Years ago I stayed on the train to see this, the driver asked me what I was doing, I said I want to see the station, so he invited me up front and drove through slowly for me to have a good look!
I did it and no one noticed, in fact there were other people with me, but most of them weren't really paying attention to the city hall station so idk what they were doing there
The main reason this station was closed is because subway platforms were being extended to fit 8 to 10 cars, and because of the curved platform, the newer and longer trains would not be able to stop there, nor the platform extended. So the Chambers St station got longer platforms, which also led to the closure of the nearby Worth Street station.
It was supposed to open for public and tourism, but Giuliani shut it down because of terrorism fears. It's under NY City Hall. That same weekend that Rudy made the announcement, I was on a tour of Newark City Hall. We were given free rein to travel throughout the building, including inside the dome and on the roof. Rudy's head would have exploded. And it was originally the terminal, but they extended line further down, bypassing this station. It is actually one of 4 or 5 ghost stations in Manhattan (if you include PATH).
They would check the train before they do that. Transit agencies are legally required to do a thorough search for anybody leftover on the train before it goes back to the yard.
Did this around a week ago driver said “this is that last stop” I asked if I could see the old station and he said sure! It was great New Yorkers are nice!
@@vibez8095as someone who visited for 2 hours on a connecting flight and had a cigarette with a Muslim man who worked at the JFK airport. Newyorkers are good people. Not *nice* people. But good people once they know you. Very opinionated though but I'm not any better on the west coast
In the early 2000's, I used to cut school on the train. I'd just take a train to the last stop, then ride it back down to the last stop on the other end(I hated school); and one day I fell asleep on the 6 train and woke up to loud screeching and ended up accidentally seeing this station for the first time. I'd tell my friends there's an abandoned station there and they never believed me because normally the MTA workers ask you to leave the train as it is the last stop.
This feels like the start to a creepy pasta. "I fell asleep on the train and missed the last stop. Woke up to screeching noises and a station i had never seen before...
@@FreyasArtsthat would be a damn good creepypasta, and then the train stops and there’s no conductor. Leads into a NY subway style back rooms, can’t find the train again
@@mon33333 I just visited SFO from NYC and that was one of the first things I noticed! I thought it was going to be quiet, like the light rail in Portland or Seattle but it sounded like the creakiest, screechiest NYC train on a bad stretch of track throughout the trip!
I used to walk around in that station in the late 80's and 90's when I worked for the NYC Transit Authority. It wasn't closed for screeching noises. That's just a result of the actual reason which is the original trains were shorter and the change to longer subway trains caused an unsafe gap between the train and the platforms. There are many unused stations throughout the system that were abandoned for low ridership, falling into disrepair or changing routes. On the same line between 14th St and 23rd St was the 18th St station which is also out of use.
I’m so sorry to hear that u where homeless. Also no one replied “I’m sorry” which is disappointing. Also how did u go from being homeless to having a UA-cam account?
When I got onto FDNY in 1980 we had to do permit inspections after proby school. My group was assigned to Manhattan 23 St to Battery, and we saw all of the hidden gems like unused subway platforms, water powered elevators and private train stations.
@@yungjetski2751 if you ever wanna travel to different abundant place I’m your partner in crime dude but I’m will to go to the station over there I hear it’s best to go at night no cop less risk of getting caught
They opened that station to Universal Studios when they filmed several scenes from Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them at that station. Some of the scenes involved Grindelwald duelling with a group of aurors from Macusa there on these tracks.
@@victormarin69yearsago60 Hey Victor, I'm an Aussie who's lived there twice. Once for six months back in 2012 and then once for over a year in 20/21. For me, great to visit, not to live.
In high school a few years ago, I fell asleep in the train. Woke up as the doors were closing. I panic cause it was the last stop and then I saw it, there was a closed station. It was awesome to see. Then the train arrived to the first stop and the panic was gone 😂
anyone can tell me more is it free to just walk in there ? ima be riding a bike maybe to miami then new york and then colorado cuz my sister just went there finna try and get jobs without a actual address and using wifi around walmart 😂
You could've asked someone or Googled yourself. There's zero excuse for "I don't know" these days when anybody can look things up on the internet in seconds. Shows lack of initiative.
@@steveh5307 my boy that’s a 45 year old question, based on the fact they could have been a kid or some shit I’d say have the time of events take place at 10-18 years old do the math, they old ngl shows lack of brain cells
@@solus8685 no I know, but just for other people. Like let's say someone fell asleep on the train, and woke up while they were passing this...people are not going to be like "hmmm let me Google this" lol that's all I'm saying.
