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137th street Subway Yard

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The 137th street subway yard is one of the few subway yards built in NYC that is entirely underground.

Located along the 1 line between 137th street and 145th street stations, this yard consists of 5 tracks bracketing the ‘main line’ center 3 tracks where regularly scheduled subways run. 2 of the yard tracks are located east of the ‘main line’ tracks, while the other 3 are on the west wall. Each track can hold 2 10-car subway trains, for a total capacity of 10 trains.

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This is a very narrow yard – the tracks are close together, and there is no catwalk / bench wall in between. There are no crew rooms or facilities within the tunnel (some are located at 137th street station). If a train needs servicing, it has to be moved to a yard (usually 207th street). This yard is used exclusively to store trains during off-peak hours.

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While it was narrow and cramped, it was nice to visit and knock off my list…

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10 responses to “137th street Subway Yard”

  1. HVAC Avatar
    HVAC

    The infamous One Tunnel. I got chased out of here once by a local Dominican street crew called the Ballbusters in 1982. This was their “territory” then. The RTW crew painted many famous trains here.

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  2. Gino Pryor Avatar
    Gino Pryor

    Agreed @ HVAC. This was definitely Ballbusters spot. I went down there a few times to see alot of other crews painting. Classic/Legendary train cars came out of this yard. You weren’t a number line writer if you didn’t go there.

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  3. kurt Avatar
    kurt

    Hit this one last night (bit later than 11) when the trains are definitely stored for the night, yet a worker came down? I had to hide under the third train to the west (last track) for 20 mins… Any ideas why that is?? He even turned on the lights on one train at a point. I doubt anyone saw me going in, and no cameras/motion sensors as far as I’m aware.

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    1. Bad Guy Joe Avatar
      Bad Guy Joe

      Maybe a train ops guy who forgot something onboard? Definitely out of the norm…

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  4. arno Avatar
    arno

    got your piece done anyway?

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    1. Bad Guy Joe Avatar
      Bad Guy Joe

      I’m sure I could have but I didn’t paint metros here. Cops never cared about explorers but once you tag something you’d be on their shit list… (that list has grown far longer than they can deal with now though).

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  5. arno Avatar
    arno

    comment was for kurt since he waited 20 minutes for the worker to FO. 😉

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  6. HBR Avatar
    HBR

    I’d love to take a look down here ? Not being from New York how and where is the enterance ?

    Help appreciated

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    1. Bad Guy Joe Avatar
      Bad Guy Joe

      Either nearby station. If you go, be careful it’s a very tight space with plenty of third rail hazards.

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  7. yetiblue Avatar
    yetiblue

    Went down there last night, pretty straightforward until the lights went on and the doors opened on the train we were crouched behind haha. Booked it outta there, and saw a team of workers with flashlights moving between the tracks as we got back to the platform.

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