take a shot every time he says "platform station"

@luishetzler9429

10 ай бұрын

And don't forget 1910 cheers

@cumsquatch8057

10 ай бұрын

Liver failure

@santiagostichel562

10 ай бұрын

😂

@jc9240

10 ай бұрын

I love the story and history, but you should have kept secret on how you got in through the open and sliding metal gate door, there is too much evil copy-cats out there that would take advantage in entering that area to create chaos and havoc for the sake of an adventure of destruction and sabotage, such of the like of cutting wires, starting a fire or switching those breakers to the Off Position, I would advise to be more careful next time on your next project lest you be charge with trespassing or even worst if because of your social platform segments invited the publicity and mayhem you didn't envision to receive.

@davidwahrheit6143

10 ай бұрын

I think he should have been saying "station platform."

Im not advocating for breaking and entering, but I will thank you for breaking and entering!!!! LMAO

@Jason-rn4jk

10 ай бұрын

I do not abide to breaking, but I do abide to enter!

@jc9240

10 ай бұрын

I love the story and history, but you should have kept secret on how you got in through the open and sliding metal gate door, there is too much evil copy-cats out there that would take advantage in entering that area to create chaos and havoc for the sake of an adventure of destruction and sabotage, such of the like of cutting wires, starting a fire or switching those breakers to the Off Position, I would advise to be more careful next time on your next project lest you be charge with trespassing or even worst if because of your social platform segments invited the publicity and mayhem you didn't envision to receive.

@handyadvice

10 ай бұрын

Umm ....what you said 😂

@843Reboot

10 ай бұрын

he didnt really break in, he just went over the tracks and opened a unlocked door

@handyadvice

10 ай бұрын

What did he break? Are you delusional? Show us where he broke a lock to get in...WE THE PEOPLE want to know.

That platform was once visible and could be seen from the uptown 14 St. IRT platform, just across from the local track. There was even an open but narrow staircase on the mezzanine, with just a single chain across its top leading down to it. I always enjoyed that glimpse into the station's past, but sometime in the 1980s or 1990s that wall was built, hiding the platform from view and the staircase leading down to it was removed & the floor paved over. I'll tell you something else about that station: that passageway above the IRT downtown local track, with the mosaics on those freestanding sections of wall, didn't exist until perhaps those same decades. Before then, the only way to get from the north to the southern end of the downtown platform was a narrow, open catwalk above the downtown local track - a very exciting way to get from one end of the platform to the other!

@ultraswank

8 ай бұрын

That catwalk existed well into the 1990s as far as I can tell. Now the station has been completely remodelled, removing access to the long ramps that connected the BMT Broadway (and IRT) to the Canarsie line (and were the Warriors "arcade" scene was shot). Everything is still there though, but blocked off.

@joestrike8537

4 ай бұрын

@Mr.DeStylez I still miss the penny Chiclets dispensers attached to the pillars at many stations 😢- they had this great springy circular handle you had to turn to receive the gum. (Which turned even if you weren't buying gum - great to play with while waiting for the train.)

blown away by this. Everybody's walked past those red-framed remnants, but who knew what they were? Or those odd sections of a wall along the passage from the IRT to the BMT. Makes me fell kinda dumb for never questioning why those pieces of wall were there. THANKS for exploring this for us--for all of us🙂

@MillieMoBuckz

10 ай бұрын

I 2nd that!!

@Darkk6969

10 ай бұрын

They should have posted few pictures of the old station with the artifacts so they know what they were.

Take a shot each time this guy says "Platform Station", "1910" and "Heins and LaFarge" and you'll be... very drunk! Or have a shot for every inaccurate fact he throws out there and you'll be even more drunk.

The city lost its architectural soul a long time ago. This original platform was clearly beautiful in its time.

It's satisfying to see that bits of the original tile and mosaic work have been preserved and are on display in red frames. I doubt that many people are aware of it, so thank you for showing us!

Whew man please be careful with those tracks way too dangerous. Love that you’re capturing the history of station design. Nice to hear true native telling these stories. There’s an abandoned platform at Nevins St you should look up (and you don’t have to go near the third rail to get to it lol).

@thekiddsaucemusic

9 ай бұрын

I've seen videos of people get electrocuted disabled from it. Not being able to move because of the electrical current... Then they get hit by the subway train.

