The 2018 artwork at this station is " Sky " , a ceramic artwork by Yoko Ono , who lived in the Dakota . The artwork consists of clouds against a blue backdrop , and commemorates Ono 's late husband John Lennon , who was killed outside the Dakota in 1980 . Both fare control areas are on the upper level platform and two staircases , one adjacent to each area , go down to the lower level . The full-time one at 72nd Street is at the north end of the platform . A staircase of four steps go down to a bank of three turnstiles that lead to a token booth . The other fare control area at 70th Street , at the station 's south end , is unstaffed , containing High Entry/Exit Turnstiles
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Murder of John Lennon
72nd Street station (IND Eighth Avenue Line)