We Smuggled Ourselves Into New York's Abandoned City Hall Station

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  • @rndmvds930
    @rndmvds930 Před 6 lety +1802

    New series: *FORGOTTEN*

  • @danielskinks8862
    @danielskinks8862 Před 6 lety +4012

    that's how people In horror movies die

    • @danielskinks8862
      @danielskinks8862 Před 6 lety +9

      Molly Bennett 😤😩👏🏼🍌

    • @m0llybn
      @m0llybn Před 6 lety +4

      danielskinks plz

    • @ThePasu88
      @ThePasu88 Před 6 lety +10

      everything aboutt this video screams the movie wid bradley cooper "the midnight meat train" esp wid the whole last stop bit!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    • @AlexisLaFury
      @AlexisLaFury Před 6 lety +7

      ThePasu88 OMG, yes! I totally thought Midnight Meat Train!

    • @bigmike9128
      @bigmike9128 Před 6 lety +1

      Alexis LaFury me too.

  • @thedexterbros
    @thedexterbros Před 5 lety +4268

    You didn't smuggle anything. You're allowed to stay on that train when it goes through the old station to turn around. I've done it a few times. Gonna sneak in to Central Park next?

    • @Angelof236
      @Angelof236 Před 5 lety +48

      lmao xD

    • @blank2819
      @blank2819 Před 5 lety +21

      Lmao

    • @DragonSlayerofficial
      @DragonSlayerofficial Před 5 lety +6

      @Stahlhelm Model. 1940 Fd. Gr. lol

    • @BigMan-pv3ee
      @BigMan-pv3ee Před 5 lety +23

      These lads ACTUALLY did it: czcams.com/video/vWF3IDk9Gek/video.html

    • @kahina3878
      @kahina3878 Před 5 lety +22

      In"My haunted diary" video, the guy is actually in the station with a bunch of people getting off the train in the city hall station. Does not look like the impossible mission to me either...

  • @kobyschechter8163
    @kobyschechter8163 Před rokem +284

    You guys didn’t sneak in at all Lmao. I’ve ridden the 6 train around the loop a few times and the subway conductors are very nice about letting me do it. I got the chance to actually stand on the platform in August 2019 with the NY Transit Museum LEGALLY. It was ten minutes in my life that I’ll remember FOREVER.

    • @CamPalinSmith
      @CamPalinSmith Před rokem +22

      I mean, this is a video by BuzzFeed. You can't be expecting actual quality from them.

    • @scubadiva666
      @scubadiva666 Před rokem +4

      I came here to say this, since I've taken the Transit Museum tour twice-which included an informative above-ground walking tour immediately before the tour; I also regularly ride the 6 train around the bend from downtown to uptown, although visibility of the station is ridiculously poor.
      I'm more interested to see the now-closed lower-level City Hall station on the N line going out to Brooklyn Heights, since you can actually see the station by looking down through the locked gate.
      I'd love to visit the 18th street station on the 6 train, since that station was closed in the 40s; that's one I've only experienced by pressing my nose to the window when the 4 or 5 train slows just before it reaches the Union Square station.

  • @sarahdube3820
    @sarahdube3820 Před 6 lety +1833

    I love how they have to make sure they tell everyone that trespassing is illegal and we shouldn't do it... most of us will do it anyways 😂

    • @gabriellakaranopoulos4724
      @gabriellakaranopoulos4724 Před 6 lety

      Sarah Dubé I

    • @capableloop82
      @capableloop82 Před 6 lety +37

      Sarah Dubé They don't want flocks if people trying to do the same thing and crowd an old subway station

    • @palomalopez8008
      @palomalopez8008 Před 6 lety

      Sarah Dubé for real lol like idgaf

    • @abbyward8017
      @abbyward8017 Před 6 lety +6

      I trespassed once... i was 3 and didn't know what i was doing was illegal lol

    • @meowcammi
      @meowcammi Před 6 měsíci +2

      i know this was 6 yrs ago but this technically isn't trespassing, as people here in nyc are allowed to sit on trains after the last stop

