A Drive under Rochester NY in the old Subway
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- Опубликовано: 13 сен 2024
- A Drive under the City of Rochester in the Old abandon Subway system.
"Rochester subway was a light rail rapid transit line in the city of Rochester, New York, from 1927 to 1956. The subway was constructed in the bed of the old Erie Canal, which allowed the route to be grade-separated for its entire length. Two miles (3.2 km) of the route through downtown were constructed in a cut-and-cover tunnel that became Broad Street, and the only underground portion of the subway. The Rochester Subway was designed to reduce interurban traffic on city streets, and to facilitate freight interchange between the railroads. The line was operated on a contract basis by New York State Railways until Rochester Transit Corporation (RTC) took over in 1938. The last day of passenger service was June 30, 1956. Portions of the right-of-way were used for expressway construction, while the rest was abandoned and filled in over the years. The largest remaining section is a stretch of tunnel under Broad Street from Exchange Street to the intersection of Court Street and South Avenue."
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I am unfortunately lol but I got the hell out of that ghetto shithole . Nothing good in Rochester
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As a seven or eight year old, I talked Uncle Jim into taking me for a ride on the subway! It was probably within weeks of the shutdown. As I recall, there were only one or two others riders, and the motor man.
There are still traces of the old Erie Canal bed, where it ran. It terminated at the Rochester Products factory on the west side of Rochester. The east end ran under the Rundell Library. Then out the route of 490 to 590 and south down the 590 corridor to near Monroe Ave.. There are a few vids of the subway in operation on youtube. Like many projects in Rochester, the subway was delayed in building. It was contemplated as a way to get giant interurbans off the trolley tracks on city streets. By the time the tracks were laid, the interurbans had disappeared forever. City government then failed to expand the subway corridor to Monroe and other points to make it part of a viable transit system. The subway was crowded during WWII, but ridership gradually dropped until shutdown in 1956.
Today, I feel fortunate that I got that one subway ride!
That’s awesome. Great memory. 🇺🇸
Cool story!
Me too. Rode it on the last day. Crowded car, had to stand!
Now that would make a great movie location
Good thinking
Makes a pretty great crackhead location, honestly
Thanks for the idea!
It's very interesting 👍
There is the river, and underground tunnels!!!!
the fact that I’ve past by this place so many times and haven’t realized
My older brother always said he'd take me to see the old subway when I was a kid. Never happened. Thanks for this video!!
You sir, are the bravest person I know. The amount of broken glass down there would certainly deter any idea I had of doing this lmao
It’s not that bad
Looked cleaner than a lot of subway tunnels in other cities :)
i use to take this drive all summer, its trippy asf but you only gotta watch out for the homeless asian dudes that live there, theyre loud asab and you can hear them screaming from across the river at night
I worked in downtown Rochester for many years..never had the balls to explore the tunnels. Thanks for this video..pretty cool.
I am from the ROC! Spent many days in the old subway. Lots of amazing art work down there.
Thank you for preserving this amazing piece of Rochester history in video. This place is amazing and has been used for so many purposes. I only hope that that parts that are still open can remain preserved so others can experience the same joy you had exploring.
What’s so special about it a place that crack heads sleep at night. Dork
@@austinmcmillan7549 Do you smoke crack?
No but your mom dose
@@austinmcmillan7549 You can't even spell,you douce.
@@gregorycyr9272 oof on the spelling
This is awesome to show everyone what's down there as you need flashlights to enter because it gets pretty dark. I had the pleasure of taking a tour down there back in 2012 with a group of co-workers we scheduled with a tour guide it was about 9 of us and we started our walk behind the Dinosaur restaurant entrance as soon as you began your under the old Randall library looking across over to the Blue Cross Memorial there's an aqueduct sitting under the library. It was amazing looking over the old structures and how everything was built because before there were streets it was a canal and they rode boats. I've seen beautiful pieces of artwork down there never-before-seen and for it to be down there you didn't see paint or aerosol cans anywhere they keep it fairly clean and the art changes almost daily. You see the old platforms of when they would board the subway, also the old Gannet news paper building entrance and some of its older equipment. There are other passage ways through the tunnel, however, most of them have been cut off, but you do see where they turn. I thoroughly enjoyed my tour because it showed me another side of my city to which I was born and if I'm correct the Underground Railroad is/was a part of the subway system just don't quote me on that. Our tour ended at the entrance behind Nick Tahoe's where this gentlemen entered at to make this video. A while ago I thought I heard the city speaking of opening it back up to use but said it would cost too much?? I think :)
Urban exploring down here was quite an adventure! The west entrance I always loved seeing. That was before it was filled with dirt.