@RonTheGod

6 ай бұрын

He’s used to it

This a great history lesson of the 14th Street station. I was able to see and walk on a lot of abandoned stations closed like the Worth Street station on the uptown and downtown 6 train, 91st Street station uptown and downtown on the 1 train, 18th Street station uptown and downtown 1 train, and also the under pass where customers use to transfer from the Third Av EL at 149th Street and Third Ave 2 and 5 train going downtown and uptown. The original signs are still on the tiled wall saying to Elevated trains. The original staircase coming downtown from the old Third Av Elevated (EL) removed and sealed. The only personnel who has access to this underpass is the NYC police and the NYC Transit Station cleaners. There’s a door on the uptown and downtown leading to the underpass. The underpass is used now as a storage area for the NYC Transit Station cleaners. I’m sorry I didn’t video tape the underpass because it would be a great history lesson. For information purposes. The Third Ave Elevated (EL) shutdown on April 29, 1973 and the demolition started in the 1980’s from 149th Street and Third Ave to Gun Hill Road and White Plains Road (lower level).

The IRT station platforms were extended in 1948. That side platform was converted for use by employees only, and rumors were that the old MTA "money trisnused to do drop-off money and tokens there.

I took a shot of tequila everytime Heinz and Lafarge was mentioned 😅

I'm literally trembling watching this! All my 37 years living in New York, i never knew about this! I did know they extended the platforms at some point though. Like we lost 18 Street on this line, which is visible north of this line. Broadway kept there's open. Than there is 91st Street on the Broadway and Myrtle Ave for Bridge lines serving the South Brooklyn Division. But this one, i can't ever imagine being behind the wall. It makes you wonder what else exist out there. There is secrets to the G and the Utica Avenue A/C lines. The secret for the A/C is that it sits deeper than it should for a line that the only trunk in that area. There has been rumors of a second system. But the community on Stuyvesant Street Brooklyn gave a lot of resistance to the plan. So instead of the B/D straight past Second Avenue (a station that became a terminal to no whete), it was supposed to go straight into Brooklyn. So they desided to build over the trackway leading to second Avenue cutting direct acces to the express track at that station. And instead it was bridged over to than turn into grand Avenue via the north end of the Manhattan. Meanwhile, the BMT Nassau Street service was completely severed as the original route on the North side of the Manhattan Bridge. This was due for the lack travel demand for Nassau Street, as more people was traveling and coming from Midtown. There is a story around this. Midtown became more popular when zoning to make way for Rockefeller Center occur. So many business left the Financial District for Midtown. However, the subway system was really built for the convenience of people living in Brooklyn. Even the lower level City Hall Station was lost due to this change. It too lost direct access to it express tracks due to this change. Just imagine the Nassau Street J and or M lines being the only service on the Manhattan Bridge at one time. It is even hard for my mind to conceive. But Downtown, which is the Financial District was *Extremely* important. We even had service on the Brooklyn Brooklyn. The first train service that cross from Brooklyn (Queens) and Manhattan. It had a station that was called Park Row, which was like a Grand Central Station of it time. Way before the Manhattan Bridge was even constructed. At least 7 different routes served this terminal. The station was demolished sometime ago. But the reasons are more general. 1. The 4th Avenue subway was built making the 5th Elevated redundant. 2. The IND took over the Fulton Street EL route as a subway. 3. The IND crosstown took over Myrtle Ave route somewhat 😮 4. The integrity of the Brooklyn Bridge were being compromised according to engineers. And 5. Saying it one last time. *The Financial District became less important because of the aforementioned*

THAT'S what I like when you guys go into the subway; REALLY exploring and telling a little of the history! Can you slow down the camera movement next time? I appreciate everything you did on this video and hope you keep them coming!

@stephiecreates

10 ай бұрын

🤢

Thank you so much for spending time looking at the mosaic work. It's really beautiful and I hope to see more.

This is cool to see but it's kind of crazy MTA did not secure this any better w/ it being used for probably important equipment still.

NYC regularly craps on it's own history, especially in the '60s when they raised the old Penn Station to build the Madison Sq. cheesy, cheese-box. Only relatively lately have they tried to protect some of the beautiful old architecture.

