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What Is Your Least Favorite Subway Station In NYC? |
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Posted by LuchAAA on Sat Apr 3 05:11:34 2010 My least favorite is Lex/59 on the N, R, W.It smells and is always crowded. |
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Posted by Osmosis Jones on Sat Apr 3 05:22:08 2010, in response to What Is Your Least Favorite Subway Station In NYC?, posted by LuchAAA on Sat Apr 3 05:11:34 2010. Chambers Street of course. |
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Posted by LuchAAA on Sat Apr 3 05:24:27 2010, in response to Re: What Is Your Least Favorite Subway Station In NYC?, posted by Osmosis Jones on Sat Apr 3 05:22:08 2010. I love that station. One of my favorite stations.I don't like Bowery. |
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Posted by Osmosis Jones on Sat Apr 3 05:29:31 2010, in response to Re: What Is Your Least Favorite Subway Station In NYC?, posted by LuchAAA on Sat Apr 3 05:24:27 2010. Are you serious? You know that April Fools was 2 days ago right? |
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Posted by LuchAAA on Sat Apr 3 05:31:55 2010, in response to Re: What Is Your Least Favorite Subway Station In NYC?, posted by Osmosis Jones on Sat Apr 3 05:29:31 2010. What's not to love about it? High ceilings. Four tracks. Abandoned platforms. Sufficient platform space for passengers.I think it was used in the show "The Equalizer". |
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Posted by Osmosis Jones on Sat Apr 3 05:34:15 2010, in response to Re: What Is Your Least Favorite Subway Station In NYC?, posted by LuchAAA on Sat Apr 3 05:31:55 2010. It's ugly and adequately named as it smells like a chamber pot. |
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Posted by LuchAAA on Sat Apr 3 05:35:53 2010, in response to Re: What Is Your Least Favorite Subway Station In NYC?, posted by Osmosis Jones on Sat Apr 3 05:34:15 2010. It does smell, but the high ceiling and wide stairs cases all the way to the street allow some of the horror to escape. |
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Posted by Osmosis Jones on Sat Apr 3 05:47:14 2010, in response to Re: What Is Your Least Favorite Subway Station In NYC?, posted by LuchAAA on Sat Apr 3 05:35:53 2010. The smell leaves, but the memory of witnessing such a monstrosity just stays. |
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Re: What Is Your Least Favorite Subway Station In NYC? |
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Posted by Fulton Frank on Sat Apr 3 08:42:45 2010, in response to What Is Your Least Favorite Subway Station In NYC?, posted by LuchAAA on Sat Apr 3 05:11:34 2010. Broadway Junction - Yards, tunnels, els. Perfect in beautiful weather. |
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Re: What Is Your Least Favorite Subway Station In NYC? - SORRY |
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Posted by Fulton Frank on Sat Apr 3 08:47:56 2010, in response to Re: What Is Your Least Favorite Subway Station In NYC?, posted by Fulton Frank on Sat Apr 3 08:42:45 2010. I thought you said FAVORITE! SORRY! |
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Posted by Larry,RedbirdR33 on Sat Apr 3 09:21:51 2010, in response to Re: What Is Your Least Favorite Subway Station In NYC?, posted by LuchAAA on Sat Apr 3 05:24:27 2010. I don't like Bowery.I would have to agree with you. There just isn't very much to see at that station except for the non-defunct northbound platform. The others stations on the Centre Street Line ; Essex, Canal and Chambers have much more to offer; abandoned platforms, long forgotten connections, abandoned mezzanines, not to metion a whole underground trolley terminal. Yes Bowery, a forgotten station on the street of forgotten men. Larry, RedbirdR33 |
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Posted by arnine on Sat Apr 3 10:17:43 2010, in response to Re: What Is Your Least Favorite Subway Station In NYC?, posted by Osmosis Jones on Sat Apr 3 05:22:08 2010. Ditto |
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Posted by SMAZ on Sat Apr 3 10:58:50 2010, in response to What Is Your Least Favorite Subway Station In NYC?, posted by LuchAAA on Sat Apr 3 05:11:34 2010. 21st/Jackson Av on the (G) train in LIC. It's hideous. |
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Posted by trainsarefun on Sat Apr 3 11:05:04 2010, in response to Re: What Is Your Least Favorite Subway Station In NYC?, posted by SMAZ on Sat Apr 3 10:58:50 2010. Van Alst indeed wins that title for me too. |
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Posted by r33/r36 mainline on Sat Apr 3 11:39:05 2010, in response to What Is Your Least Favorite Subway Station In NYC?, posted by LuchAAA on Sat Apr 3 05:11:34 2010. The West end & Culver stations, they look like there about to fall apart esp the stairs, when they rehab those stations I will like them, same goes for pelham except for Westchester SQ & Parkchester stations. |
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Posted by BMTLines on Sat Apr 3 11:50:58 2010, in response to What Is Your Least Favorite Subway Station In NYC?, posted by LuchAAA on Sat Apr 3 05:11:34 2010. Grans Street because it represents the IND invasion of the BMT and the end of T, QT, and QB service to Astoria |