Never knew that was there. Hard to believe we didn't see more evidence of campers/homeless. Great video.
Yikes.....you are brave. Never ever would I drive that or go down there. Never even knew it existed.
There’s a ton of beautiful art painted down there! More so under the bridge, you can get there from blue cross arena
@@rerubi4893 that’s what I’m talking about
You sound like a real thrill Marlene
we went down there as kids I’d say 35 yrs ago or so i was prbly 15-16 and i have to say it spooked me man lol. i remember seeing a lot of empty wild irish rose bottles and other liquor bottles/beer cans trash. I also remember seeing little living areas with boxes, used mattresses, trash etc.. Never saw anyone but you could tell people lived down there. Wasn’t my favorite place to visit as a kid🤷🏻♂️I didn’t know you could drive thru it either, pretty wild. I’m surprised a smaller city like the Roc had a subway system. ✌🏼
It used to be a bigger city.
That was awesome, thanks for sharing Erik!
I’ve driven past here sooo many times & never knew you could get to the old abandoned subway thru there with a car lol
I went in on my motorcycle one time lol
Thank you for filming this. I didn't know if it was still intact or not. Your video has given me the energy to get out of this chair and start the day! #BringBackTheRochesterSubway
I have a weird and interesting dream about this place. I used to visit there pretty much of the time, and I kept wondering if they will remodel and renovate with new lights, floors, painting fresh up, and everything changed to make everyone feel safe to visit there in the future. It would be so an awesome idea for the future as never know!
I've been living in Rochester for 10 years now. Love this tunnel, walked there a couple of times, it's very inspirational, makes me wanna write a metal song))). Did not know that driving is allowed there. Perfect place for a creepy picnick, I'd say good alternative to a nighttime cemetery, for example, if it's too cold or rainy outside. ))). Thanks for sharing!
I been in Roch my while life and didn't know that was there.
Yes, I know. That is what my very good friend who moved to Las Vegas from Rochester two and half years ago mentioned. Actually I never walked under the subway tunnel in my whole life because I never thought of it, but my sister, some friends, and I walked downstairs to the subway station and everything inside really was very dark during the broad daylight hours, but we didn’t walk through it because it was as dark as very black just like a black out, but when we heard something strange like spooky or something and we ran on the steps upstairs to walk outside and we never went back there again. It was around 1973 or perhaps 1974. Oh, it was not in Downtown Rochester as it was somewhere on the west side of the city and I was 8 or 9 years old. Also, my father told me that there were a few murders in the 1970’s outside the subway station on Otis Street, just located behind big Tent City Department Store on Lyell Avenue.. My family shopped at Tent City store lots and a few years ago, I learned that it was closed for good. Too bad. Rochester used to be a cool and gorgeous city years ago, but now it sucks! I hope the city will get improved much better soon as it used to be. Oh well….
The rise and fall of great empires always leaves behind architectural fossils.
Rochester was booming in the 1950’s and 1960’s. Before WallStreet investment firms moved a ton of US manufacturing overseas and down south. 🤷♂️
I nevervknew that little side street to the subway existed. It's quite eerie down there.
How the hell is that still allowed to be accessed by the public?
This is AWESOME! I grew up in Dansville. Rochester was "the city." And, still, I never knew there had been a subway AT ALL! Thank you for posting!
I have some nice shots from castle on the hill in Danville.
@@erikfleischer5928 Wonderful! I actually swam in the PC's (Physical Culture) pool as a kid, and my father worked there when he was a kid...though it was only briefly due to a prank gone wrong with his friends.
I used to go down there a lot, I usually just went to the aqueduct though. If I were in the pitch black and saw a car coming I would shit my pants.
You were very brave driving through this old subway. Incredible footage! Never knew that so much remained of the subway.
I've always heard about the old subway but never actually thought you could get in it. This shit is crazy bro.
Totally Awesome Vision, I never knew it existed, or that there ever was any type of transportation there in Rochester. Was thinking of all the horrific things that could have taken place there. Like a seen from SVU. You are a very brave Dude to go through there. It certainly was no drive under the tunnels of the Colorado Rockies,, But now know something I did not know. Thanks for the Tour.
Been living in Rochester my entire life and never knew you can actually go in there, always thought it was inaccessible
You're not supposed to, but there's not really anything stopping you from going in. No cameras or security etc. I wouldn't drive in though.