Thank you for appreciating and showing us a good part of NYC history. The old architecture combined with today’s technology can actually work together. 👍🏻

7:28 I was at Union square Station a few months ago and I think I saw that closed off platform with the gate in the middle and I was wondering what it was. I thought it was a very strange place to put a gate when there's no platform to stand on in order to walk to it. I didn't know at the time that that used to be a platform. Thanks for showing this.

Really cool of you to acknowledge the artists that created this place. Subscribed for that alone

That mosaic tilework is beautiful. For a 100+ year old transit system that runs nonstop 24/7/365 thr NYC subways are amazing. The amount of work that has to go into keeping it up and running day after day after day is incredible.

dude stepped rite on the third rale- I know that piece he stepped on is guard but man thats scary as heck. one slip and its over

14 St station is much distorted in shape as the line runs around the reverse curve from Fourth Ave into Union Square East. The downtown island platform has an especially sharp curve, and comes to a narrow point at the south end. The location of the side platforms can be spotted, when the local track is clear, because the platform edges were not removed when the platforms were walled up. The island platforms were extended in 1910 to handle longer express trains. The downtown platform was extended northward into space originally occupied by a siding that was removed. The uptown platform was extended at both ends, and the siding to the south is still there today. At the same time, more stairs were provided to new extensions of mezzanine level. The side platforms had already been written off as useless by this time. The full length of the station is about 900 feet, because of the offset platforms, while an IRT train is only 510 feet. Gap fillers were installed at a few points on the sharp curve of the downtown platform in 1914. Also known as moving platforms, they slide out to fill the space at the points where doors open, and made it possible to open all the doors. More were added in 1916, and also on the South Ferry outer loop. When the modern design of subway car came into service, with doors located at different points, the gap fillers were relocated, probably in 1955 for the local side and 1962 for the express side.

@RXSVN_2

10 ай бұрын

Wow I didn't know that the gap fillers were that old. It's surprising how they still work to this day.

@alexthemtaandr211weatherfa2

10 ай бұрын

@@RXSVN_2its because they where relocated in the late 50s

@jerry550

10 ай бұрын

I’m in my 70s now. I remember the gap fillers when I was about 6 or 7 and got off at 14th Street with my father to go to his union.

I am feeling that little bit more sad the more I have seen of this video. I'm seriously grateful for you taking the time and knowing your stuff and sharing it with the world. Proper job as we say in the south west of England, you're not messing are you‽ Great effort and thus great footage as a result. Not so sad anymore now that you're showing us the considerable amount of original architecture remaining. I'm glad that it's not just the few square feet upstairs.

Thanks for sharing. I saw that gate a time or two when I lived in NYC and wondered what the heck it was doing there and what was behind it. Now I know. :) I was surprised it wasn't locked. But then, they probably don't expect too many people to go down on the tracks to find out.

Unfortunately people are in too much of a hurry to appreciate the beauty of NYC architecture.

Thanks for giving a tour. Travelled to NYC and notice this around the subway. Great info!

You thought me something new about this station and I always used to walk through here. Thank you ❤

@jamesohara6513

10 ай бұрын

'' You thought me something '' ? That's new. I like it.

Your videos are so interesting appreciate them a lot.Thank you

This was awesome. I'd love to explore all of this. Thanks for taking us!

very interesting, but you really can't trust stepping on a 100 year old piece of wood when it comes to a 3rd rail and it's voltage. You also need to know more about the wires and other dangers within those hidden rooms. Touch the wrong thing and nobody will find you for days or weeks!

@IlDiavolo2515

10 ай бұрын

That piece of wood ain't 100 years old

@rupe53

10 ай бұрын

@@IlDiavolo2515 maybe yes, and maybe no.... but that 3rd rail is still lethal if it cracks. You willing to take that bet?

This is beautiful footage! Thank you!

1:55 It's not only that they were patient. It's that they appreciated art & class.

Bro I want to do Urban exploring with you around New York City I love looking at Old delaprocated New York City structures we got too link up this was my passion to do something like this and I came across your video by accident and I'm glad I did because 14th Street it was a platform and that wall wasn't there in the early 2000s they put that wall up like around 2005 I think cuz I remember seeing that platform on the other side before they built all that shit over there it looked at like the one on Chambers Street we should explore the one on Chambers Street together

I've been on that platform. It's a shame people came and vandalized and stole pieces of history. My old teacher used to go down there and take photos of the tiles as a hobby. We just thought he was some old weird dude at the time. But I love history and now I find it fascinating.

