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When DeKalb was extended for eight car trains there was a set of switches immediately north of the original platforms which meant the extensions were built onto the southern end of the station. When these switches were replaced with the current set of flying junctions, the whole station was shifted slightly north to move it further from the curve. The disused bit of platform is part of the first extension that was abandoned when the station was moved.
2:00 That end of the platform used to visibly have a side platform. I used to always see it. In the 1990s or so they started using the space for new storage rooms. The main waiting room to the LIRR used to have a temp grate you crossed over that was technically permanent (you were crossing the road bed). Wish the old set up was still there. :/
I think that flashlight wave is a signal to all the other train workers to clear the tracks because a train is coming. I remember seeing this a few times back when I used to commute during off peak hours at night, crews would would sometimes be on the tracks between trains and they would do this whole routine, flashlight waving, whistle blowing, plus the train would honk its horn while pulling in very slowly. and workers would all find their particular cut aways to have clearance when the train pulls in.
The massive steel boat is just one part of the installation! It was sculpted by George Trakas and the whole installation is called Hook (Archean Reach), Line (Sea House), and Sinker (Mined Swell). The boat is Line. Sinker can be seen at 2:13. As you see on the walls, there's a granite wave! The wave runs along the walls and crests at the point where Atlantic Avenue and Pacific Street meet, linking the passageways. Referencing the names Atlantic and Pacific, the overarching concept is a place of landing and departure, functions shared by train stations and seaports. And yup, Masstransiscope is pretty cool! It was created in 1980 by Bill Brand! The artwork consists of 228 hand-painted panels and stretches across the whole 300-foot platform! The southbound platform was indeed removed. A new track had to be added on the west side to allow for a grade-separated crossing. The original southbound local track at the platform had to be depressed to a lower grade to cross under, and the new track wiped out the southbound platform.
At one time, the LIRR and IRT had a connection in the Atlantic Terminal. As a kid, LONG TIME AGO, you could see the switch. I heard is was for August Belmont's private car to get him into his Manhattan office from LI. He was the big guy at IRT at the time.
(B) Train To Broadway Lafayette St (6) Train To Astor Place (W) Train To 8Th St NYU (Q) Train To Time Square 42nd St (Shuttle) To Grand Central (4) Train To 59Th St (R) Train To Queen Plaza (E) Train To Jamaica Center
The word Knickerbocker has roots with Dutch settlers who in the 1600s made their way to the New World, especially the area of New York. The Dutch settlers in New York were known to wear a style of pants in which the legs were rolled up just below the knee. These pants were called Knickerbockers! The name Knickerbocker is believed to have derived from the Knickerbackers of Schaghticoke, New York who were descended from a Dutch immigrant named Harmen Jansen van Bommel, who went by several names including Herman Jansen Knickerbacker. At some point, the "e" at the end was changed to an "o." Fast forward 200 years to the year 1809 when a quite well-known author named Washington Irving wrote a satirical piece called "A History of New York from the Beginning of the World to the End of the Dutch Dynasty" Washington penned his piece under the name of Diedrich Knickerbocker. It was through Washington's book that the world was introduced to the word "knickerbocker"
Wow, a V train. Haven't seen one of those in a while. But they used to normally use the R46. Another fun video and looking forward to your more in depth video on your other channel.
Finally found your channel again, used to watch you when i was 6 in 2017 and now im 12, love your videos 🙃 Im so excited tonight because I get to go from Bedford Park Blvd [4] to Grand Central
I've lived in Brooklyn all my life and have never noticed some of these... The south end of DeKalb Av was the original section of the platform before it was extended north so it wouldn't be on a curve anymore.
Fun fact: Long ago (back when the 6 was still getting the R142As in 2000 to when they were slowly fading away) Astor Place had a Kmart and they removed it i just dont remember when.
@@SuprToe I didn’t know at all after researching on all of the NYC subway secrets of the system. I never get off at that station but all of the things that you find is so cool! Also btw when you ride the F train at Ditmas Avenue before church Ave, you can still see some of the structure from the Culver Shuttle that runs to 9th Avenue lower level
Just a reminder on that shuttle platform down the track I don’t know which one but there is another shuttle platform that is not used I have no idea which one it is you’re gonna have to search
Suggestion: I want you to take all trains without touching Brooklyn for all trains 2024. G from 21st St - Court Sq 7 from Court Sq - Queensboro Plaza W from Queensboro Plaza - 39th Av N from 39th Av - Queensboro Plaza Q95 from Queensboro Plaza - 21st St Queensbridge F Shuttle from 21st St Queensbridge - Lexington Av 63rd St Q from Lexington Av 63rd St - 96th St M96 from 2nd Av - Lexington Av 6 from 96th St - 86th St 5 from 86th St - 59th St 4 from 59th St - 42nd St S from 42nd St - Times Sq 1 from Times Sq - 34th St 2 from 34th St - 14th St L from 6th Av - Union Sq R from Union Sq - 57th St M57 from 7th Av - 6th Av M from 57th St - 47-50th Sts Rockfeller Center F from 47-50th Sts Rockfeller Center - 42nd St B from 42nd St - B'Laf D from B'Laf - West 4th St C from West 4th St - 42nd St 3 from 42nd St - 34th St Penn Station M34 from 7th Av - 8th Av E from 34th St - Sutphin Blvd Z from Sutphin Blvd - Parsons Blvd J from Parsons Blvd - Woodhaven Blvd Q52 from Jamaica Av - Liberty Av A from Rockaway Blvd - Broad Channel SR from Broad Channel - B 116th St
There us3d to be V train that ran back from 2001-2010 but it ended that year due to budgets cuts along with original W (which came back in 2016) and brown M
@@waterlooandcitylineHow about when you drive on the Jackie Robinson Parkway, and underneath the Queens Blvd Underpass, you can see glimpse of the Kew Gardens Union Tpke station on the E and F
I LOVE ❤❤ SUBWAY SECRETS 🔥🔥🚇 🗣 please do 9th avenue lower level on the D train, and also check out Ditmas Avenue on the F, the 2 stations used to be connected by shuttle along 37th street. you can only see a little piece of trackbed curving off at the north end of the downtown platform
