Sterling Street (2,5) - The SubwayNut

Sterling Street is a stop on the two track IRT Nostrand Avenue Subway, the station has two side platforms. Each of these still has its original 1920s Dual-Contracts era tiling with Sterling St. name tablets on a brown background with a blue and brown boarder. The station's trim line is similar: a lighter brown for the main solid sections with a boarder composed of a mixture of darker blue and brown tiles. There is an intermediate line of green between these two boarders. At the northern end of each platform, where they were extended, 1950s style tiles have been added that have Sterling Street spelled in white on a brown background at regular intervals along these tiles. Both platforms, as well as the mezzanine area also have light blue I-beam columns along them at various intervals.

The station exit is located in a small mezzanine area between the center and northern ends of the platforms. Here a free crossover is also provided (the only free place to change directions from this station south to Flatbush Avenue). Two staircases lead up from each platform to this area, where there is the stations only bank of turnstiles facing the token booth and two street staircases lead up the NE and NW corners of Nostrand Avenue andSterling Street.

Along this mezzanine area, both inside and outside of fare control, are for different large frames along the walls of drawings and paintings that look like they have been done by school children.
Photos 1-13: June 29, 2009;

A close up of an S in the trimline at Sterling Street.

A Sterling Street name tablet.

Looking down the long Flatbush-bound side platform at Sterling Street, the Exit sings for the staircases up to the mezzanine are barely visible.

Another view down the Flatbush-bound side platform at Sterling Street, a generic Exit sign is overhead, since this station has only one exit no need to list where this exit leads.

One of the two staircases up to the small mezzanine area above the tracks where the turnstiles are at Sterling Street.

Approaching the extreme northern (back) end of the Flatbush-bound platform at Sterling Street, the 1950s modern style wall tiling is coming into view.

A close up of Sterling Street painted on a brown tile on the 1950s modern style wall tiling portion of the platform. In this area the platform gets extremely narrow because this part of it was added on relatively recently.

A close up of one of the four panels of children's paintings in the mezzanine at Sterling Street.

A panel of various pencil drawings on the mezzanine area at Sterling Street.

On the mezzanine at Sterling Street, the two staircases that lead down to the Manhattan & The Bronx-bound trains.

Another panel of artwork, that looks like it has been done by children at Sterling Street.

An additional panel of artwork at Sterling Street.

Passengers wait for help from the token booth, in the small mezzanine above the tracks at Sterling Street.