Enjoyed.. obviously you are employee.. I worked psny for over two decades.. it's amazing what is lost to the public.. so much stuff that R R. Museum would love to have.. including the small hand painted signs from 100 yrs ago.. Al would like your video with to much information.. Al,Quida

Thank you for this. So many people live in NYC and don't appreciate anything about the subway system. I have always loved the history of NYC subway system. It's incredible how they built all these tunnels underground so many years ago most of it dug by hand. Many of the stations were built very large and through the years they have downsized many stations. I recently found out there is an abandoned station by the Broadway G train stop in Williamsburg that was built but never used. I would love to see that. I hear it has two levels. Appreciate your video because you explained much and spoke well about the station which was cool. Stay safe because it is risky. I've seen others who start stealing mta equipment and actually record themselves doing it which says how stupid they are. Excited to check out your other videos. Stay safe and God bless bro!

@juanelorriaga2840

9 ай бұрын

Agreed I use it everyday since I was a kid late 70s early 80s and still use it and still find myself on 14st catching transfer to Brooklyn bridge and I will stop and look at these beautiful mosaic tiles and art

This should be showed on own Smart-phone , M.T.A. history . The 14 street line { L } is my line and back in the 60's those walls were still around . Nostalgia is what we need in the subway , to show old movies of what 14 street subway walls look like . Lets forget about these computer advertisement bill boards , for the rich , and give something back for the hard working class American hero .

Wow I work at this station often and never knew this, that’s pretty dope, thanks for the knowledge 💪🏾🙌🏾

WOW SPAIN amazing video very informational and entertaining , its sad to see they didnt try preserving the rest of the station like they did upstairs...

Thank for sharing... But be careful down there.

This is fascinating! And creepy!

Amazing! You took a risk but it was worth showing what’s left. All that beautiful tile work. Too bad all of that work couldn’t be preserved more respectfully.

Hanse & LaFarge appreciate your effort

If they closed off that platform in 1910, it must have only been a few years old. I think they started building the subway tunnels in 1904.

I thought I was imagining things when I saw you get down in the tracks. But thank you for the showing the abandoned track.

That's dope. Love looking at the history of Subway

Thanks for the tour of old NYC platforms!

Very cool! Thanks for this interesting video!

This is dope. Love all the hidden history in the city with the subway stations.

Love those eagles. Ever time I’m there I always admire the old station aesthetics

I liked this. But I don't recommend jumping into the tracks.

Cool video thank you enjoyed it!😃👍👍♥️

Walking an active line is extremely dangerous. It isn't like the second avenue (the section built around 110 street) line before the lower SAS was built. I did one such thing back in the 1990s. I was with my much younger cousin and his friend. The walk was mostly non running service and a newly trackway now run by todays "Q" line. We started at 63rd Street and Lexington Avenue. We noticed a train sitting on the other side of the wall..R32 rest in peace. It was practically nothing there. The other side of course was an active passenger station. That is the only memory i have of that station. Before that i notice one of those big box trucks in that same location. This was the 1980s. Anyway, i used the 21st Station in Long Island city. Before the "F" it was the "B" and JFK. Than the 6th Avenue "Q" line. So as we walked this route, you could tell it was a newly built until a certain point. Than we came into an old section. Thats when when i start hearing train traffic. I stood silent for a moment. My cousin and his friend has been in the subway many times like this. But i never been in the subway like this. A cloud came over me. The feeling of doing something that could potentially end my life immediately darn on me. I was thinking if the train was going to meet me where i was at. But i was assured that trains would not come up here. So i asked where we going? They told me station up ahead. I say, what station? 57th Street. I asked what should i be concerned about? The most concerned thing i thought was the train. But they told me switches than the third rail. Stepping on a switch is like switch blades. You won't survive. *PERIOD* The third rail will *KILL* you and the chances of survival is slim to non. So getting hit by a train would be #3. Once i understood that, I left 1995 in my past. Incredible. 😮

I appreciate your channel.

I'm traveling to New York for the first time in month or so. Would love some hidden gem recommendations to go and check out.

