Canal Street BMT and Times Sq Stations in 1994

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  • Опубликовано: 15 дек 2014
  • Unedited video of my roaming around the transit system after mid-night. See the 4 Track BMT Nassau Street Line station at Canal Street before it was part abandoned. The Broadway Line express tracks at Canal were out of service for years as trains were banned from the south tracks of the Manhattan Bridge during repairs. See part of the 9 segment ramp system that was deep beneath Times Square, as well the old shuttle platforms.

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  • @tmalone2530
    @tmalone2530 6 лет назад +155

    It's almost as if the person recording knew these videos would be valuable today!

    • @southbeachtow7374
      @southbeachtow7374 3 года назад +2

      Yes

    • @SuperheroJunior
      @SuperheroJunior 2 года назад

      @@southbeachtow7374 There goes a Redbird train on the (6) line. That must have been an R29 train.

    • @MXLSTARS
      @MXLSTARS Год назад

      Who was recording bruh good work

    • @Astrochorius
      @Astrochorius 3 месяца назад

      He recorded this himself.

    • @rvouzs2x
      @rvouzs2x 2 месяца назад

      well of course, these trains don’t last forever 😂

  • @StephinOut
    @StephinOut 4 года назад +61

    7:10 - "Press for Assistance"... yeah, right.
    7:17 - Holy S**T, it works!!

    • @lilbluefoxie
      @lilbluefoxie 2 года назад +11

      that woman sounded annoyed

    • @xpdev0
      @xpdev0 4 месяца назад +3

      That was so useful back then before the Internet became mainstream + mobile phones getting more powerful and popular
      The assistance buttons are now out of commission and no longer in use

  • @W1ld-Ghost99
    @W1ld-Ghost99 5 месяцев назад +3

    I went to the abandoned side of canal last week and seeing the difference compared to how it used to be is crazy

  • @SeeingEyeMultimedia
    @SeeingEyeMultimedia 6 лет назад +38

    You can hear the subway sounds in many scenes of the old Law and Order. Great how they made no effort to edit them out. Like the show, it's a part of the Big Apple!

  • @KevinCNYC1991
    @KevinCNYC1991 9 лет назад +50

    Man, these videos from the past are spectacular. A lot has changed in the last 20 years. Can't wait to see what else you're going to upload.

  • @MikeSkateTV
    @MikeSkateTV 7 лет назад +30

    That's so old, that Assistance P/A and the button looks like the ones we use for the crossing the streets

    • @diazjd93
      @diazjd93 7 лет назад +5

      trust me I learned so much of the things around us today date back to the early days of nyc

    • @fernandosalas8589
      @fernandosalas8589 4 года назад

      I didn't it would work such and old system.

    • @diazjd93
      @diazjd93 4 года назад +1

      Fernando Salas now we got upgraded ones that will probably last for another 20 years

  • @trinimark123abc
    @trinimark123abc 8 лет назад +44

    7:20 back then they didn't know either. lol

  • @MichaelOKeefe2009
    @MichaelOKeefe2009 6 лет назад +78

    1:10 Never seen Chinese lettering on MTA's famous subway station signages.

    • @PhayzinOut
      @PhayzinOut 5 лет назад +23

      Just for Chinatown

    • @tmalone2530
      @tmalone2530 4 года назад +4

      I remember it as a kid! My mom worked near there. Good times.

    • @barfdragon582
      @barfdragon582 4 года назад +2

      Toure M ya

  • @Kempmaurice
    @Kempmaurice 3 года назад +12

    This reminded me how loud the trains were as they were screeching to a stop back then. It also reminded me how creepy those billboards for CATS seemed to me.

  • @darrylreedy5079
    @darrylreedy5079 3 года назад +11

    Watching this video made me have a dream that I went back in time. The funny thing is I was an infant when this video was made.

  • @frankjames6232
    @frankjames6232 2 года назад +9

    It's absolutely amazing how the subway and the public was back in 94 before smartphones I love that shot of the old telephone booth 😀

  • @tmalone2530
    @tmalone2530 6 лет назад +14

    Oh how i miss the old setup at Canal!

