A lot of people don't know that this was an abandon trackway for years until Amtrak decided to rebuild it. As a kid growing up on 155th Street and Riverside drive, i use to walk along this section when it was a single track. Than in the 1980s, the MTA decided to rebuild this section and we got what we had today. But when they first started service, the entire line wasn't gated like this until a child was killed. So you could still walk from the park to open trackway. By the way, Amtrak ran out of Grand Central Station for points north.
8:40 As a kid, I use to think this was an actual factory. Never ever went inside there, because of this mindset. I'm so glad to see it empty. It looks like an afterthought to something that never materialized.
Shannon Goins There was a homeless man resting. I had a short conversation with him off camera and it seems he had never been inside the tunnel, only on the outside.
Correct, but in the 70s only freight was using the tunnel and not very regularly. We went down there a lot to explore. Sometimes a gang would be there and we'd run away. Sometimes we'd walk to the ballfields on 106th and there was a hole in the gate there to get back out.
@@Mnrr6131 maybe, but that's in the Bronx, isn't it? I only know there was a small yard where this tunnel ended around 60th St. So long ago now, hard to recall. Back then the Henry Hudson Pkwy was elevated and had just been abandoned. That area has changed tremendously the past 40 years.
Dude lowkey this is incredible. This place looks so sinister, I imagine it being some sort of hideout if a zombie outbreak were to ever occur up above like a movie/ video game I can’t imagine how sketchy it is in real life. Hopefully one day I can explore this and be accompanied.
I remember when I had that kind of energy. LOL I went through that tunnel on the train to New England. It has a sinister feel to it. That's always intriguing though.
Nice vid I randomly remembered the freedom tunnel recently because a few years ago when I was in HS I went with a friend and we left sooner than we wanted to because we thought the feds were in the area for us 😂
14:35 This is what I called a city atop of two cities. One city exist on that Bridge called Riverside Drive and the other city exist on 12th Avenue, which is where you are running. 12th Avenue was no man's land 70s/80s. But I seen in 2014, it has been developed. 12 Avenue was also extended past 135th Street as an extension of the controversial Riverbank Park of the 1990s. Riverbank Park was built as a compromise to a sewage plant as the original plan was to put it around 72nd Street. But the community in this area had powerful lawyers so they settle for this area, because the area did not have powerful lawyers. There is a lot of information about the controversy about this plant and for me, it still is today. This extended the M11 bus (extended from Broadway 133rd Street) and BX19 bus lines. The 4 Bus no longer follows the 5 bus to Riverside Drive and the rush hour 5 bus no longer extends north along Riverside Drive. 12th Avenue also appears again at 61st Street from a street that I see now exist as Riverside Blvd. It also appears to connect to Riverside Drive as a cross street, which did not exist back when I walk through this section back in 1980s and 90s. There was an apartment building blocking any southern direction similar to 5th Avenue and 23rd Street. By the way, if you look at subway history, a lot of Avenues were blocked off like this until the subway gave reason to demolish buildings along this path. That's how we got varrick street from 7th Avenue and Church Avenue from 6th Avenue. So it is interesting to see these two areas connect in this way. Riverside officially ends at 181st where it becomes Henry Hudson Parkway. The cars are now on the right side of the pedestrian pathway and Riverside Park itself. 12th Avenue appears briefly again at around 200 Dyckman Street.
@@skotturbex4895 Thank you very much for the footage. I learn some things that I did not even know existed. You never too old to learn. Anyway, you and your family be safe and thanks again for bringing this footage to us.
I be exploring every week I just don’t film a lot of it for an audience just keeping it on my phone, but have a couple future videos planned. I am busy as the DP on an independent film and will actually be going to New York in a few weeks and will have some extra time so keep an eye out..
Do you do this more often, im in the nyc area and this makes me wanna grab a camera and start filming abandoned train stations and stuff. Cool video dude
Correction: Penn Station to get to the Bronx, Northern New York, Montreal, Toronto, Chicago, and Vermont. Penn central isn’t a station. It was a railroad that went bankrupt and was absorbed by the MTA in the 80s.
This is beautiful & I want to do explore hidden/overlooked/forgotten places like this. The history that will never be truly known stills me. I just don't know how to go about getting into this...yet. Great vid.
Papa I do! So, the trains run on a schedule, about every hour in the half hour I believe. If you hear a train coming, duck out of sight because of the drivers see you they may call security, but it’s pretty unlikely. Occasionally security patrols the tunnel on ATVs but the tunnel is large enough and dark enough that you should have plenty of time to duck out of sight as long as you’re super aware of your surroundings.
