Project Description

Re-Envisioning the Elevated: Four Stations on the Astoria Line is a project that set out to renew and rehabilitate four historic elevated subway stations in the highly residential, Queens neighborhood of Astoria.

This project was defined by four crucial elements: a dedication to progressive and adaptive methodologies, responsible use of public funding as a means of responding to the present, an introduction of real-time transit information, and a connection to both the stations’ community and history. The MTA’s intent was to evaluate the results of these “pilot” stations and move forward with a well-tested approach in future station design.

These Astoria stations renew the connectivity between the community and transit. Now more than 100 years old, these stations have the technology to provide customers with real-time travel information and a station environment appropriate for a world-class transit system. Civic responsibility and community engagement drove the success of this project.

See “Re-Envisioning the Elevated” Receives an AIA New York State 2019 Excelsior Award

Astoria subway station at night
LOCATION

Queens, NY

CLIENT

MTA/NYCT

AWARDS

2019 AIA NY State Excelsior Awards Public Art – Award of Merit

Art panels serve as exterior walls, elevating public art to the scale of infrastructure and connecting community to transit.
Astoria subway station in the morning light
Astoria subway station turnstiles
Elevated Astoria subway station at night
Sun-filled subway passageway
Astoria subway station platform
  • Elevated subway station in Astoria, Queens.
  • Subway station waiting area in Astoria, Queens.
  • Astoria subway station platform with digital information panels.
  • Subway station information panels and public art.
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