  • @diazjd93
    @diazjd93 7 лет назад +29

    2:55 is the staircase today that has a door to the left, that door leads to the abandoned green column canal station

    • @HotLikeFire92
      @HotLikeFire92 6 лет назад +2

      diazjd93 - How do you get to that exact location? I've been wanting to find that green column canal station at the 9:15 mark. It's where the One In A Million album cover was shot. Is that the abandoned one you are talking about? I've seen a lot of abandoned station that people can still get to. Is that station in brooklyn?

    • @blackpit1769
      @blackpit1769 4 года назад +2

      @@HotLikeFire92 no

    • @JashawnRichardson
      @JashawnRichardson 4 года назад +5

      HotLikeFire92 Aaliyah shot that on the uptown 6 platform; it doesn’t look like that anymore but there’s the location if you ever wanted to know

    • @diazjd93
      @diazjd93 4 года назад +3

      Jashawn Richardson can’t believe I posted this 3 years ago but you are right, I believe it’s on the Lexington line

    • @bullymaguire6168
      @bullymaguire6168 3 года назад

      @@HotLikeFire92 uhhh, are you stupid?

  • @redcat608
    @redcat608 7 лет назад +25

    This is history right here...great video!

    • @peterjabattack1
      @peterjabattack1 Год назад

      you can go there right now and see this "history"..... it looks almost exactly same now as it did back then.

    • @robroy6374
      @robroy6374 Год назад

      i agree, Flag!

    • @robroy6374
      @robroy6374 18 дней назад

      @@peterjabattack1 nope.

    • @peterjabattack1
      @peterjabattack1 18 дней назад

      @@robroy6374 I'm a new yorker pal. I see this station every weekend

    • @robroy6374
      @robroy6374 17 дней назад

      @@peterjabattack1 nope. the former jamaica center/metropolitan ave bound at canal street have been closed since september 2004. the current in-use platform was rehabilitated in the late 90s, so don't lie.

  • @kevinwong6588
    @kevinwong6588 8 лет назад +22

    Apparently the south side bridge tracks were "roadworthy" for use as late as 1993-94, given a movie ("Cowboy Way") shot an actual moving train of R40s on the south track.

  • @tubblescousine257
    @tubblescousine257 7 лет назад +65

    man I wish I was alive at that time and there to railfan

  • @markemanuele1929
    @markemanuele1929 7 лет назад +47

    WOW This is the New York that I remember... I would like to see some stuff from the '70s tho. NOW THAT was the REAL GRITTY NYC!!!

    • @PRHILL9696
      @PRHILL9696 4 месяца назад

      Now its so bad you have to have the national guard on the subway!

  • @MrSlamCAC
    @MrSlamCAC 6 лет назад +9

    I remember those old bumpers and walkway at Canal St. BMT Station on the J&Z before the track realignment and closure of half of the station.

  • @JoseNunez-zh5ec
    @JoseNunez-zh5ec 9 лет назад +25

    It is still a great video the R40m,r42 on the J. Wonderful

    • @ADRHYN
      @ADRHYN 6 лет назад +2

      Jose Nuñez yes papi

  • @czechdeph
    @czechdeph 4 года назад +16

    Thank you for that. You nailed it with this video. For a very long time now, I’m looking for a video that captures the now abandoned platform of the Canal plus the passage connecting both semi-island platforms and also the 42 before the 90s renovation and ramps elimination. Would be great if you find more of the 42 labyrinth before the rehabilitation work took place.

  • @GFS695
    @GFS695 5 лет назад +6

    Cool, I was just starting hs not to far from canal in 94, love watching these.

  • @gohtigeriens7967
    @gohtigeriens7967 5 лет назад +7

    Omg canal street when it had both island platforms opened

  • @R42ToMoffat
    @R42ToMoffat 8 лет назад +12

    If only Canal Street looked like this today

    • @theol.j.5963
      @theol.j.5963 7 лет назад +2

      R42 Savage it kinda does lmao

    • @theol.j.5963
      @theol.j.5963 7 лет назад +2

      R42 Savage nice username btw

  • @nascarsillyseason9606
    @nascarsillyseason9606 3 года назад +5

    Something makes us want to see the past and the people in the past want to see the future

  • @TatersEatsCrayons
    @TatersEatsCrayons Год назад +3

    it’s cool seeing the half of the canal st platform on the j/z line before it was abandoned

  • @thecrooklynite2129
    @thecrooklynite2129 6 лет назад +14

    rest in peace VE 2:59

  • @joyceyolandastorch8964
    @joyceyolandastorch8964 2 года назад +4

    It looks so creepy and scary down there. I dont know how i ever took the subway back in the 1960s. I only took the E train at 7th Ave & i think it was 53rd Street, going back to Queens, when school day ended. The station was deserted. Someone was going to attack me, and i was so lucky the train came and i jumped on. My nerves were shattered for a long time after that. I think i was only 15.

