Video creator here. Honestly, I'm surprised that this video managed to get so many views. Like, goddamn, nearly 120K. When I made this video back in 2016 as part of a little Halloween project, I was pretty satisfied with how it turned out. Of course now, looking back, it does feel a little dated, and I do feel I've left out a few stations and platforms that were worth mentioning, such as Jerome-Anderson Avenues on the IRT 9th Avenue El (Which was demolished in 1958, but a few remnants of the station are present), or the abandoned platforms at Hoyt-Schermerhorn Streets on the IND Fulton Street and Crosstown lines (Now served by the A/C and G respectively). Even the misspelling of the word "Abandoned" is present at the very beginning, which I completely forgot to fix before rendering the video. I guess at some point in the future I might do a remake of this video, with more photos and maybe some videos from a couple Urban Exploration channels on RUclips (Please note that I do NOT recommend you go and explore the abandoned stations yourself, because it's considered trespassing, and you could get arrested or risk dying by getting hit by a train or electrocuted by the third rail. And that's just talking about the closed off IRT stations. The same applies to Myrtle Avenue on the BMT 4th Avenue line, and the abandoned platforms at both Bowery and Canal Street on the BMT Nassau Street line), and of course be sure to give credit to the footage providers themselves. Right now however, the space on my computer is pretty much near capacity (around 25 GB left) so unless I maybe find a way to expand it, that remake will have to wait. Thank you guys for your support and feedback. I never did think this video would end up exploding in popularity, but here we are. See you guys soon!
You did a fantastic job. The music was creepy but fit with abandoned stations atmosphere. The pictures were good. Maybe wish I can see a little more of City Hall Lower Level on the BMT Broadway Line. However still amazing.
I’m just going to say what everyone wants to say about the music used in this video: sure, it’s creepy and maybe cheesy, yet somehow it fits because it sounds like what one would hear down in the subway system if one were to be walking around down there in the middle of the night
Okay if I was walking down in the subway system in the middle of the night heard this I was literally shit my pants. It likes like creepy children in a graveyard. However, I do like it for this video.
I lived in NYC from 1997-2001. I definitely remember the South Ferry Station, where you had to be in the first five cars to be able to get off the train there. I used to call it the "Merry-Go-Train" station, because the train would literally completely turn around in a circle and go back the other way.
18th Street - closed in 1948, because the 14th Street station was extended northward to allow an entrance at 16th Street. Worth Street - closed in 1962 after the Brooklyn Bridge station was extended northward and connected with the BMT Chambers Street station, which had an entrance/exit 1/2 block from Worth Street. 91st Street - closed in 1959 after the 96th Street station was extended south to allow an entrance at 93rd Street. 91st Street really should never have been built at all - there were three stations in one-half mile stretch (86th, 91st, 96th). 91st reportedly never had a lot of passengers because people used 96th Street more often as it was close by and offered express and local service. City Hall loop - closed in 1945 because the doors of the newer subway cars could not open at the sharply curved platform. Also, the station was located only a few hundred feet south of the Brooklyn Bridge station and longer trains could not be used in the short (5 car) station. It couldn't be lengthened due to space restrictions and the sharp curve. Canal Street and Bowery - one platform closed in both stations in 2003 due to simplification of the Nassau Street line. The extra plaform wasn't needed. Nevins Street lower - work started in 1904 and ended in 1905 - never completed. The Brooklyn IRT's design was changed and the lower level was not needed. 9th Avenue lower - closed in 1975 when the Culver Shuttle was terminated due to budget cuts. 42nd Street lower - closed in 1981 due to reorganization of 8th Avenue IND service. The station no longer exists in original form because the tunnel for the IRT Flushing (7) line extension to Hudson Yards cut directly through the station. It now exists in two halves. South Ferry Inner and Bowling Green shuttle platform - closed in 1977 due to elimination of South Ferry shuttle service because of budget cuts. Chambers Street - several platforms closed in 1931 as excess when the BMT line through the station was reorganized. The rest of the station is still in use today. Bergen Street lower- closed in 1976 due to elimination of express service on the line. Was used for occasional reroutes but after a fire in 1990 made the platform unuable, rerouted trains do not stop there anymore. South 4th Street - never completed. Was supposed to be a major express station in the IND Second System plan of the 1930's, but this was stopped due to the Depression and never restarted.
You must have lived in an alternate universe because the lower level of Nevins Street station was never completed and never used. The upper level station has been in continuous use since the line opened in 1908.
I live in new york and the crazy thing is I found city hall on accident I was asleep on the 6th train and I just woke up to a screech and look out the window to see city hall and its creepy
Last one-The City Hall loop station, even in this abandoned condition you can see it is a real example of architectural art, with this kind inner feeling of past time...
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I remember catching glimpses of the Worth Street station from the IRT Lexington Avenue line. It's so sad to see these stations shuttered. With adequate financing, wishful thinking, I do not see why some of them cannot be refurbished and reopened, especially if the city wants more people to ride mass transit instead of driving.
The closed stations were all closed for valid reasons and will probably never be reopened for revenue service. The closed stations on the IRT lines (City Hall, 18th Street, Worth Street and 91st Street) were all original 1904 IRT local stations and were in full use, but as time passed, the express stations located nearby were lengthened, rendering those stations useless because people would rather use express stations than local stations. They closed one by one - City Hall in 1945, 18th Street in 1948, 91st Street in 1959 and Worth Street in 1962. Other stations, such as Myrtle Avenue BMT station in Brooklyn, were closed due to expansion of trackage. Other stations are in service but have closed levels - these include Bergen Street and 42nd Street/8th Avenue on the IND and Nevins Street, City Hall and Chambers Street on the BMT. These were closed due to service pattern changes that eliminated the need to operate those platforms. Still other stations, like South 4th Street and Roosevelt Avenue upper level, were never completed and thus never used because of design changes in the lines.