@@elishafollet5347 not anymore than all the restaurants that have like those basements eating anyways. Also the glass would be basically completely covering, cause otherwise the draft when the train goes by would blow everyone and everything around, so no holes for rats to come from track side to restaurant if they did this.
In Berlin you have a station that is now a ghost station for the *second* time in its existence 😅. Französische Straße was closed during the Berlin Wall era and then reopened in the 1990s just to be closed again in 2020, because of a newly built transfer station close by. Just sad its abandoned now with no use at all.
This station would make a good back story to a Twilight Zone episode where a middle-aged man who was part of a tour of this station wanders off and gets separated from the group and all of a sudden he sees Men wearing tail coats and derby hats. Women dressed in Victorian style clothing and he realizes he entered through some type of time portal.
In Madrid there is a closed metro station. The Metro stop is no longer in use, but the metro does fly by every 5 minutes. Now it's a museum, like a 1920 time machine, how it looked like when it was build. (quite a hidden gem)
There's a new ghost station in Berlin. In 2020 or 2021 it was replaced by a new bigger station less than 100m down the road where two lines cross over. Thos station was also one of the original ghost stations when the west Berlin subway lines crossed over a part of east Berlin
There’s one like this in Metro of Madrid (Spain) at Línea 1 (Chamberí), but it’s turned into a museum and you can actually visit and see the tile advertisements on the walls from 1966 (the last year it was operational). They actually do events on Halloween, so it turns into a spooky ghost station! 👻
This channel is so cool. He takes things you would pass by every day without much of a second thought and shows the complex and interesting history those things in his town.
NYC is very old so u will definitely see somethings u would never think would be in NYC. I grew up in NJ so NY was were we went to party once the shore got too cold. Lol. Rain sleet or snow NYC is always open. That was the best part. 4 am u can still get good food. Service might be questionable but the food still good after a long night of drinking. Lmfao
Imagine when you just see a bunch of dark figures dressed in 1904 style clothing and staring back at you. Then the subway, then lights go dark. Then the door slowly opens up and those dark figures start walking into the subway and drag you off.
That’s what I was thinking! I watched that movie a lot when I was younger and it looked so familiar (RIP fantastic beasts franchise it had some good potential and such a cool aesthetic)
In Russia you'd get arrested if you go beyond the last stop. Metro workers also check if everyone is out on the last station, so it's not even easy to do.
I remember when that city hall station was still functioning. City workers used to get off at that station and go into the city building. Occasionally the wheels would squeak and squawk but track workers would come to the station and with big swabs, grease down the tracks with a mixture of lard and grease. and the sounds will disappear for quite some time after that. My recollection is that we would need to do that monthly. When I was about 15 years old, I worked for the city doing track maintenance jobs and one of them was greasing the tracks at various locations. Coney Island was one of them track workers such as myself would grease those sharp bends from time to time. MTA should do that these days as well. When I worked there, it was for bidden to allow that kind of squeaky noise to be heard. Particular locations were required to be greased weakly.
That use to be apart of school trips if we took the train down into the Wall St area in the 90s. I thought it was a nice and thoughtful treat. SOME NYC teachers are so dope!!! It was lit up at the time and very beautiful!
when i first moved to nyc i stayed on this half drunk and half not knowing how the trains worked and ive seen this multiple times. no ones ever said anything to me... what an awesome thing. also the Q train artwork in the tunnel is always awesome...
It's such a shame that such beauty and history is just left there to be forgotten and ignored. The wastefulness is actually disgusting. Easily discarded because of a person's opinion instead of trying to find a way to preserve and use it. idk, a waste.
There is a cool video of Steve Duncan filmed by Andrew Wonder, getting into this station. He manages to get some really clear footage of it all. Worth watching.
This unlocked a memory for me! Growing up in NY, I took the train and there is this tunnel, and on the walls there are lights. When the train passed through, the lights showed art like a flip book
Oh yeah we have that in Seattle in the Beacon Hill tunnel on the light rail line. Going south it shows you random letters, and going north it shows you random playing cards.
In Singapore if you sit past the last stop it doesn’t matter because at the last stop the directions of the train switches so for example HarbourFront is last stop, Outram park second last, then once you reach HarbourFront, train will change directions and go back to Outram park so it just goes back and forth in a loop
Ive been to NYC a few times over the decades and I always wanted to leave as fast as possible but your channel makes me want to give it one more shot to see the curiosities you're pointing out. Amazing content Sir.
@@alkh3myst Do not lie. New York state has several of the safest cities which also happen to be some of the wealthiest cities. New York City is not one of them.
@@christovelasquez9595 If you say so. Why don't you look it up instead of showing how uninformed you are? I even told you where. Scared to have your misconception corrected?
