7:30/ Loved that you acknowledged the most commissioned artworks of any station! Just one bug-a-boo.... the mezzanine connecting the N/R Lines to the Times Square Shuttle has the coolest artwork in the whole system. All you had to do was turn the camera up and you'll see a full length Roy Lichtenstein pop art mural! It sits just below the glass tiled sidewalk above you.
That's what destroys me. How in one subway can there be a royal station and the next station a garbage dump that looks like after the apocalypse? This exactly characterizes the contrast of the social state of the country. There are areas like Beverly Hills and a garbage dump nearby that even the police are afraid to enter. Rich people and people in power are so greedy that they only think about how to make more money, instead of thinking about how to take care of the people at whose expense they make this money. A typical situation for a capitalist system that leads to the self-destruction of human society. Reply
Notice the lack of trash cans at the Oculus, but it’s still so clean. I heard it’s to prevent someone from putting nefarious devices in the cans and causing harm. They put in extra work to keep it clean and safe.
There’s no trash cans outside the 9/11 Memorial for the same reason. Sad that you have to think of that, but if we didn’t have to think of that, there wouldn’t be a 9/11 Memorial in the first place.
In the UK all train stations and bus stations don't have bins for this reason. I was in Oculus a few months ago and was very impressed - less so, though, by the human turd I found in the lift in the station.
Ha ha to AK jumping the turnstile….lmao!! I also recognized that mask from the NYTM. Another great place!! I use my phone for the subways all the time. It’s easier for me. I still have my EasyPay Metro Card though. Great seeing the two of you again. 😁
never figured you'd be the type of person to hop a turnstile. i hop turnstiles when i forget my student metrocard and people dont do anything. probably because im underage. hopped it like a pro too
That new extension was actually where the old tracks were, that’s why if you look at the ceiling you can see the pillars holding the walls just like you’ll see on the tracks in stations.
My favorite is 81st/AMNH but Oculus was so futuristic. We just returned from NYC yesterday but here I am still watching your videos lol. Thanks so much, they really helped to make our trip awesome!
I really enjoyed visiting and learning about the awesome subways of New York. You had me worried when I viewed the worst side of the subway stations. A definite come back in my book ⚠️. Thanks so much again -👍
The Coney Island Terminal (D/F/N/Q) is one of my favorite stations. I believe it is the largest elevated terminal in the country (or world, someone fact check me lol). That amazing roof canopy structure, views of Luna Park and the other rides. Can't forget the shops inside, and the color pallette of the bricks and tiles are nice.
@@HereBeBarr Specifically the A/C/E line! Just before being permanently installed throughout the station, Pratt Institute had a few of those Dollar Sign bronze statues displayed throughout the campus in early 2000!
Just returned from my first trip to NYC - your videos helped a ton in my preparations, thanks! My friend and I went into the Hudson Yards station without knowing about that escalator beforehand. It really is crazy how steep it is. I couldn't look around without feeling I was was going to fall down.
Love the Oculus , I park in Hoboken and take the PATH into NYC , it’s the best way for me to travel there , thank you for sharing your video , it was very interesting 😊
I rode the 2nd Ave line for the first time last week, and was amazed at the bright, spacious, & modern 86th Street station! It was enough to make me want to live in that neighborhood, just to be able to use that subway every day!
That was great! The one time I was in NYC, I was impressed by all the art in the stations. But I didn't get to see as much as you showed here. Good video!
Last time we were in the Oculus there was a stand selling Macallan whisky, poignant because that’s the only whisky my brothers and I drink, and do so because I the first time we did so was at our Mum’s wake.