My dad as a transit cop told me that in the city hall station there use to be gallows where people use to get hanged as execution bcs the court was near by. this was located downstairs in the locker room He says that nowadays officers have heard footsteps voices & screams from the locker rooms.
I been in the 9 Avenue Lower Level many times and i can confirm it is quite scary down there. The last time i was there, it was eerily silent and i heard what i thought were footsteps going down a flight of stairs so i left it
Excellent quality video! The producer of this video obviously used a high quality camera. No cell phones here! At the city hall station, they used a tripod and left the shutter open to give the impression of the 6 train Speeding through (they go around that bend under 10MPH).
What exactly does the shutter do, I’m interested in cameras and willing to know more and always wonder how a camera can make something not going very fast look like a blur while everything else is still focused on if you get what I mean, thanks for sharing ^^
@@Lona_444 the shutter is the “eye” of the camera. It opens and closes to allow light and the image into the camera-which it achieved digitally at this point. The cameras with more features (sports for example), have those extra long lenses and everything adjustable so the photo looks like the camera man was inches away from the players. In extremely dark conditions (underground for example), you would need to adjust the shuttle to delay and use a tripod plus a remote shutter trigger because your hands will never be steady enough. Even the slightest movement will cause your photo to come out blurry. Most simple cameras (yes, including most cell phones) have a fixed shutter. That means the shutter opens and closes at a fixed speed (1/100 of a second, etc) which is why your night photos come out grainy. Some cell phones have recent upgrades to keep the shutter open longer in dark conditions however, the ISO (film speed-or in this case, maximum capacity of the electronics), remains the same and the photo still comes out grainy.
Could you imagine MTA Says "For that nostalgic moment we’re re-opening out old stations for those who want to enjoy" like when you go through a redbird but this in a abandoned station? Can be cool and functional also for have like a entire museum in the city of abandoned stations.
First, there is a difference between "unused" and "abandoned" in the MTA world. "Unused" usually means that the facility is closed to revenue service but is used for other MTA purposes. The City Hall IRT station is an example of this - the station is closed to revenue service but the track is in full use to turn around Lexington Avenue local (6) trains from south to north. City Hall still gets a lot of maintenance even if you don't see it. An "abandoned" station means that it is completely shut down and closed, and left to the elements to destroy. 18th Street on the IRT is a good example of that. Second, you need to understand why these facilities were closed in the first place. Building subway stations and platforms is a very expensive proposition and they are only constructed if there is a need. They are also expensive to maintain and man - there is lighting involved and booth personnel as well as police. The MTA doesn't want to spend money maintaining a station it doesn't need anymore. The NYC Subway is very old and was designed over 115 years ago. Obviously transit needs have changed over that time. The original IRT station platforms were very short (only held 5 cars). As more and more people started to use the subway, the platforms had to be lengthened so that longer trains could be run and more passengers accommodated. Some of the original stations were express/local stations and some were local only. Passengers used the express/local stations much more heavily so those stations' platforms were lengthened first. Unfortunately, when the express/local station platforms were lengthened, the stations ended up being very close to some local stations. For example, when 14th Street on the IRT was lengthened northward in 1948, the new platform stretched as far as 16th Street. Since 16th Street is only two city blocks north of 18th Street station (a very short distance), there was no longer a need for an 18th Street station. As such, the Board of Transportation (the forerunner of the TA and MTA) decided to close it to save power and costs. The same is true of every closed station all over the system - they were necessary when they were originally designed and opened but as time passed and transit needs changed, they were deemed obsolete and shut. And the MTA is very unlikely to renovate and reopen closed stations just for the sake of railfans - doing so would increase costs (lighting, et al) and there is also the specter of terrorism. About 20 years ago, the NYC Transit Museum announced that the IRT City Hall station would be reopening as an adjunct of the Transit Museum in Brooklyn. Mayor Giuliani understandably killed that plan in 1998, citing terrorism fears - a terrorist could get in there and plant a bomb.
paktype their is one thing that MTA didn't do like if they want to close a station why they still leave the lights on that they should know they are wasting there electric bill.
When the 6 train reaches the last stop which is the Brooklyn bridge station, you have to stay on the train Don’t get off. The train has to wrap around the city hall loop to go back Uptown to Pelham park in the Bronx.
Why are subway stations and entire sections of track just shut down? I'd imagine some of them may be due to disrepair, but I can't fathom it being because of infrequent ridership; it's currently the busiest metro system the United States. Some of them look--or looked--so interesting, too, so I find the fact that they're inaccessible to riders now to be kind of sad.