Random but i accidently walked past the Ghostbusters museum place, didnt even know it existed 🤣 i wanted to go in so bad...but the staff were just hanging around out front, and i felt a bit dumb because i literaly felt like a kid🤣
Thanks! Knew about this FOREVER! Got Historic pictures of it from days before "opening". The Track Radius became too tight aftercare while and certain cars would NOT fit through. It was "abandoned" for a short time and then Re-Opened with "Restricted Access" which did NOT ALLOW anyone but Authorized Personnel to avail themselves if the Stop.
Where I work, we can't take passengers when we're not in service because it isn't covered by insurance. If someone got hurt, ther'd be no way to explain why we were taking them when we weren't in service.
aren't subway tracks electrified? even if not, arent the tunnels thin enough that if a train comes you can't exactly dodge? idk as someone who hangs out on normal train tracks a lot that sounds like absolutely braindead behavior . i mean, if theres like an hour or two the trains don't go, its fine
@@hellworm you'd be fine if you dont touch the third rail. you can also get on a train and go between the cars and jump off at the station, but also is pretty risky
I did this in college, circa 2002. Pretended to be asleep LOL. So cool you still can! I remember a police both thingy there. Like a tiny toll booth with one cop inside LOL. They looked at us as we passed. There was also that amazing stained glass ceiling - I didn't see it in your video... is it gone/covered up?
i live in london now but grew up in the states. useto work down town Manhattan South Street Seaport pier 17 every summer during highschool. I would walk past the the brooklyn bridge city hall stop everyday on way to work. I useto take path train from Jersey City into WTC(Twin Towers). Thanks for the flashback.
I think it should be persevered as a historical landmark and possibly a Museum. Its a beautiful station and holds important history to NYC. Not sure how it would work but an idea
I visit New York Often and would like to have the opportunity to see that if possible. I enjoy history I hope they never stop allowing people to see that station it is part of what New York is all about.
The screeching noise wasn't the main issue with the station. It was that the station was only 5 cars long and couldn't easily be extended, and also because of the curve there was a huge gap between the train and the platform
Sometimes staff actually tell you get off next time because you will have no idea if it’s going to go OOS, and they do sometimes stay at the curve because of a train in front (so you would be basically stuck there for the while)
@@LosOjosCar I know how to source material, that doesn't mean squat when the only thing on your feed shoved in your face is mostly about 1 station. Newer videos about other disused stations aren't that common and almost non existent.
You should also let people know that not all trains take that loop slow like yours did, most hit that loop at night at what feels like 55-65mph make sure you are on the seats to the right other wise you'll be flung at those seats.. it was worth it to see a unique piece of history
Oh wow, looks just like the subway station they used as a hide-out in Person of Interest. Does anyone know whether they maybe filmed there? Or used it as inspiration for a set built somewhere else?
Years ago I stayed on the train to see this, the driver asked me what I was doing, I said I want to see the station, so he invited me up front and drove through slowly for me to have a good look!
That’s such a cool memory!
I tried to find it and everybody from the City government said I would be arrested. I was on a photography mission that featured the subway system.
That's awesome
Most New Yorkers are way cool when you scratch the surface. Nuce..
That driver… is certified dope 😎 🤙
I did this. The conductor was wondering why on earth we were staying on but didn't mind once we told him we wanted to see the old station
I wonder why they would even wonder at this point if there is a hidden ghost station past the last one.
I did it and no one noticed, in fact there were other people with me, but most of them weren't really paying attention to the city hall station so idk what they were doing there
@@TheKewlPerson lol
So you can stay on the train after the final station in NYC? That's cool, cause in Moscow it's actually illegal
@@chuck600 I believe you can. The train just goes in 2 directions. Unless it's a shuttle train then you can stay on
The main reason this station was closed is because subway platforms were being extended to fit 8 to 10 cars, and because of the curved platform, the newer and longer trains would not be able to stop there, nor the platform extended. So the Chambers St station got longer platforms, which also led to the closure of the nearby Worth Street station.
I prefer the ghost station version
It was supposed to open for public and tourism, but Giuliani shut it down because of terrorism fears. It's under NY City Hall. That same weekend that Rudy made the announcement, I was on a tour of Newark City Hall. We were given free rein to travel throughout the building, including inside the dome and on the roof. Rudy's head would have exploded.
And it was originally the terminal, but they extended line further down, bypassing this station. It is actually one of 4 or 5 ghost stations in Manhattan (if you include PATH).
Its not really abandoned at all. Its well preserved and maintained since it was declared as a landmark.
It’s also a secret location. I looked for the entrance for an hour straight but gave up and visited the WTC instead.