Fave from an engineering standpoint might just be Queensboro Plaza (7, N, W) because it's double-stacked (upper-level being outbound or towards Flushing / Astoria; lower-level towards Manhattan) and has unused ramps, too
You are so on point with these. I have been to all of these stations except the 96th street one and I have yet to go into that corridor. Side note: I think the 23rd street station on the R is pretty cool too with the different hats. Oh and Shake Shack is the bomb. I always go there when I am in the city. 😎
Careful some of those doors that say keep out and stuff actually contain homeless camps and some people who seriously want to remain hidden. I think the old knickerbocker door was welded shut sometime ago. I know that a few doors lead to old clubs and things that are forgotten about. One lead to old ballroom from the early 20s while the building was demolished the ballroom was forgotten about underground.
Passed this twice some years ago during construction as it's taken a while to build. Amazing architecture. I'd see this innovation in Singapore or Asia.
If you think that the long escalator is bad, you should see Roslyn station in D.C or others like it. The brutalist architecture makes it a sight to behold.
You have no idea how much I need/want to in even the worst subway stations in new York right now. Miss the city so much and your videos fill that void to a certain extent. Don't fancy swapping places with me here in Scotland do you? 😂
That last station, the mosaic tiles by Nick Cave are absolutely amazing. Definitely devote more time to those pieces and the ones at the 42nd Street end of the Shuttle. Also, show the art by Chuck Close at the 86 Street station on the Q.
planning to visit next year, i keep watching these every time they come out. I love them so much, every video is so entertaining. I love the duo with Action kid, he’s super cool.
I was really wowed visiting the Occulus the first time. It is impressive. We went down there and toured the 911 Memorial after seeing the Tree lighting in Rockefeller Center a coule of years back. I used to regularly walk that tunnel from Port Authority (Tomes Square), and wasn't aware they decorated it. Looks nice...was sort of a dreary walk back then haha.
If you're ever in washington DC check out the dupont circle subway station. Going down into it i felt like I was going deeper into the digestive system of a centipede. It was a long ride down!
The Spanish-style station house for the East 180th Street Station in The Bronx has the coolest old-school history to it. Before being strictly for the IRT#2/5 trains, this structure also served the long-gone NEW YORK, WESTCHESTER, & BOSTON RAILROAD. Essentially, it was the Metro-North of the early 20th Century. It even has an extra platform with a functional track bed that occasionally holds full 10-car passenger trains on weekends! That extra platform once served the NY,W,&B for nearly 25 years.
I quite the Bleecker Street and Astor Place stations for their history and faiences (they are probably my favorite stations). The Chambers Street eye (Oculus) is quite nice too. I have many memories of being in the Times Square station, so I like it as well.
I remember back in the late 70's when I was a messenger there use to be a pathway from 42nd street down to 34th street in 6th Ave but it was sealed off.
For a supposedly world class city, NYC has so many subway stations are dirty, falling apartment, hot and unsafe. The system sorely needs to upgrade the stations.
The mural with all the dinosaurs on it looks so cool! The mural with the fish and shark looks amazing! So much detail! That elevator with steps look really neat! ActionKid is right! More elevators should be made like that. It would make me less scared to take elevators in the malls.
These look fantastic! If this were London there'd be ad-boards all over those art installations. The urge to cover a walkway with a huge advertising wraparound is too much to resist on the Underground! The relatively new Elizabeth Line has less advertising in your face but it is probably too minimalist, could do with some colour like this. At least I know where the diagonal lifts came from! I must check these stations out when I next go to NYC!
I live in the small town of Waverly it just got flooded I never really been to New York City seeing it would overwhelm me probably knowing how big it is
Always good to see ActionKid. For Outdoor Stations: 62 St (D West End Line), Kings Hwy (F), Bay Parkway (D) and Rockaway Park B 116 (S,A) During Spring to Autumn have quiet-nice views and shoreline breezes.