There’s several reasons. 1. Close Proximity - when platforms are lengthened to accommodate more cars, stations that are too close to each other are forced to close 2. Entrances nearby- entrances near some stations force a station to close 3: Termination of lines: some lines are retired causing some stations to close if they serve only those lines
Really wish i could go to these stations i only been to city hall. 91st: just run the platforms uptown for 86th or run downtown from 96th (thru the tracks) 18th: run uptown from 14th st union sq, or run downtown thru 23rd st (thru the tracks) Nevins: no way to get their all entrances are blocked. Their is a tunnel but its unknown where it is Underbelly: No way to get their all entrances are blocked. 9th avenue shuttle: go down the stair (4 stairs) all but 1 is blocked and their is a lot of MTA workers at the Main station Worth: walk down the tracks either uptown thru Canal St or downtown from Brooklyn bridge city hall. City hall: take a tour, see it thru the 6 train or just run there Myrtle Av: downtown thru Dekalb Av (Masstransiscope is there) Canal and Bowery: just cross the platforms thru the barriers after a train leaves. (Canal their is a door that leads to it one on stairs for j and z and 1 from outside n/a location) City Hall (R and W): no idea Bleecker street abandoned section: just walk thru the uptown platform, but their is a security camera watching u 42 PABT: demolished when 7 was getting expanded Bergen lower level: their is a metal door that leads down to the platform but its shut. Walk down the platform to a yellow door, walk down and your will arive there, (you may not see it since its dark there) These are tips on how to get in those stations. Im not responsible for getting u arrested if it happens.
There's a way to get to city hall lower level when you see these tracks in the middle in canal street jump into the tunnels and walk on the middle tracks and then it leads down to the city hall lower level platforms
I never knew all those stations existed except the Bowery, I also never never knew Nevins had a lower level, I pray to God that no serial killer has access to these stations, Hope there are none working in the Transit system.
Holy crap they look so scary and creepy. I bet there's lots of ghosts there. Lol also looks like a perfect place for GTA Ratman to live. Seriously there has to be creepy myths, stories and legends relating to these abandoned stations. I wonder why they're discontinued
There are many reasons as to why the stations closed. For City Hall, it closed in 1945 due to its proximity to Brooklyn Bridge station as well as being too short to accommodate 10-car trains. It has since then been used to loop (6) line trains around to the opposite platform. 18th Street, 91st Street, and Worth Street closed in 1948, 1959, and 1962 respectively due to the same reasons after the stations they were adjacent to were expanded. Worth Street was too also too close to Brooklyn Bridge, but was also too close to Canal Street as well, while 18th Street (Lexington Avenue line) had a proximity between 14th Street - Union Square and 23rd Street. For 91st Street, it was too close to 96th Street and 86th Street. Nevins Street was supposed to have had a platform accommodating IRT trains crossing over the Manhattan bridge, however only the shell was completed, and construction ended up getting cancelled. South 4th Street was a part of the IND second system. Construction was halted and subsequently cancelled due to the Great Depression. The lower-level platform of 9th Street on the West End line closed in 1975 after the Culver Shuttle was discontinued. The inner platform of South Ferry would suffer the same fate 2 years later in ‘77 after the shuttle there had also closed. The original Northbound platforms of Bowery and Canal Street on the J/Z trains were closed, most likely because they were unnecessary for passenger use. They’re now used as a filming location or for police terrorist drills. In some cases such as during construction or NYPD activity, they can be used for J/Z trains to skip these stations. I have no clue if there are any myths surrounding these stations, but I can look some up if you’re interested!
Na there are no ghosts in the abandoned stations and platforms. But you are right about them being scary and creepy, especially the closed platform at Canal St, it’s half dark and spooky 😢 and Nevins St Lower level is too.
@@VinceHere98 On the other hand, the 18th Street station on the 7th Avenue IRT line (where the #1 train runs) is still in service. My guess/suspicion is the neighborhood fought and succeded to keep the station open.
@xoxomaya90 I remember hearing about when a few MTA transit workers said that they were spooked when they were in the City Hall subway station and how it sounded busy like there were people down there and.
Most of them are not actually haunted, except for one.. city hall. It is not 100 confirmed, but if you had decided to record, you would hear whispering voices as a result when hearing the audio. I know. It’s quite scary, but it’s funny when you show your friends and see the look on their faces lmao.
I don’t know. There hasn’t been concrete evidence that ghost lie in the worth street station, but it could be a possibility since it’s been abandoned for 56 years now
@@veecudi I'm definitely confirming that City Hall has to be haunted because of the many people who died by falling in between the tracks and getting shocked by the third rail or getting squished under the train. Tragic.
The old stations that had the small incandecent bulbs in the celing . I hate to say that I remember when the stations used them... They must have used a ton of them a year
at 00:38 seconds into video anybody else see the figure on the right side standing in the light towards the end of the tunnel? ..definitely an apparition!!
Under 174th street in Manhattan is a small train yard, and is where the C train goes after the last stop at 168th, unless it's going straight to the 207th St yards.
I am just curious how do people get into these abandoned stations Aren't all the entrances sealed off and how does the MTA keep heavily surveillance of the platforms that prevent people from venturing into tunnels and find ing these abandoned places
The MTA has barely any surveillance in these stations because it would be a waste of expense but people are able to enter some of these stations by either traversing the tracks or by simply finding other ways down. Currently it is harder to enter these stations because of recent regulations imposed on trains due to the Brooklyn subway shooting.
Im gonna be real with you. With the way the NYC subways are "maintained" in terms of cleanliness most of the subways look like they'd be pretty abandoned anyway. Like hell if it wasn't for the people waiting for the train that's the first thing that would come to your mind.
it is most likely a myth. It is unknown weather it had existed or not. If it did, it was most likely demolished and became a layup for C trains At Euclid Ave.