  • @Sarah-yh8nw
    @Sarah-yh8nw Před 6 lety +2464

    I love when big companies document their employees doing illegal things

    • @PSong-rg5yu
      @PSong-rg5yu Před 6 lety +29

      Sarah Adams please watch the entire video

    • @Sarah-yh8nw
      @Sarah-yh8nw Před 6 lety +44

      P. Song I did and I made a joke

    • @NoahDitlefsen
      @NoahDitlefsen Před 6 lety

      Sarah Adams same

    • @liz2880
      @liz2880 Před 6 lety +60

      It's not even that big of a deal, a lot of people ride the train through that loop, only every now and then people are told to get off, which almost never happens since when the trains are taken out of service it's in the Bronx. The riding in between cars is dangerous and more of a problem, but not uncommon

    • @ada3360
      @ada3360 Před 6 lety +2

      true.

  • @TheNakedNYC
    @TheNakedNYC Před 5 lety +472

    New York Transit Museum has Old City Hall tour. Old City Hall station tours begin above ground with a historical walk in the area, followed by a visit to the station itself. Tours last 90 minutes and tickets cost $50 per person.

    • @andrewyu5569
      @andrewyu5569 Před 3 lety +17

      thanks for ruining my dream cuz im not paying 200 bucks

    • @VieleGuteFahrer
      @VieleGuteFahrer Před 2 lety +3

      @@andrewyu5569 Then go alone.

    • @whaur1394
      @whaur1394 Před 2 lety +3

      50$ for a visit ??

    • @Serkin76
      @Serkin76 Před 2 lety +3

      @@whaur1394 Not exactly. You must become a member of the NY Transit Museum (it costs 60 $ per year) and after that you can book a guided tour for 50 $. Total = 110 $ for the 90' visit. Sadly, it's too much for my pocket.

    • @whaur1394
      @whaur1394 Před 2 lety +2

      @@Serkin76 It's too much for you because it's simply just too much, in Europe visits cost between 5-15€ most of the time and for more things that just a station

  • @danmcdonald726
    @danmcdonald726 Před 5 lety +1548

    Congrats you did what sleeping homeless people do every day

  • @50shadesofhina90
    @50shadesofhina90 Před 6 lety +1390

    Buzzfeed blue is pretty much the only thing keeping buzzfeed alive ( unsolved mysteries, worth it and this).

  • @emilymarie1962
    @emilymarie1962 Před 6 lety +2867

    Who else thought Shane and Ryan would be in this

  • @agentpiggles6685
    @agentpiggles6685 Před 4 lety +1391

    You guys could have just gotten a ticket for the city hall tour 😂

    • @iwx2672
      @iwx2672 Před 4 lety +28

      Thanks for that, I will!

    • @jonahweaver2182
      @jonahweaver2182 Před 4 lety +162

      but that ticket is like $30. a subway ride is $2.75

    • @iwx2672
      @iwx2672 Před 4 lety +9

      @@jonahweaver2182 Which subway is it? Coming over there soon

    • @JMH702
      @JMH702 Před 4 lety +11

      IW X 6 line

    • @kimberlysommers9245
      @kimberlysommers9245 Před 4 lety +5

      This is my favorite comment

  • @stevehofmann9525
    @stevehofmann9525 Před 5 lety +91

    Now that’s what I call a Nothing Sandwich. What’s next? Interview a tree in Central Park.

    • @no50svo
      @no50svo Před 5 lety +1

      Lmao!!!

    • @1953beetle
      @1953beetle Před 4 lety +1

      The interview with the tree should be interesting.When's it being posted?Love to know.

  • @timetogotosleepzzz
    @timetogotosleepzzz Před 6 lety +1012

    I feel like more people are going to stay on the train to see the city hall stop.

    • @allegramarzulli3596
      @allegramarzulli3596 Před 6 lety +3

      timetogotosleepzzz i will do it

    • @SL-vw7ix
      @SL-vw7ix Před 6 lety +44

      I actually wanna step foot and check out the station

    • @SL-vw7ix
      @SL-vw7ix Před 6 lety +8

      Chris Sasaki Yeah I guess the only way is to walk on track

    • @versatilefaerie
      @versatilefaerie Před 6 lety +18

      @Skender: There are ways to get there and look around but none of them are legal so it isn't worth it.

