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The remaining closed stations and portions of stations are intact and are abandoned. The exception is the Court Street station: it is the site of the New York Transit Museum , a museum that documents the history of public transportation in New York City.
Stations on the New York City Subway that no longer see revenue service; they may be intact but abandoned, or completely demolished, or anything in between. Subcategories This category has the following 6 subcategories, out of 6 total.
The station opened on October 27, 1904, as one of the original 28 stations of the New York City Subway. The station was closed on November 8, 1948, as a result of a platform lengthening project at 23rd Street. The 18th Street station contains two abandoned side platforms and four tracks. The station was built with tile and mosaic decorations.
Abandoned subway stations make for fun travel destinations in New York City; Paris, France; Cincinnati, Ohio; London, England; and Toronto, Canada.
In 1976, the New York City Transit Authority reopened the abandoned Court Street station in Brooklyn as the New York Transit Exhibit, which eventually became the New York Transit Museum (NYTM). [61] The station occasionally was used for tours after its closure, including in 1979 for an event celebrating the subway's 75th anniversary. [63]
Rochester Subway stations (1 C, 4 P) S. Defunct Staten Island Railway stations (2 C, 6 P) Pages in category "Abandoned rapid transit stations in the United States"
Newer subway stations have restrooms, including 34th Street–Hudson Yards on the IRT Flushing Line [59] and three Second Avenue Subway stations. [60] In the 2010s, the MTA planned to "overhaul" and reopen previously-closed restrooms. [61] All of the system's restrooms were closed in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic in New York City. [62]
That station opened on October 27, 1904, as one of the original 28 stations of the New York City Subway. The other three stations were built for the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company (BRT; later the Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit Corporation, or BMT) as part of the Dual Contracts. The Nassau Street Line station opened on August 4, 1913; the Broadway ...