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IRT
Faux IND Tile Colors
By Peggy Darlington
With
assistance from Wayne Whitehorne
In the late 1950's and early 1960s the
IRT lengthened platforms to hold ten car trains.. The tile work was
done in a soldier course in one color and a second color as a tile
band similar to the IND. In one case, the express platform at 59 and
Lexington, the band is in full IND style.
There are four
major schemes, one of which has three sub types.
Type
I A, the most common has a solid color
tile band with the station name on one
line with no break in the tile band. Example:79th
Street on the 1
Type
I B has the
tile band interrupted with a mini tablet, in a different color
containing the station name on one or two lines. Example: Fulton
Street 2 and 3.
Type
I C
resembles Type Ia, except the type
style is different and the station name is on two lines. Example
Franklin Avenue Brooklyn 2.3.4.5
Type II has no tile
band but features a mini tablet instead. Example: Nostrand 3,4.
Type III has no
tile band and no tablet, but has the station name directly on the
tile with one character or space per tile.
Example: 14th Street 1,2,3.
Type IV is found
only at 59 Street Lower Level platform
on The East side and is full IND pattern with a border of two half
height tiles with the tile band and
name centered between the two
borders.
Color numbers refer
to Berol Prismacolor Pencil Numbers as provided by Wayne
Whitehorne, who assisted in this page.
In some cases colors are approximate closest match (but not
indicated as approximate.) V.P.denotes
Venus Paradise Pencil (No Berol color)..
Many stations have
had the faux IND tile removed or covered over in subsequent
Renovations. Additions or corrections are welcomed.
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Manhattan West Side Line 1,2,3,9 |
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Station and Line |
Pattern Number |
Wall Color |
Band or Tablet Color |
Text Color |
Border Color |
Comments |
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Chambers
1,2,3 |
III |
1059 10% Cool Gray |
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Black |
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At South End |
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Franklin 1 |
IA ? |
1059 10% Cool Gray |
937 Tuscan Red ? |
White ? |
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No Longer Visible |
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Canal 1 |
IA ? |
1059 10% Cool Gray |
937 Tuscan Red ? |
White ? |
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No Longer Visible |
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Houston 1 |
IA ? |
1059 10% Cool Gray |
937 Tuscan Red ? |
White ? |
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No Longer Visible |
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Christopher 1 |
IA ? |
1059 10% Cool Gray |
937 Tuscan Red ? |
White ? |
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No Longer Visible |
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14th 1,2,3 |
III |
1059 10% Cool Gray |
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Black |
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Spotty |
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18th 1 |
IA ? |
1059 10% Cool Gray |
937 Tuscan Red ? |
White ? |
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No Longer Visible |
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23rd 1 |
NONE |
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No Longer Visible |
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28th 1 |
III |
1059 10% Cool Gray |
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Black |
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Station and Line |
Pattern Number |
Wall Color |
Band or Tablet Color |
Text Color |
Border Color |
Comments |
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50th 1 |
IA |
997 Beige |
1019 Rose Beige |
948 Dark Brown |
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No Longer Visible |
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50th 1 |
IA |
997 Beige |
1019 Rose Beige |
948 Dark Brown |
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No Longer Visible |
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59th 1 |
IA |
997 Beige |
1019 Rose Beige |
948 Dark Brown |
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No longer visible |
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66th 1 |
IA |
997 Beige |
1019 Rose Beige |
948 Dark Brown |
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No Longer Visible |
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79th 1 |
IA |
997 Beige |
1019 Rose Beige |
948 Dark Brown |
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Station and Line |
Pattern Number |
Wall Color |
Band or Tablet Color |
Text Color |
Border Color |
Comments |
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86th 1 |
IA |
997 Beige |
1019 Rose Beige |
948 Dark Brown |
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96th 1,2,3 |
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997 Beige |
1019 Rose Beige |
948 Dark Brown |
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No Longer visible |
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103rd 1 |
III |
1059 10% Cool Gray |
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Black |
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No
longer visible
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110th 1 |
III |
1059 10% Cool Gray |
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Black |
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No longer visible |
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116th 1 |
III |
1059 10% Cool Gray |
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Black |
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No longer visible |
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Bronx IRT 2,4,5,6 |
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Station and Line |
Pattern Number |
Wall Color |
Band or Tablet Color |
Text Color |
Border Color |
Comments |
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138 GC 4,5,6 |
IA |
1059 10% Cool Gray |
937 Tuscan Red |
White |
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149GC 2,4,5,6 |
IA |
1059 10% Cool Gray |
937 Tuscan Red |
White |
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138/3rd 6 |
IA |
1059 10% Cool Gray |
937 Tuscan Red |
White |
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Brook 6 |
IA |
997 Beige |
1022 Medit. Blue |
White |
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Cypress 6 |
IA |
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E 143rd 6 |
IA |
997 Beige |
1022 Medit. Blue |
White |
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E 149th 6 |
IA |
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Longwood 6 |
IA |
997 Beige |
1022 Medit. Blue |
White |
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Hunts Point 6 |
IA |
1059 10% Cool Gray |
937 Tuscan Red |
White |
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Has one Tablet with name. Others
simply show HP. |
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Brooklyn IRT 2,3,4,5 |
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Station and Line |
Pattern Number |
Wall Color |
Band or Tablet Color |
Text Color |
Border Color |
Comments |
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Park Place 2,3 |
IB |
938 Off White |
1022 Com. Blue |
932 White |
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Fulton 2,3 |
IB |
938 Off White |
901 Ultra marine Blue |
932 White |
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Fulton 4,5 |
NONE |
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Wall 2,3 |
IB |
938 Off White |
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Off White |
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Wall 4,5 |
NONE |
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Boro
Hall 2,3 |
II |
Off White 10% gray |
V.P. 21 Indian Red |
938 White |
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Boro
Hall 4,5 |
IA |
1059 10% Cool Gray |
937 Tuscan Red |
White |
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Atlantic 2,3,4,5 |
IA |
Lt. Yellow Green |
992 Lt Aqua |
Green? |
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No longer visible
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Bergen |
II |
938 off White |
932 Blue Violet |
938 off White |
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Grand Army Plaza |
II ? |
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No longer visible |
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E Pkwy |
II |
938 off White |
932 Blue Violet |
938 off White |
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No longer visible |
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Franklin Av 2,3,4,5 |
IC |
938 Off White |
1022 Com. Blue |
938 off White |
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Like IA,
but name is on two lines in different font. |
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President 2,5 |
II |
White |
901 Indigo Blue |
938 Off white |
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Sterling 2,5 |
II |
White |
945 Brown |
938 Off white |
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Winthrop 2,5 |
II |
White |
901 Indigo Blue |
938 Off white |
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Beverl(e)y
2,5 |
II |
White |
945 Brown |
938 Off white |
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Newkirk 2,5 |
II |
White |
901 Indigo |
938 Off white |
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Nostrand 3 |
II |
White |
945 Brown |
938 Off white |
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Kingston 3 |
II |
White |
901 Indigo Blue |
938 Off white |
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Type I A |
Type I B
Type I C
Type II
 
Type III
Type IV
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