Which New York City Subway station is decorated with the famous “Life Underground” sculptures by Tom Otterness?

14th Street–Eighth Avenue station is decorated with Tom Otterness’s “Life Underground” sculptures.

The installation consists of playful bronze figures placed throughout the station complex, including small creatures and humanlike characters interacting with subway infrastructure. The work was installed in 2002 and became one of the most recognizable examples of public art in the New York City Subway.

The station serves the A, C, E, and L trains and connects the IND Eighth Avenue Line with the BMT Canarsie Line. Riders sometimes identify the sculptures only by informal descriptions such as “the alligator” or “the tiny man,” but “Life Underground” is the official title of the installation. The art is part of Arts & Design, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority program that commissions and maintains artwork throughout the subway system.