Artwork: "Subway Riders" (Ralph Fasanella)

In 1996, Fasanella's 1950 painting "Subway Riders" was installed in the subway station at Fifth Avenue and 53rd Street, one of the few oil paintings in the world permanently on view in a public transportation center. Source: Dante Alighieri Society. It is located outside the fare control in the mezzanine at the 5th Avenue/53rd Street entrance.