1.  East 180th Street at Bronx Park

Photo by Patrick Cashin/MTA from Flickr.

This station at E. 180th Street/Bronx Park, conceived by the same architecture firm that helped design Grand Central Terminal, was built in 1912. The building used to serve as a headquarters for the old New York, Westchester and Boston Railway system. The MTA restored the station to its former glory in 2013 with a two-year $66.5 million renovation project. The building boasts a stucco, red terra cotta-tiled roof, two four story towers, and a courtyard.The building also houses employee facilities for Rapid Transit Operations, Signals and Structures. Visitors are greeted at the entrance by a plaque with the head of Mercury, the Roman god of transportation, which lives atop a vintage-inspired clock.

Next, check out 10 unique,not necessarily vintage, subway entrances in NYC.

There are plenty other vintage transit details, especially signage, if you look closely around you. If you spot any others, hashtag them with #untappedcities and they’ll appear in our Untapped Cities photo pool!