Literary the 72nd st station was the first ever subway station I’ve been to and I was soooo surprised by how deep it is since I’m from Miami, we don’t have those since we’re by sea level and I was tripping on like how far down it goes lol
Let me tell you why most subways stinks. It’s due to a lack of funding in order to clean it up. And by then most mayors didn’t pay particular attention to the rise of homeless, crimes and littering so they often find excuses for these issues when it’s a combination of sheer laziness, lack of motivation and the lack of experience in trying to deal with these issues. Money was always an issue when it comes to spending on a list of certain things of little importance. The misuse of funds on policing is one of the issues with housing, job development, building reinforcement, subway reconstruction, drug and alcohol rehabilitation of the homeless and street people, crime reduction, and the establishment of legitimate healthcare and communities. The past mayors have dealt with health and credibility issues of their own.
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I wish we had subways near where I live. It would be safer getting around the city
7:30/ Loved that you acknowledged the most commissioned artworks of any station! Just one bug-a-boo.... the mezzanine connecting the N/R Lines to the Times Square Shuttle has the coolest artwork in the whole system. All you had to do was turn the camera up and you'll see a full length Roy Lichtenstein pop art mural! It sits just below the glass tiled sidewalk above you.
Awesome video as always..but I wonder why you haven't included grand central terminal?
That's what destroys me. How in one subway can there be a royal station and the next station a garbage dump that looks like after the apocalypse? This exactly characterizes the contrast of the social state of the country. There are areas like Beverly Hills and a garbage dump nearby that even the police are afraid to enter. Rich people and people in power are so greedy that they only think about how to make more money, instead of thinking about how to take care of the people at whose expense they make this money. A typical situation for a capitalist system that leads to the self-destruction of human society.
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Moskow metro always better
Notice the lack of trash cans at the Oculus, but it’s still so clean. I heard it’s to prevent someone from putting nefarious devices in the cans and causing harm. They put in extra work to keep it clean and safe.
Wow didn’t know that
There’s no trash cans outside the 9/11 Memorial for the same reason. Sad that you have to think of that, but if we didn’t have to think of that, there wouldn’t be a 9/11 Memorial in the first place.
In the UK all train stations and bus stations don't have bins for this reason.
I was in Oculus a few months ago and was very impressed - less so, though, by the human turd I found in the lift in the station.
mta is sort of weird, they dont care about the dirty stations and cant focus on the good statiojs and dirty
One of the few times I’ve ever jumped the turnstile and got away with it!
😂😂😂😂😂
Ha ha to AK jumping the turnstile….lmao!! I also recognized that mask from the NYTM. Another great place!! I use my phone for the subways all the time. It’s easier for me. I still have my EasyPay Metro Card though. Great seeing the two of you again. 😁
Ok
never figured you'd be the type of person to hop a turnstile. i hop turnstiles when i forget my student metrocard and people dont do anything. probably because im underage.
hopped it like a pro too
cool
I love nyc 🗽 my 😍 fav . Thanks Mr. Barr for such lovely tours n info.
The stations in Astoria are quite nice too with lots of glass displays that look amazing against sunlight.
Columbus Circle has an underground marketplace.
Yes i want to check that out soon
That new extension was actually where the old tracks were, that’s why if you look at the ceiling you can see the pillars holding the walls just like you’ll see on the tracks in stations.
Yes, AK mentioned it but I cut that bit to keep the video moving fast! Where the S Tracks were.
@@HereBeBarr cool
My favorite is 81st/AMNH but Oculus was so futuristic. We just returned from NYC yesterday but here I am still watching your videos lol. Thanks so much, they really helped to make our trip awesome!
That escalator scared me so much
I really enjoyed visiting and learning about the awesome subways of New York. You had me worried when I viewed the worst side of the subway stations. A definite come back in my book ⚠️. Thanks so much again -👍
Glad it was helpful!
You could have mentioned the stop by the Brooklyn Museum and Brooklyn Botanic Garden. Lots of cool artwork there too.
The Coney Island Terminal (D/F/N/Q) is one of my favorite stations. I believe it is the largest elevated terminal in the country (or world, someone fact check me lol). That amazing roof canopy structure, views of Luna Park and the other rides. Can't forget the shops inside, and the color pallette of the bricks and tiles are nice.
