b></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/67th_Avenue_(IND_Queens_Boulevard_Line)" class="mw-redirect" title="67th Avenue (IND Queens Boulevard Line)">67th Avenue</a> </td> <td>Sky Blue </td> <td>Black </td> <td>2 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/63rd_Drive_(IND_Queens_Boulevard_Line)" class="mw-redirect" title="63rd Drive (IND Queens Boulevard Line)">63rd Drive</a> </td> <td>Sky Blue </td> <td>Black </td> <td>2 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Woodhaven_Boulevard_(IND_Queens_Boulevard_Line)" class="mw-redirect" title="Woodhaven Boulevard (IND Queens Boulevard Line)">Woodhaven Boulevard</a> </td> <td>Cerulean Blue </td> <td>Black </td> <td>2 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Grand_Avenue_(IND_Queens_Boulevard_Line)" class="mw-redirect" title="Grand Avenue (IND Queens Boulevard Line)">Grand Avenue</a> </td> <td>True Blue </td> <td>Black </td> <td>2 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Elmhurst_Avenue_(IND_Queens_Boulevard_Line)" class="mw-redirect" title="Elmhurst Avenue (IND Queens Boulevard Line)">Elmhurst Avenue</a> </td> <td>True Blue </td> <td>Black </td> <td>2 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Jackson_Heights_%E2%80%93_Roosevelt_Avenue_(IND_Queens_Boulevard_Line)" class="mw-redirect" title="Jackson Heights – Roosevelt Avenue (IND Queens Boulevard Line)">Roosevelt Avenue – 74th Street</a> </td> <td>Violet Blue </td> <td>Black </td> <td>2 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/59th_Street_(IND_Eighth_Avenue_Line)" class="mw-redirect" title="59th Street (IND Eighth Avenue Line)">59th Street</a> </td> <td>Ultramarine Blue </td> <td>Black </td> <td>2 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/81st_Street_(IND_Eighth_Avenue_Line)" class="mw-redirect" title="81st Street (IND Eighth Avenue Line)">81st Street</a> </td> <td>Midnight Blue </td> <td>Black </td> <td>1 </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Kingsbridge_Road_(IND_Concourse_Line)" class="mw-redirect" title="Kingsbridge Road (IND Concourse Line)">Kingsbridge Road</a> </td> <td>Ultramarine Blue </td> <td>Cobalt Blue </td> <td>3 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Spring_Street_(IND_Eighth_Avenue_Line)" class="mw-redirect" title="Spring Street (IND Eighth Avenue Line)">Spring Street</a> </td> <td>Ultramarine Blue </td> <td>Cobalt Blue </td> <td>2 </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Canal_Street_(IND_Eighth_Avenue_Line)" class="mw-redirect" title="Canal Street (IND Eighth Avenue Line)">Canal Street</a> </td> <td>Royal Blue </td> <td>Black </td> <td>3 </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Jay_Street_%E2%80%93_MetroTech_(IND_Lines)" class="mw-redirect" title="Jay Street – MetroTech (IND Lines)">Jay Street</a> </td> <td>Ultramarine Blue </td> <td>Cobalt Blue </td> <td>2 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Broadway_%E2%80%93_Lafayette_Street_(IND_Sixth_Avenue_Line)" class="mw-redirect" title="Broadway – Lafayette Street (IND Sixth Avenue Line)">Broadway – Lafayette Street</a> </td> <td>Royal Blue </td> <td>Black </td> <td>3 </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/York_Street_(IND_Sixth_Avenue_Line)" class="mw-redirect" title="York Street (IND Sixth Avenue Line)">York Street</a> </td> <td>Cloud Blue </td> <td>Periwinkle Blue </td> <td>1 </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Broadway_Junction_(IND_Fulton_Street_Line)" class="mw-redirect" title="Broadway Junction (IND Fulton Street Line)">Broadway Junction</a> </td> <td>Blueberry </td> <td>Delft Blue </td> <td>3 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Liberty_Avenue_(IND_Fulton_Street_Line)" class="mw-redirect" title="Liberty Avenue (IND Fulton Street Line)">Liberty Avenue</a> </td> <td>Cornflower Blue </td> <td>Ultramarine Blue </td> <td>2 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Van_Siclen_Avenue_(IND_Fulton_Street_Line)" class="mw-redirect" title="Van Siclen Avenue (IND Fulton Street Line)">Van Siclen Avenue</a> </td> <td>Cornflower Blue </td> <td>Ultramarine Blue </td> <td>2 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Shepherd_Avenue_(IND_Fulton_Street_Line)" class="mw-redirect" title="Shepherd Avenue (IND Fulton Street Line)">Shepherd Avenue</a> </td> <td>Cornflower Blue </td> <td>Ultramarine Blue </td> <td>2 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Court_Street_(IND_Fulton_Street_Line)" class="mw-redirect" title="Court Street (IND Fulton Street Line)">Court Street</a> </td> <td>Aquamarine Blue </td> <td>Royal Blue </td> <td>2 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Eighth_Avenue_(BMT_Canarsie_Line)" class="mw-redirect" title="Eighth Avenue (BMT Canarsie Line)">Eighth Avenue</a> </td> <td>Ultramarine Blue </td> <td>Cobalt Blue </td> <td>2 </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-note_15_13-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-note_15-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="5" align="center"><span style="color:purple;"><b>Purple Family</b></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/179th_Street_(IND_Queens_Boulevard_Line)" class="mw-redirect" title="179th Street (IND Queens Boulevard Line)">179th Street</a> </td> <td>Violet </td> <td>Black </td> <td> </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-note_5_19-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-note_5-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/65th_Street_(IND_Queens_Boulevard_Line)" class="mw-redirect" title="65th Street (IND Queens Boulevard Line)">65th Street</a> </td> <td>Mauve </td> <td>Black </td> <td>2 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Northern_Boulevard_(IND_Queens_Boulevard_Line)" class="mw-redirect" title="Northern