MTA New York City Transit has completed a three-year rehabilitation project at the Far Rockaway-Mott Avenue Station, the southern terminus of the subway A Line.

“The Far Rockaway-Mott Avenue terminal has been upgraded, modernized, and transformed into an aesthetically pleasing facility that is now a fitting gateway to the services offered by the MTA,” said NYC Transit President Thomas F. Prendergast. "We are also extremely proud to have been able to add an impressive art installation and the functional elements that now allow the disabled community to take advantage of the subway system.”

The project added two new Americans with Disabilities Act-compliant elevators that connect the control building with the rail platform. Components of the overhaul of the existing control building included a relocated agent booth, new fare array, new employee areas, and a rebuilt staircase to the platform.

As part of the MTA’s Arts for Transit program, the station now houses Respite, a glass installation by artist Jason Rohlf that depicts an abstract landscape of birds perched on outstretched branches. The birds’ colors blend into the branches, symbolizing the connection between people and their community.

A glass installation by artist Jason Rohlf is a focal point of NYC Transit’s rehabilitated Far Rockaway-Mott Avenue Station.