@@Michael-tm6vs entrance is in the city hall courtyard. Impossible for a civilian to reach. Discovered by accident
@@davidkulka4515 good to know! Thanks!
The trick to finding the entrance is to right there above the steps. City Hall
Go through the subway station tunnel and search an exit from within the subway station
I've seen this by accident when I fell asleep on the train and started panicking that I'd be taken back to the train depot lol
When I was a kid exploring the city, I visited this station by accident too. I was surprised and amazed when I first saw it - I had no idea it existed
Lol
I slept on the f and genuinely got parked luckily there was a cleaning lady
🤣🤣🤣
They would check the train before they do that. Transit agencies are legally required to do a thorough search for anybody leftover on the train before it goes back to the yard.
Did this around a week ago driver said “this is that last stop” I asked if I could see the old station and he said sure! It was great New Yorkers are nice!
Who told you that 😂
Bs
@@Infamous-gu9ht no bs
new yorkers are nice 😂, you should be a comedian
@@vibez8095as someone who visited for 2 hours on a connecting flight and had a cigarette with a Muslim man who worked at the JFK airport. Newyorkers are good people. Not *nice* people. But good people once they know you. Very opinionated though but I'm not any better on the west coast
Man is showing us a real life Easter egg
go avs
Bro fr
A GTA4 Easter egg :)
Lmao yes exactly
I was looking for this comment. Indeed m8
Actually the mayor denied it because he's friends with the ninja turtles and didn't want them to have to move their hideout
lmao!
Underrated
That's that I thought. Good on her.
it's really because the mayor is brain dead.
love it!! 🫶
In the early 2000's, I used to cut school on the train. I'd just take a train to the last stop, then ride it back down to the last stop on the other end(I hated school); and one day I fell asleep on the 6 train and woke up to loud screeching and ended up accidentally seeing this station for the first time. I'd tell my friends there's an abandoned station there and they never believed me because normally the MTA workers ask you to leave the train as it is the last stop.
This feels like the start to a creepy pasta. "I fell asleep on the train and missed the last stop. Woke up to screeching noises and a station i had never seen before...
Horror vid game train setting chillas art
I used to do that on the subways and buses from Harlem, during the mid 80's. 😂😂
I only relate to "I hated school".😂
@@FreyasArtsthat would be a damn good creepypasta, and then the train stops and there’s no conductor. Leads into a NY subway style back rooms, can’t find the train again
Everyone who’s fallen asleep on the train: Yea I seent it.
Ha
Ahhahahahaha 🙃
POV :U did it on purpose
Correction: it’s “I seented it” 😂
@@NoLoveManagement 😆
If you fall asleep on the train , the screeching of the track when you get there wakes you up.
London Underground: *amateurs*
Bart in San Francisco sounds exactly like this at every station 😭😭
@@fruit_is_yum Gotta be dumb to sleep on one of them though let's be honest
@@mon33333 I just visited SFO from NYC and that was one of the first things I noticed! I thought it was going to be quiet, like the light rail in Portland or Seattle but it sounded like the creakiest, screechiest NYC train on a bad stretch of track throughout the trip!
@@fruit_is_yum Fr just sounds like a normal day on the jubilee line
I used to walk around in that station in the late 80's and 90's when I worked for the NYC Transit Authority. It wasn't closed for screeching noises. That's just a result of the actual reason which is the original trains were shorter and the change to longer subway trains caused an unsafe gap between the train and the platforms. There are many unused stations throughout the system that were abandoned for low ridership, falling into disrepair or changing routes. On the same line between 14th St and 23rd St was the 18th St station which is also out of use.
18th Street is closed? On the 7th Avenue line?
19th Street on 4/5/6 line. 91st Street on 1/2/3 line are ghost stations.
@@williamarndt9465No. He got it wrong.
I used to be homeless here and I found this by complete accident because I used to sleep on the 6 train
That’s funny
Hilarious
Why were you homeless?
@@heyitsme1534 my mother threw me out when I was 17
I’m so sorry to hear that u where homeless. Also no one replied “I’m sorry” which is disappointing.
Also how did u go from being homeless to having a UA-cam account?
When I got onto FDNY in 1980 we had to do permit inspections after proby school. My group was assigned to Manhattan 23 St to Battery, and we saw all of the hidden gems like unused subway platforms, water powered elevators and private train stations.
@@richardmeo2503 that is so cool. I think the subway system is awesome. Just the history alone.
That is so awesome. I think the subway system is so cool. Just the history of it and the cool architecture.
That’s where the Ninja Turtles live!😂
That was my first thought too.