Boulevard (IND Queens Boulevard Line)">Northern Boulevard</a> </td> <td>Mauve </td> <td>Black </td> <td>2 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/46th_Street_(IND_Queens_Boulevard_Line)" class="mw-redirect" title="46th Street (IND Queens Boulevard Line)">46th Street</a> </td> <td>Grape </td> <td>Black </td> <td>2 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Steinway_Street_(IND_Queens_Boulevard_Line)" class="mw-redirect" title="Steinway Street (IND Queens Boulevard Line)">Steinway Street</a> </td> <td>Grape </td> <td>Black </td> <td>2 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/36th_Street_(IND_Queens_Boulevard_Line)" class="mw-redirect" title="36th Street (IND Queens Boulevard Line)">36th Street</a> </td> <td>Grape </td> <td>Black </td> <td>2 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Queens_Plaza_(IND_Queens_Boulevard_Line)" class="mw-redirect" title="Queens Plaza (IND Queens Boulevard Line)">Queens Plaza</a> </td> <td>Black Grape </td> <td>Black </td> <td>3 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Seventh_Avenue_(IND_Queens_Boulevard_Line)" class="mw-redirect" title="Seventh Avenue (IND Queens Boulevard Line)">Seventh Avenue</a> </td> <td>Royal Purple </td> <td>Black </td> <td> </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/42nd_Street_%E2%80%93_Port_Authority_Bus_Terminal_(IND_Eighth_Avenue_Line)" class="mw-redirect" title="42nd Street – Port Authority Bus Terminal (IND Eighth Avenue Line)">42nd Street</a> </td> <td>Orchid </td> <td>Black </td> <td>2 </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Chambers_Street_(IND_Eighth_Avenue_Line)" class="mw-redirect" title="Chambers Street (IND Eighth Avenue Line)">Chambers Street</a> </td> <td>Blue Violet </td> <td>Black </td> <td> </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/World_Trade_Center_(IND_Eighth_Avenue_Line)" class="mw-redirect" title="World Trade Center (IND Eighth Avenue Line)">World Trade Center</a> </td> <td>Concord Grape </td> <td>Black </td> <td>3 </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Fulton_Street_(IND_Eighth_Avenue_Line)" class="mw-redirect" title="Fulton Street (IND Eighth Avenue Line)">Fulton Street</a> </td> <td>Violet </td> <td>Grape </td> <td>2 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/High_Street_(IND_Eighth_Avenue_Line)" class="mw-redirect" title="High Street (IND Eighth Avenue Line)">High Street</a> </td> <td>Violet </td> <td>Grape </td> <td>2 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Euclid_Avenue_(IND_Fulton_Street_Line)" class="mw-redirect" title="Euclid Avenue (IND Fulton Street Line)">Euclid Avenue</a> </td> <td>Lilac </td> <td>Medium Violet </td> <td>3 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Second_Avenue_(IND_Sixth_Avenue_Line)" class="mw-redirect" title="Second Avenue (IND Sixth Avenue Line)">Second Avenue</a> </td> <td>Medium Violet </td> <td>Violet </td> <td>3 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Delancey_Street_(IND_Sixth_Avenue_Line)" class="mw-redirect" title="Delancey Street (IND Sixth Avenue Line)">Delancey Street</a> </td> <td>Lavender Blue </td> <td>Grape </td> <td>2 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/East_Broadway_(IND_Sixth_Avenue_Line)" class="mw-redirect" title="East Broadway (IND Sixth Avenue Line)">East Broadway</a> </td> <td>Lavender Blue </td> <td>Black </td> <td>3 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Fordham_Road_(IND_Concourse_Line)" class="mw-redirect" title="Fordham Road (IND Concourse Line)">Fordham Road</a> </td> <td>Grape </td> <td>Plum </td> <td>3 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="5" align="center"><b>No color</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="5"><a href="/wiki/175th_Street_(IND_Eighth_Avenue_Line)" class="mw-redirect" title="175th Street (IND Eighth Avenue Line)">175th Street</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="5"><a href="/wiki/Lexington_Avenue%E2%80%9353rd_Street_(IND_Queens_Boulevard_Line)" class="mw-redirect" title="Lexington Avenue–53rd Street (IND Queens Boulevard Line)">Lexington Avenue–53rd Street</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="5" align="center"><b>Color only on station plaque</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Dyckman_Street_(IND_Eighth_Avenue_Line)" class="mw-redirect" title="Dyckman Street (IND Eighth Avenue Line)">Dyckman Street</a> </td> <td colspan="4">Burgundy </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/190th_Street_%E2%80%93_Overlook_Terrace_(IND_Eighth_Avenue_Line)" class="mw-redirect" title="190th Street – Overlook Terrace (IND Eighth Avenue Line)">190th Street – Overlook Terrace</a> </td> <td colspan="4">Burgundy </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/181st_Street_(IND_Eighth_Avenue_Line)" class="mw-redirect" title="181st Street (IND Eighth Avenue Line)">181st Street</a> </td> <td colspan="4">Burgundy </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/163rd_Street_%E2%80%93_Amsterdam_Avenue_(IND_Eighth_Avenue_Line)" class="mw-redirect" title="163rd Street – Amsterdam Avenue (IND Eighth Avenue Line)">163rd Street – Amsterdam Avenue</a> </td> <td colspan="4">Orange Yellow </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/155th_Street_(IND_Eighth_Avenue_Line)" class="mw-redirect" title="155th Street (IND Eighth Avenue Line)">155th Street</a> </td> <td colspan="4">Orange Yellow </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/135th_Street_(IND_Eighth_Avenue_Line)" class="mw-redirect" title="135th Street (IND Eighth Avenue Line)">135th Street</a> </td> <td colspan="4">Marine Green </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/116th_Street_(IND_Eighth_Avenue_Line)" class="mw-redirect" title="116th Street (IND Eighth Avenue Line)">116th Street</a> </td> <td colspan="4">Midnight Blue </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/110th_Street_(IND_Eighth_Avenue_Line)" class="mw-redirect" title="110th Street (IND Eighth Avenue Line)">110th Street</a> </td> <td colspan="4">Midnight Blue </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/96th_Street_(IND_Eighth_Avenue_Line)" class="mw-redirect" title="96th Street (IND Eighth Avenue Line)">96th Street</a> </td> <td colspan="4">Midnight Blue </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/86th_Street_(IND_Eighth_Avenue_Line)" class="mw-redirect" title="86th Street (IND Eighth Avenue Line)">86th Street</a> </td> <td colspan="4">Midnight Blue </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/72nd_Street_(IND_Eighth_Avenue_Line)" class="mw-redirect" title="72nd Street (IND Eighth Avenue Line)">72nd Street</a> </td> <td colspan="4">Midnight Blue </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/50th_Street_(IND_Eighth_Avenue_Line)" class="mw-redirect" title="50th Street (IND Eighth Avenue Line)">50th Street</a> </td> <td colspan="4">Orchid </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/23rd_Street_(IND_Eighth_Avenue_Line)" class="mw-redirect" title="23rd Street (IND Eighth Avenue Line)">23rd Street</a> </td> <td colspan="4">Deep Yellow </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="5" align="center"><b>Stations not in the original IND with tiles</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Grand_Street_(IND_Sixth_Avenue_Line)" class="mw-redirect" title="Grand Street (IND Sixth Avenue Line)">Grand Street</a> </td> <td colspan="4">Blue </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/57th_Street_(IND_Sixth_Avenue_Line)" class="mw-redirect" title="57th Street (IND Sixth Avenue Line)">57th Street</a> </td> <td colspan="4">White </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Lexington_Avenue_%E2%80%93_63rd_Street_(New_York_City_Subway)" class="mw-redirect" title="Lexington Avenue – 63rd Street (New York City Subway)">Lexington Avenue – 63rd Street</a> </td> <td colspan="4">Orange<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Roosevelt_Island_(IND_63rd_Street_Line)" class="mw-redirect" title="Roosevelt Island (IND 63rd Street Line)">Roosevelt Island</a> </td> <td colspan="4">White </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/21st_Street_%E2%80%93_Queensbridge_(IND_63rd_Street_Line)" class="mw-redirect" title="21st Street – Queensbridge (IND 63rd Street Line)">21st Street – Queensbridge</a> </td> <td colspan="4">Brick red </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Jamaica_%E2%80%93_Van_Wyck_(IND_Archer_Avenue_Line)" class="mw-redirect" title="Jamaica – Van Wyck (IND Archer Avenue Line)">Jamaica – Van Wyck</a> </td> <td colspan="4">Orange </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Sutphin_Boulevard_%E2%80%93_Archer_Avenue_%E2%80%93_JFK_Airport_(New_York_City_Subway)" class="mw-redirect" title="Sutphin Boulevard – Archer Avenue – JFK Airport (New York City Subway)">Sutphin Boulevard – Archer Avenue – JFK Airport</a> </td> <td colspan="4">Grey </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Jamaica_Center_%E2%80%93_Parsons/Archer_(New_York_City_Subway)" class="mw-redirect" title="Jamaica Center – Parsons/Archer (New York City Subway)">Jamaica Center – Parsons/Archer</a> </td> <td colspan="4">Tan </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="5"> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output 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Original tiles were marine green upstairs, maroon downstairs</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-12">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Replacement tile, 2–1/8" square. Original wall tile had no color band.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-note_15-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-note_15_13-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-note_15_13-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-note_15_13-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Not an IND station. Dual contract opened 1931, built in IND style.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-note_19-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-note_19_14-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-note_19_14-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Replaced 1995 with traditional BMT tiles</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-15">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Replaced in the early 1990s with non-traditional IND motif</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-16">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Replacement tiles. Original tiles were yellow–orange and black</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-17">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Top border only is full tile height</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-18">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Slight variant shades at east end platform wall</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-note_5-19"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-note_5_19-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-note_5_19-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Rectangular tiles, new style circa 1950s</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-20"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-20">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Replacement tiles. Original tiles were the same as those at Carroll Street, but 3 tiles high.