  • @oochiewally2783
    @oochiewally2783 5 лет назад +9

    @3:01 that graffiti was VADE back in the days canal street was my stomping ground loved the ARMY Navy store right upstairs n the old stereo system..

  • @idespisenewyork
    @idespisenewyork 2 года назад +7

    6:52 This is currently the abandoned J/Z train platform of Canal St

    • @RalphExMichanima
      @RalphExMichanima 2 года назад

      It took me a while to realize that it’s the same abandoned station

  • @RXSVN_2
    @RXSVN_2 2 года назад +8

    0:47 Wow. Those are the abandoned tracks that I seen when I was a teenager, in either 1993 or 1994. I had never seen anything like that. It was just unused tracks with nothing but garbage on them. Then there were some metal beds with wheels that looked like they were meant to push items along the tracks.

    • @kenw7287
      @kenw7287 2 года назад +3

      I believe those tracks were out of service due to the infamous 90s reconstruction of the Manhattan Bridge which took about 10 years to finish. The tracks are now being used by the Q and N trains to get to Brooklyn.

    • @melanie19524
      @melanie19524 Год назад

      the other track is used by the q and w

  • @reggierodriguez6546
    @reggierodriguez6546 7 лет назад +9

    This was when I first used the blue metrocard

  • @dream.machine
    @dream.machine 9 лет назад +5

    Beautiful footage

  • @chriscampbell5538
    @chriscampbell5538 8 лет назад +8

    I remember the R40Ms on the J train

  • @Carl-Romero
    @Carl-Romero 8 лет назад +14

    Is it crazy that I was at Canal Street waiting for the (6) train to come one time like a few months ago and then an R62A pulls in on my side and the other side it's an R142A pulling in at the same time it was really similiar to 9:21 - 9:40 only it was R142A instead of a redbird but yeah that made me think about that

  • @mohammeddavis
    @mohammeddavis 5 лет назад +5

    Beautiful footage man

  • @chriscampbell5538
    @chriscampbell5538 3 года назад +4

    I remember the R40M/42s on the J/M/Z lines back in the days!

  • @kellyhyland8504
    @kellyhyland8504 3 года назад +5

    I accidentally pressed on a lil pump song, I came here to clean my soul.

  • @yab_flow323
    @yab_flow323 2 года назад +3

    Good piece of history.

  • @tmalone2530
    @tmalone2530 4 года назад +6

    The OLD track layout @ 6:59!

  • @Shadowdreamcast
    @Shadowdreamcast 9 лет назад +6

    Great footage!

  • @StivenBonillaNY
    @StivenBonillaNY 8 лет назад +18

    One of the Best Aaliyah's Album Ever on the IRT's Canal Street Subway Station is One in a Million.

    • @HotLikeFire92
      @HotLikeFire92 6 лет назад +4

      Do you know how to get to that exact location of the canal street station where it was shot?

    • @NguyeninhHoangMinhA
      @NguyeninhHoangMinhA 3 года назад +2

      @@HotLikeFire92 it's on 9:12-9:36, but it's nearly impossible because it's been 26 years

  • @ericcourt1582
    @ericcourt1582 7 лет назад +11

    R33/R36 Redbird (6) Train & R40M/R42 (J) Train & R40M (J) Train (1994).

  • @EthanF175
    @EthanF175 3 года назад +7

    17:24 ahhh the 9 train, the skip stop service for the 1, dont you remember the 9, i do, i rode it like twice though

  • @WaltGekko
    @WaltGekko 3 года назад +3

    The Canal Street platform on the Nassau Street line when you used to have the crossover at the south end of the station before the northbound platform was closed and the southbound platform became two-way.

