Tremont Avenue is an express
station on the
IND Concourse Line of the
New York City Subway. Prior to a 1999
renovation, the station had a full length mezzanine connecting both
the ends of the station. The full time booth is on the south side
at Tremont Avenue with three street stairs and two stairs to each
platform. The street stair on the west side has a small passageway.
The part time side at the north end has a former booth that was
removed during the renovation and two street stairs (one to each
side of the Concourse at 179th Street) and two stairs to each
platform. There is also one staircase at the center of each
platform. They only lead to a storage area, but the passageway can
be seen from platform level. The tile band is Claret red and the
name mosaics are replicas of the 1933 originals. The I-beams have
been painted a shade of red to match. Tile bands are also present
in the mezzanines, and matching "T" (for Tremont) plaques have been
fitted—the only IND station to feature these.
A closed tower sits on
the south end of the Manhattan
-bound platform.
The
2000 artwork here is called
Uptown New
York by Frank Leslie Hampton. It uses a mixture of glass and
marble mosaics to create a full width display of a Bronx apartment
building with a rooftop garden, and clothes hanging out on a line
to dry on a cloudy day. This mural is as wide as the mezzanine and
faces the full-time booth area.
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