Let's Go Mets! - Mets-Willets Point | NYC's Mystical Stations
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- čas přidán 7. 05. 2024
- This station won the poll for the next station in my Mystical Stations series, so here we are at the Willets Point Station in Queens.
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Fun Fact: This is another station where it gets really crowded during sporting events, particularly Mets home games and the US Open. And there’s a 7 Super Express Train that runs from there to 34th Street-Hudson Yards.
What station would that be ?
@@AlexanderFlanagan-jq7kq Every single station on 42 street.
161st Street-Yankee Stadium.
@@JavierVelez2007 why would Yankee Stadium get Mets game days?
Queensboro Plaza next. We all need it. Only station with A-B Division cross-platform
Have to admire this even though I'm a Yankees fan.
The lengthy Manhattan bound platform is actually a surviving remnant of the original 1927 station., which was far closer to Willets Point Blvd. When they did the rebuild for 39, they essentially built a new station with the exception of that extra long stretch of platform, which they retained for some reason? (Maybe as easier layup space for 2nd Avenue Elevated trains which did terminate there until 1942 (as their wooden cars wouldn’t have allowed running into the Main Street tunnel).
Would be cool if they could rebuild the entrance for that platform when there is a real neighborhood over there down the road.
Great Video as always!
Looking forward to the Gun Hill Road 2 train station! It still has an extra floor for the third ave el.
Was that one of the other choices for the survey? Either way, I wouldn't mind seeing it in a future video.
We need to have another World's Fair!
Word
@@BMTEnjoyer160 And they need to paint the 7 trains that retro blue and white color!
I was 1 1/2 when I went to the 1965 World's Fair. We need a new one I can enjoy.
When Shea Stadium was open, you used to somehow see a Mets game from the walkway on the Shea Stadium side of the station 😊
Hopefully, they'll upgrade this station in the future to be accessible with elevators
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That was the original mezzanine for the Willets Point train station. When they built the current station, they shifted a bit further west to where it is now
Nice one
Fun Fact: Mets Willets Point is the only station adjacent to a sports stadium in New York City that is not fully ADA accessible.
Bruh.
Same with the Yankees stadium station on the 4
@@nyctransitrailfanthat station is fully accessible?
That's kinda stupid in all honesty. They should've addressed this years ago
Love this video. I remember the new Blue subway cars for the 64-65 World's Fair and when Shea Stadium opened. I still miss Shea. There are so many good memories there. Have a great week 😎👍
Even though I prefer the Main Line (ML) Redbird cars, I do love the livery that was on the original World's Fair's cars on the (7).
About the only people who would actually have used the WPB station in the 1920's would have been the workers at the Ash Dump, and after the first World's Fair, the workers at the chop shops in the Iron Triangle.
It still had a purpose at least until 1942. The 2nd Avenue El Queens trains terminated there, so there was likely a decent amount of transfer traffic to Flushing IRT trains there.
Thanks for sharing the history of this station on the 7 line and the surrounding areas. Only one problem with this station, it needs to be renovated.
Remember going to this station when I went to Flushing Meadows Park. Really cool stuff.
Good video. I am interested in a video about the Botanic Gardens station on the Franklin shuttle
I get off that station to go to a Mets game bossman it looks goated from the Stadium like 161th St. 🐐
They did upgrade the stairs exiting towards Citi Field when the Mets moved in, but the lack of accessibility is a huge shame. All the parts of the station at Yankee stadium is fully accessible, why not Willets Point?
cuz the yankees are better
I still call it Shea Stadium lol.
So do I!
Love your videos bro
Wonderful video
I genuinely wonder if the 7 even has the capacity to handle all those people.
I feel like most of the people going to and from the new development will use the Port Washington over the 7, due to the steer crowding the former has.
It’s only the second stop on the line so I don’t think crowding should be a big problem
@@mmrw I suppose so, still, the earlier the crowds get on, the worst the crowding will be by the western parts of the line.
Hey Mystic! I have a idea for your channel. You should cover abandoned subway stations and explain the history behind each station and why they are abandoned now in the first place. You can also the same with certain lines and even tracks. Hope you’ll consider this idea.
I've considered this in the past, but it'd be difficult to cover the stations when I can't get any clips of them.
Great work on this video MysticTransit! I Love The Mets! Even Though I'm From The Bronx!
yankees are
better
@@josephrosner905, Booooooooooooooooo! YANKEES SUCK!
It's not always about the signaling or the equipment or views that can make a route or line truly great. Sometimes it's about THE METS BABY, LOVE THE METS! ALRIGHT, GET A HOME RUN BABY! LOVE THE METS! LET'S GO METS!
yankees are better
Fun fact: This is one of my favorite subway stations on my favorite subway line ❤️
I have another idea for your NYC's Mystical Stations York Street on the F line
I would like for more to be built around this station cause for years there has never been anything there except the sports stadiums like Citi Field and the Tennis Center. And if your going to a Met game and you get there too early there are no places to wait inside like stores or restaurants so you'll be waiting outside for a very long time in the heat if it's hot outside that's why the area should get developed. You could take the 7 over to Flushing Main Street to get to places you could wait inside while waiting for the time they start letting people into the stadium but then you'd be paying the fare to ride the subway over 1 stop and you shouldn't have to do that since the stadium is already right there you should be able to wait inside places around the stadium without having to use up another fare on your metro card like you could around Yankee Stadium since there's a lot of stores around there.
Ayyyeee!
can you do 34tb street, it’s another station that gets flooded by sports like the knicks for example
I am under the strong opinion that the area is extremely overserved by Long Island Rail Road (like why do Port Washington Express trains stop there at 6:40 in the morning where it's only commuters heading into the city and why do they stop there in the off-season where there's zero games being played and with not all cars stopping there, I really don't see the point considering basically every train stops in Woodside)
who is shea stadium named for,
William Shea, who was instrumental in bringing National League baseball back to NYC. Namely the Mets
Lots of Mets fans follow the channel? What does that say?
This station should serve the , (7), & at all times. There should also be neighboring stations with similar names such as Willets Point-World's Fair Marina on the new IND Northern Boulevard Line serving the (M), , (R), & . There should also be a Mets Stadium-Willets Point station on the (14), , (16), , (17), & . The (15), , (16), should go to Staten Island as the only IRT routes to run there.
To allow BMT trains, retractable platform gap fillers will be needed at these stations:
Ⓜ️ 158th Street
Ⓜ️ 149th Street
Ⓜ️ Main Street (Elevated station)
Ⓜ️ Mets-Willets Point
Yeah yeah, Benny, we get it, you’re ambitious but also insane, you do this in instagram too. I’d hate to disappoint but this is America, not Japan, we won’t see that level of service until 2142.
yankees are better
1K views in 6 hours? bro fell off hard asf lol......
This station is crowded during rush hours because of the Stadium where the Mets are.