Kids have ebike races down there

Nice video, but a correction - the express tracks on the IRT Park Ave line are not lower - the local tracks are higher at the stations. When designed, the IRT used gravity to help slow their trains into stations by going a bit uphill, then used gravity again to help get the trains up to speed by going downhill. Back then the traction motors that drove the trains were not as powerful as they are now. Ride the express and you can see the local tracks get higher for each station and then lower again out of the station.

@ltvsquad

9 ай бұрын

That's part of it. The rest is this tunnel right above it.

@pilsudski36

9 ай бұрын

Yes. The old elevated structures were designed the same way.

I made a video thoroughly showing the art exhibit in 2013. It is one of my least viewed videos. Most people simply do not care. Thousands enjoyed that day yet no decent videos appeared the time I searched a few days after it happened.

@ltvsquad

5 күн бұрын

I bet it would have gotten way more traction if they didn't do it as a one off show vs. having it a regular space that people become curious about.

After reading all of the comments I guess I must add mine. Just after the 33rd st. station on the IRT North look to the left and you can see the curved entrance to the Original stop at Grand Central station! Now it is the Shuttle stop. The IRT went from the lower east side to the upper west side; now the 123 line…

@ltvsquad

8 ай бұрын

Indeed! There's a similar track on the southbound side but it's harder to spot. Some of the trackway of this original iRT route was turned into work spaces. I haven't been back there in ages but it's a cool 'dead' tunnel.

@user-nl7we4fq1e

8 ай бұрын

@@ltvsquad back in the 90’s I went thru there on a museum excursion!

@1575murray

Ай бұрын

@@ltvsquad The southbound local track has a track connection to Track 1 of the shuttle. At Times Square the northbound local track has a similar connection to Track 4. There is no connection between the two shuttle tracks.

Wow! U did your research..I enjoyed it

Nicely done.

Nice to see this ,we explore stuff like this .thank you

@AbandonedCityCamoCrewExplorers

9 ай бұрын

4.05 in seen this in movies ,now know this tunnel

They should make it a permanent art gallery for unknown artists in a r monthly rotation .

Mayor Swagger, bwa hahahaha!!!!!

Love this spot as well. Any idea about future plans for the tunnel?

@ltvsquad

9 ай бұрын

I was bummed to learn that if & when the city gets around to fixing some water mains in and around it, they intend to simply reopen it to traffic. It would be a far better split cycling/pedestrian path filled with art.

Now Joe you do know that the Atlantic Ave tunnel that was Bob Diamond's playground is the cities oldest dating back to 1844.

@ltvsquad

9 ай бұрын

I DO know that, but it had no station, and Brooklyn was still its own city at the time. (I knew you'd call this out, so I was ready and waiting lol)

Where is this place

Great place for Banksy Masterpieces

Should be used as a bike and walking path to get through midtown faster.

@ltvsquad

9 ай бұрын

I'm 500% for this.

@Mr.A_nyc

9 ай бұрын

That's what it's been used for the past few years.

@mattkennedy6115

8 ай бұрын

Or even for emergency drainage for flooding