an applicant pool of 158. They were chosen to paint a section of the tunnel. From the Broadway entrance to the station fare control, the artworks are: Queen Andrea's Prismatic Power Phrases; Jessie Unterhalter and Katey Truhn's Caterpillar Time Travel; Cekis's It's Like A Jungle/Aveces Es Como Una Jungle; Nick Kuszy's Warp Zone; and Cope2's Art is Life. Awarded $15,000 each, the artists worked for over a week on their art. After the murals in the tunnel were heavily graffitied, the NYCDOT covered the entire tunnel with white paint in January 2023, which elicited criticism from the surrounding community. At the time, the NYCDOT said that it planned to commission new artwork for the tunnel. Ridership In Fiscal Year 1914, shortly after the station's opening, it had 546,447 boardings, significantly lower than the figures for the adjacent 181st Street and Dyckman Street stations, which were 6,133,256 and 923,785, respectively. In 2018, the station had 2,526,932 boardings, making it the 186th most used station in the 424-station system. This amounted to an average of 8,032 passengers per weekday. In popular culture The station was a filming location in the 2021 film In the Heights. References Notes Citations External links nycsubway.org – Primavera artwork by Raul Colon NY is a Rollercoaster – artwork by Belle Benfield and Chris Beck: nycsubway.org – Title unknown (191st Street) (about the NY is a Rollercoaster artwork) New York is a Rollercoaster (about the NY is a Rollercoaster artwork) David Emmanuel Noel work with Belle Benfield/Chris Beck Station Reporter – 1 Train The Subway Nut – 191st Street Pictures (before renovation of station) MTA's Arts For Transit – 191st Street, RAÚL COLÓN, Primavera, 2003 191st Street and St Nicholas Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View Broadway and 190th Street entrance from Google Maps Street View Passageway from Google Maps Street View Platforms from Google Maps Street View 1911 establishments in New York City IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line stations New York City Subway stations in Manhattan Railway stations in the United States opened in 1911 Washington Heights, Manhattan