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-21"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-21">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">1" hairline border. Upper level tile band is wider than lower level. Upper level has 4 1/4" tiles; lower level has 2 1/8" tiles (exclusive of border).</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-22"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-22">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Replacement tiles at north end ultramarine blue, navy blue</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-23"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-23">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Replacement tiles. Original tiles were ultramarine blue and cobalt blue</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-24"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-24">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Replacement tiles. Original tiles were powder blue, true blue</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-25"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-25">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Faded by time from shades of violet – see East Broadway, Delancey Street,2nd Avenue.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-26"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-26">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Replaced with blue and orange metal wall decoration</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-27"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-27">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Replacement tiles. Original tiles were dark violet and black</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-28"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-28">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Replacement tiles do not use full 4 1/4" squares, use six smaller ones</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-29"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-29">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Replacement tiles, original was orchid/black, have large white "42" superimposed on tile band</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-30"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-30">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Replacement tiles. Original tiles were plum/prune</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-31"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-31">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Replacement tile–prefab panels (express platform only)</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-32"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-32">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">The original tiles were orange and beige, but the tiles were taken down and the wall was demolished in 2012. Replacement tiles are white with black horizontal stripes. </span> </li> </ol></div></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Newer_tiles">Newer tiles</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=New_York_City_Subway_tiles&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Newer tiles"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 270px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 265px; height: 230px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:149_Street_WP_wall_vc.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Old and new tiles at the 149th Street – Grand Concourse station"><img alt="Old and new tiles at the 149th Street – Grand Concourse station" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/149_Street_WP_wall_vc.jpg/234px-149_Street_WP_wall_vc.jpg" decoding="async" width="234" height="200" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/149_Street_WP_wall_vc.jpg/352px-149_Street_WP_wall_vc.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/149_Street_WP_wall_vc.jpg/469px-149_Street_WP_wall_vc.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2244" data-file-height="1915" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Old and new tiles at the <a href="/wiki/149th_Street_%E2%80%93_Grand_Concourse_(IRT_White_Plains_Road_Line)" class="mw-redirect" title="149th Street – Grand Concourse (IRT White Plains Road Line)">149th Street – Grand Concourse station</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 270px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 265px; height: 230px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Hudson_Yards_subway_station_September_16,_2015_08_(cropped).JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="The trackside tiles at the 34th Street station"><img alt="The trackside tiles at the 34th Street station" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Hudson_Yards_subway_station_September_16%2C_2015_08_%28cropped%29.JPG/235px-Hudson_Yards_subway_station_September_16%2C_2015_08_%28cropped%29.JPG" decoding="async" width="235" height="163" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Hudson_Yards_subway_station_September_16%2C_2015_08_%28cropped%29.JPG/353px-Hudson_Yards_subway_station_September_16%2C_2015_08_%28cropped%29.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Hudson_Yards_subway_station_September_16%2C_2015_08_%28cropped%29.JPG/470px-Hudson_Yards_subway_station_September_16%2C_2015_08_%28cropped%29.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1085" data-file-height="752" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">The trackside tiles at the <a href="/wiki/34th_Street%E2%80%93Hudson_Yards_(IRT_Flushing_Line)" class="mw-redirect" title="34th Street–Hudson Yards (IRT Flushing Line)">34th Street station</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 270px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 265px; height: 230px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:72_St_2_Av_Jan_2017_41.