New York City Transit NYCT Abandoned Stations

[Otto Vondrak]

Joe Brennan's classic Abandoned Subway Stations web site is the ulitmate reference for the curious who ask, "Where does that stairway go?"

http://www.columbia.edu/~brennan/abandoned/

-otto-

[devbeep2]

brennan has a nice collection, but there were a lot of things he speculated about (but presented as fact) even despite the protests from those of us that have been to many of the underground locations he has never set foot in.

its also a bit outdated.

[clburton]

Does anybody know about any LEGAL trips or excursions to abandoned Subway stations.

[JoshKarpoff]

Occasionally the Transit Museum will offer tours of abandoned platforms (for a fee, obviously).
Check their events calendar often to see what tours are coming up in the next few weeks.
http://mta.info/mta/museum/programs.htm

Museum members get a discount.

[Allan]

Does anybody know about any LEGAL trips or excursions to abandoned Subway stations.

Visits to abandoned stations was discontinued some years back. This occurred mainly due to some individuals being injured on some old equipment being stored on the platform. It was decided that the risk was to great (as well as so,e security issues) so the tours were stopped.

The only abandoned station that is visited is the IRT City Hall station and you MUST be a Transit Museum member in order to take this tour.

The next ones are scheduled for May 25 and June 19 (both are Saturdays). There are 2 tours on each day - Noon to 1 PM and 2 PM to 3 PM.

The cost is $25 in advance. You can still join the Museum and take the tour (if there is any space left) or future scheduled tours of City Hall station.

http://www.mta.info/mta/museum/#membership

[Roadgeek Adam]

Damned political correctness, much?

They aren't falling on the tracks, and flashlights should be in good hand if people are so worried. If I ran the MTA, after services were done, I'd restore 91st Street as a museum honestly.

[Allan]

Damned political correctness, much?

They aren't falling on the tracks, and flashlights should be in good hand if people are so worried. If I ran the MTA, after services were done, I'd restore 91st Street as a museum honestly.

Political correctness has nothing to do with it. The issue is safety and potential risk.

Someone fell over some old equipment on the platform of one of the stations (I think it may have been 91st St) and wound up suing the MTA. I don't know if they won or not. I think it is a good assumption that everyone on the tour had a flashlight (I know everyone did on all the tours I took).

"after services are done" - what does that mean?

91st St is a side platform and only 5 cars long - it would not be use useful as a museum since there are active tracks (24/7) next to it. The cost of putting up soundproof plexiglass at platform edge and other restoration would be prohibitive.

I'd like to see the lower level of City Hall (BMT) be used as an annex of the Transit Museum.

[Jeff Smith]

http://www.urbanghostsmedia.com/2015/01 ... york-city/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

An interesting list. My favorite is the old Jerome Avenue station.

[Passenger]

While we're at it what about the lower level 42nd street 8th avenue downtown platform?

I know it hasn't been used for years, but I'm guessing it is no longer usable at all due to the extension of #7 service.

It that correct? Or is it still possible to run a train through there?

Thanks.

[Jeff Smith]

I'm pretty sure that it was broken through for the 7; that's probably in the 7th Avenue extension thread. The article hasn't been updated I believe, but here's a look at that platform: Forgotten NY

[Allan]

While we're at it what about the lower level 42nd street 8th avenue downtown platform?

I know it hasn't been used for years, but I'm guessing it is no longer usable at all due to the extension of #7 service.

It that correct? Or is it still possible to run a train through there?

Thanks.

The platform was bisected by the extension of the 7 train so it is no longer possible to send a train thru the old lower level tracks (which have been removed). The point where the extension goes thru has been walled off thus isolating the 7 train tunnel from the old ROW.

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[Passenger]

Thanks.

[Jeff Smith]

http://untappedcities.com/2015/03/05/in ... -brooklyn/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

In Brooklyn, an abandoned level below the Bergen Street station is a favorite spot for urban explorers, one of many New York City subway stations that have abandoned platforms. Renovations to the station, which serves the F and G trains, in the early 1990s damaged the lower platform, which had been used from time to time over the course of the station’s existence since 1933. Silver doors on the upper level conceal open staircases that go down to the lower level.

DISCLAIMER: Railroad.net does NOT condone trespassing by its members in any shape, way, or form.

[Jeff Smith]

Every once in a while an article bubbles up to the surface on abandoned subway stations. This one discusses 91st St on the 1, City Hall Station of course, and the "mythical" station on the A at 76th St. in Queens:

https://www.columbiaspectator.com/opini ... -stations/