    • @gayagowrikaran
      @gayagowrikaran Před 6 lety +1

      timetogotosleepzzz uû

  • @simrankang5435
    @simrankang5435 Před 6 lety +2933

    This should be series with these two guys where they try to get to old forgotten places called forgotten
    Edit: wow I've never gotten so many likes and replys on a comment before thanks guys

    • @roselina7823
      @roselina7823 Před 6 lety +12

      Sim Sim YES

    • @lesliedavila7511
      @lesliedavila7511 Před 6 lety +4

      Sim Sim that's genius

    • @autumn7809
      @autumn7809 Před 6 lety +15

      They're gonna get arrested

    • @koreanchick1231
      @koreanchick1231 Před 6 lety +20

      I mean, there are already tons of videos of urban explorers finding these forgotten places on youtube. You just have to search for them.

    • @JessieSocial
      @JessieSocial Před 6 lety +23

      Sim Sim yes new series! old ghost towns and possibly abandoned mansions. good idea

  • @theripoffchicago
    @theripoffchicago Před 5 lety +833

    If you’re from NYC you know the 6 train loop already.
    Amateurs.

  • @EdGreenberg
    @EdGreenberg Před 5 lety +488

    Just join the Transit Museum and sign up for the tour. No brainer. Clickbait.

  • @trisumphrey
    @trisumphrey Před 6 lety +858

    new series! called "forgotten" PLEASEE BUZZBEED. they should do the abandoned Disney park

    • @Taoxlrgion1982
      @Taoxlrgion1982 Před 6 lety

      There are a lot of people in the Disneyparks....

    • @cecil3585
      @cecil3585 Před 6 lety +7

      Taoxlrgion1982 there is one abandoned disney park

    • @cinderellacomplex7
      @cinderellacomplex7 Před 6 lety +4

      Disney would have the law on their asses as soon as they found out. Plus, just because it's abandoned, doesn't mean security isn't on the prowl there.

    • @mariastevenson6734
      @mariastevenson6734 Před 6 lety

      There's already a CZcams channel that explores and talks about forgotten places.

    • @jackeeyy14
      @jackeeyy14 Před 6 lety

      Maria Stevenson what channel is it?

  • @rockyfire4115
    @rockyfire4115 Před 5 lety +363

    These guys would be bad criminals...
    "Hey Officer, what is the best time to rob that convenient store?"

    • @mcpinball1
      @mcpinball1 Před 4 lety +2

      Thats A Great Point Made !+)

    • @bonusyt6413
      @bonusyt6413 Před rokem +1

      “Turn around put your hand behind your ba-“

  • @phoenixman8569
    @phoenixman8569 Před 5 lety +78

    this station was rediscovered back in 1989, by the ghostbusters then they were looking for the origin of ghost slime seeping up from under the streets...….

  • @Ronwixziv
    @Ronwixziv Před rokem +26

    My father worked for the MTA for over 20 years - There IS a way in. Every station has "escape tunnels" that lead to the street. You would need to find one of those. People pass them unknowingly every day. Find the "emergency escape exit", and you will have access to the station.

  • @jadajohnson4492
    @jadajohnson4492 Před 6 lety +475

    More like "We briefly rode past New York's abandoned train station"

  • @allym6551
    @allym6551 Před 6 lety +501

    Them: What abandoned, forgotten place should we go to next?
    Me: My hopes and dreams

    • @P1NKBLUSH
      @P1NKBLUSH Před 6 lety +5

      Bobthemonkeygut LOLOLOLOL you just made my day

    • @DarkusAltair
      @DarkusAltair Před 6 lety +1

      Jon Snow's knowledge

    • @rottiesdad
      @rottiesdad Před 6 lety +1

      Just...hilarious. thank you.

  • @jcfra420
    @jcfra420 Před 5 lety +56

    Just a heads up, they don't smuggle into anything. The whole ending is them riding a subway past it lol. Click bait.