😂🤣😂😂🤣😂
Or spiderman
Bet
I'm betting that's where they shot the ghost train scene from Ghostbusters 2 with the river of slime
I tried to do this 2 months ago and an MTA lady legit yelled at me to get off the train. be careful y’all lmao
Shoulda just told her to suck a dick and stayed anyway that’s what real New Yorker would’ve done
Just tell her you're going to the next stop
@@sbsftw4232 I did and she said “it’s never opening again” and waited till i hopped off. depends on the people working that day ig
@@yungjetski2751wow, I'm sorry. I hate people who feel like they have the right to yell at you.
@@yungjetski2751 if you ever wanna travel to different abundant place I’m your partner in crime dude but I’m will to go to the station over there I hear it’s best to go at night no cop less risk of getting caught
It’s like the bonus scene you get after watching the credits 😂💯
exactly 😂
**cue Ferris Bueller** - "you still here..?" 😅
It’s like the bus in cod
Exactly🎉
They opened that station to Universal Studios when they filmed several scenes from Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them at that station. Some of the scenes involved Grindelwald duelling with a group of aurors from Macusa there on these tracks.
yo ive been trying to figure out what movie this was for hella long and couldnt remember thank u so much😭😭
You forgot ghostbusters 2 the pink slime
I think the turtles lived there in the 2nd movie
We not gonna talk about Peter Parker having a lab here?
I knew it looked familiar!!
fun fact you can find videos of people going in there on youtube and it’s beautiful inside
Yeah, the transit museum has paid tours for members
I was new to New York, running late trying to get to work and accidentally did this. I ended up back where I started - stressed me was confused AF!
How long have u been living in NY
@@victormarin69yearsago60 Hey Victor, I'm an Aussie who's lived there twice. Once for six months back in 2012 and then once for over a year in 20/21. For me, great to visit, not to live.
In high school a few years ago, I fell asleep in the train. Woke up as the doors were closing. I panic cause it was the last stop and then I saw it, there was a closed station. It was awesome to see. Then the train arrived to the first stop and the panic was gone 😂
That's a fun story. When you've just woken up, driving through a mystery station must feel like your life just turned into a fantasy novel!
....like the paternoster when you ride past the top or bottom floors.....
More than sure some faction of people still frequent that "abandoned" area quite a bit.
Im about to make this 1k likes my g
anyone can tell me more is it free to just walk in there ? ima be riding a bike maybe to miami then new york and then colorado cuz my sister just went there finna try and get jobs without a actual address and using wifi around walmart 😂
This is like an hidden easter egg after the ending of a story.
This man haven't unlocked his whole map and isn't showing us how to find the Easter eggs.
Real life isn't a video games. God people on YT are cringe.
I accidently stayed on the train and actually saw this area. I had no idea of the story.
TY for answering a 45 year old question!
You could've asked someone or Googled yourself. There's zero excuse for "I don't know" these days when anybody can look things up on the internet in seconds. Shows lack of initiative.
@@steveh5307 my boy that’s a 45 year old question, based on the fact they could have been a kid or some shit I’d say have the time of events take place at 10-18 years old do the math, they old ngl shows lack of brain cells
@@steveh5307what am I suppose to look up when I didn't know there is something worthy to look up?
@@erowry22 "weird empty station in NYC" or something
@@solus8685 no I know, but just for other people. Like let's say someone fell asleep on the train, and woke up while they were passing this...people are not going to be like "hmmm let me Google this" lol that's all I'm saying.
That station is so pretty. So Art Deco. I wish they would make that available to the public. Thank you for your post.
Read the Book “The Naked Communist” published in 1958 & you’ll why you won’t see beautiful art & architecture made again.
I so badly wish that we had another serge in Art Deco.
@@IblewuponyourfaceIII Always a shocker people believe that piece of cold war propaganda.
It's not Art Deco. It was built in 1904 before that style began.
Victorian architecture
Same thing on the 1 train - keep an eye out for the abandoned 91st St. Station between 86th and 96th.
Honestly they should have made it a restaurant. Have a bunch of glass in front of the rails, so people can eat and see all the subways roll past
That would probably attract allot of rats
@@elishafollet5347 not anymore than all the restaurants that have like those basements eating anyways. Also the glass would be basically completely covering, cause otherwise the draft when the train goes by would blow everyone and everything around, so no holes for rats to come from track side to restaurant if they did this.
The noise would probably drive away a lot of customers.
Have you seen the toddler sized 🐀
@@chesscomsupport8689Thick glass.
I want to know why we don’t make things like we did back then? Look how beautiful those arches are.
Beautiful Guastavino tile work!
I agree. Things built today are sterile and blocular with no real aesthetic value. Just bland. The world was much more visually appealing back then.