Crazystuff happin like one time i was asleep on the a train and i was aslsep on the and the a train was not supposed to go on the cursed side of hyot schymerhorn so i woke up got up and i tryed the jump but i cant belive i made the jump from the cursed side to the regular side i was so scared tho😥
@@bullymaguire6168 first of all I’m not mindless second of all aren’t most of these stations abandoned/ have some open platforms and I didn’t know south ferry opened the outer loops again I don’t take the 1 often
I reamember on my trip to nyc on the subway there was some subway stations that were empty dark and abandoned and all that was left was graffiti and pillars
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Video creator here. Honestly, I'm surprised that this video managed to get so many views. Like, goddamn, nearly 120K.
When I made this video back in 2016 as part of a little Halloween project, I was pretty satisfied with how it turned out. Of course now, looking back, it does feel a little dated, and I do feel I've left out a few stations and platforms that were worth mentioning, such as Jerome-Anderson Avenues on the IRT 9th Avenue El (Which was demolished in 1958, but a few remnants of the station are present), or the abandoned platforms at Hoyt-Schermerhorn Streets on the IND Fulton Street and Crosstown lines (Now served by the A/C and G respectively). Even the misspelling of the word "Abandoned" is present at the very beginning, which I completely forgot to fix before rendering the video.
I guess at some point in the future I might do a remake of this video, with more photos and maybe some videos from a couple Urban Exploration channels on RUclips (Please note that I do NOT recommend you go and explore the abandoned stations yourself, because it's considered trespassing, and you could get arrested or risk dying by getting hit by a train or electrocuted by the third rail. And that's just talking about the closed off IRT stations. The same applies to Myrtle Avenue on the BMT 4th Avenue line, and the abandoned platforms at both Bowery and Canal Street on the BMT Nassau Street line), and of course be sure to give credit to the footage providers themselves. Right now however, the space on my computer is pretty much near capacity (around 25 GB left) so unless I maybe find a way to expand it, that remake will have to wait.
Thank you guys for your support and feedback. I never did think this video would end up exploding in popularity, but here we are. See you guys soon!
You did a fantastic job. The music was creepy but fit with abandoned stations atmosphere. The pictures were good. Maybe wish I can see a little more of City Hall Lower Level on the BMT Broadway Line. However still amazing.
Today it shows 1.6k....youtube CANNOT count!
I’m just going to say what everyone wants to say about the music used in this video: sure, it’s creepy and maybe cheesy, yet somehow it fits because it sounds like what one would hear down in the subway system if one were to be walking around down there in the middle of the night
jdspreest I like it. I guess I'm into weird sci Fi things .
Ikr! Just imagine hearing that when you discover an abandoned train station. It’s scary as hell.
is hoyt schermerhorn one of these?
Yes,that sounds like a ghost train in the tunnel
Okay if I was walking down in the subway system in the middle of the night heard this I was literally shit my pants. It likes like creepy children in a graveyard.
However, I do like it for this video.
For anyone wondering, the music is "Aphex Twin - #5" from his Selected Ambient Works Volume II album.
Thanks, looking forward to checking out more music by this artist!
I lived in NYC from 1997-2001. I definitely remember the South Ferry Station, where you had to be in the first five cars to be able to get off the train there. I used to call it the "Merry-Go-Train" station, because the train would literally completely turn around in a circle and go back the other way.
18th Street - closed in 1948, because the 14th Street station was extended northward to allow an entrance at 16th Street.
Worth Street - closed in 1962 after the Brooklyn Bridge station was extended northward and connected with the BMT Chambers Street station, which had an entrance/exit 1/2 block from Worth Street.
91st Street - closed in 1959 after the 96th Street station was extended south to allow an entrance at 93rd Street. 91st Street really should never have been built at all - there were three stations in one-half mile stretch (86th, 91st, 96th). 91st reportedly never had a lot of passengers because people used 96th Street more often as it was close by and offered express and local service.
City Hall loop - closed in 1945 because the doors of the newer subway cars could not open at the sharply curved platform. Also, the station was located only a few hundred feet south of the Brooklyn Bridge station and longer trains could not be used in the short (5 car) station. It couldn't be lengthened due to space restrictions and the sharp curve.
Canal Street and Bowery - one platform closed in both stations in 2003 due to simplification of the Nassau Street line. The extra plaform wasn't needed.
Nevins Street lower - work started in 1904 and ended in 1905 - never completed. The Brooklyn IRT's design was changed and the lower level was not needed.
9th Avenue lower - closed in 1975 when the Culver Shuttle was terminated due to budget cuts.
42nd Street lower - closed in 1981 due to reorganization of 8th Avenue IND service. The station no longer exists in original form because the tunnel for the IRT Flushing (7) line extension to Hudson Yards cut directly through the station. It now exists in two halves.
South Ferry Inner and Bowling Green shuttle platform - closed in 1977 due to elimination of South Ferry shuttle service because of budget cuts.
Chambers Street - several platforms closed in 1931 as excess when the BMT line through the station was reorganized. The rest of the station is still in use today.
Bergen Street lower- closed in 1976 due to elimination of express service on the line. Was used for occasional reroutes but after a fire in 1990 made the platform unuable, rerouted trains do not stop there anymore.
South 4th Street - never completed. Was supposed to be a major express station in the IND Second System plan of the 1930's, but this was stopped due to the Depression and never restarted.
Wow, thank you for sharing that info!
you are amazing
some serious research/history here; as another subway buff, thanx much for the info!
Why wasn't South 4th Street Station never completed? I mean, the great depression is long gone.
Subway history absolutely fascinates me. Thank you for uploading this.
I'm old enough to remember being in these stations. Especially Nevins and Worth street!