  • @gdkid
    @gdkid Před 4 lety +105

    Casually asks cop: “Yeah, so I’m just lookin’ for the entrance to a closed subway station, can you just point me to it please”? Cop replies: “Sure it’s down by those trees over there”

  • @iriss9909
    @iriss9909 Před 6 lety +1229

    Is it just me or does the city hall station look like the same place as the ending of Fantastic beasts and where to find them

  • @lunalex446
    @lunalex446 Před 6 lety +155

    Who else thought they were going to jump off the train?

    • @jamiecrovello8367
      @jamiecrovello8367 Před 6 lety +1

      Luna Lex me

    • @liz-6967
      @liz-6967 Před 6 lety +5

      *thinks of divergent*

    • @cinderellacomplex7
      @cinderellacomplex7 Před 6 lety +3

      As tempting as it would be, they know getting back would be difficult. They're not gonna wait for the next train and try to jump on. That's a death wish, plus they'd get found out and be in trouble.

  • @RRansomSmith
    @RRansomSmith Před 5 lety +100

    SPOILER
    It's not illegal to ride the (6) around the loop to see City Hall Station. I've done it a million times with MTA personnel on board. It's fine.
    And for the record, the CONDUCTOR does not drive the train.
    That's the OPERATOR, or MOTORMAN.
    The CONDUCTOR controls the doors and makes station announcements from the center of the train.

    • @hollisb.flemingii8197
      @hollisb.flemingii8197 Před 5 lety +2

      Rick Traveler Smith as a former conductor, we never recommend it, and you can get in trouble, because one superintendent and 5.0 can make it happen..., many people by accident wind up staying on the train, but at times they had us to clean out the trains...

  • @goldgamercommenting2990
    @goldgamercommenting2990 Před rokem +21

    There are events in the New York Transit Museum that allows people to visit the abandoned station

  • @johnjacobjingleheimer-schm8283

    Why not clean it up, and use it as a freaking tourist attraction? People travel all over the world to see old architecture, we’re obsessed with it as a species.

    • @maxtremetrains3743
      @maxtremetrains3743 Před 5 lety +356

      the thing is: there actually are tours to this station by the mta transit museum

    • @jcfilmz509
      @jcfilmz509 Před 5 lety +105

      Well if you think about people in 2018 we tend to love blowing up big meaningful structures and this station is right underneath the city hall.

    • @beachbum4691
      @beachbum4691 Před 5 lety +5

      Julian Cameraboi Ha' ha, Now that would involve being just a bit too naughty ?? ;) Don't do it :)

    • @daveidmarx8296
      @daveidmarx8296 Před 5 lety +19

      Yes, because there aren't ENOUGH tourist attractions (and tourists) all over New York. :-P

    • @matthewleeds9242
      @matthewleeds9242 Před 5 lety +74

      They were planning and working on it, but after 9/11 they cancelled the project because of its proximity to city hall.

  • @Lynn925E
    @Lynn925E Před 6 lety +1911

    This needs to be a series
    Until they're arrested..

    • @AC-th4ci
      @AC-th4ci Před 6 lety

      Guinea Pig Adventure World all they have to say is "were from buzzfeed" and authorities will most likely let them go wherever they want

    • @malvavisco10
      @malvavisco10 Před 6 lety +3

      They said "What abandoned or forgotten place should we go to next?" so it's obviously a series.

    • @musicbychimera
      @musicbychimera Před 6 lety +20

      Or dead

    • @kaylashaver249
      @kaylashaver249 Před 6 lety

      Lynn Evans oooooh yess

    • @baetsimpson
      @baetsimpson Před 6 lety

      This is legal, though.

  • @dianecohen8876
    @dianecohen8876 Před rokem +8

    back in the seventies and eighties if you rode the trains at like 1am the trains would usually be rerouted. you would travel through all these abandoned stations with the arches and beautiful tile work. amazing stuff.

  • @kristiananoel
    @kristiananoel Před 5 lety +16

    You did break a law though, you can get tickets for going between trains.

  • @marlijn7783
    @marlijn7783 Před 6 lety +2245

    it's quite sad that such a beautiful place in abandoned

    • @ChristinaWoodall
      @ChristinaWoodall Před 6 lety +94

      Terribly sad that it can't be used, I don't get the waste of places like this

    • @starhill6792
      @starhill6792 Před 6 lety +112

      Marli x They should open it to the public as like a museum spot or something at least..

