Are these abandoned subway stations in NYC connected?

Question

It's just a question of curiosity. I was looking over the abandoned subways on NYC and the ones of Manhattan weren't too far apart so I was just wondering if they're all connected somehow? I want to use them in something I'm writing about but I don't know if they're connected.

There's 18th street, 91st street, City Hall Loop, South Ferry, and Worth Street. I can't really find anything that shows that they're connected, only how far apart they are or how long it takes to get from one to the other.

Answer 1

City Hall Loop was one of the original IRT stations. (Not IND as stated in another answer.) The station's tracks are still used to turn the 6 train around. Passengers can now stay on the 6 train as it turns through the City Hall Loop to see the restored station from the train.



Worth Street. 18th Street, and 91st Street was made redundant when the MTA lengthened the platforms at the adjacent stations.



South Ferry Station was closed, but underwent major reconstruction to lengthen its platform starting in 2005, but was flooded during Hurricane Sandy and requires major repairs.



This leaves the 145th Street as the only station where the platform is not long enough to accommodate the full train. Just south of the station are the switches to the tunnel to the Bronx, and just north are the switches for the 148th Street Terminal and Lenox Yard.



Here is the link to the list and photos of all closed subway stations in the system:



http://www.nycsubway.org/wiki/Abandoned_and_Disused_Stations



This is actually a great site, I am really glad I found it. It has everything you wanted to know (and some things you didn't even know you wanted to know) about NYC Subway, its history, rolling stock, stations, and structures.

Answer 2

18 St on the Lexington Av line is really close to 14 St, Union Square. 91 St on the Broadway-7 Av Line is really close to 96 St.

City Hall Loop is used by the 6 train to turn around at Brooklyn Bridge-City Hall.

South Ferry Loop is currently used as the new station was flooded out by Sandy.

They are connected by tracks and tunnels, but are inaccessible by foot or to the general public.

Answer 3

The City Hall loop is still active track. You can ride from the downtown side of the Brooklyn Bridge station to the uptown side, during which you can see th abandoned City Hall Station.



I believe that all the stations that you mentioned are connected by active tracks. Sometimes abandoned stations are used for material storage. One near City Hall actually functions as an underground yard.

Answer 4

They are connected together by active stations. So, yes, in theory someone could hide out in one, and then use the subway to move to another.



The reality, though, is that the abandoned tunnels are generally well locked, and are patrolled by policemen. Many are also used by the maintenance crews to store things.



THAM--the City Hall station was part of the original IRT system, not the IND. Typo?



This is a good website:

http://www.columbia.edu/~brennan/abandoned/

Answer 5

City Hall Station is IRT and you can ride through (6) train from downtown side of Brooklyn Bridge to uptown size of Brooklyn Bridge.

Worth St and 18th St station, you could see mostly from (6) train, while 91st St, you could see it from (1) train.



Also from Manhattan-bound (B)(D)(N)(Q) or weekend (R) service only, you could also see abandoned Myrtle Av Station (after leavig/passing DeKalb Av).



If you apply for Transit Museum membership, you could see exclusive tour of City Hall Station.