@@papa6274 you gotta be quick, I got unlucky in rush hour or something cause so many people sitting in their cars probably saw me but nobody reported me or anything so you’ll be fine. I didn’t see any cameras, but still be super alert not to trip any alarms and not get caught by atv security or be reported by a witness ;)
Why are you running as soon as you jumped on the tracks? It might spice up your content but that's also exactly the sort of suspicious behavior that makes people alert the authorities. You could consider to just climb the fence and once on the tracks put on a fluorescent vest + maybe a safety helmet if you have space enough in the backpack.,and just act casual. nobody would even care because it's not uncommon for railway personnel to walk the tracks and you would fit that description well enough.
I ran so I could get out of the view of the passing cars on the highway faster. Also I'm not going to buy a vest and then take it back home on the plane
i love this content, i don’t have to go when u show exactly how it’s like. i’ve been to the other entrance to these freedom tunnels at riverside park under the construction bridge, park rangers everywhere, also be aware these tunnels are no games to be played with if anyone else plans on going lol, if you lose track of where you are or the where the exit doors were you are fucked so go with a friend, other than that this place is so beautiful, you feel very lonely and gloomy down there away from society above ground, they have weird sounds that go off around the walkway part of the tunnel, this is not the only entrance to the tunnel btw there are many more ways to get in but this is the most safest i guess. these tunnels have questionable people down there but they’re cool half the time if you run into them. but hell yeah this is gr8 content 👍
LOL you don't know wtf you're talking about. There aren't any alarms at all, and all you have to be quick once you get on the tracks leading into the tunnel. I doubt anybody would take advice from someone with the username "LustforCum666"
@@Slayerrrrrr "dude or girl said "dangerous questionable people" lol obviously they aint been no where near the streets... aint no one dangerous down there as long as u respectful
Josue Garcia Dawg you do know there are other entrances other than this one right? this isn’t the construction part of the tunnels where there are workers down there constantly, how are you telling me when i experienced it myself? this part he recorded was the regular entrance everyone knows about. he did a good job documenting it though
3:24 omg i thought you were gonna play music for the entire video. SOOOO much better when the music stopped EDIT: spoke too soon. Your quest to create a music video has turned me off to your content. Moving on
I just looked at your video because I am interested in the freedom tunnel, but here is some tips for you. 1 If you are not a professional and don't have professional gear don't move your camera or yourself. Stand still. You got a cheap camera and it has a terrible time focusing and getting the lighting right. What it is able to do you mess up by swapping the camera about. You can at least stand still for a few seconds. 2 Learn to observe your environment for interesting shots. You missed some of the most interesting depictions or what is left of it. 3 Edit your movies.Cut out the running stuf, specifically at the end. It is minutes of you running. 4 Write down what you are going to do. Just don't run into something because you want to. Because of this you basically cause 2. You can watch a few movies about this tunnel and even read books to get an idea where things were or ought to be. You could have taken a look at what was left of Chris Papes work. You just totally missed all of it, or what is left because you had no plan and just ran into it without thinking.
Filthy Frank filmed several scenes in the tunnel ua-cam.com/video/0R9X1LuLfMo/v-deo.html New Content on the way soon, getting a dope electric bike and plan on making some tunnel exploration videos in Los Angeles
First what you are doing is called trespassing and like alot of videos on you tube most of which are about abandoned stations or train tracks that were used as part of history
A lot of people don't know that this was an abandon trackway for years until Amtrak decided to rebuild it. As a kid growing up on 155th Street and Riverside drive, i use to walk along this section when it was a single track. Than in the 1980s, the MTA decided to rebuild this section and we got what we had today. But when they first started service, the entire line wasn't gated like this until a child was killed. So you could still walk from the park to open trackway. By the way, Amtrak ran out of Grand Central Station for points north.
The backround music kicks ass.
Some balls. Freedom tunnel daytime dolo. Respect.
8:40 As a kid, I use to think this was an actual factory. Never ever went inside there, because of this mindset. I'm so glad to see it empty. It looks like an afterthought to something that never materialized.
9:30-9:33 what was laying in the grass?
Shannon Goins There was a homeless man resting. I had a short conversation with him off camera and it seems he had never been inside the tunnel, only on the outside.
Na brah that was a dead mans
that pk throw tho
pk everywhere
Looks to be entirely gone
@@DontMurderTime whole north side entrance buffed ? been a while
Also noticed that rn
Great job, can't wait to see more.
Excellent
This is not an abandoned tunnel. It is used by Amtrak to go to upstate NY from Penn Station.
