Community Subway Elevator Program

This project showcases local artists’ work inside the A train’s 181 and 190 Street subway elevators, transforming a cold unwelcoming space into an art gallery traveling 17-stories under the city. 

Artists: Tiffany Alfonseca, Susan Bresler, Lydell Brookhouse-Gil, Robert Buckwalter, Felipe Galindo (Feggo), Gal Cohen, J Gregory Coutinho, Franck de las Mercedes, Josefina Hernandez, Francis Hsueh, David Kaminsky, Daniel Peguero, Joyce Tsai, Shu Tu, Je Wee

Curated by Artists Unite and NoMAA.
Authorized by MTA New York City Transit.

Made possible with support from Columbia University Medical Center Neighborhood Fund.

Robert Buckwalter, After the Rain, 2021, Oil on canvas, 24" x 20" (190th Street elevator)

Francis Hsueh, Wish You Where Here, 2023, Watercolor on paper, 12" x 9" (190th Street Elevator)

Tiffany Alfonseca, Yucca, 2023, Digital illustration
(190th Street Elevator)

Gal Cohen, Coexistence as a Shared Future,2024, Acrylic on canvas 60" x 60" (190th Street Elevator)

Josefina Hernandez, Contain, 2023, Cut paper 10"x 8 (190th Street Elevator)

Susan Bresler, Positive Energy, 2024, Watercolor, collage, pen and ink on paper, 16" x 12" (190th Street Elevator)

(left) Shu Tu, Summer in the Heights (Orange), 2025, Digital image
(right) Daniel Peguero, Uptown in Bloom, 2025, Digital image, 12" x 14"

(190th Street Elevator)

J Gregory Coutinho, Over/Under, 2019, Oil on linen 17" x 20" (181st Street Elevator)

Joyce Tsai , The Cloisters Museum in Autumn Afternoon Light, 2024, Watercolor on paper, 22"x 30" (190th Street Elevator)

David Kaminsky , Inwood Critturz on the Hudson, 2025, Ink and Copic marker on paper, 6" x 10" (190th Street Elevator)

Felipe Calindo (Feggo), Spring Cleaning, 2025, Mixed media, 12" x 9" (190th Street Elevator)

Franck de las Mercedes, Uptown Sunflowers, 2025, Archival pigment, acrylic and ink on polycanvas, 30" x 24" (190th Street Elevator)

Lydell Brookhouse-Gil, Under the GWB, 2020, Oil on canvas, 56" x 48" (190th Street elevator)

Je Wee, The Quince in Bonnefont Cloister Garden, 2026, Oil on linen, 14" x 25" (190th Street elevator)

Robert Buckwalter, After the Rain, 2021, Oil on canvas, 24" x 20" (181st Street Elevator)

Je Wee, The Quince in Bonnefont Cloister Garden, 2026, Oil on linen, 14" x 25" (190th Street elevator)

Francis Hsueh, Wish You Where Here, 2023, Watercolor on paper 12" x 9" (181st Street Elevator)

Tiffany Alfonseca, Yucca, 2023, Digital illustration
(190th Street Elevator)

Gal Cohen, Coexistence as a Shared Future, 2024, Acrylic on canvas, 60" x 60" (181st Street Elevator)

Josefina Hernandez, Contain, 2023, Cut paper, 10"x 8" (181st Street Elevator)

Shu Tu, Summer in the Heights (Orange), 2025, Digital image (181st Street Elevator)

Daniel Peguero, Uptown in Bloom, 2025, Digital image, 12" x 14" (190th Street Elevator)

Susan Bresler, Positive Energy, 2024, Watercolor, collage, pen and ink on paper, 16" x 12" (181st Street Elevator)

J Gregory Countinho, Over/Under, 2019, Oil on linen 17" x 20" (181st Street Elevator)

Joyce Tsai , The Cloisters Museum in Autumn Afternoon Light, 2024, Watercolor on paper, 22"x 30" (190th Street Elevator)

David Kaminsky , Inwood Critturz on the Hudson, 2025, Ink and Copic marker on paper, 6" x 10" (190th Street Elevator)

Felipe Calindo (Feggo), Spring Cleaning, 2025, Mixed Media, 12" x 9" (190th Street Elevator)

Franck de las Mercedes, Uptown Sunflowers, 2025, Archival pigment, acrylic and ink on polycanvas, 30" x 24" (190st Street Elevator)

Lydell Brookhouse-Gil, Under the GWB, 2020, Oil on canvas, 56" x 48" (190th Street Elevator)