@@LaNoire27 I couldn’t agree with you more
Because making it shitty and cheap is more important than making it last 150years
Because our people didn’t build those old buildings
This is actually an easter egg that a developer installed in the matrix
This station was actually in Max Payne 1 (2001 I think...)
Literally
@@walnutsandbeastiality866 bruh you just woke a memory from my childhood 😂
@@AndieWRLD It was funny to hear that one of the baddies had the "The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly" as his ringtone, a classic Clint Eastwood movie 😁
In Berlin you have a station that is now a ghost station for the *second* time in its existence 😅. Französische Straße was closed during the Berlin Wall era and then reopened in the 1990s just to be closed again in 2020, because of a newly built transfer station close by. Just sad its abandoned now with no use at all.
This station would make a good back story to a Twilight Zone episode where a middle-aged man who was part of a tour of this station wanders off and gets separated from the group and all of a sudden he sees Men wearing tail coats and derby hats. Women dressed in Victorian style clothing and he realizes he entered through some type of time portal.
I had a chapter in English called "the third level" look it up its exactly what you are imagining
That story have already been written before. Really good story i don't remember the title of the story but we had it in our English textbook.
@@Yesteryearsofher the third level is the name
And he changes history
There’s a story called The Third Level with exactly this foundation , read it back in 12th , fond memories 🥹
In Madrid there is a closed metro station. The Metro stop is no longer in use, but the metro does fly by every 5 minutes. Now it's a museum, like a 1920 time machine, how it looked like when it was build. (quite a hidden gem)
¿Chamberí?
there's a bunch in barcelona and tbh i need to see them
There's a new ghost station in Berlin. In 2020 or 2021 it was replaced by a new bigger station less than 100m down the road where two lines cross over. Thos station was also one of the original ghost stations when the west Berlin subway lines crossed over a part of east Berlin
Even in russia, moscow you have ghost stations
"dOnT pAniC" You expect me to panic over a retired subway station?
There’s one like this in Metro of Madrid (Spain) at Línea 1 (Chamberí), but it’s turned into a museum and you can actually visit and see the tile advertisements on the walls from 1966 (the last year it was operational). They actually do events on Halloween, so it turns into a spooky ghost station! 👻
That is Spooktacular!
What? I visited Madrid and didnt knew about this. Will try to remember for my next visit 🤣
This channel is so cool. He takes things you would pass by every day without much of a second thought and shows the complex and interesting history those things in his town.
NYC is very old so u will definitely see somethings u would never think would be in NYC. I grew up in NJ so NY was were we went to party once the shore got too cold. Lol. Rain sleet or snow NYC is always open. That was the best part. 4 am u can still get good food. Service might be questionable but the food still good after a long night of drinking. Lmfao
Imagine when you just see a bunch of dark figures dressed in 1904 style clothing and staring back at you. Then the subway, then lights go dark. Then the door slowly opens up and those dark figures start walking into the subway and drag you off.
Sick. Time travel
Aaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhh😧😮😯😲😵
Would be cool to edit
Kinda like deatheaters
That would be fun
Just realized this station is most definitely the scene location during the climax of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them.
That’s what I was thinking! I watched that movie a lot when I was younger and it looked so familiar (RIP fantastic beasts franchise it had some good potential and such a cool aesthetic)
Love seeing videos and documentaries about the underground’s and hidden history of older cities around the world. Fascinating stuff
Wait! This makes so much sense for Person Of Interest, this must’ve been where the hideout was
In Russia you'd get arrested if you go beyond the last stop. Metro workers also check if everyone is out on the last station, so it's not even easy to do.
In Russia you get arrested for calling the war a war
Wait, why? I've never taken a train before so I don't know why having a passenger stay on the train is a bad thing.
Why?
Probably security risk.
@@RealLenny probably because its the stop before the depot
Was that used in the scene where, Johnny Depp is revealed as Grindlewald in “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them””
And allot of other movies. Pretty sure it's also where harry notices Dumbledore when he's at that coffee shop
@@zyourzgrandzmaz No, the coffee shop scene was in London, not in NY much less America.
Yes it definitely was in that climactic scene from Fantastic Beasts.
i thought i recognized it
@@zyourzgrandzmaz huh?? I think you need to rewatch that scene…
I remember when that city hall station was still functioning. City workers used to get off at that station and go into the city building. Occasionally the wheels would squeak and squawk but track workers would come to the station and with big swabs, grease down the tracks with a mixture of lard and grease. and the sounds will disappear for quite some time after that. My recollection is that we would need to do that monthly. When I was about 15 years old, I
worked for the city doing track maintenance jobs and one of them was greasing the tracks at various locations. Coney Island was one of them track workers such as myself would grease those sharp bends from time to time. MTA should do that these days as well. When I worked there, it was for bidden to allow that kind of squeaky noise to be heard. Particular locations were required to be greased weakly.
