12 Harlem Train Stations Get Exhibit For MTA Lives Lost To COVID

Harlem NY

26 January, 2021

3:12 PM

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HARLEM, NY — A memorial honoring the 136 MTA workers who died from the coronavirus appeared this week on digital screens across the city's subway system, including 12 stations in Harlem. The installation is built around photographs of each fallen worker shared by their family members. Titled "TRAVELS FAR," inspired by a poem by Tracy K. Smith, it appears in multiple languages at 107 different stations. The memorial will be shown on screens three times each day — 10:30 a.m., 2:30 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. — through Feb. 7. The Harlem stations featuring the digital art installations are: 103rd St. (6 train)110th St. (6 train)116th St. (6 train)116th St. (B-C trains)116th St. (2-3 trains)125th St. (4-5-6 trains)125th St. (2-3 trains)135th St. (B-C trains)135th St. (2-3 trains)137th St.–City College (1 train)145th St. (1 train)155th St. (C train) "The pandemic has marked an unimaginably challenging and painful time at New York City Transit," interim New York City Transit President Sarah Feinberg said. "Today marks the next step in our ongoing efforts to honor the colleagues, friends and family members who were taken from us too soon. "These men and women were the heroes of the transit system - conductors, bus and train operators, cleaners – but they were also mothers, fathers, sisters, brothers, sons and daughters." The memorial video is also available online.