The music to this was perfect
Funny thing is. I hate it. Was just what I found in the RUclips maker
Would be pretty sweet to get four flat tires down in there!
I explored the subway back in the mid-80's, when it was easy to get in on the Court St. bridge right behind the War Memorial. Back then, Gannett was still having big rolls of paper delivered underground to the printing presses, and you could follow that all the way to Nick Tahou's. It looks like they actually started to fill-in the subway back in the 90's, but never finished.
I was trying to figure out if the end of the video was around the Broad St. bridge where the stairs on the side of War Memorial are? Took my kids there a few years ago to see the old graffiti and canal.
@@keantbraeckman7752 No, it's underneath the intersection of Broad St. and South Ave.
I took some pictures in there by the sun lit entrance, it felt like I was in "I am legend", No thanks never again. But thank you haha
Wow interesting im from upstate never heard of the subway so cool thanks for the video
I grew up on Jay st! We played down there as kids 💯🦾😂
We used to walk in near Dinosaur bbq. Never knew you could drive in!! Damn that would have made my younger years more fun
I went down there in 2018/2019. there seemed to be much more homeless people at the roadway exit. Tents and needles everywhere. It is a very eerie place to go without a good flashlight.
I am from Rochester, NY where I was born and raised, but I’ve lived in Washington, DC since 1985 now. Yes, Rochester had the subway system with 2 lines (one for the north and south directions and another one for the west and east directions) before the stupid mayor shut it down in the 1950’s. Oh well…
you are crazy for driving down there
Word! 😆
Interesting! I never knew Rochester had a subway. I’m surprised you could drive thru like that.
Too bad it’s no longer in use! Subways are awesome means of public transportation. All civilized cities have subways, hard to understand how a city can have one and then let it go.
Too bad rochester is NOT civilized
It's still used by the homeless. There was a quasi permanent camp over the river this summer.
@@codyvincent4760 haha, we just moved to Rochester from Florida. Believe me, compared to that benighted part of the world (we were in Pensacola - kind of Alabama, really) Rochester is the cradle of civilization! 😉
@@andrew5207 that is so interesting - very much a snapshot of how cities change in a profit-driven world. From efficient public transportation to homeless camp: that encapsulates all that is wrong with our society! For the record: I totally see why homeless people would use that space and I don’t have any grudges with them. They are NOT the problem.
@@enigel1969 I was born and raised here you only think that because you JUST got here. I spent years in youre original city too. This place is a sesspool of death and sadness
Once drove to the city to see this (I live about a half an hour from ROC) could not find this spot. Oddly there was construction or something going on right near it also. I asked a A cop and he said “I wouldn’t go there unless you plan on being robbed” and me being younger and more afraid of things like this I turned around to go home. Feels like a GTA spot You just conveniently take one turn off of the main road straight to the tunnel. What an amazing spot in such a forgotten place.
The cops will deter you from going down there they like to scare people as we were told by our tour guide it be the people that does the art down there and it's better to go through during the day make sure you have a flashlight with good batteries. I've mentioned earlier they may have closed one side, but the other side is open which is how Erik was able to get down there. They like it to be less traffic as possible. Just know you can go at your free will make sure your protected just in case and also make sure your not alone be with a group of people.
We used to go down there all the time before they started tearing everything down. There was some really cool art there we used to photograph at least 9-10 years ago! Lots of kids took senior portraits with them in the main accessible areas
do you remember seeing the massive mural of the thing from the fantastic 4?
My hometown! 🙌🏾 I've never set foot in there, but always wondered what it looked like. Kind of creepy, but it was nice seeing some of the old architecture, and all of the art. Thank you for the tour!
I can't believe nobody's camping there as homeless...Seems the perfect area to set up tents and such...
Oh, they are there. I'm sure they are very experienced at camouflaging themselves or simply not being there during the day. Being too obvious would probably get them kicked out.
Mike. It's too dark down there. Without a light you can not see a thing
There’s been some sick bands that have played down there
Underground???
@@dannylo5875 yep
Exploring down here was one hell of an adventure. I miss walking through the Brown St entrance . Too bad it went defunct in 2010.
I've been down there a bunch and let me tell you it's really weird seeing someone drive though it like this.
Imagine the ppl that are there. Seeing it. Or the time I brought my motorcycle in there to do a photoshoot. Lol
I was thinking the same thing i didn’t know u could drive through it.
A cool video, very brave of you Erik. I always wondered what it looks like now. Would make a great location for a zombie apocalypse movie!