  • @ericschwartz2062
    @ericschwartz2062 4 месяца назад

    This section of Canal Street J/Z lines at 5:02 was closed and abandoned in September 2004. Cool you videoed it while it was still open.

  • @annettew2997
    @annettew2997 6 лет назад +11

    But the 90s where the hood days

  • @themilfologist
    @themilfologist 3 года назад +5

    1:51 rip VE

  • @algorithm1193
    @algorithm1193 6 лет назад +71

    The subway in the 90's at midnight? That is how you get jumped.

    • @mugen3443
      @mugen3443 6 лет назад +16

      Lol, I was watching this with my cousin and he saw the time and said "Damn, its fucking midnight. My son finna get butt fucked and then robbed." 😂😂

    • @CCT3
      @CCT3 5 лет назад +1

      @@Hotters9060 idk

    • @Hotters9060
      @Hotters9060 5 лет назад +5

      News Channel 5 Roblox I remember when the Redbirds that ran on the number 6 line had their doors painted an orange color on the inside.

    • @CCT3
      @CCT3 5 лет назад +3

      @@Hotters9060 I was born in 2009 and I have never been to New York City to ride the subway so I haven't experienced the New York City subway and the Redbirds anyways for red birds are out of service

    • @nyctmtakid8358
      @nyctmtakid8358 4 года назад +7

      The most dangerous time to be on the nyc subway is between 2:00PM and 4:00PM

  • @lewisdsd
    @lewisdsd 7 лет назад +42

    10:54 look at those shiny R62A trains!

    • @blockvfive1196
      @blockvfive1196 3 года назад +1

      i wish they kept the newer trains all silver too

    • @42luke93
      @42luke93 3 года назад +2

      I wish they kept the railfan window but the MTA rehauled them.

    • @SuperheroJunior
      @SuperheroJunior 2 года назад

      @@blockvfive1196 I miss the old Redbirds. That Redbird on the (6) was probably an R29 train.

  • @JRnyc
    @JRnyc 6 лет назад +8

    2:55 R.I.P VE.

    • @trainluvr
      @trainluvr  6 лет назад +3

      This channel does not promote or condone graffiti vandalism! :P

    • @JRnyc
      @JRnyc 6 лет назад

      I never promoted, nor did i condone it. Go live in Cuba with that shit.

    • @trainluvr
      @trainluvr  6 лет назад

      You don't read emoji?

    • @JRnyc
      @JRnyc 6 лет назад +2

      trainluvr huh? Only shouted a dead person out. If it annoys you remove it

  • @ryanflores2489
    @ryanflores2489 2 года назад +3

    Wish the MTA kept the Chinese lettering on the sign for Canal. Pretty cool to see.

  • @chinosparky2061
    @chinosparky2061 2 года назад +2

    i remember canal Street like that

  • @oochiewally2783
    @oochiewally2783 6 лет назад +6

    this was my era,,,canal street was the spot to get fire works from the chinos,,and systems if you didnt steal em from cars back then lol

  • @Kevothe2nd
    @Kevothe2nd 4 года назад +6

    @2:55 Rip Ve

  • @Loonie_0
    @Loonie_0 4 года назад +5

    R.i.p R40ms No More Longer Seen In Mta :'(

    • @annanowak3016
      @annanowak3016 3 года назад +2

      But will be seen in the Transit museum

    • @SuperheroJunior
      @SuperheroJunior 2 года назад

      @@annanowak3016 The Redbirds were my favorite trains. I miss them on the (2) and (5) lines. I also rode them on the (4) and (6) lines too.

  • @dang5297
    @dang5297 8 лет назад +8

    More footage plz =]

  • @bullymaguire6168
    @bullymaguire6168 3 года назад +3

    Ah yes, you are an OG if you remember the 600 volts “buzzzzzzzzzz” in the Nassau St station of Canal St

  • @ADRHYN
    @ADRHYN 6 лет назад +5

    Dudes outfit at 3:56 omg

  • @jred9864
    @jred9864 3 года назад +3

    5:35 so that's how it operated before its closure in 2004.

  • @BLETransitYT
    @BLETransitYT 9 лет назад +10

    Amazin' video!