Lol
How did you get out
Irma Vera Fucking dumbass, bro he used the stations when they were open!
Cornelius White if you’re talking about the lower level then ur wrong.
You must have lived in an alternate universe because the lower level of Nevins Street station was never completed and never used. The upper level station has been in continuous use since the line opened in 1908.
I live in new york and the crazy thing is I found city hall on accident I was asleep on the 6th train and I just woke up to a screech and look out the window to see city hall and its creepy
The lower level?
That song and old subway station is scary!
Last one-The City Hall loop station, even in this abandoned condition you can see it is a real example of architectural art, with this kind inner feeling of past time...
I literally can’t express how perfect the music is. (I’ve been to the City Hall Loop Station with the NY Transit Museum).
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I remember catching glimpses of the
Worth Street station from the IRT Lexington Avenue line. It's so sad to see these stations shuttered. With adequate financing, wishful thinking, I do not see why some of them cannot be refurbished and reopened, especially if the city wants more people to ride mass transit instead of driving.
Because trains would be crashing into one another. Most were voted off to make way for more efficient lines/stations to open up.
The closed stations were all closed for valid reasons and will probably never be reopened for revenue service. The closed stations on the IRT lines (City Hall, 18th Street, Worth Street and 91st Street) were all original 1904 IRT local stations and were in full use, but as time passed, the express stations located nearby were lengthened, rendering those stations useless because people would rather use express stations than local stations. They closed one by one - City Hall in 1945, 18th Street in 1948, 91st Street in 1959 and Worth Street in 1962. Other stations, such as Myrtle Avenue BMT station in Brooklyn, were closed due to expansion of trackage. Other stations are in service but have closed levels - these include Bergen Street and 42nd Street/8th Avenue on the IND and Nevins Street, City Hall and Chambers Street on the BMT. These were closed due to service pattern changes that eliminated the need to operate those platforms. Still other stations, like South 4th Street and Roosevelt Avenue upper level, were never completed and thus never used because of design changes in the lines.
@@mitch4527 I wish this comment was pinned.
There’s no good reason to even open it since it’s so close to city hall and will just force the 4 and 5 to make another lower Manhattan stop
@@mitch4527also, the 7 uses part of the lower level tracks of 42nd St
My dad as a transit cop told me that in the city hall station there use to be gallows where people use to get hanged as execution bcs the court was near by. this was located downstairs in the locker room
He says that nowadays officers have heard footsteps voices & screams from the locker rooms.
Sounds like your dad was pulling your leg
Wow this is so scary
Ronny Arias Ikr
Kyle the music
Woooow so scary aaahh I’m going to shit my pants👻
@@rosalbasoto8626 who is Kyle
Thanks for the info Boston, I swear I never knew that existed, it feels kind of scary knowing that there's a silent dead space lying below, lol
I would love to see an updated video on how the stations look now with that creepy song on the the background
I really love watching this type of videos,
I been in the 9 Avenue Lower Level many times and i can confirm it is quite scary down there. The last time i was there, it was eerily silent and i heard what i thought were footsteps going down a flight of stairs so i left it
IIRC the lower level was used in the first Crocodile Dundee movie
@@joestrike8537 yes it was. They sealed up the entrance so there’s no way to get down there.
I remember when a few transit workers said when they were down there that it sounded busy like people were down there.
Excellent quality video! The producer of this video obviously used a high quality camera. No cell phones here! At the city hall station, they used a tripod and left the shutter open to give the impression of the 6 train Speeding through (they go around that bend under 10MPH).
What exactly does the shutter do, I’m interested in cameras and willing to know more and always wonder how a camera can make something not going very fast look like a blur while everything else is still focused on if you get what I mean, thanks for sharing ^^
@@Lona_444 the shutter is the “eye” of the camera. It opens and closes to allow light and the image into the camera-which it achieved digitally at this point. The cameras with more features (sports for example), have those extra long lenses and everything adjustable so the photo looks like the camera man was inches away from the players. In extremely dark conditions (underground for example), you would need to adjust the shuttle to delay and use a tripod plus a remote shutter trigger because your hands will never be steady enough. Even the slightest movement will cause your photo to come out blurry. Most simple cameras (yes, including most cell phones) have a fixed shutter. That means the shutter opens and closes at a fixed speed (1/100 of a second, etc) which is why your night photos come out grainy. Some cell phones have recent upgrades to keep the shutter open longer in dark conditions however, the ISO (film speed-or in this case, maximum capacity of the electronics), remains the same and the photo still comes out grainy.
7:19 IS SO SCARY DON NOT CLICK THIS OR YOU CAN!!!!! :O
lol
Ahhhhhh scared me
Could you imagine MTA Says "For that nostalgic moment we’re re-opening out old stations for those who want to enjoy" like when you go through a redbird but this in a abandoned station? Can be cool and functional also for have like a entire museum in the city of abandoned stations.
Imagine there a abandoned uncompleted forgotten subway line that has all of the station shell from the first stop all the way to the last stop
Oh hell no
I need to scard my mom with this songs
She will be like AAAHHHHHH!!!!!
why can't the mta repair the abandoned stations and platforms
Deaddrop Maxis most are closed down for good
First, there is a difference between "unused" and "abandoned" in the MTA world. "Unused" usually means that the facility is closed to revenue service but is used for other MTA purposes. The City Hall IRT station is an example of this - the station is closed to revenue service but the track is in full use to turn around Lexington Avenue local (6) trains from south to north. City Hall still gets a lot of maintenance even if you don't see it. An "abandoned" station means that it is completely shut down and closed, and left to the elements to destroy. 18th Street on the IRT is a good example of that.
