10. Floating Subway Map

In front of 110 Greene Street, just south of Prince Street, the subway sits above ground thanks to Françoise Schein’s Subway Map Floating on a New York City Sidewalk. Schein’s floating subway is a permanent art installation that depicts the subway routes of 1985 Manhattan, the year the piece was installed. This sidewalk subway is made of stainless steel bars, terrazzo flooring, and hand-blown glass rounds with lights embedded into the ground. The map stretches 90 feet and includes all 156 stops that were part of the subway system in Manhattan at the time. The Belgian born artist said Brooklyn and Queens just didn’t fit on the sidewalk.