    • @AlvisWuNYC
      @AlvisWuNYC 8 лет назад +3

      It is from 1994

    • @tubblescousine257
      @tubblescousine257 7 лет назад +1

      Alvis Wu yup but still a grate video like all of his videos!

  • @fernandosalas8589
    @fernandosalas8589 4 года назад +6

    Beginning of video very creepy I have been there and very late at night around 2008, when it's quiet in the subway it's pretty intense but I felt save. If it was back in the 70s and 80s I would be terrified, the news would tell you don't be on trains after 9pm that is when most crimes were committed. Besides i was still a kid and my parents were home from work by 6pm. J train comes in 25 mins? That's why there was a lot of crimes committed long waiting time and the 7 was bad too especially waiting outside not in underground it gets very cold when your not moving.

  • @user-rm2hm5wk9p
    @user-rm2hm5wk9p 6 месяцев назад +1

    I feel like very little has changed at Canal Street at least.

  • @joshmasterproductions9066
    @joshmasterproductions9066 7 лет назад +6

    7:05 back when the NYCTA Had no help points tecnology until the near future which is 2013

  • @ultraswank
    @ultraswank 9 лет назад +10

    Very cool! Do you have any more videos from Times Square or Union Square from this decade?

  • @mohammeddavis
    @mohammeddavis 5 лет назад +3

    SHOT OUT! HELL YEAH GIULIANI!!

  • @angryredsquirrelyoufreakin1496
    @angryredsquirrelyoufreakin1496 8 лет назад +27

    This was when NYC was Gritty and Scary! most of Harlem, And crown heights Brooklyn were the danger zones

    • @abudiyan
      @abudiyan 7 лет назад +1

      ikr

    • @angryredsquirrelyoufreakin1496
      @angryredsquirrelyoufreakin1496 7 лет назад +8

      Also I think in 94 East new York Brooklyn was crazy as well

    • @dubreil07
      @dubreil07 7 лет назад +2

      ASVP AngryFlareon think? East New York was the worst area in NYC in the early 90s

    • @anthonyyoung3194
      @anthonyyoung3194 6 лет назад +3

      South Bronx is dangerous I live near pelham bay park

    • @quanbrooklynkid7776
      @quanbrooklynkid7776 6 лет назад +4

      dubreil07 wow that's where im from Pink Houses in East New York but I was born 92

  • @ntrainmta9626
    @ntrainmta9626 5 лет назад +6

    The Canal street need to be fixed

  • @fredola2600
    @fredola2600 5 лет назад +13

    12:47 the 1/9th line?

    • @noobtheoriginal
      @noobtheoriginal 4 года назад +6

      Fred Luddy back in the day, the 1 had a skip stop service in the bronx. It was the 9 train and it ran the entire 1 train route with express service in the bronx. The skip stop service was discontinued in 2005, due to low ridership.

    • @EthanF175
      @EthanF175 3 года назад

      @@noobtheoriginal fax

    • @SuperheroJunior
      @SuperheroJunior 2 года назад

      @@noobtheoriginal I rode the (9) train back in the 1990's. I miss those days.

  • @jadeehernandez6946
    @jadeehernandez6946 4 года назад +4

    Bruh 3:34 dude look similar to elisa Izquierdo's father Gustavo that's crazy lmao

  • @chickscounterattack
    @chickscounterattack 3 года назад +1

    so authentic..

  • @user-fj6so62ypa
    @user-fj6so62ypa 6 лет назад +9

    9:26 Again With R62A 6 Trains

    • @user-fj6so62ypa
      @user-fj6so62ypa 4 года назад

      LeafyisGone I’m saying like Back to it’s original day

  • @Uphi9691
    @Uphi9691 2 года назад +2

    Wow 2:35 a ve.... straight 90s

  • @abrahamyusif1994
    @abrahamyusif1994 5 лет назад +8

    Wow pay phones

  • @mariekatherine5238
    @mariekatherine5238 2 года назад +1

    I’m looking closely to see if I’m in this video!

  • @cjones3710
    @cjones3710 Год назад +1

    Looks like it did last time I was there.

  • @dang5297
    @dang5297 7 лет назад +11

    Anymore nostaligc videos?