Second, you need to understand why these facilities were closed in the first place. Building subway stations and platforms is a very expensive proposition and they are only constructed if there is a need. They are also expensive to maintain and man - there is lighting involved and booth personnel as well as police. The MTA doesn't want to spend money maintaining a station it doesn't need anymore.
The NYC Subway is very old and was designed over 115 years ago. Obviously transit needs have changed over that time. The original IRT station platforms were very short (only held 5 cars). As more and more people started to use the subway, the platforms had to be lengthened so that longer trains could be run and more passengers accommodated. Some of the original stations were express/local stations and some were local only. Passengers used the express/local stations much more heavily so those stations' platforms were lengthened first. Unfortunately, when the express/local station platforms were lengthened, the stations ended up being very close to some local stations. For example, when 14th Street on the IRT was lengthened northward in 1948, the new platform stretched as far as 16th Street. Since 16th Street is only two city blocks north of 18th Street station (a very short distance), there was no longer a need for an 18th Street station. As such, the Board of Transportation (the forerunner of the TA and MTA) decided to close it to save power and costs. The same is true of every closed station all over the system - they were necessary when they were originally designed and opened but as time passed and transit needs changed, they were deemed obsolete and shut.
And the MTA is very unlikely to renovate and reopen closed stations just for the sake of railfans - doing so would increase costs (lighting, et al) and there is also the specter of terrorism. About 20 years ago, the NYC Transit Museum announced that the IRT City Hall station would be reopening as an adjunct of the Transit Museum in Brooklyn. Mayor Giuliani understandably killed that plan in 1998, citing terrorism fears - a terrorist could get in there and plant a bomb.
paktype their is one thing that MTA didn't do like if they want to close a station why they still leave the lights on that they should know they are wasting there electric bill.
Because there lazy
That wont happen.
No wonder, these NYC Subway stations are so abandoned, they don't want to watch this video no more.
42nd street lower level is gone because of the. 7 train old south ferry closed because the new one opened back up
What does that have to do with the closing of half of 42nd street
SayNo oh okay
SayNo fuck you
@SayNo then what the v service is turned into m?
i remember nevins and worth street those scared the life out of me💀
Where do you remember them from?
Were you down there, once they had been abandoned?
Nevins LL Is scary
Why?
How do you get to city hall? (The loop)
The secret ingredient is chrime
When the 6 train reaches the last stop which is the Brooklyn bridge station, you have to stay on the train Don’t get off. The train has to wrap around the city hall loop to go back Uptown to Pelham park in the Bronx.
@@angkarbasil what is chrime
What happens if you get of the train
Any info on the abandoned Roosevelt Ave (IND/Queens Corridor) upper level?
wait this exists too?
Why are subway stations and entire sections of track just shut down? I'd imagine some of them may be due to disrepair, but I can't fathom it being because of infrequent ridership; it's currently the busiest metro system the United States. Some of them look--or looked--so interesting, too, so I find the fact that they're inaccessible to riders now to be kind of sad.
There’s several reasons.
1. Close Proximity - when platforms are lengthened to accommodate more cars, stations that are too close to each other are forced to close
2. Entrances nearby- entrances near some stations force a station to close
3: Termination of lines: some lines are retired causing some stations to close if they serve only those lines
Me:
0.01%: scared of the train stations
99.99%: Scared of the music
Live in Williamsburg. South 8. How did you access the South 4th entrance?
Really wish i could go to these stations i only been to city hall.
91st: just run the platforms uptown for 86th or run downtown from 96th (thru the tracks)
18th: run uptown from 14th st union sq, or run downtown thru 23rd st (thru the tracks)
Nevins: no way to get their all entrances are blocked. Their is a tunnel but its unknown where it is
Underbelly: No way to get their all entrances are blocked.
9th avenue shuttle: go down the stair (4 stairs) all but 1 is blocked and their is a lot of MTA workers at the Main station
Worth: walk down the tracks either uptown thru Canal St or downtown from Brooklyn bridge city hall.
City hall: take a tour, see it thru the 6 train or just run there
Myrtle Av: downtown thru Dekalb Av (Masstransiscope is there)
Canal and Bowery: just cross the platforms thru the barriers after a train leaves. (Canal their is a door that leads to it one on stairs for j and z and 1 from outside n/a location)
City Hall (R and W): no idea
Bleecker street abandoned section: just walk thru the uptown platform, but their is a security camera watching u
42 PABT: demolished when 7 was getting expanded
Bergen lower level: their is a metal door that leads down to the platform but its shut. Walk down the platform to a yellow door, walk down and your will arive there, (you may not see it since its dark there)
These are tips on how to get in those stations.
Im not responsible for getting u arrested if it happens.
There is a way to Nevins street as the tunnels that were dug are still there. Im not sure where they are
There's a way to get to city hall lower level when you see these tracks in the middle in canal street jump into the tunnels and walk on the middle tracks and then it leads down to the city hall lower level platforms
@@wieslaw9834 thanks for letting me know, i thought it was impossible to get there since no 1 explained how they got their
Fredbearcorn25 for city hall take the 4 to last too and stay on it will loop around trough city hall
@@wjejwjje9493 ty for letting me know. But I hav been there before along with knowing how else to see it.
As of today, the outer loop at South Ferry Loop is also abandoned.
As of mid 2018 after the crark street tunnel repairs.