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="The trackside tiles at the 72nd Street station"><img alt="The trackside tiles at the 72nd Street station" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/72_St_2_Av_Jan_2017_41.jpg/235px-72_St_2_Av_Jan_2017_41.jpg" decoding="async" width="235" height="176" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/72_St_2_Av_Jan_2017_41.jpg/353px-72_St_2_Av_Jan_2017_41.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/72_St_2_Av_Jan_2017_41.jpg/470px-72_St_2_Av_Jan_2017_41.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2592" data-file-height="1936" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">The trackside tiles at the <a href="/wiki/72nd_Street_(Second_Avenue_Subway)" class="mw-redirect" title="72nd Street (Second Avenue Subway)">72nd Street station</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 270px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 265px; height: 230px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:IND_Sixth_14th_Street_tile_renovations_2023.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="14th Street/Sixth Avenue station in 2023 under renovation, with old tiles removed"><img alt="14th Street/Sixth Avenue station in 2023 under renovation, with old tiles removed" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/IND_Sixth_14th_Street_tile_renovations_2023.jpg/235px-IND_Sixth_14th_Street_tile_renovations_2023.jpg" decoding="async" width="235" height="176" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/IND_Sixth_14th_Street_tile_renovations_2023.jpg/353px-IND_Sixth_14th_Street_tile_renovations_2023.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/IND_Sixth_14th_Street_tile_renovations_2023.jpg/470px-IND_Sixth_14th_Street_tile_renovations_2023.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4032" data-file-height="3024" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/14th_Street/Sixth_Avenue_station" title="14th Street/Sixth Avenue station">14th Street/Sixth Avenue station</a> in 2023 under renovation, with old tiles removed</div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Glazed_tiles_(1950s–1970s)"><span id="Glazed_tiles_.281950s.E2.80.931970s.29"></span>Glazed tiles (1950s–1970s)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=New_York_City_Subway_tiles&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Glazed tiles (1950s–1970s)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>By the 1950s, trains were increased in length from 5 cars to 8–10 cars. Glazed tiles in colors such as dull green, ochre, and blue adorned the new station extensions' walls. Letters were screened onto the tiles in black <a href="/wiki/Sans_serif" class="mw-redirect" title="Sans serif">sans serif</a> font.<sup id="cite_ref-aiga_3-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-aiga-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Porcelain_tiles_(late_2000s–present)"><span id="Porcelain_tiles_.28late_2000s.E2.80.93present.29"></span>Porcelain tiles (late 2000s–present)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=New_York_City_Subway_tiles&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Porcelain tiles (late 2000s–present)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>New stations on the <a href="/wiki/Second_Avenue_Subway" title="Second Avenue Subway">Second Avenue Subway</a> have porcelain tiles and built-in artwork.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The walls adjacent to the tracks at the new <a href="/wiki/34th_Street_%E2%80%93_Hudson_Yards_(IRT_Flushing_Line)" class="mw-redirect" title="34th Street – Hudson Yards (IRT Flushing Line)">34th Street</a> station have white tiles arranged in sets of three columns of 3 tiles each. There are two-tile-high gray squares containing white "34"s in the middle of each set of columns.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/South_Ferry_(IRT_Broadway_%E2%80%93_Seventh_Avenue_Line)" class="mw-redirect" title="South Ferry (IRT Broadway – Seventh Avenue Line)">South Ferry</a> station has white porcelain tiles separated by rows of metal. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Renovated_and_new_tiles_in_existing_stations">Renovated and new tiles in existing stations</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=New_York_City_Subway_tiles&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Renovated and new tiles in existing stations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Several subway stations have new ceramics and mosaics: </p> <ul><li>The <a href="/wiki/28th_Street_(BMT_Broadway_Line)" class="mw-redirect" title="28th Street (BMT Broadway Line)">28th Street</a> station on the <a href="/wiki/BMT_Broadway_Line" title="BMT Broadway Line">BMT Broadway Line</a> features the fanciful "City Dwellers" mosaic by Mark Hadjipateras.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Houston_Street_(IRT_Broadway_%E2%80%93_Seventh_Avenue_Line)" class="mw-redirect" title="Houston Street (IRT Broadway – Seventh Avenue Line)">Houston Street</a> station on the <a href="/wiki/IRT_Broadway_%E2%80%93_Seventh_Avenue_Line" class="mw-redirect" title="IRT Broadway – Seventh Avenue Line">IRT Broadway – Seventh Avenue Line</a> displays "Platform Diving" by Deborah Brown.