Correct, but in the 70s only freight was using the tunnel and not very regularly. We went down there a lot to explore. Sometimes a gang would be there and we'd run away. Sometimes we'd walk to the ballfields on 106th and there was a hole in the gate there to get back out.
@@soundshaper wait they went through penn station to get to oak point yard?
@@Mnrr6131 maybe, but that's in the Bronx, isn't it? I only know there was a small yard where this tunnel ended around 60th St. So long ago now, hard to recall. Back then the Henry Hudson Pkwy was elevated and had just been abandoned. That area has changed tremendously the past 40 years.
WARRIOR'S COME OUT AND PLAYYAEEE !! WARRIOR'S COME OUT AND PLAYYAEEE!!! WARRIOR'S COME OUT AND PLAYYAEEE !!! WARRIOR'S !!!!! ......
Great sound track
Love the graffiti. Like the klops at the beginning of the tunnel.
Great artist & graffiti all up on those walls. This was badass bruh. I felt nervous watching this hahaha.
which artists do you know?
this video is about to blow up
I know lots of bigger channels even Vice are reporting on the freedom tunnel!
Music is real good
I remember there was a big hole in the gate and they fixed it. Glad people found another way to go in. Havent been there in a few years
Thats 125th Street, the highway near is the Hudson parkway. :) theres a lot to look in that area.
Dude lowkey this is incredible. This place looks so sinister, I imagine it being some sort of hideout if a zombie outbreak were to ever occur up above like a movie/ video game I can’t imagine how sketchy it is in real life. Hopefully one day I can explore this and be accompanied.
chuds
I was looking for some Dondi pieces or something really old .. Cool video ,only here for graff.
Thanks for stopping by ✌🏻
All this and all along riverside is an old military fort from the civil war... FORT WASHINGTON
Thanks for the footage 💪 very brave going in there by yourself 😬
when the beat drops at 8:50 tho
I remember when I had that kind of energy. LOL I went through that tunnel on the train to New England. It has a sinister feel to it. That's always intriguing though.
Dope. Love the music choices.
I couldn't do it. I'm glad you do though. This is great content when your stuck in the house.
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣yooooooo Shannon that’s funny 😄
Nice, thanks bro.
I'm gonna check this out myself.
Leon Duhaney Let me know how it goes! 😁
Love the Scary music
Seems to be on page now nice to see videos from a bit ago it seems someone else also noticed the pk throwie
What and where is that at 7:30?
Looked like that scene outta the bone collector where she stopped that Amtrak.
Facts
I wish you would come back and make more videos
Nice vid I randomly remembered the freedom tunnel recently because a few years ago when I was in HS I went with a friend and we left sooner than we wanted to because we thought the feds were in the area for us 😂
14:35 This is what I called a city atop of two cities. One city exist on that Bridge called Riverside Drive and the other city exist on 12th Avenue, which is where you are running. 12th Avenue was no man's land 70s/80s. But I seen in 2014, it has been developed. 12 Avenue was also extended past 135th Street as an extension of the controversial Riverbank Park of the 1990s. Riverbank Park was built as a compromise to a sewage plant as the original plan was to put it around 72nd Street. But the community in this area had powerful lawyers so they settle for this area, because the area did not have powerful lawyers. There is a lot of information about the controversy about this plant and for me, it still is today. This extended the M11 bus (extended from Broadway 133rd Street) and BX19 bus lines. The 4 Bus no longer follows the 5 bus to Riverside Drive and the rush hour 5 bus no longer extends north along Riverside Drive. 12th Avenue also appears again at 61st Street from a street that I see now exist as Riverside Blvd. It also appears to connect to Riverside Drive as a cross street, which did not exist back when I walk through this section back in 1980s and 90s. There was an apartment building blocking any southern direction similar to 5th Avenue and 23rd Street. By the way, if you look at subway history, a lot of Avenues were blocked off like this until the subway gave reason to demolish buildings along this path. That's how we got varrick street from 7th Avenue and Church Avenue from 6th Avenue. So it is interesting to see these two areas connect in this way. Riverside officially ends at 181st where it becomes Henry Hudson Parkway. The cars are now on the right side of the pedestrian pathway and Riverside Park itself. 12th Avenue appears briefly again at around 200 Dyckman Street.
Wow!! Thank you so much for the local history! I love learning about these things. I’m glad I was able to capture this footage for you guys.
@@skotturbex4895 Thank you very much for the footage. I learn some things that I did not even know existed. You never too old to learn. Anyway, you and your family be safe and thanks again for bringing this footage to us.