The shadow is in the pic where it says 9 Avenue (lower level) (west end line)
really... never noticed that lol
I never knew all those stations existed except the Bowery, I also never never knew Nevins had a lower level, I pray to God that no serial killer has access to these stations, Hope there are none working in the Transit system.
The lower level was never completed
hell yeah, i fw this 😈😈
Whats that one abandoned railway in NY? Im pretty sure its near Bronx
This not really scary unless Goosebumps characters are gunning it to chase you down there .lol😂
Holy crap they look so scary and creepy. I bet there's lots of ghosts there. Lol also looks like a perfect place for GTA Ratman to live. Seriously there has to be creepy myths, stories and legends relating to these abandoned stations. I wonder why they're discontinued
There are many reasons as to why the stations closed.
For City Hall, it closed in 1945 due to its proximity to Brooklyn Bridge station as well as being too short to accommodate 10-car trains. It has since then been used to loop (6) line trains around to the opposite platform.
18th Street, 91st Street, and Worth Street closed in 1948, 1959, and 1962 respectively due to the same reasons after the stations they were adjacent to were expanded.
Worth Street was too also too close to Brooklyn Bridge, but was also too close to Canal Street as well, while 18th Street (Lexington Avenue line) had a proximity between 14th Street - Union Square and 23rd Street. For 91st Street, it was too close to 96th Street and 86th Street.
Nevins Street was supposed to have had a platform accommodating IRT trains crossing over the Manhattan bridge, however only the shell was completed, and construction ended up getting cancelled.
South 4th Street was a part of the IND second system. Construction was halted and subsequently cancelled due to the Great Depression.
The lower-level platform of 9th Street on the West End line closed in 1975 after the Culver Shuttle was discontinued. The inner platform of South Ferry would suffer the same fate 2 years later in ‘77 after the shuttle there had also closed.
The original Northbound platforms of Bowery and Canal Street on the J/Z trains were closed, most likely because they were unnecessary for passenger use. They’re now used as a filming location or for police terrorist drills. In some cases such as during construction or NYPD activity, they can be used for J/Z trains to skip these stations.
I have no clue if there are any myths surrounding these stations, but I can look some up if you’re interested!
Na there are no ghosts in the abandoned stations and platforms. But you are right about them being scary and creepy, especially the closed platform at Canal St, it’s half dark and spooky 😢 and Nevins St Lower level is too.
@@VinceHere98 On the other hand, the 18th Street station on the 7th Avenue IRT line (where the #1 train runs) is still in service. My guess/suspicion is the neighborhood fought and succeded to keep the station open.
@xoxomaya90 I remember hearing about when a few MTA transit workers said that they were spooked when they were in the City Hall subway station and how it sounded busy like there were people down there and.
omg it feels haunted
Most of them are not actually haunted, except for one.. city hall. It is not 100 confirmed, but if you had decided to record, you would hear whispering voices as a result when hearing the audio. I know. It’s quite scary, but it’s funny when you show your friends and see the look on their faces lmao.
How about Worth Street?
I don’t know. There hasn’t been concrete evidence that ghost lie in the worth street station, but it could be a possibility since it’s been abandoned for 56 years now
@@veecudi I'm definitely confirming that City Hall has to be haunted because of the many people who died by falling in between the tracks and getting shocked by the third rail or getting squished under the train. Tragic.
7:19 CONFIRMED south 4th street is haunted
7:45 looks like a movie set
Because it was used in Harry pottwr
It was also used in TMNT
One of the most depressing and disturbing songs I’ve ever heard, from none other than Aphex Twin. The visuals are cool yet haunting.
The old stations that had the small incandecent bulbs in the celing . I hate to say that I remember when the stations used them... They must have used a ton of them a year
at 00:38 seconds into video anybody else see the figure on the right side standing in the light towards the end of the tunnel? ..definitely an apparition!!
Sure is
@@Thatdudecrow probably an old rail line worker from a long time ago....
@@NVC1019thats creepy
@@KoharuHinatafan do you know what year the rail line opened?
@@NVC1019yes 1916
There's unused platform at Hoyt - Schermerhorn Street and Delancy/Essex (J)
I wonder where the steps actually lead out to on the street because we could be walking past an entrance/exit and not even know
They actually used 9th avenue abandoned station for the movie "Joker" The station gives it that filthy 80s NYC feel
Yea, I saw the film. Love how they used the 9th Avenue lower level for that scene in Joker where Arthur guns down those Wall Street Yuppies.
Old city hall has to be the most beautiful one…
5:39 OMG!!!!
WOW THATS SCARIER THAN 7:19!!!!
Orion Cottrell, yeah that’s 91st Street alright
Ghost Train Wooshing Away As the Flash
That looks like something for a rated R movie
ITS THE 6 HEVEN TRAIN TO THE CLOUDS
Can you imagine being a city rat catcher, transit cop, or any other subway worker scouring these abandoned corners? Good work on the music.
do trains still pass thru but not stop?
I miss worth street :(
Tbh this gave me the chills
It’s more creepy at 25% slower speed.
I really wanna see what's under 174 - 175 street pls pls pls
Same
I live next to that stop, care to explain what's up with it?
Under 174th street in Manhattan is a small train yard, and is where the C train goes after the last stop at 168th, unless it's going straight to the 207th St yards.
What train stopped at Worth Street 🤔?
