I had a secret subway free-access point at an exit-only part of a station near the WTC and J&R Music World, whenever I cut class, I'd go down there and squeeze through gap at bottom of the floor-to-ceiling exit turnstile... I can't remember what train it was there that gave me access to the rest of the subway system... probably the J/M(?)
Goodmorning Champ🏆 and that was a great History Lesson about The MTA Secerts!!! Also did you that Flatbush ave 2/5 last stop was'nt going to be it's last stop. It was going to extend to Kings Plaza of by Kings High way but that never happend !!!
Fantastic video! They also filmed the Michael Jackson video "Bad" at the Hoyt-Schermerhon station in the mezzanine, they had the old wooden turn styles back then, lol. The 36 street station on the 4th ave line also had similar work like Dekalb Ave. Originally south of the station they were to build a 4 track branch off toward the west end but they opted for 2 ramps instead & a large portion of the mezzanine was abandoned. You can see the tunnel were one ramp would be on the south bound R local, 2 other tunnel would be at the space occupied by the platforms then there is a belmouth to the right of the northbound local. The first Crocodile Dundee movie, the final scene, was done at the 9th ave station (Lower level). I love these info videos.
The outer platforms at Hoyt-Schermerhorn were also used in Nighthwaks, The Warriors and Crocodile Dundee II. The Myrtle Ave. station closed in July of 1956.
The Hoyt-Schermerhorn Sta was also used in the Diana Ross version of "The Wiz" & again in Eddie Murphy's "Coming To America". Also, the Franklin Avenue Shuttle line was once a 2-Track configuration once you got outside of the Franklin Ave sta. The MTA closed the Dean Street sta for 3 reasons: Close proximity to Franklin Ave Station, Astronomical amount of Fare-evasion, and lastly the Station overall never saw any upkeep or renovations and fell into a disrepaired state - the wooden platforms were extremely old & falling apart as were the stairs that led up to them. It was also a Station that saw a lot of crime (70's thru 80's) & you didn't want to make a routine of catching trains there at that time. The station closed for good in September of 1995 and was demolished completely and plans for a revised right-of-way began which consisted of a single track configuration to Eastern Pkwy-Botanical Garden where it becomes 2 tracks.
The platform at Hoyt-Schermerhorn was also where the French Connection was filmed. The subway scene in Crocodile Dundee was filmed in the 9th Avenue lower level.
It was also used in the movie "The Warriors"... Back in the early 80's The signs on the outer tracks were "Taped over and painted to read 96th Street. If you watch the movie carefully , on the walls you can see "HOYT" tiles that got missed.
These are some great shows about parts of the subway or rapid transit system that are unnoticed to the public. They are recognized by some transit employees and most railroad buffs. I am one.
What nostalgia! As a kid I used to take alot of these lines and used to wonder about all the uncompleted sets of tracks and such that I'd see in my travels. Awesome video.
8:02 Ah yessss ... the 'money train' . Back in the '80's after a long night of clubbing, with one eye still functioning I do recall (I think) seeing the gravy train whilst I in those wee hours suck oxygen waiting on an A to pull into W4 St.
Continuing your look at abandoned entrances and spaces, may I also point out: - There's a closed-off full mezzanine and stairs at 7th Avenue (Q/B), and what looks like space at street level for an additional stairway. - There's an entrance to the Bedford-Nostrand Aves (G) station that was closed and boarded up.
Thank you for the coverage on the abandoned 59th station to Staten Island. I read that there was another buried tunnel underneath Owl's Head Park in Brooklyn, but you have a much better description. I've always wondered about that metal gate on the Jay St station and now I'm informed.
Right before 36th Street, there's a bellmouth on the northbound local track that would have crossed under in an abandoned plan to run a branch to the water along 39th Street.
Behind the wall to the right of the NB local track at 36th St & 4th Avenue just south of the station is the remnants of 39th St station. There is a ceramic tile wall that has 39th St in tile that I saw with my own eyes in 1988. Also, at 95th St on the R, there are bricked up niches in the northbound side station wall. South of 59th St & 4th Ave station there is a provision for 2 more tracks where the R crosses over the Bay Ridge Branch. The ends of what would be roadbeds are bricked up, not poured concrete like the rest of the tunnel walls. There is also a provision for trains to run down under 36th St & 4th Ave station that you can see from local or express tracks south of 36th St station. It follows the incline that the D line uses south of 36th St and runs directly underneath it. In Manhattan, if you take a Brooklyn bound R from Whitehall St. you can see a short length of capped tunnel that turns right and ends that is a short distance south of Whitehall station. That was built in case a connection was ever going to be made between lower Manhattan and Staten Island.