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Posted by BarnYard on Sat Apr 3 12:15:34 2010, in response to Re: What Is Your Least Favorite Subway Station In NYC?, posted by Osmosis Jones on Sat Apr 3 05:22:08 2010. Sutphin Blvd on Archer Ave.Not only do I think the whole Archer Line is a complete waste of potential & ill conceived,but it is poorly lit(Most IND stations were brighter when opened).It is dark,dingy,decepit. Think about the bigger picture.RailRoad stations were built as gateways to a city.Civic pride dictated the most grandiose palace affordable.(Think of any indusrial giant at the turn of the 20th Century- Buffalo;Chicago;Cleveland;Detroit;Scranton). A visitor from Asia or Europe flys into JFK & avails themselves of the Airtrain.Now they board the system at Sutphin/Archer.Isn't it nice the canopy they pass under on the platform protecting them from leaking water? What first impression do they get? Who was it that said a society can be judged by what architecture it tolerates? |
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Posted by R38 4149 on Sat Apr 3 14:16:09 2010, in response to What Is Your Least Favorite Subway Station In NYC?, posted by LuchAAA on Sat Apr 3 05:11:34 2010. The CPW local stations between 59th and 125th St., with the exceptions of 81st and 110th St. I couldn't pick one because they are all so bland that they look the same. Almost no color to the stations at all except for the white tiles and the dirt-colored concrete floors. The stations are dimly lit, and the fact that there is no lit platform on the opposite side makes the stations even darker. Plus, service sucks on both the lines that serve the stations... |
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Posted by Randyo on Sat Apr 3 14:20:47 2010, in response to Re: What Is Your Least Favorite Subway Station In NYC?, posted by BMTLines on Sat Apr 3 11:50:58 2010. While it may represent an "invasion" of the BMT by the IND, in reality, after Mayor Hylan left office, the concept of the IND changed from being competition for the BMT to a possible extension of existing BMT lines. Had the city not insisted on retention of the 5 cent fare, the BMT would have likely been more willing to assume operation of the new lines as part of the BMT system and a number of the changes that did take place would have happened anyhow even if in a slightly different form. For example, S/O 59 St/Columbus Circle, the tracks intended for the present 6 Av Line would probably have been connected to the BMT's spur tracks N/O 57 St and the actual 6 Av Line not even built. |
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Posted by Randyo on Sat Apr 3 14:24:53 2010, in response to Re: What Is Your Least Favorite Subway Station In NYC?, posted by R38 4149 on Sat Apr 3 14:16:09 2010. 175 St on the A doesn't even have the little bit of color that the CPW stations have and 57/6 is just as bland. |
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Posted by dinky on Sat Apr 3 14:31:23 2010, in response to What Is Your Least Favorite Subway Station In NYC?, posted by LuchAAA on Sat Apr 3 05:11:34 2010. The 7th Avenue/53d St. IND station is awful, and the last rehab of the station was a waste.The station has poor waterproofing, inferior floor tiles, peeling paint, an encampment of homeless men, and in general a dank, gloomy, urine-scented atmosphere. Yuck. |
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Posted by mcorivervsaf on Sat Apr 3 16:08:06 2010, in response to What Is Your Least Favorite Subway Station In NYC?, posted by LuchAAA on Sat Apr 3 05:11:34 2010. For me, it's both 205th Street on the D, and the Chambers Street BMT station. 205th Street looks worse each time I go down there. Ceiling falling apart, occasional leaks, broken tiles, enough said. As for Chambers Street BMT, it's as bad as 205th, if not worse, and the stench at the southern end of the platform is nauseatingly horrendous. The rats & the homeless' combined stench make for a sickening commute on the J/M/Z from Chambers. I try to avoid that station like the plague. |
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Posted by Wayne-MrSlantR40 on Sat Apr 3 16:46:03 2010, in response to What Is Your Least Favorite Subway Station In NYC?, posted by LuchAAA on Sat Apr 3 05:11:34 2010. I particularly dislike Lexington-53rd Street. They could have done something with it during the "rehab", but they only succeeded in making things worse.-w- |
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Posted by LuchAAA on Sat Apr 3 16:48:15 2010, in response to Re: What Is Your Least Favorite Subway Station In NYC?, posted by Wayne-MrSlantR40 on Sat Apr 3 16:46:03 2010. That might be my second least favorite. Roosevelt/74 is another station I don't like.Someone mentioned 5/53 which is another hellhole. |
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Posted by Wayne-MrSlantR40 on Sat Apr 3 16:51:21 2010, in response to Re: What Is Your Least Favorite Subway Station In NYC?, posted by Randyo on Sat Apr 3 14:24:53 2010. If you look in the mezzanine at 175th Street, you WILL see directional signs set in claret red tile, which of course, defines its color "family" as Red. I do hope they do to 175th Street something similar to what was done at 207th.Page 51 of the Style Book groups 175th Street with the Red family. wayne |
