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Subway-Exploration

Subway exploring posts only.

Abandoned Station Entrance: Bowery

A decade ago, myself and ntwrkguy were the first to explore the newly abandoned queens-bound Bowery station. Since that time, this station and tunnel became something of a tourist attraction: an easy spot for beginners to enter and get a taste of what the NYC Subway system has to offer. This is not to say […]



Bergen Lower Level, 2013

The lower level of Bergen Street Station in Brooklyn is a long ‘abandoned’ mess.



Graffiti Tunnel

Deep below NYC lays this mythical location, where serious writers put up blockbuster pieces for only the select few that are daring enough to find this subway tunnel to view and enjoy. Here’s a sampling of what can be found in this amazing location.



Smith’s Dungeon

Smith’s Dungeon is perhaps one of the hardest NYC Subway tunnel locations to crack open.



2nd Ave Subway Station Construction

A peak into one of NYC’s newest subway tunnels



Middle Ground

The thing about the NYC subway system is, that it is so absolutely fucking huge. You can spend years wandering these tunnels and never see every single spot that there is.



Grand Central Trolley Loop

The Grand Central trolley loop is one of the least known, least talked about, and least documented abandoned tunnel segments in the NYC subway system. These rare photos show the present day (2012) state of this obscure location.



Abandoned Bowery Side Platform, 2012

Revisiting one of NYC’s most recently abandoned stations.



Shit Track

Deep Below Chinatown lays the Shit Track



Winfield: Scunthole’s Lair 2012

The winfield is one of the largest stretches of ‘abandoned’ tunnel within the NYC subway system today.



Mystery Tunnel Recon

Is it there? Nobody knows.



9th Ave Lower

The lost level of workbum hell



Brooklyn Zoo, Terrify

Another night, another tunnel



Highest Lowpoint

At the highest point in the system lays this lowest layup track, dipping below all others and dead ending. The logic behind this strange structure has long been lost, and the track here was both little used and recently removed during the current viaduct rehabilitation project.



MTA Snow Subway Service, Explained.

For anyone that might not understand why some subway lines run in the snow, while others do not, consistently year after year, here’s a mini guide with explanations that the MTA never seems to want to admit to. Let’s take this Line by Line with 4 samplings of major routes. The A Train: The A […]