Abandoned City Hall Subway Stop

“If you ride the 6 train to the end of the line and get off at the Brooklyn Bridge stop, you’re missing out on something incredible. As the train loops around to go back uptown, it passes through an abandoned and beautifully preserved City Hall station from 1904.

The city closed the station in 1945. Its still not open to the public, but there’s a trick you can use to see it for yourself. Until recently the MTA would force passengers to get off before the train made the loop, but now passengers are allowed to stay on. So the next time you reach the end of the line, keep going. And check out these amazing photos courtesy of John-Paul Palescandolo and Eric Kazmirek.”

- Huffington Post

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Thank you to John Pollock

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jufjo

November 12, 2010 at 1:35 pm · Reply

Even the underground stations looked good back then.
Where oh were did we go wrong with design, taste, architecture, etc.

Richard

November 12, 2010 at 2:02 pm · Reply

Beautiful!

Karin

November 19, 2010 at 8:43 pm · Reply

I am glad to see that this is now open to the public. Guastavino tile construction is wonderful stuff. Thanks for posting this!

BgJff

November 25, 2010 at 12:58 pm · Reply

Looks like something out of the Myst series of games…

Regina

December 3, 2010 at 1:29 pm · Reply

Notice that it still looks so beautiful…more than likely due to the fact the public hasn’t been allowed in to mess it all up!

jee

December 27, 2010 at 3:58 pm · Reply

Usually it’s not the public that mess up such places but rather the local government! People/citizens/city dwellers are not only the users but also the guardians of public space…

See fx http://www.pps.org/ and http://gehlarchitects.wordpress.com/

Tom

May 13, 2011 at 6:01 pm · Reply

I just passed through last weekend and was quite excited to see it. However, none of it is lit so I nearly missed seeing anything at all. You can cup your hands and look out the right side of the train to get a brief glimpse of the main archway, but I’d bring a SureFire flashlight or something similar next time. I’d like to know if they light it at certain times. It’s beautiful under there and merits a glimpse for those who are interested. Why invest in renovation and then cut power and access? Security by obscurity, I guess.