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/81st_Street_%E2%80%93_Museum_of_Natural_History_(IND_Eighth_Avenue_Line)" class="mw-redirect" title="81st Street – Museum of Natural History (IND Eighth Avenue Line)">81st Street – Museum of Natural History</a> station on the <a href="/wiki/IND_Eighth_Avenue_Line" title="IND Eighth Avenue Line">IND Eighth Avenue Line</a> has "For Want of a Nail" by the MTA Arts for Transit Design Team.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Prince_Street_(BMT_Broadway_Line)" class="mw-redirect" title="Prince Street (BMT Broadway Line)">Prince Street</a> station on the <a href="/wiki/BMT_Broadway_Line" title="BMT Broadway Line">BMT Broadway Line</a> shows "Carrying On", an artwork by Janet Zweig.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Cathedral_Parkway_%E2%80%93_110th_Street_(IND_Eighth_Avenue_Line)" class="mw-redirect" title="Cathedral Parkway – 110th Street (IND Eighth Avenue Line)">Cathedral Parkway – 110th Street</a> station on the <a href="/wiki/IND_Eighth_Avenue_Line" title="IND Eighth Avenue Line">IND Eighth Avenue Line</a> boasts "Migration" by artist Christopher Wynter.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/191st_Street_(IRT_Broadway_%E2%80%93_Seventh_Avenue_Line)" class="mw-redirect" title="191st Street (IRT Broadway – Seventh Avenue Line)">191st Street</a> station on the <a href="/wiki/IRT_Broadway_%E2%80%93_Seventh_Avenue_Line" class="mw-redirect" title="IRT Broadway – Seventh Avenue Line">IRT Broadway – Seventh Avenue Line</a> has been renovated with reproductions of its original tile work.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=New_York_City_Subway_tiles&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://nycsubway.org/perl/artwork">Subway Art Guide</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation 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service)">A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/B_(New_York_City_Subway_service)" title="B (New York City Subway service)">B</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C_(New_York_City_Subway_service)" title="C (New York City Subway service)">C</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/D_(New_York_City_Subway_service)" title="D (New York City Subway service)">D</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/E_(New_York_City_Subway_service)" title="E (New York City Subway service)">E</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/F_(New_York_City_Subway_service)" title="F (New York City Subway service)">F</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/G_(New_York_City_Subway_service)" title="G (New York City Subway service)">G</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/J/Z_(New_York_City_Subway_service)" title="J/Z (New York City Subway service)">J</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/L_(New_York_City_Subway_service)" title="L (New York City Subway service)">L</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M_(New_York_City_Subway_service)" title="M (New York City Subway service)">M</a></li> <li><a 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style="width:1%">1985–present</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/9_(New_York_City_Subway_service)" title="9 (New York City Subway service)">9</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/H_(New_York_City_Subway_service)" class="mw-redirect" title="H (New York City Subway service)">H</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/K_(Eighth_Avenue_Local)" title="K (Eighth Avenue Local)">K</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/V_(New_York_City_Subway_service)" title="V (New York City Subway service)">V</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/JFK_Express" title="JFK Express">JFK Express</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Pre-1985</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/8_(New_York_City_Subway_service)" title="8 (New York City Subway service)">8</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/5_(New_York_City_Subway_service)#Dyre_Avenue_Shuttle" title="5 (New York City Subway service)">9 (Dyre Avenue)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/K_(Eighth_Avenue_Local)" title="K (Eighth Avenue Local)">AA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/B_(New_York_City_Subway_service)" title="B (New York City Subway service)">BB</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C_(New_York_City_Subway_service)" title="C (New York City Subway service)">CC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/E_(New_York_City_Subway_service)#EE_Service" title="E (New York City Subway service)">EE (Eighth Avenue)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/N_(New_York_City_Subway_service)" title="N (New York City Subway service)">EE (Broadway)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/G_(New_York_City_Subway_service)" title="G (New York City Subway service)">GG</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HH_(Court_Street_Shuttle)" title="HH (Court Street Shuttle)">HH (Court Street)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/J/Z_(New_York_City_Subway_service)" title="J/Z (New York City Subway service)">JJ</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/J/Z_(New_York_City_Subway_service)#Chrystie_Street_Connection_to_1976" title="J/Z (New York City Subway service)">K (Jamaica)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/J/Z_(New_York_City_Subway_service)" title="J/Z (New York City Subway service)">KK</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/L_(New_York_City_Subway_service)" title="L (New York City Subway service)">LL</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M_(New_York_City_Subway_service)#MJ_service" title="M (New York City Subway service)">MJ</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/N_(New_York_City_Subway_service)" title="N (New York City Subway service)">NX</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Q_(New_York_City_Subway_service)" title="Q (New York City Subway service)">QB</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/J/Z_(New_York_City_Subway_service)" title="J/Z (New York City Subway service)">QJ</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Q_(New_York_City_Subway_service)" title="Q (New York City Subway service)">QT</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/R_(New_York_City_Subway_service)" title="R (New York City Subway service)">RJ</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/R_(New_York_City_Subway_service)" title="R (New York City Subway service)">RR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/T_(New_York_City_Subway_service)" title="T (New York City Subway service)">T</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/T_(New_York_City_Subway_service)" title="T (New York City Subway service)">TT</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/S_(New_York_City_Subway_service)#Former_uses" title="S (New York City Subway service)">Shuttles</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/Bowling_Green%E2%80%93South_Ferry_shuttle" title="Bowling Green–South Ferry shuttle">Bowling Green</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/63rd_Street_Shuttle#Broadway" title="63rd Street Shuttle">Broadway/63rd Street</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Culver_Shuttle" title="Culver Shuttle">Culver</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Grand_Street_Shuttle" title="Grand Street Shuttle">Grand Street</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/S_(New_York_City_Subway_service)#Nassau_Street_Shuttle_(1999)" title="S (New York City Subway service)">Nassau Street</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/IRT_Ninth_Avenue_Line#Closing_and_Polo_Grounds_Shuttle" title="IRT Ninth Avenue Line">Polo Grounds</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/63rd_Street_Shuttle#Sixth_Avenue" title="63rd Street Shuttle">Sixth Avenue/63rd Street</a></dd></dl> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Brooklyn%E2%80%93Manhattan_Transit_Corporation" title="Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit Corporation">BMT</a> numbers</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/Q_(New_York_City_Subway_service)" title="Q (New York City Subway service)">1</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/R_(New_York_City_Subway_service)" title="R (New York City Subway service)">2</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/T_(New_York_City_Subway_service)" title="T (New York City Subway service)">3</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/N_(New_York_City_Subway_service)" title="N (New York City Subway service)">4</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Culver_Shuttle" title="Culver Shuttle">5</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/6_(BMT_rapid_transit_service)" title="6 (BMT rapid transit service)">6</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Franklin_Avenue_Shuttle" title="Franklin Avenue Shuttle">7</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/BMT_Astoria_Line" title="BMT Astoria Line">8</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/IRT_Flushing_Line" title="IRT Flushing Line">9</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/M_(New_York_City_Subway_service)" title="M (New York City Subway service)">10</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/M_(New_York_City_Subway_service)#MJ_service" title="M (New York City Subway service)">11</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/12_(BMT_rapid_transit_service)" title="12 (BMT rapid transit service)">12</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/13_(BMT_rapid_transit_service)" title="13 (BMT rapid transit service)">13</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/J/Z_(New_York_City_Subway_service)" title="J/Z (New York City Subway service)">14</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/J/Z_(New_York_City_Subway_service)" title="J/Z (New York City Subway service)">15</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/L_(New_York_City_Subway_service)" title="L (New York City Subway service)">16</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/BMT_Brooklyn_Loops" title="BMT Brooklyn Loops">Brooklyn Loops</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/East_New_York_Loop" title="East New York Loop">East New York Loop</a></dd></dl> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Unused labels</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Unused_New_York_City_Subway_service_labels" title="Unused New York City Subway service labels">Unused New York City Subway service labels</a></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/New_York_City_Subway_stations" title="New York City Subway stations">Stations</a> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_New_York_City_Subway_stations" title="List of New York City Subway stations">List</a>)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">By borough</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/List_of_New_York_City_Subway_stations_in_the_Bronx" title="List of New York City Subway stations in the Bronx">The Bronx</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/List_of_New_York_City_Subway_stations_in_Brooklyn" title="List of New York City Subway stations in Brooklyn">Brooklyn</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/List_of_New_York_City_Subway_stations_in_Manhattan" title="List of New York City Subway stations in Manhattan">Manhattan</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/List_of_New_York_City_Subway_stations_in_Queens" title="List