Exploring the Abandoned Worth Street Subway Station (2005)

Published on: August 17th, 2005 | Last updated: December 1, 2015 | Written by: Bad Guy Joe

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Worth street station on the IRT line is a strange breed among abandoned subway stations.

Built as the 3rd station north along the original NYC IRT subway line, this awkwardly placed station was lengthened on the downtown side to accommodate a full 10 car train (a feature noticeably lacking in other abandoned IRT stations). Just a few years after it was lengthened though work was begun on lengthening the next station south – Brooklyn Bridge. This station was lengthened northward so as the southern end of the station, which was built on a curve with gap fillers, could be abandoned. Once the full sized Brooklyn Bridge station opened in the early 1960s, Worth Street station became, well, Worthless… …at least to commuters.

Today Worth Street still lingers in the dust and dirt. The walls have been coated with graffiti, some relatively historic, some maybe not so much…

As with any tunnel, you’ve got to be careful what shady characters you might find stumbling around… 🙂

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8 responses to “Exploring the Abandoned Worth Street Subway Station (2005)”

1. altoid says:

   March 3, 2016 at 6:43 PM

   Is that guy in the last pic part of your crew? Or did you just find him there?

2. Control says:

   March 4, 2016 at 2:11 PM

   A little of both LOL!

3. Jesus Saves Nyc says:

   August 25, 2016 at 10:13 PM

   Ja one is 1 of NYC’s best Graffiti Writer/Artist

4. Union Tpke says:

   November 2, 2017 at 5:39 PM

   How many staircases are there per platform?

5. Dan the Man says:

   May 19, 2019 at 3:52 PM

   So how do you get in? Does one have to walk from inside Brooklyn Bridge station to Worth Street?

6. Bad Guy Joe says:

   August 13, 2019 at 10:33 AM

   It’s not far. I came from the other direction though if I recall right…

7. Tom says:

   April 10, 2020 at 7:05 PM

   Did the guy in the blue shirt proceed to tag that column?

8. Bad Guy Joe says:

   April 14, 2020 at 10:36 AM

   Nah.Not worth the legal risks.

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