Perfect location for a horror movie!
Rochester is a horror movie every day.
Suprised a cop didn't see ya on Broad street. turning in.
They stick near court right now
We used to walk everywhere in Rochester. I've walked from Orange street to Charlotte at 1am by myself when I was 16. Only time I've ever been in the subway was on LSD back in the mid 90s. Who remembers the old junkyard behind #42 school on Lake Ave? The Slabs. Or Blackbridge. I don't know about now but back in the day there were MANY places to hang out.
me and my friends use to go down there back when it wasnt so clean and homeless would be down there, you had to go alone, without a flashlight, it was spooky as hell.
I love hear in Rochester, NY very interesting
It's allowed drive there? Cool. I will take my family on adventure this week! Thank you for the sharing.
No, it's not allowed drive there.
No you aren't allowed to drive in it and it's this kind of shit that will get another awesome Urbex place closed for good.
No, you're not allowed to drive there.
Bring a picnic! Nothing says family time like a sketchy, dark, graffiti coated, litter filled, ABANDONED subway station... smh
he drove past the NO TRESSPASSING VIOLATORS WILL BE ARRESTED sign, at the entrance, when he turned off the road
someone cut the lock off the gate - you get three guesses who?
Before it was the subway it was the Barge (Erie) canal. The end off the video was the aquaduct over the Genesee River.
That entrance is actually on Google Maps street view lol
The turn off is right at W Broad St&Industrial, between W Main & Allen
Very Cool, from down state we’re subways are plentiful. Lived up in the Rock back in the day for a bunch of years. Always read about the once was subway systems for the people of Rochester NY. Sad to see that city fall from grace because Kodak couldn’t change with the times. Just like Blockbuster!!
Yea thats what happens after years of democratic policies. Sad
Guess that's a good depiction of what hell looks like, then again maybe it's paradise compared to hell.
I live in Rochester and Canandaigua New York I’ve heard of the subway Rochester had a Lotta good things going on and I don’t understand why they got rid of them I guess we have some cool public transportation back in the day ....
Because of the automobile industry, petroleum industry and tires industry. In the beginning,free tires was offered .
wow. ive always wondered what was at the broad st end. ive been down there a ton of times but ive only ever entered under the Dinosaur or under the bridge where you have to climb the pipes down. I have photos of a shit load of the spray paint art thats down there and its progression over the times i went down periodically. Ive always stopped athe the pillars though because its pitch black down there and i never have a flashlight on me when i decide to go spur of the moment. I never though to drive down there. I never realized it would be so easy. Thats way easier and way safer. Ive encountered some sketchy people down there doing some sketchy shit. Being in a car and having the ability to quickly speed away if need be would be nice.
Awesome video. I'm glad i finally know whats on the other side.
I would say most of the people found down there just want to be left alone. they'd probably appreciate a pack of smokes and a 6-pack of something cheap. I bet they'd be interesting to talk to. They're not monsters.
I'm from Rochester I have never been down there
Didn't even know this place existed! Very interesting yet scary has heck! Can't understand why they haven't blocked it off.
use to be scarier when the homeless lived down there, they didnt like tresspassers
Because if theres no way out incase of a fire when people break into there. The city has alot of deaths if that happened.
They're still construction going on underneath the old libraries they need access into there
@@theantibudda1😅😅
Brave driving in there during the day
Right I expected bad results.
We had a subway?
Yes it’s the bridge downtown that looks old asf
Back before the decline of the American rustbelt
It only lasted 30 years.
This totally gave me the creeps! And I don’t know why. I haven’t felt my skin crawl like that for a very long time. Even my teeth felt weird!
Same here, left arm felt weird, the right arm has seen pretty much everything and was fine, but the left was flipping out.
We used to go down there and spray paint in the early 2000s creepy place.
Lots of amazing graffiti down there that is always changing
Bunch of hobos down there. One crackhead had a whole bunch of kids messing with his door so he started screaming for them to go away lol
I'm sure nothing sketchy ever goes on
Surprisingly I have never run into an issue down here nor have heard of anyone.
I have been down there a few times in the past. as early as the late '90s. But I've always walked. I have a truck now that has great off road lights on it. I'm talking like I would look like a f@$ing train down there. And to even make it even more fun I do have a train horn. I also carry a firearm. So no riff raff I have to worry about. But I will say that the artwork is amazing. I wanted to do a music video down there at one time.