  • @theroyaltriadvevo
    @theroyaltriadvevo 4 года назад +5

    3:36 that almost looks like Gustavo Izqueirdo but it ain't tho also 20 days before his death

  • @joelweisstuch4572
    @joelweisstuch4572 3 года назад +2

    Yo i thought Canal street today is a shithole. Look at it back then tho dayum. Much improvement now actually. Would love to travel back there for a day or two 90s were gangsta

  • @dang5297
    @dang5297 5 лет назад +5

    Is there any videos before the bridge closure?
    Any videos during the manhattan bridge closure? 6 ave line?

  • @HotLikeFire92
    @HotLikeFire92 6 лет назад +11

    9:15 Aaliyah's One In A Million album cover.

  • @flushingrailfanner6391
    @flushingrailfanner6391 7 лет назад +11

    The 90s-05 period was much better! Hhmmff!

  • @GeneralHawk505
    @GeneralHawk505 2 года назад +2

    I just realized them closing the passages from the Lexington Avenue line was a retarded move. Walking along the N/Q platform during rush hour is asking for a death wish.

  • @lilbluefoxie
    @lilbluefoxie 4 года назад +4

    where did those ramps in Times Square station go?

  • @nastynate2379
    @nastynate2379 Год назад +1

    RIP VE ONE 👑

  • @mariofilippi3539
    @mariofilippi3539 Год назад

    I remember when Time Square Station (ca. 1970) had vendors where you could get some snacks. Are there any more vendors in subway stations these days?

  • @HotLikeFire92
    @HotLikeFire92 6 лет назад +9

    How do you get to that exact Canal station platform at the 9:15 mark?

    • @eroc51440
      @eroc51440 6 лет назад +2

      that's on the northbound platform on the 6 line towards the front though it looks nothing like that now

  • @BrianGomez8888
    @BrianGomez8888 3 года назад +2

    15:44 is the dude in the black suit a detective

  • @williamerazo3921
    @williamerazo3921 Год назад +1

    What year did the R62s went full cabs

  • @annettew2997
    @annettew2997 6 лет назад +6

    1994 get jumped that was the hood and club days

    • @visionist7
      @visionist7 5 лет назад

      Drop some of dat acid bass

  • @xkzyzt6216
    @xkzyzt6216 3 года назад +3

    ew the font used for that exit sign at the top left in 15:59

    • @trainluvr
      @trainluvr  3 года назад +1

      I agree. There was some kind of minor spruce up of the station complex done around 1990 with non-standard signs. More helpful to the public than whatever as there before.

  • @williamerazo3921
    @williamerazo3921 Год назад +1

    Ohh when canal Nassau used both platforms

  • @JWFdocumentaries
    @JWFdocumentaries Год назад

    15:00-15:11 put a smile on my face

  • @newzcutter
    @newzcutter 2 года назад +1

    15:48 west side story on the sax

  • @NONAME-ni1eg
    @NONAME-ni1eg 7 лет назад +8

    I was only 6 days old in this video

  • @nicoletravis1290
    @nicoletravis1290 2 года назад +1

    RIP R40m/42 R26,R28,R33WF

  • @alexthemtaandr211weatherfa2
    @alexthemtaandr211weatherfa2 5 лет назад +4

    The nyc subway in the 1990s looks dingey.

  • @awilliams4543
    @awilliams4543 3 месяца назад

    good ol days

  • @mattguy2998
    @mattguy2998 2 года назад +1

    I miss when canal st had the Chinese letters.wonder why they took that down??

  • @derrickramirez-ni5wf
    @derrickramirez-ni5wf 23 дня назад

    10:38 that’s where I just was to take the A train!!!

  • @TJF236
    @TJF236 4 года назад +2

    Man when the R42’s were out you had enough time to get on the train cuz in the 1980’s they closed the doors quickly. Wow! 7:49 I like the R42

    • @annanowak3016
      @annanowak3016 3 года назад +1

      Yea cuz you see the wavy design under the doors windows
      And more. But u mean 6:15

    • @sammy6289.
      @sammy6289. 3 года назад +1

      That’s the r40m

    • @ejdsndnj
      @ejdsndnj 2 года назад

      That's a r40m

    • @Matthews_Back
      @Matthews_Back 3 дня назад

      @@sammy6289.they’re literally R42s. They have different sidings.