Yes for sure
I know Waterloo station in London has 24 platforms and is elevated.
Always give videos thumbs up! I really enjoyed this. Goodnight from Murray Hill
The corridor you two walked through between Times Square and Bryant Park used to be Track #3 on the Shuttle.
I love NYC I cant stop coming back there from the food and the places to go. Im coming back in December
The artwork on the wall at WTC is great. I had to take a photo of it when I visited a couple years back.
Great video! I love the Romare Bearden stained glass triptych at the 6 train’s Westchester Ave. station in the Bronx.
My favorite was the one that had small bronze statues. It felt like a treasure hunt trying to find them all!
14th Street
@@HereBeBarr Specifically the A/C/E line! Just before being permanently installed throughout the station, Pratt Institute had a few of those Dollar Sign bronze statues displayed throughout the campus in early 2000!
Just returned from my first trip to NYC - your videos helped a ton in my preparations, thanks! My friend and I went into the Hudson Yards station without knowing about that escalator beforehand. It really is crazy how steep it is. I couldn't look around without feeling I was was going to fall down.
I love the sleek minimalism of Hudson Yards, there is always a convention nearby with some strange mix of commuters!
The new South Ferry / Whitehall deserves more love.
I wish I would have seen your videos before I went to NYC in 2019. I feel like I missed out on so much.
That elevator at Hudson Yards reminds reminds me of the inclines in Pittsburgh.. Cool video.
The stop I like is Stillwell Ave in Coney Island
This was so cool and some of the ones I didn’t know about I have to check out
I think the most beautiful metro stations are in Moscow. They're like museums. Absolutely beautiful.
Of course, they're on an another level compared to new york. Also they are much more spacious with higher ceilings
I competely agree.
True also DC is pretty good. But NYC is vastly more expansive so it makes sense that not all stations are good
Completely agree
May be you have never seen Shenzen😂
The Oculus is by far my favorite, it’s a stunning piece of modern architecture!!!
Appreciate the Epcot Center comparison! Love that park.
Me too 😍😊
Really love the aquarium style artwork on the lower level there. One station you gotta check out is E. 180th street in the Bronx
Love the Oculus , I park in Hoboken and take the PATH into NYC , it’s the best way for me to travel there , thank you for sharing your video , it was very interesting 😊
How about the rebuilt elevated stations on the Astoria line?
I rode the 2nd Ave line for the first time last week, and was amazed at the bright, spacious, & modern 86th Street station! It was enough to make me want to live in that neighborhood, just to be able to use that subway every day!
That was great! The one time I was in NYC, I was impressed by all the art in the stations. But I didn't get to see as much as you showed here. Good video!
underrated video. You should be getting a lot more views.
Wow so big , amazing . And good video bro!!!👍👍👍
Last time we were in the Oculus there was a stand selling Macallan whisky, poignant because that’s the only whisky my brothers and I drink, and do so because I the first time we did so was at our Mum’s wake.
The Oculus Train Station biggest than ever! Shake Shack best burgers in New York, SO AWESOME🗽🍔
Best burgers in New York Lmaooo I’m guessing you’re from jersey
Coney Island Stillwell Av deserves a mention IMO
Well I loved going around the subways with you and action kid today 😂😂
I love Union Square, lots of connections , always busy, and there's always music performers
And cool statues!
Thanks for giving me the idea for a pop up bar in the subway
Fave from an engineering standpoint might just be Queensboro Plaza (7, N, W) because it's double-stacked (upper-level being outbound or towards Flushing / Astoria; lower-level towards Manhattan) and has unused ramps, too
You are so on point with these. I have been to all of these stations except the 96th street one and I have yet to go into that corridor. Side note: I think the 23rd street station on the R is pretty cool too with the different hats. Oh and Shake Shack is the bomb. I always go there when I am in the city. 😎
14th is cool with some of the art work from Tom Otterness, an hononrable mention.