The 6
I am surprised people managed to get into some impossible spots like nevin st lower lever
I am just curious how do people get into these abandoned stations Aren't all the entrances sealed off and how does the MTA keep heavily surveillance of the platforms that prevent people from venturing into tunnels and find ing these abandoned places
The MTA has barely any surveillance in these stations because it would be a waste of expense but people are able to enter some of these stations by either traversing the tracks or by simply finding other ways down. Currently it is harder to enter these stations because of recent regulations imposed on trains due to the Brooklyn subway shooting.
Some Of the stations like SCARY AF!!!!!!
I still remember Bowery and canal when it was open
You should do part 2 and add abandon south ferry Cuz super storm Sandy
R62 Productions nice one
The new south ferry station is open. The old one is still closed
Title in video spelled wrongly, you spelled as "Abanoned" (missed a 'd')
i know. i was going to fix it though.
YoImShepard Ok
Liar. He spelt it correctly. Check the name again before you make accusations
2:41 Nevins this small station this different but this machine or something
4:47 how do U Get into That Abandoned Bergen Street Station
Use the A train to far rockayay and look in your right side on the window and ya da you see that station
@@db90yearsago
Is the Abandoned Bergen Street Entrance at far Rockaway Open or is it Lock
@@luismaria5629 locked
@Rafiquil Alam go go supertoe correct?
Why did they waste electricity lighting up some of these stations?
These were now called as Ghost Stations.
How the heck are these places still lit up? Who is maintaining these?
Why'd they abandoned them
I love the music
what line is the West end lone?
The D line In Brooklyn
But if you go 1 stop uptown then it the station is 36th street there the D train Meets the N, and the R trains by the 4th avenue portal
Chambers st is an open station Why is it in the list
Lynetta johnson If you look a closely, it says Abandoned Platform(s)
Lynetta johnson chambers street has an abandoned platform on the far side of the tracks. Check out my video of the abandoned city hall station!
Lol that station is so run down and nasty it may as well be abandoned. No one is cleaning it from what I remember
Exactly Ebu
Speechiegirl1 ikr
Im gonna be real with you. With the way the NYC subways are "maintained" in terms of cleanliness most of the subways look like they'd be pretty abandoned anyway. Like hell if it wasn't for the people waiting for the train that's the first thing that would come to your mind.
The most beautiful subway stations.👍👍🤟🏼
This music gives me the creeps..
I don't know how lower levels get abandoned but not upper level
Multiple reasons why,inefficiency and lack of sevice.
roosaltn Ave had abandoned Upper level
roostlan av had lower level
@@romeoho3351 Roosevelt Ave* but I think I saw a way to get up there
What about 76 st
it is most likely a myth. It is unknown weather it had existed or not. If it did, it was most likely demolished and became a layup for C trains At Euclid Ave.
There is no tracks there.
Probably it was only used as model station for new delivered R10 train ( i mean for testing of course)
Crazystuff happin like one time i was asleep on the a train and i was aslsep on the and the a train was not supposed to go on the cursed side of hyot schymerhorn so i woke up got up and i tryed the jump but i cant belive i made the jump from the cursed side to the regular side i was so scared tho😥
4:01 it looks like CITY HALL
7:08 Welcome to hell💀💀💀💀
Worth street is definitely not “worth” the visit
Was it “worth” making a terrible pun??
Was it “worth” you making fun of a 11 year old?
@@bonusyt6413 was it 'worth' commenting back like that pointlessly?
@@tropicalsimonthirty2283 was it ‘worth’ replying to a 2 year old comment
They reopened some of them right?
No
@@soullessprincess6473 more like Mindless Princess :p They once reopened South Ferry Outer Loop. And 9th Avenue is reopened like what :p
@@bullymaguire6168 first of all I’m not mindless second of all aren’t most of these stations abandoned/ have some open platforms and I didn’t know south ferry opened the outer loops again I don’t take the 1 often
@@soullessprincess6473 yeah but not ALL of them are abandoned
@@soullessprincess6473 jeez u said no to when he said did they re open the abandoned stations SO cut the crap
Ok that 4:40 so its so dark that bro has to use phone light to light it up
This was an old photographic camera, it flashes when it took a photo, the flash was really bright, the photo was probably taken 30 or 40 years ago...
The music tho
This could be a really good horror game.
kinda shocking that the south ferry station was only closed 5 years ago
The MUSIC IS JUST NIGHTMARE FUEL
I wanna see the South 4th St shell
Gotta visit em all!
Legal or not, I'm visiting them all!
Am down , when we out?
AZprod. I’m dead serious I’ll walk right through the tracks if someone comes with me we can record the whole thing
7:55 when the acid hits
Is there a video of these stations from the outside?? Where the entrances used to be?? Thank you!!😏
For You guys wondering about the Music here's the link ruclips.net/video/aokI89QIzNo/видео.html
Only if im actually in a tunnel n hear that music it would creep me out
That song is scary those stations are abandoned
Why are some people so destructive? Graffiti/tags destroying history. So sad.
That the sad thing
. 7:27 city haII abandoned subway station.
WOW THATS SCARIER THAN 7:27
gives me NES Godzilla vibes because of the music
Why was worth street closed
It was closed due to low ridership, as well as being in close proximity to Canal Street and Brooklyn Bridge - City Hall.
@@VinceHere98 oh, but they should just open it back up, because people might wanna use the station again
@@kaylarichard2052just get off at Brooklyn bridge city hall it’s not that far
the city hall loop station looks like a station to a catholic church lol
The music was a bit extra lol
I reamember on my trip to nyc on the subway there was some subway stations that were empty dark and abandoned and all that was left was graffiti and pillars