a waiting room for intercity trains and was colloquially known as the "Kissing Room". It was completed in 1915 and later became known as the Incoming Train Room and the Biltmore Room. The space is a marble hall northwest of the Main Concourse, serving as an entrance to tracks 39 through 42 within the terminal. The room had a ceiling and seven entrances. The Biltmore Room still exists beneath the modern-day 335 Madison Avenue; a grand staircase, dating from the original hotel's construction, leads to 43rd Street. The room was restored in 1985, after the rest of the hotel had been demolished. In the 2010s, the room was converted to an entrance for the Long Island Rail Road's Grand Central Madison station as part of the East Side Access project. The basement connected directly with Grand Central Terminal's upper platform level. The hotel was also connected to the New York City Subway's Grand Central–42nd Street station, as well as to neighboring buildings, via the terminal's corridors. According to The New York Times, a passenger arriving at Grand Central "will be able to go directly from his seat in the Pullman to his room in the hotel, not only without having stepped from under cover, but without once having passed beyond what will really be one structure". The passageways from the former Biltmore's basement to the terminal still exist ; the passageways are protected as New York City designated landmarks, as are other parts of Grand Central Terminal. On the 44th Street side of the hotel was a sloped driveway to the basement, which was used as a taxi ramp and contains a vaulted ceiling with Guastavino tiles. Although the driveway still exists , it leads to a garage. The Biltmore formerly shared its garage with the Commodore Hotel. Next to Grand Central, a stairway from the main entrance descended to a grill room, bar, and men's clubroom in the basement. These spaces were all designed in the Elizabethan style, with oak furnishings; marble and wood floors; and paneled walls and pilasters that reached the ceiling. The grill room's ceiling contained English-style plasterwork in low relief. In 1924, these spaces were replaced with stores and an arcade that extended between 43rd and 44th Streets. There were 11 stores facing Madison Avenue, each measuring across, as well as three additional booths that opened into the arcade. In addition, there was a Turkish