Very beautiful. But we in moscow has the most beautiful stations. But what i think we should have are shops connecteed to stations
Yes I’ve heard that
@@HereBeBarr u should visit moscow! U will love it!!
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Careful some of those doors that say keep out and stuff actually contain homeless camps and some people who seriously want to remain hidden. I think the old knickerbocker door was welded shut sometime ago. I know that a few doors lead to old clubs and things that are forgotten about. One lead to old ballroom from the early 20s while the building was demolished the ballroom was forgotten about underground.
Passed this twice some years ago during construction as it's taken a while to build. Amazing architecture. I'd see this innovation in Singapore or Asia.
If you think that the long escalator is bad, you should see Roslyn station in D.C or others like it. The brutalist architecture makes it a sight to behold.
The “Perfect Strangers” installation at the 72nd Street station is by my fellow Brazilian Vik Muniz
Thank you, I'll be sure to visit these stations. Finally traveling to NY from Colombia.
You have no idea how much I need/want to in even the worst subway stations in new York right now. Miss the city so much and your videos fill that void to a certain extent. Don't fancy swapping places with me here in Scotland do you? 😂
In summer for a week sure
@@HereBeBarr I will hold you to that for sure. Have a nice afternoon and evening 😊
The atrium on Fulton Centre reminds me of Melbourne Central Station in Australia. Great video and keep them coming!
Shake Shack is definitely much better than In& Out! lol
The first station looks really nice. Worth the money IMO. It is how you increase ridership by making the stations themselves the destination
TBH I was always a subway guy since I was a kid in New york and found the subway to be the coolest thing about the city
This week I visited NYC and took a 7 to Hudson Yards and the way that station is laid out is very reminiscent of the DC Metro.
See the different and and the musicians makes the subway so interesting
Loved this one, I never get bored of the Oculus station, and it's where I take the PATH train
Love it...I take photos of the subway all the time wanted to share photos with you
NYC subway extension into Hoboken!?!?! Path Train extension to EWR!?!?! Light Rail in Hoboken extended to Turnpike!?!?!
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That last station, the mosaic tiles by Nick Cave are absolutely amazing. Definitely devote more time to those pieces and the ones at the 42nd Street end of the Shuttle.
Also, show the art by Chuck Close at the 86 Street station on the Q.
My favorite station was Atlantic Ave. in Brooklyn because it meant I was almost home.
That's funny you mention the vertigo at the hudson yards station, I didn't know that was what that meant 😂
Always love it when you team up with ActionKid!
In Berlin, Germany, there are several train stops w/direct shopping mall access and some stops w/at least a grocery store.
planning to visit next year, i keep watching these every time they come out. I love them so much, every video is so entertaining. I love the duo with Action kid, he’s super cool.
He's very entertaining
always enjoy your creative approach to subjects you make me miss my home town thanks
The Oculus station was my favorite
So cool! I had no idea those lines now connect in Times Square.
I think 8th Avenue and 14th. The one with all the brass statues.
Very informative and interesting video! Thanks so much for this! ☺️
I was really wowed visiting the Occulus the first time. It is impressive. We went down there and toured the 911 Memorial after seeing the Tree lighting in Rockefeller Center a coule of years back. I used to regularly walk that tunnel from Port Authority (Tomes Square), and wasn't aware they decorated it. Looks nice...was sort of a dreary walk back then haha.
If you're ever in washington DC check out the dupont circle subway station. Going down into it i felt like I was going deeper into the digestive system of a centipede. It was a long ride down!
Great tour, guys. As a native NYer I hope those graffiti folks don't mess up all that great artwork. Cheers.
Thanks for another great video! Nice to see some interesting subways. The art work is awesome.