Heading west on the Fulton Ave line, there's a tunnel that branches off to nowhere right before the local train enters Broadway Junction. This would have been a connector to run trains under Jamaica Avenue heading north.
Goodmorning Sir. Do you remeber the real Air Train aka The JFK Express from 57 6 ave But then gotten Extened to 21 Queens Bridge 🌁 to Howard Beach for the Shuttle Bus to JFK. The line did'nt make too stops in Brooklyn and did you the Nostrand ave has lower lever track for the C trains
Goodnite Sir you had forgotten to mention about Boadway on the G train the Station was to be contected to South 4 street Inter change ind 2 ave!!!! Just look up The Boadway Ind station G
2:13 this is like in Boston where a planned I-625 was meant to be built but never happened. Once Zakim was built and the southbound exit 18 (old exit 26) was moved part of this 1960s bridge was used to exit. The other double deck exit remained abandoned still visible to drivers.
Sticking with the IND Second System, there's a door at the end of the western side of the Broadway station, and up until 2015 you could see the unfinished transfer passage that took riders to the South 4th Street station. Particularly daring explorers could inch out and climb through the fence to get into the station shell, until the MTA bricked the entire passage off. The door's usually unlocked and you can peer through it, and if you look carefully at the tunnel ceiling, you can see the cutouts for the six proposed tracks.
I remember working downtown Brooklyn in 1978 and a friend and I would take the RR (Called the RR at the time) from Lawrence St south towards bay ridge , and they had some moving art at that time ,but its so long ago I couldn't tell you what stations it was between or what closed down station it was at , but I know it was 1978 , maybe you would know or another rail fan ,,,,, anyway ,,,,,, thanks again for a great video.
I'm surprised you didn't touch on the original 4th Ave/ West End Line connections south of 36th street and how the entire south half of both platforms were demolished to create the current ramps to the West End Line
There's an entrance to the Staten Island Tunnel in Owl's Head park, walk down 67th st toward the park, as you go through the park gates make an immediate right and you'll see a large metal grate that covers the stairs.
I’m surprised you didn’t talk about how in the 3 line from junius st there’s so Tracks that goes to the L line, but also it extends to Flatbush ave with the 2 and 5 then extends to the b and q, then the d,n and r and stops on the edge near the pier of Brooklyn. I really don’t know the history of that but if you could tell me I would appreciate that.
@@thrashakilla oh Thank you, there should be a line that goes from the Livonia tracks to the 2 and 5 tracks and even like a shuttle to the pier of Brooklyn
That's the Bay Ridge Branch of the LIRR that became a freight line. You can see two bridges of the Bay Ridge Branch with one being on Myrtle Ave with the platform still up there. You could also take the M train towards Metrop. Ave and see the Bay Ridge Branch and Lower Montauk Branch, which is now a freight line.
Until the 1990s half of the Franklin Avenue station still had the original wooden roof and platforms and went to the other side of Fulton St. to a wooden staircase with wooden steps and roof from 1888!
yoo the L train used to d the s curve and stoped on the outer track at atlantic from sutter (manhattan bound ) show in your video they changed it like 16 years back if you didnt know
Your info about the tracks by 59th St going to Staten Island is way off from your drawing. Yes, there was supposed to be tracks going to Staten Island, a tunnel actually, but it did not verve off just south of 59th St/4th Ave. The southbound "R" track is just that, but the northbound track are actually the southbound express track. *6th St and 95th St platforms were meant to be express stops southbound. 66th Bay Ridge and 77th St northbound platforms are actually built on what was meant to be the northbound express track. That is why you see the area by the Tunnel-Bridge over the South Brooklyn Railroad tracks that were meant to be the northbound express and local tracks, hence the extra curves just before 59th St/4th Ave. You are actually going from the southbound express track to the northbound local track. How do I know this, as well as what I stated in part 1's comments, I worked for the NYCT for 33 years, 31+ as a train operator.