Dude, this is really nice! May I use a couple of seconds (10 s) from this in a video I'm working on? If i credit you and all.
Yeah of course with the credit! Sorry just saw this
Hey Scott are you still exploring?
I be exploring every week I just don’t film a lot of it for an audience just keeping it on my phone, but have a couple future videos planned. I am busy as the DP on an independent film and will actually be going to New York in a few weeks and will have some extra time so keep an eye out..
At 8:30, what highway is that?
Henry Hudson Parkway-9A
Do you do this more often, im in the nyc area and this makes me wanna grab a camera and start filming abandoned train stations and stuff. Cool video dude
Great man I’m glad you enjoyed and felt inspired! I live in LA and love exploring all sorts of places, just always be careful!
The tunnel is used for AMTRAK from Penn Central to Montreal Quebec it is also the location of realm monoxide-12 in the Filthy Frank lore
Really? Filthy Frank filmed here?! Sick!
@@skotturbex4895 Look up chin chin sacrifice 2015 you'll see
Correction: Penn Station to get to the Bronx, Northern New York, Montreal, Toronto, Chicago, and Vermont. Penn central isn’t a station. It was a railroad that went bankrupt and was absorbed by the MTA in the 80s.
You will get locked up for trespassing thats Amtrak property
excellent .. do you do your own music ?
Check description it’s not mine, I’ve been studying music production and would love to use my own tracks in the future though
Anyone know if its still accessible?
Hey you should upload more about Abandoned places in New York i am trying to explore too
This is all really interesting and yes god you need a better light. 😂
This is beautiful & I want to do explore hidden/overlooked/forgotten places like this. The history that will never be truly known stills me. I just don't know how to go about getting into this...yet. Great vid.
experience. Having an experienced partner helps but learn it on your own too. Don't rely on someone else to keep you safe or watch out for you.
If you're still interested in doing this kind of thing, lemme know and I can hook you up.
@@emmahughes2718 do yk anything about this? I’m tryna go but idk if there’s security or anything I gotta watch for
Papa I do! So, the trains run on a schedule, about every hour in the half hour I believe. If you hear a train coming, duck out of sight because of the drivers see you they may call security, but it’s pretty unlikely. Occasionally security patrols the tunnel on ATVs but the tunnel is large enough and dark enough that you should have plenty of time to duck out of sight as long as you’re super aware of your surroundings.
@@papa6274 you gotta be quick, I got unlucky in rush hour or something cause so many people sitting in their cars probably saw me but nobody reported me or anything so you’ll be fine. I didn’t see any cameras, but still be super alert not to trip any alarms and not get caught by atv security or be reported by a witness ;)
think somebody been before ..the writting on the wall🤓
I think I saw this tunnel from "Concrete Cowboys", even though it takes place in somewhere in Pennsylvania?
The camera man missed all the graff 😬
It was really dark and I was in a rush, I’m sorry. You can find lots of other footage online, or maybe venture into the tunnel yourself😉
@@skotturbex4895 if I was 20 years younger maybe...I'm a old fart cool video still
san jose ca has a river tunnel downtown that is similar to this that runs between san fernando st and woz way.
Is this private property? And could some one theoretically do a photo shoot down there (legally, preferably)?
Yes and no, if you get caught you'll be arrested!
I love it
Why are you running as soon as you jumped on the tracks? It might spice up your content but that's also exactly the sort of suspicious behavior that makes people alert the authorities. You could consider to just climb the fence and once on the tracks put on a fluorescent vest + maybe a safety helmet if you have space enough in the backpack.,and just act casual. nobody would even care because it's not uncommon for railway personnel to walk the tracks and you would fit that description well enough.
I ran so I could get out of the view of the passing cars on the highway faster. Also I'm not going to buy a vest and then take it back home on the plane
lots of pieces from graffiti legends back in the 90s still holding up well
really? any idea which ones?
@@nycsteeze1736 revs, cost, and sane are the most well know ones
Track was never abandoned. New York Central had it first , then became PennCentral, I believe it then became Conrail until Amtrak took it over.
That tunnel would lead to Penn Station
Hell Yeah 🔥😎
Great content bro 👍👍👍🔥🔥🔥🔥
Newt TM are you a sub-Saharan African
I well do this I real life in going to try to enter this train tunnel and explore the tunnel😎😎
Damm, amazing content! We need more!!
Going to start making more vids soon! In LA btw
Cool video and do more videos on the old city hall station
2:44 how the f did they spray that
I was thinking the same thing must have done it before they installed the beams
@Las_Avero Climb up from the side, beams got a narrow ledge to stand on.