Glad you enjoyed it
Riding the escalator at Hudson Yards St. was really scary the first time xD
Same
The Spanish-style station house for the East 180th Street Station in The Bronx has the coolest old-school history to it. Before being strictly for the IRT#2/5 trains, this structure also served the long-gone NEW YORK, WESTCHESTER, & BOSTON RAILROAD. Essentially, it was the Metro-North of the early 20th Century. It even has an extra platform with a functional track bed that occasionally holds full 10-car passenger trains on weekends! That extra platform once served the NY,W,&B for nearly 25 years.
I quite the Bleecker Street and Astor Place stations for their history and faiences (they are probably my favorite stations). The Chambers Street eye (Oculus) is quite nice too. I have many memories of being in the Times Square station, so I like it as well.
👍Always enjoy seeing you 2 guys doing a collab
I remember back in the late 70's when I was a messenger there use to be a pathway from 42nd street down to 34th street in 6th Ave but it was sealed off.
6:10 this kind of escalator is popular in Prague metro
For a supposedly world class city, NYC has so many subway stations are dirty, falling apartment, hot and unsafe. The system sorely needs to upgrade the stations.
Grand Central Station errr..... excuse me, I mean Grand Central Terminal is also a subway station and it is one of my favorites.
Love this guys!!! I miss NYC!!!!! ❤ From Atlanta
The mural with all the dinosaurs on it looks so cool! The mural with the fish and shark looks amazing! So much detail!
That elevator with steps look really neat! ActionKid is right! More elevators should be made like that. It would make me less scared to take elevators in the malls.
Yah it was neat.
It's a funicular elevator, and no, it _can't_ be built everywhere.
0:53 shout out to Taipei Metro! one of the finest in the world.
Miss you Barr I still love your videos
I'm still making videos!
These look fantastic! If this were London there'd be ad-boards all over those art installations. The urge to cover a walkway with a huge advertising wraparound is too much to resist on the Underground! The relatively new Elizabeth Line has less advertising in your face but it is probably too minimalist, could do with some colour like this. At least I know where the diagonal lifts came from!
I must check these stations out when I next go to NYC!
I live in the small town of Waverly it just got flooded I never really been to New York City seeing it would overwhelm me probably knowing how big it is
Avenue H on the Brighton Line or Prospect Park are probably my top two
ya'll a crazy! in n out for the win
Always good to see ActionKid. For Outdoor Stations: 62 St (D West End Line), Kings Hwy (F), Bay Parkway (D) and Rockaway Park B 116 (S,A) During Spring to Autumn have quiet-nice views and shoreline breezes.
72 on the q line is my home station :D
A few others - Lex/53rd St, Brooklyn Museum, Court Square/23rd St
Thank you !!
YES ! DURING COMIC CON !
I'm for sure taking the subway to 81st street station next time I'm in New York! 🦖🦕
Literary the 72nd st station was the first ever subway station I’ve been to and I was soooo surprised by how deep it is since I’m from Miami, we don’t have those since we’re by sea level and I was tripping on like how far down it goes lol
Let me tell you why most subways stinks. It’s due to a lack of funding in order to clean it up. And by then most mayors didn’t pay particular attention to the rise of homeless, crimes and littering so they often find excuses for these issues when it’s a combination of sheer laziness, lack of motivation and the lack of experience in trying to deal with these issues. Money was always an issue when it comes to spending on a list of certain things of little importance. The misuse of funds on policing is one of the issues with housing, job development, building reinforcement, subway reconstruction, drug and alcohol rehabilitation of the homeless and street people, crime reduction, and the establishment of legitimate healthcare and communities. The past mayors have dealt with health and credibility issues of their own.
They only upgrade/update the stations where gentrification happens and where tourists go like Penn Station..
You are absolutely right my friend. That’s why New York is slowly going to shit
The elevator reminds me of the inclines in Pittsburgh
Same
What's wild is that three of these stations didn't even exist when I moved to Florida
Grand Central babyyy