of New York City Subway stations in Queens">Queens</a></dd></dl> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">By type</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/List_of_closed_New_York_City_Subway_stations" title="List of closed New York City Subway stations">Closed</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/List_of_New_York_City_Subway_terminals" title="List of New York City Subway terminals">Terminals</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/List_of_New_York_City_Subway_transfer_stations" title="List of New York City Subway transfer stations">Transfer</a></dd> <dd><a 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System">IND</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other lists</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_New_York_City_Subway_lines" title="List of New York City Subway lines">Lines</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_New_York_City_Subway_yards" title="List of New York City Subway yards">Yards</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_York_City_Subway_rolling_stock" title="New York City Subway rolling stock">Rolling stock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_New_York_City_Subway_R-type_contracts" title="List of New York City Subway R-type contracts">R-type contracts</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_New_York_City_Subway" title="History of the New York City Subway">History</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Early history</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Early_history_of_the_IRT_subway" title="Early history of the IRT subway">IRT</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_BRT_and_BMT" title="History of the BRT and BMT">BMT</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Brooklyn_Rapid_Transit_Company" title="Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company">BRT</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dual_Contracts" title="Dual Contracts">Dual Contracts</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Expansions</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a 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href="/wiki/Proposed_expansion_of_the_New_York_City_Subway" title="Proposed expansion of the New York City Subway">Other proposals</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/LaGuardia_Airport_subway_extension" title="LaGuardia Airport subway extension">LaGuardia Airport extension</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Notable crashes</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ninth_Avenue_derailment" title="Ninth Avenue derailment">Ninth Avenue derailment, 1905</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malbone_Street_wreck" title="Malbone Street wreck">Malbone Street wreck, 1918</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1928_Times_Square_derailment" title="1928 Times Square derailment">Times Square derailment, 1928</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1991_Union_Square_derailment" title="1991 Union Square derailment">Union Square derailment, 1991</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1995_Williamsburg_Bridge_subway_collision" title="1995 Williamsburg Bridge subway collision">Williamsburg Bridge collision, 1995</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_New_York_City_Subway_derailment" title="2024 New York City Subway derailment">96th Street derailment, 2024</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Strikes</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1966_New_York_City_transit_strike" title="1966 New York City transit strike">1966 strike</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1980_New_York_City_transit_strike" title="1980 New York City transit strike">1980 strike</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2005_New_York_City_transit_strike" title="2005 New York City transit strike">2005 strike</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Service<br />disruptions</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2017%E2%80%932021_New_York_City_transit_crisis" title="2017–2021 New York City transit crisis">2017–2021 New York City transit crisis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/14th_Street_Tunnel_shutdown" title="14th Street Tunnel shutdown">2019–2020 L train shutdown</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other major<br />incidents</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1984_New_York_City_Subway_shooting" title="1984 New York City Subway shooting">1984 shooting</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seong_Sil_Kim_v._New_York_City_Transit_Authority" title="Seong Sil Kim v. New York City Transit Authority">2000 lawsuit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_New_York_City_Subway_bombing" title="2017 New York City Subway bombing">2017 bombing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2020_New_York_City_Subway_fire" title="2020 New York City Subway fire">2020 fire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_New_York_City_Subway_attack" title="2022 New York City Subway attack">2022 attack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Killing_of_Jordan_Neely" title="Killing of Jordan Neely">2023 killing</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Category:New_York_City_Subway_infrastructure" title="Category:New York City Subway infrastructure">Infrastructure</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Accessibility_of_the_Metropolitan_Transportation_Authority" title="Accessibility of the Metropolitan 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