You probally should have worn a high vis that way at least you could have looked like a track worker
Can I rent of use that spot as a Techno Club ?
i love this content, i don’t have to go when u show exactly how it’s like. i’ve been to the other entrance to these freedom tunnels at riverside park under the construction bridge, park rangers everywhere, also be aware these tunnels are no games to be played with if anyone else plans on going lol, if you lose track of where you are or the where the exit doors were you are fucked so go with a friend, other than that this place is so beautiful, you feel very lonely and gloomy down there away from society above ground, they have weird sounds that go off around the walkway part of the tunnel, this is not the only entrance to the tunnel btw there are many more ways to get in but this is the most safest i guess. these tunnels have questionable people down there but they’re cool half the time if you run into them. but hell yeah this is gr8 content 👍
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LOL you don't know wtf you're talking about. There aren't any alarms at all, and all you have to be quick once you get on the tracks leading into the tunnel. I doubt anybody would take advice from someone with the username "LustforCum666"
@@Slayerrrrrr "dude or girl said "dangerous questionable people" lol obviously they aint been no where near the streets... aint no one dangerous down there as long as u respectful
g nah bro i don’t think you met everyone down there, me and a homie got threatened down there once, guess that’s once in a blue that happens
Josue Garcia Dawg you do know there are other entrances other than this one right? this isn’t the construction part of the tunnels where there are workers down there constantly, how are you telling me when i experienced it myself? this part he recorded was the regular entrance everyone knows about. he did a good job documenting it though
What’s the of name this song in the video
Check description it should be in order
why is it called freedom?
daniel yeroshalmi Graffiti writer named Freedom used to do these gigantic murals down there. you can find pictures of em online.
That was Chris Pape’s graffiti tag, he named the tunnel
So much dope graffiti the tunnels is where its at
Manhattan west side across from new jersey
Really? White shoes down there?
hell yeah
Awesone music bro
@@skotturbex4895 thanks my guy. You should do more exploring, i love this kinda shit
@@SroSocial been busy with stuff but I have some ideas in mind, subscribe to see more!
Any tunnels under 71st in Manhattan 😉
Is that a hint?🤭
SkottUrbex ..... take it as you like. Possibly. Probably.
Orwell Huxley hehe well next time I’m in New York I’ll add it to the list of places to explore
Tunnel must be pitch black at night.
The homeless guy must of had a better way in there than you did
He was on the outside and said he’s never been inside, I talked to him off cam
Now I remember the Bruce on my eye
I got dizzy watching this video...omg.
No mames great video
I dont blame you I wouldn’t go any futher in there alone
Im only here for the graffiti
Thats not the Upper East Side, it is West Harlmen
3:24 omg i thought you were gonna play music for the entire video. SOOOO much better when the music stopped
EDIT: spoke too soon. Your quest to create a music video has turned me off to your content. Moving on
Dope!!
I just looked at your video because I am interested in the freedom tunnel, but here is some tips for you.
1 If you are not a professional and don't have professional gear don't move your camera or yourself. Stand still. You got a cheap camera and it has a terrible time focusing and getting the lighting right. What it is able to do you mess up by swapping the camera about. You can at least stand still for a few seconds.
2 Learn to observe your environment for interesting shots. You missed some of the most interesting depictions or what is left of it.
3 Edit your movies.Cut out the running stuf, specifically at the end. It is minutes of you running.
4 Write down what you are going to do. Just don't run into something because you want to. Because of this you basically cause 2. You can watch a few movies about this tunnel and even read books to get an idea where things were or ought to be. You could have taken a look at what was left of Chris Papes work. You just totally missed all of it, or what is left because you had no plan and just ran into it without thinking.
STFUUU
Filthy Frank filmed several scenes in the tunnel
ua-cam.com/video/0R9X1LuLfMo/v-deo.html
New Content on the way soon, getting a dope electric bike and plan on making some tunnel exploration videos in Los Angeles
blowing up the spot. you should take this down. toy.
There is plenty of information online and quiet a few UA-cam videos including a vice documentary that have tons of viewers already
@@skotturbex4895 Doesnt mean you need to add to the other bullshit that already shouldnt exist.
First what you are doing is called trespassing and like alot of videos on you tube most of which are about abandoned stations or train tracks that were used as part of history
17:16 a girl with Ukrainian flag on her T-Shirt was detected ;)
I subscribed but only watched half the music is annoying
nyc = cesspool
This is dangerous and illegal
Remove all that annoying noise!!