That use to be apart of school trips if we took the train down into the Wall St area in the 90s. I thought it was a nice and thoughtful treat. SOME NYC teachers are so dope!!! It was lit up at the time and very beautiful!
when i first moved to nyc i stayed on this half drunk and half not knowing how the trains worked and ive seen this multiple times. no ones ever said anything to me... what an awesome thing. also the Q train artwork in the tunnel is always awesome...
This would still be an amazing attraction once restarted…
This man has unlocked his whole map and is now showing us how to find the Easter eggs 😂😂 absolutely love this channel!
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This man haven't unlocked his whole map and isn't showing us how to find the Easter eggs.
Real life isn't a video games. God people on YT are cringe.
Your series is really interesting. Thanks!
Thank you so much for doing this. So enjoyable while learning something new. Way to bring New York to life for me!
It's such a shame that such beauty and history is just left there to be forgotten and ignored. The wastefulness is actually disgusting. Easily discarded because of a person's opinion instead of trying to find a way to preserve and use it. idk, a waste.
i love hearing these little known facts about NYC.
There is a cool video of Steve Duncan filmed by Andrew Wonder, getting into this station. He manages to get some really clear footage of it all. Worth watching.
I agree 🙏🏼
Thanks for creating this content! It’s nice to learn about the past!
This unlocked a memory for me! Growing up in NY, I took the train and there is this tunnel, and on the walls there are lights. When the train passed through, the lights showed art like a flip book
Oh yeah we have that in Seattle in the Beacon Hill tunnel on the light rail line. Going south it shows you random letters, and going north it shows you random playing cards.
The Masstransiscope at Dekalb Ave maybe?
The train: EEEEeeeEeeEeeEeEeeeeEeee-
In Singapore if you sit past the last stop it doesn’t matter because at the last stop the directions of the train switches so for example HarbourFront is last stop, Outram park second last, then once you reach HarbourFront, train will change directions and go back to Outram park so it just goes back and forth in a loop
Ive been to NYC a few times over the decades and I always wanted to leave as fast as possible but your channel makes me want to give it one more shot to see the curiosities you're pointing out. Amazing content Sir.
Hi. Was wondering some of your reasoning for wanting to leave as fast as possible?
Sorry to hear that you believe some of those myths about NYC, which is the safest large city in the USA. Skeptical? Check the FBI crime stats online.
@@alkh3myst Do not lie. New York state has several of the safest cities which also happen to be some of the wealthiest cities. New York City is not one of them.
@@christovelasquez9595 If you say so. Why don't you look it up instead of showing how uninformed you are? I even told you where. Scared to have your misconception corrected?
Pretty clean and well lit for an abandoned station
This channel is cool! You unveil little secrets 😊
I always think about Ghostbusters 2 when it comes to this place. When Dan aykroyd goes down to check up on the slime.
Slime is my boi
I always think the same thing lol.
“Your love is lifting me…Higher and HIGHER!” 😂
Random but i accidently walked past the Ghostbusters museum place, didnt even know it existed 🤣 i wanted to go in so bad...but the staff were just hanging around out front, and i felt a bit dumb because i literaly felt like a kid🤣
I thought of the tmnt
Now this is short story content! Subscribed
Why on Earth is this video so popular? It wasn’t even impressive. This video got way more recognition than it deserved.
i used to attempt to be on the (6) route for the City Hall loop that station always gave me bizzare time travel vibes haha.
Thats so cool. I love stuff like this
Thanks! Knew about this FOREVER! Got Historic pictures of it from days before "opening". The Track Radius became too tight aftercare while and certain cars would NOT fit through. It was "abandoned" for a short time and then Re-Opened with "Restricted Access" which did NOT ALLOW anyone but Authorized Personnel to avail themselves if the Stop.
This is one of the best tips I’ve heard of NY!
Hahaha the second he said " open your eyes don’t look away” I thought it gonna be a jumpscare 😂 😂😂
Me too 😂
Where I work, we can't take passengers when we're not in service because it isn't covered by insurance. If someone got hurt, ther'd be no way to explain why we were taking them when we weren't in service.
There's a NYC urban exploration video on UA-cam where they actually went to the station on foot (you know, running up the track...).
That's how Ramo got killed in Beat Street, chasing the guy painting over his tags
aren't subway tracks electrified? even if not, arent the tunnels thin enough that if a train comes you can't exactly dodge? idk as someone who hangs out on normal train tracks a lot that sounds like absolutely braindead behavior .
i mean, if theres like an hour or two the trains don't go, its fine
I heard the guys last words were “it’s electrifying!”
