NYC Subway Stations You Need to Visit

[GirlOnTheTrain]

amNY posted this article outlining a list of "must visit" stations in the system. While the obvious suspects are there (City Hall, Fulton Center, East 180th) there are also a couple of things that I could do without on there...like 34th Street/Herald Square.

Also, of note -the E180th blurb is woefully vague about the station's origins on the NYW&B.

What stations do you think should also be on the list?

[railfan365]

amNY posted this article outlining a list of "must visit" stations in the system. While the obvious suspects are there (City Hall, Fulton Center, East 180th) there are also a couple of things that I could do without on there...like 34th Street/Herald Square.

Also, of note -the E180th blurb is woefully vague about the station's origins on the NYW&B.

What stations do you think should also be on the list?

Stations that I would recommend looking at include the south Ferry loop station, Ditmas Avenue on the Culver Line with the remaining turnout then ends in mid-air, and Broadway -Myrtle. for the time being, at least, I might also add Lexington Avenue at 63rd Street to take in the work In progress to connect with the Second Avenue Stubway.

[Jeff Smith]

There are certain stations you can get a view from overpasses within the subterranean station of the action below. I want to say Atlantic Avenue/Terminal was one? The 7 at TSQ? Any of the 5 stations above 180th I'd add. I'd love to get into some of the never used/discontinued stations that you'll read about from time to time on Forgotten NY, not just the celebrated stations like City Hall, but the stations where you might find Pizza rat LOL. Was the 7 station at GCT on the list? That station is pretty neat.

[YamaOfParadise]

Beach 44th Street on the IND Rockaway Line might be something neat; you can see the beach right from the station, and seeing the old LIRR viaduct is cool.

[RearOfSignal]

34th Street Penn Station on the IRT, with the unusual platform/track configuration for local and express.

[Allan]

34th Street Penn Station on the IRT, with the unusual platform/track configuration for local and express.

I just want to point out that 34th Street Penn Station on the IND (8th Av Line) and the IRT Atlantic Av station also have the same platform configuration: Center platform for express trains and side platform for local trains.

[ExCon90]

I would nominate Queensboro Plaza (not to be confused with Queens Plaza) and Broadway Junction-East New York. Although both are up in the air, they're officially part of the subway system, and the fact that they're in the open, in plain sight, gives you a good look at not only what's there, but what's left of what used to be there. Also Stillwell Ave., in Coney Island, is hard to beat for complexity and activity, with four routes, two each in opposite directions.

[Head-end View]

I second ExCon90's recommendations! Stillwell Ave, B'way Jct. I would have liked to have seen the Queensboro Plaza original station when the trains still ran over the 59th St. Bridge. But it's still a pretty cool place. I would also add West 4th St. in Manhattan.

[jonnhrr]

Definitely Stilwell Ave. With its size and the arched roof it's like being in an old European Railway terminus rather than a subway station.

Jon

[4400Washboard]

There are certain stations you can get a view from overpasses within the subterranean station of the action below.

I believe 68 Street Hunter College on the IRT East side line has a viewing window above the two tracks. It's not open air-there are two moderately dirty windows. Been a while since I checked it out so my memory might be failing me.

Here's one at 168 street (IRT West Side):

http://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?67026" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

http://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?126" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

http://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?104702" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

http://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?84144" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

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To add on, Whitlock Avenue always seemed worthy:

http://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?139057" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

http://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?131053" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Interesting views from both ends, though one is more notable than the other.

[GirlOnTheTrain]

168 is a waste of time at the moment...it's under construction.

[Head-end View]

I finally visited the Broadway Junction El Station for the first time in my life last week. Since I was a kid so many years ago I'd wanted to stand on that high "L" line platform but had never gotten around to it. Well it's a really cool view, including the adjacent yard and the new flashing-green CBTC/Automatic Train Operation signals. I only wish I could have been there in the 1940's to have seen all the train traffic on the then Fulton St./Pitkin Ave. els which were also part of that B'way Jct/Atlantic Ave. Station complex. All you can see today is the disused trackways, very similar to Queensboro Plaza. The original huge Signal Tower is gone too, though the original support structure and stairwell are still there.