    • @TheCyberwoman
      @TheCyberwoman Před 6 lety +40

      Star Shine Put a heavy duty gate at the edge, (rod iron so it's not unsightly) so no one can get to the tracks, and you could even have events there, like weddings and charity galas. Can't you imagine a 20's themed party?

    • @lostcastro8857
      @lostcastro8857 Před 6 lety +1

      Marli x is

    • @dean7144
      @dean7144 Před 6 lety +1

      Marli x and what the new one turned Into

  • @kinosfault
    @kinosfault Před 6 lety +214

    The Smallpox Hospital on Roosevelt Island - 4sq.com/cCK3PZ
    North Brother Island - 4sq.com/gg2muC
    Red Hook Grain Terminal - 80 Halleck St in Brooklyn - 4sq.com/aDbSQR

    • @hayley2457
      @hayley2457 Před 6 lety +5

      Hideki Kinoshita this needs more likes!!

    • @kendallope
      @kendallope Před 6 lety +1

      YES ALL THESE PLACES NEED VIDEOS! Buzzfeed FORGOTTEN videos!!!

  • @freddieorange1673
    @freddieorange1673 Před rokem +11

    When I worked for Transit Authority summer program, they took on tour which included the City Hall train stop. We were able to stay on train as the 6 train was getting ready to go back uptown. Like you mentioned there is large gap between train and old platform. It looked really nice

  • @irv999
    @irv999 Před 5 lety +18

    Guys if you want to see the city hall station and not act like children, join the Transit museum. they do tours a few times a year free! and legal

  • @KingLionTearingBlast
    @KingLionTearingBlast Před 6 lety +1154

    I like buzzfeed unsolved this is also seems really cool and I hope they post more

    • @Alex632
      @Alex632 Před 6 lety +13

      It seemed fake af "omg no your not making go there"

    • @ZALMOXIS743
      @ZALMOXIS743 Před 6 lety +16

      Connor M Wall maybe if it was Shane and Ryan in this series

    • @kgal1298
      @kgal1298 Před 6 lety +3

      Yeah not to mention they didn't do anything illegal knowing MTA would fine them because there are other urban explorers who've gotten in.

    • @bxdanny
      @bxdanny Před 6 lety +4

      Correct. Staying on the 6 train while it loops around through the old station is completely legal. They even changed the announcements at Brooklyn Bridge (on the newer R-142(a) trains that have automated announcements) to say something like "This is the last downtown stop on this train. The next stop is Brooklyn Bridge-City Hall on the uptown side." It is the only line where the announcements at the last stop don't say "Everyone please leave the train." They used to say that, but the MTA responded to pressure and changed them.

    • @oneblumaccaw244
      @oneblumaccaw244 Před 6 lety

      Connor M Wall i

  • @HereBeBarr
    @HereBeBarr Před 6 lety +4075

    Great video . I wouldn't say smuggled is the right word though.. This little trick is well known by many New Yorkers, I even made a vlog about this at the end of the winter. The conductor generally doesnt' care if you stay on the train.. Now if you had hopped off the train and walked around the abandoned station yourself, THAT would have been interesting.

    • @seungylim606
      @seungylim606 Před 6 lety +77

      Here Be Barr the subway doors don't open at the stop in city hall

    • @HereBeBarr
      @HereBeBarr Před 6 lety +140

      Nope, but it does run right through.

    • @Oscar-ej8pe
      @Oscar-ej8pe Před 6 lety +6

      Here Be Barr i

    • @chriszhang2797
      @chriszhang2797 Před 6 lety +71

      You could get into serious trouble if you got caught by MTA authority.

    • @HereBeBarr
      @HereBeBarr Před 6 lety +182

      I don't think the MTA cares if you sit on the train when it runs past City Hall Station.. but if you hang outside like that, I could see them getting pissed.

  • @K1_Trains
    @K1_Trains Před 5 lety +18

    This whole video is just triggering for any rail fan

  • @romeotango58
    @romeotango58 Před 5 lety +6

    The person operating the train is called a Motorman or Train Operator, the conductor is the that opens and closes the doors.