HV 2 TOUCH 3RD RAIL
@@hellworm you'd be fine if you dont touch the third rail. you can also get on a train and go between the cars and jump off at the station, but also is pretty risky
These GTA 6 Easter eggs keep getting crazier
Imagine if you saw a person waving back at you from the station with a creepy smile 💀
And lmagine if this person is ur dad
In old times clothing
I did this in college, circa 2002. Pretended to be asleep LOL. So cool you still can! I remember a police both thingy there. Like a tiny toll booth with one cop inside LOL. They looked at us as we passed. There was also that amazing stained glass ceiling - I didn't see it in your video... is it gone/covered up?
i live in london now but grew up in the states. useto work down town Manhattan South Street Seaport pier 17 every summer during highschool. I would walk past the the brooklyn bridge city hall stop everyday on way to work. I useto take path train from Jersey City into WTC(Twin Towers). Thanks for the flashback.
I think it should be persevered as a historical landmark and possibly a Museum. Its a beautiful station and holds important history to NYC. Not sure how it would work but an idea
I’m loving your videos. I wish I knew these things when I visited NYC in 2000. It would have made the trip way more interesting. Thanks for sharing.
Noted✅ Way cool man. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles set
I’ve actually saw this station in the 6 train once it was really cool!!!!
This is like Super Mario game where there is a secret tunnel that you learn of only win you play the game very long.
*train screaming* "so I'm going to talk over this and add no subtitles because I'm a genius"
All you have to do is tap
on the right, second from bottom, sometimes it’s a circle sometimes 3 dots. Then captions then English, "Genius" 😂
I’m a proud hater but even I had no real issue hearing him. Dude clicked a train video and didn’t like the train sounds lmao.
I visit New York Often and would like to have the opportunity to see that if possible. I enjoy history I hope they never stop allowing people to see that station it is part of what New York is all about.
Steve Duncan got a cool on-foot view in his documentary/video where he walks through the subway tunnels.
NYC’s version of the Kennington Loop on London’s Underground. Nice video. 👍🏻
The screeching noise wasn't the main issue with the station. It was that the station was only 5 cars long and couldn't easily be extended, and also because of the curve there was a huge gap between the train and the platform
Don’t go there, there’s no Batman to save you.
It's NY. Batman is always watching.
NGL it would be creepy to be in the car by yourself riding past the ghost station. Very, very cool.
It actually stops, doors open, and the train never moved until you step out
The time traveling train from SCP Foundation probably stop there.
I already knew but thanks for sharing!!!! 🟢6️⃣
Maybe NY should've contacted Engineers in Chicago. Our Subway station is made like that in the entire Downtown area, which is also called "The Loop".
It would make an incredible nightclub
Sometimes staff actually tell you get off next time because you will have no idea if it’s going to go OOS, and they do sometimes stay at the curve because of a train in front (so you would be basically stuck there for the while)
I grew up on the 6 line and never knew this! 😂
Don't panic?!! You better hope that the train comes back around in rotation and not go park up for the day at the train yard 😂
It’s all an adventure!
There are a bunch of stations like this. I love being a New Yorker 😌 .
Theirs actually a whole shit ton of abandoned stations, probably nearing the 200’s mark.
We have a lot of old stations here in Toronto. On rare times they bring out the old subways and you can ride them.
I got stuck here one time and honestly was afraid the train wouldn’t go back
I did this when I visited New York it was cool to see. I know there's videos out there people been able to actually tour it and stuff.
There are tons of ghost stations in NYC. Kinda tired of hearing about a single ghost station like it's the only one. 😪
Broaden your sources; real railfans gave been talking about the others as well!
@@LosOjosCar I know how to source material, that doesn't mean squat when the only thing on your feed shoved in your face is mostly about 1 station. Newer videos about other disused stations aren't that common and almost non existent.
You should also let people know that not all trains take that loop slow like yours did, most hit that loop at night at what feels like 55-65mph make sure you are on the seats to the right other wise you'll be flung at those seats.. it was worth it to see a unique piece of history
The real attractions of NYC
Then, they were going to turn it into a “Scrreeeeaaaaaacccccctttchhhhhhhhh”
Oh wow, looks just like the subway station they used as a hide-out in Person of Interest. Does anyone know whether they maybe filmed there? Or used it as inspiration for a set built somewhere else?
I’ve seen it after learning about it on a show in CH25 called secrets of NY.
You definitely should’ve done a voice over on this lol can’t hear a damn thing you’re saying, bud😂