Very cool you should do more

This is crazy out all the videos on KZread I come across someone that I actually know from my old Bushwick block. 😊

Yooo! Thank you for doing this. Love the history, but hate the politics. What a shame. This is similar to what they did to Yankee Stadium.

really neat content man. Love the abandoned nyc stuff.

Interesting beautiful old architectural design I am curious of their any photos on an archive somewhere

Thank you for risking your ass with that third rail and getting this for us. I want those eagles and tile cleaned and cared for. When i got free time ill make that shit happen.

Also at 14th Street, there was a subway entrance leading to the old department store S. Klein's. (Remember that?) It was demolished and that apartment building (and the Mount Sinai site), is now in it's place.

@johningersoll8206

9 ай бұрын

Their motto was "On the Square". I remember the building but not the subway entrance. Then again, been at least 40 years since I was in that station.

Great video my g you must of tagged back in da the day lol

Thank you sir for caring! Nice! USA🇺🇸🎩🥂🍾 history.

I remember this platform in the early 80s when NYC was in a economic crisis and was falling apart tiles all over and had those 70s 80s ads all over but I liked it.I’m in this station everyday and have seen people go through the shutters but I saw 3 guys go but it was jammed and another pair got caught I love these vids but I think they will lock them soon which is a shame cause I love exploring NYC.Also I remember exploring High Street station in the early 90s and there was shut platforms with old ads from 80s old turnstiles I bet it’s still there but most likely storage now

Wow this is so 🅒🅞🅞🅛. Ty😎

Nicely done! Let's be careful out there. Cheers!

Things to bring to the future for others to appreciate 🙏

Awesome video

This is awesome!

Good Looks 14 Union Square & 4 Ave

Arent you...., Jesus Saves? Lol good to see you doing good. Stay blessed.

That was beautiful son 👍

GREAT VIDEO!!!!!

Very interesting 👍

Whoever broke off those Eagles is a criminal in more ways than one

You should go to the abandoned Utica ave upper level station

I bet a lot of the original tunnels weren't even built for trains

Awesome! Beautiful. Why don’t we have things like this anymore?

Very Very Nice Video sad about the stolen eagles

Would you recommend climbing down onto the tracks like that?

@Thatgamingdiary

Жыл бұрын

First check the countdown clock if there’s any trains coming don’t recommend anyways it’s illegal bud

@ninja_tony

Жыл бұрын

@@Thatgamingdiaryyeah, its illegal so you’re taking a chance regardless, but ALSO - and this is VERY IMPORTANT - if anyone is considering doing it anyway, they need to be very familiar with the third rail, because coming in contact with it is a death sentence.

@Thatgamingdiary

Жыл бұрын

@@ninja_tony Ty bro (not that I would do it anyway)

@roccopolanco4822

10 ай бұрын

its the only way to see it. trust me...

@rupe53

10 ай бұрын

@@ninja_tony you will only get ONE HEARTBEAT to be familiar with a 3rd rail...it's that deadly!

Cool video, but, people, for the love of God, do not trust the covering he stepped on to hold up, you are a little fracture and inches from instant death.

Great Vid.

Very Silent Hill

Dang you walking so close to the train at this part was sketchy!! 😅 6:31

you got my respect

Oh whats up my boy Ruben JS One

I heard long time ago there's a section of 1900 subway dome that has some silver dollars on the ceiling. Is that true

This dude has got balls! 😳😳 Thanks! 😁👍

The country was already here, fully built and abandoned when they arrived on the mayflower. A lot of these locations are founded not created. History is told by the winners of wars or the survivors of cataclysms. Those eagles are a history reset. The story behind it or the creator can only be taken in face value.

Remnants, what remains, the remainder. Never “a little remaining”.

Is that the only entrance?

Amazing

Take a shot for every time he says 1910 😁👍🏼

Great to see how unchecked you were in a vulnerable place with thousands of people's safety on the line.. great video however they're not protecting the public from folks who might want to do bad😮

Drink every time he says “platform station”

When did this station close?

Hell Yeah! 👏👏👏

Yo we can go there and clean that shit. The city doesn't take care of that shit. Yo I'm down we can make a non profit and get licensed and permitted up. Awareness for hienz and Lafarge. I always love walking buy those columns.

Drinking game: Every time he says platform station and 1910..