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Posted by rtype3995 on Sat Apr 3 18:03:23 2010, in response to What Is Your Least Favorite Subway Station In NYC?, posted by LuchAAA on Sat Apr 3 05:11:34 2010. 68th st/hunter college is one of my least favorites......narrow staircases and lord help u if ur trying to come down the stairs and a uptown train just let off people.......small station,crush load of people....... |
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Posted by (SIR) North Shore Line on Sat Apr 3 19:40:27 2010, in response to What Is Your Least Favorite Subway Station In NYC?, posted by LuchAAA on Sat Apr 3 05:11:34 2010. 86th St on the (R).No station tiles/design, not enough staircases, and it was supposed to be an express station with tracks to Staten Island under one of the many plans. |
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Posted by Larry,RedbirdR33 on Sat Apr 3 19:41:16 2010, in response to Re: What Is Your Least Favorite Subway Station In NYC?, posted by BMTLines on Sat Apr 3 11:50:58 2010. Grand Street because it represents the IND invasion of the BMT and the end of T, QT, and QB service to AstoriaSpoken like a true BMT man. Treat yourself to a piece of cheesecake at Junior's. Larry, RedbirdR33 |
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Posted by Chris R16/R2730 on Sat Apr 3 19:43:02 2010, in response to What Is Your Least Favorite Subway Station In NYC?, posted by LuchAAA on Sat Apr 3 05:11:34 2010. Chambers St. The dank, the dank! |
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Posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Sat Apr 3 19:51:06 2010, in response to Re: What Is Your Least Favorite Subway Station In NYC?, posted by Osmosis Jones on Sat Apr 3 05:22:08 2010. Chambers is one of my favorite... |
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Posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Sat Apr 3 19:53:51 2010, in response to What Is Your Least Favorite Subway Station In NYC?, posted by LuchAAA on Sat Apr 3 05:11:34 2010. Lawrence St. I used to use that station from the M train years back (when the M ran to South Brooklyn all day). I can't think of a more depressing station to wait for a train, and that after taking the Montague tunnel, on which was usually an empty train. I was miserable. I soon switched my route to getting off the M at Essex/Delancey and taking the F to Jay St-Borough Hall instead, and even though it was two trains instead of one, it was a much more pleasant commute. I HATED the Montague tunnel and Lawrence St. |
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Posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Sat Apr 3 19:54:45 2010, in response to Re: What Is Your Least Favorite Subway Station In NYC?, posted by (SIR) North Shore Line on Sat Apr 3 19:40:27 2010. Yeah, that's a pretty bad one. |
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Posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Sat Apr 3 19:55:38 2010, in response to Re: What Is Your Least Favorite Subway Station In NYC?, posted by mcorivervsaf on Sat Apr 3 16:08:06 2010. I hate a lot of the IND local stations in Upper Manhattan. Depressing IND stations. |
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Posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Sat Apr 3 19:56:52 2010, in response to Re: What Is Your Least Favorite Subway Station In NYC?, posted by R38 4149 on Sat Apr 3 14:16:09 2010. Funny, I just mentioned the IND local stations in Upper Manhattan, and those are just the ones I mean. Depressing gloomy IND stations they are. Yes, with the exception of 81st St, which until it's rehab, was just as bad. |
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Re: What Is Your Least Favorite Subway Station In NYC? - SORRY |
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Posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Sat Apr 3 19:58:13 2010, in response to Re: What Is Your Least Favorite Subway Station In NYC? - SORRY, posted by Fulton Frank on Sat Apr 3 08:47:56 2010. Hahaha, I was going to say "WHAT ARE YOU NUTS!" but then I realized you misread the question... :) |
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Posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Sat Apr 3 19:58:50 2010, in response to Re: What Is Your Least Favorite Subway Station In NYC?, posted by LuchAAA on Sat Apr 3 05:24:27 2010. I love Chambers St too. Bowery is a depressing station, but it's not my least favorite. |
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Posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Sat Apr 3 19:59:57 2010, in response to Re: What Is Your Least Favorite Subway Station In NYC?, posted by Osmosis Jones on Sat Apr 3 05:29:31 2010. I totally agree. It's great. It's actually one of my favorite stations. Yes, it's falling apart, but it has a glow or elegance and grandeur even in it's decaying state. |
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Posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Sat Apr 3 20:01:11 2010, in response to Re: What Is Your Least Favorite Subway Station In NYC?, posted by Larry,RedbirdR33 on Sat Apr 3 09:21:51 2010. I used to hate the Canal Street Queens platform, it was horrid. But I had so many good times there waiting for trains over the years, that it was hard for me to hate it. |
