Uncover 10 hidden secrets of the New York City Subway

Stand clear of the closing doors, please. Email not displaying correctly? View in your browser. January 16, 2020 10 NYC Subway Secrets Though New Yorkers often grumble that its age is starting to show, the New York City subway system has also accumulated its fair share of secrets in its 115-year history. From abandoned stations to hidden art displays, the secrets of the subway run the gamut from cute and quirky to fodder for conspiracy theories. Ride through Brooklyn boulevards and leftover bits of broken dreams to explore these 10 hidden treasures. Read More → Manhattan, New York Abandoned 18th Street Station Look out the window between the 14th street and 23rd street stops on the 4/5/6 subway lines and you may catch a glimpse of this creepy urban catacomb covered in graffiti and dirt. Read more → Manhattan, New York Track 61 This abandoned subway station beneath the Waldorf-Astoria hotel is allegedly used to secretly transport presidents. Read more → Brooklyn, New York Subway Zoetrope In the midst of all the muck and mire of the subway lies a brilliant piece of artwork only accessible to the lucky straphangers on the B and Q lines. Read more → Brooklyn, New York Prime Real Estate The entrance for the Avenue H stop on the Brighton Q line might seem a little unusual for a subway station, but that’s because it didn’t begin life as one. Read more → Manhattan, New York Forgotten Entrance Don’t overlook the southbound entrance to the Astor Place subway station—a bricked up doorway inscribed with “Clinton Hall” is the final remnant of the site of the bizarre Shakespeare Riots. Read more → Manhattan, New York Urban Musical Instrument Hidden in plain sight on the opposite sides of the uptown and downtown 34th Street N/R train platforms are a pair of public instruments that sing to each other. Read more → Visit AtlasObscura.com · View in Browser · Unsubscribe · See All Newsletters 61 Greenpoint Ave #622, Brooklyn, NY 11222