I would love to hear some other places in the city that are cool to check out. I remember going to the legal wall in the past. But it's now just a vacant lot of faded artwork.
Wow! Interesting and amazing!!👍
I drove concrete mixer in here many times for many rehabs
That place is scary at night
How can you tell it's night down there?
This kinda reminds me of a scene from a horror movie.
4:26 The bridge over the Genesee River, downtown.
I have a feeling that this isn't recommended....
Erik hope you are doing well old buddy! Thanks for posting!
Hey eric long time no see man....i remember bmx riding with you as a young teen...townys.
The good old days !!! Now I get on a bike without a motor and I feel like I'm going to die !
@@erikfleischer5928 nice video btw...man have i had some crazy times down there...
@@justinb7039 find me on FB. I'll show you some other shots I have done down there
Honda hills bruhs
Me. I’m from 🇮🇹ROCHESTER, NEW YORK🇺🇸
It's no longer available. They're doing construction and other changes. Rochester has totally failed to see the possibilities. As usual. Sadly.
That's crazy.. I had no idea you could drive in there. Can you drive all the way through? Where does it come out at?
Nice view from the 585
Lmao how many needles did you pull out of your tires?
I’d be amazed if he didn’t catch a flat
Hah, I've been there, actually didn't see that many needles ))
We used to through crazy shows down there. Epic shit
I've lived here all my life and never knew that was there! So, how did you get out? Didn't look like there was a viable exit.
Me and my buddy were on the other side lol at a little after 4 mins in .. we saw u how by
Go by**
@@Dax69420 you guys were doing the graffiti?
No we were just smoking down there and I thought it was a cop
@@Dax69420 that would b so bullshit 😂
@Jrdfgy Krtysf lmao I wasnt hiding I was having an adventure which always involves weed lol
Yeah u not not form here lmfao JUST KNOW we go down there ,,we go crazy 😝 With the quads and Dirt bikess and trucks 💯❤️🔥 #585
I lived here 8 years and had no idea this place existed
@@Mecrob1457 u need to go out more there a lot in Rochester to see is just hidden 🔥💯 look up Rochester history and facts 💯💯💯
@@aidaoquendo7917 agreed.
Born and raised and haven't seen until now.
I kept waiting to see some humaniod creature run in front of your car. Someone exposed to the pollutants Kodak hid when then filled in the subway.
I've been down there a few times and yeah, it's very creepy. But if you've never been in the aqueduct, beneath the Broad St. Bridge over the river (abt. 4:00 in), you're really missing out on a great historical experience. The Original Erie Canal passed over the Genesee River in it, and it's still intact. You can often climb into it easily from the river walkway by the War Memorial.
Yes. Been down there many times. This particular time I was able to drive in and I was doing a photos shoot in there with a model at the aqueduct
Here is a link to some of the shots in that section. m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=551403602883708&id=100040422196589
Me and my fiance were on the other side and saw them driving by .. they weren't going that fast and it was actually really cool to see Lol ..
Jo, this IS the canal bed. The subway was built in the drained canal bed about 5 years after it was abandoned.
Gotta hit up Delta Sonic after that drive, then maybe Nick Tahou’s or Wegman’s for lunch.
Did a Wegmans sub right before we went in. :)
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...who remembers when it was 716?
@@scottdoran3112 I DO!
Perfect setting for a horror movie.
Yeah! Or an action movie with a car chase.
A car chase would also work.
@@masterb5683 the city already has plenty of horror and car chases
Man get out of there. That's the entrance to hollow earth where the lizard people live. It's all here in this pamphlet I found in the bathroom.
thanx ...
I remember when midtown plaza was still around and I was in middle school we used to skip school down there and smoke
Should have put tent city here instead of in that weird cut and high walls
Facts!
you're an a$$ hole....you don't take that shot youll either be in jail or living behind nick Tahoe's....smh... glad i wasn't cooking for you..i fed those people for years.
Been there but didn'thave the luxury of takingthe vehicledown there, went in there by foot through a side path, the place is super creepy, get the feeling you shouldn't be down there, graffitiin some parts, part of the place is flooded, normal flashlights barely shine down there, you would need some sort of Industrial flashlight
The flooded part is the old aqueduct it always has water in it
Imagine if your car broke down while in there 😬
No problem you just walk out
I remember walking, we found ourselves under the downtown library, where water falls into river
The aquaduct remrents
Is anyone gonna ask how tf you got out? lol Did you back out or make a U somewhere tight...?
I went down there to do a photoshoot. when done just turned around plenty of room in there.