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Posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Sat Apr 3 20:02:05 2010, in response to Re: What Is Your Least Favorite Subway Station In NYC?, posted by BarnYard on Sat Apr 3 12:15:34 2010. Who was it that said a society can be judged by what architectureit tolerates? Sutphin is a product of the 70's and 80's. We have grown since then. |
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Posted by trainsarefun on Sat Apr 3 20:09:10 2010, in response to Re: What Is Your Least Favorite Subway Station In NYC?, posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Sat Apr 3 20:02:05 2010. At least the lighting improved relative to the stations as originally completed on that extension. It was quite dimly lit there in many spots as I recall it. |
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Posted by Wallyhorse on Sat Apr 3 20:20:02 2010, in response to Re: What Is Your Least Favorite Subway Station In NYC?, posted by Randyo on Sat Apr 3 14:20:47 2010. That is true:Who knows if they would have built the 6th Avenue subway had the BMT and IRT been able to raise the five-cent fare to a dime or more and been able to have the Broadway line extend to the 8th Avenue/CPW line from Columbus Circle northward. |
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Posted by Chris R16/R2730 on Sat Apr 3 20:42:49 2010, in response to Re: What Is Your Least Favorite Subway Station In NYC?, posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Sat Apr 3 19:53:51 2010. That's also a narrow, claustrophobic station, soon to be made worse with the transfer adding more foot traffic. |
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Posted by mcorivervsaf on Sat Apr 3 20:48:18 2010, in response to Re: What Is Your Least Favorite Subway Station In NYC?, posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Sat Apr 3 19:55:38 2010. Funny how the only IND station with a complete rehab between 59th & 145th is 81st St. Ouch. |
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Posted by mcorivervsaf on Sat Apr 3 20:49:09 2010, in response to Re: What Is Your Least Favorite Subway Station In NYC?, posted by mcorivervsaf on Sat Apr 3 20:48:18 2010. Excluding 59th, of course. |
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Posted by Concourse Express on Sat Apr 3 21:29:57 2010, in response to Re: What Is Your Least Favorite Subway Station In NYC?, posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Sat Apr 3 19:53:51 2010. Out of curiosity, was Lawrence St station always untiled? What's the story behind that?my blog |
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Posted by Train Dude on Sat Apr 3 21:32:41 2010, in response to Re: What Is Your Least Favorite Subway Station In NYC?, posted by Concourse Express on Sat Apr 3 21:29:57 2010. Broadway Junction: Conjested and full of screaming religious zealots. |
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Posted by Concourse Express on Sat Apr 3 21:34:04 2010, in response to Re: What Is Your Least Favorite Subway Station In NYC?, posted by mcorivervsaf on Sat Apr 3 20:49:09 2010. 110 St also received somewhat of a fix in terms of wall tile and artwork on the S/B plat...my blog |
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Posted by INDependent on Sat Apr 3 21:50:11 2010, in response to Re: What Is Your Least Favorite Subway Station In NYC?, posted by Concourse Express on Sat Apr 3 21:34:04 2010. Least Favourite -- Lower Level 8th Ave/50th -- smells like a urinal all the time and butt ugly.Most Favourite -- Brooklyn Bridge on the Lex. Like the tile work and the complexity. |
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Posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Sat Apr 3 21:53:37 2010, in response to Re: What Is Your Least Favorite Subway Station In NYC?, posted by Concourse Express on Sat Apr 3 21:29:57 2010. Out of curiosity, was Lawrence St station always untiled? What's the story behind that?The story behind that is that it was an "afterthought" station. It was built by the BMT at a later date, after the line was already running. They decided they needed a station there, and built it in the middle of the subway tunnel. The only other afterthought station that I know of is 23rd St-Ely Ave on the IND. That's another station built after the line was already running. that's also why the tiles don't fit in with the IND color scheme. In my opinion, it's one of the most attractive IND stations in the system. The color scheme is great, and the tilework in excellent condition. Some difference between the4 two afterthought stations....Lawrence St is one of the worst stations, if not the worst in the system, and 23rd St-Ely is one of the nicest IND stations, in my opinion. |
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Posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Sat Apr 3 21:54:56 2010, in response to Re: What Is Your Least Favorite Subway Station In NYC?, posted by INDependent on Sat Apr 3 21:50:11 2010. My favorite station is Union Square on the Lexington line. Not because it's the most "beautiful", it isn't....but I just like it's cavernous feel, and curve, I always liked it. |
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