  • @usahenry
    @usahenry Před 6 lety +1658

    Waiting for buzzfeed unsolved xdddd

  • @nkosiannisette3057
    @nkosiannisette3057 Před 6 lety +359

    did anybody find it weird that there was a man recording another man recording?

    • @novaquartz5049
      @novaquartz5049 Před 6 lety +38

      JustNormalStuff catfish does it all the time. It's weird there too...

    • @MetalDragon42
      @MetalDragon42 Před 6 lety +1

      I hate these side on camera stuff that every one seems to be doing just hate it

    • @moonis5632
      @moonis5632 Před 6 lety

      its not other man its a camera on a table

    • @MK-ex4pb
      @MK-ex4pb Před 6 lety

      JustNormalStuff yes

  • @pulgitaz
    @pulgitaz Před 2 lety +5

    I wish I could see the old abandoned Gimbel's Station. I remember the store entry directly from the station with it's glazed double doors and wooden escalators just like the famed wooden escalators at nearby Macy's. These stairs brought you from the platform directly into the department store. No one talks about it.

  • @Kehwanna
    @Kehwanna Před 2 lety +5

    I wish we still built things with such architectural and aesthetic standards, then this station wouldn't be such a rare gem. Maybe some day architecture like this will come back. For now, I hope they make use of the station somehow. It's a shame to see closed off.

  • @mollycampbell
    @mollycampbell Před 6 lety +1117

    Isn't that the train station that fantastic beasts and where to find them was filmed

    • @notAshildr
      @notAshildr Před 6 lety +105

      It's not where it was filmed but I guess it's where the scene was set. Not sure about that either though...

    • @elliegracie
      @elliegracie Před 6 lety +65

      I WAS LOOKING FOR THIS COMMENT I SAW IT AND I WAS LIKE OMG

    • @maxeyn1832
      @maxeyn1832 Před 6 lety +24

      i thought the exact same thing

    • @charl2139
      @charl2139 Před 6 lety +43

      Molly Campbell fantastic beasts was filmed in Liverpool in the U.K. But it was set in New York

    • @Mae-fp5br
      @Mae-fp5br Před 6 lety +5

      1 min through and I thought the same lmao

  • @timdella92
    @timdella92 Před 6 lety +83

    I actually teared up when they finally saw the station. And the misic doesn't help either.

    • @username-wx3sc
      @username-wx3sc Před 6 lety +4

      RIGHT! I read a comment like yours before watching and thought wow, its not that deep. I was sobbing by the time the video was over

  • @2star7777
    @2star7777 Před 5 lety +15

    When the subway was for rich people

  • @telsah1
    @telsah1 Před 2 lety +1

    AWESOME You did it. CITY HALL. & I loved the music as the train went through and passed City Hall. Beautiful empty station.

  • @SunnyBear
    @SunnyBear Před 5 lety +1648

    This video is SO Buzzfeed. A seven minute build-up to some shaky shots in low light, and we already saw how it looked at the start of the video. :P

    • @martinfamilybklyn803
      @martinfamilybklyn803 Před 5 lety +1

      yeah

    • @johnargus9081
      @johnargus9081 Před 5 lety +40

      Especially since they never actually got off. There are several videos on youtube with people actually walking around there - with permission.

    • @southwestxnorthwest
      @southwestxnorthwest Před 5 lety +8

      @Disney is the Devil Yet here you are, having stuck around to watch the video. That must make you super gay.

    • @Hessijames79
      @Hessijames79 Před 4 lety +3

      They probably googled it, read just stay in the 6, did it. And then they created the lengthy mediocre detective way to find it out again...

    • @darrentylor5473
      @darrentylor5473 Před 4 lety +1

      It's the awe and wonder that it still exists in all its beautiful glory...despite not being used or seen by the majority of the population for decades...

  • @FrazJ
    @FrazJ Před 6 lety +2145

    I was kinda hoping they'd hop off the train James Bond style and explore...Anyone else?

    • @kabhes9040
      @kabhes9040 Před 6 lety +32

      are there no sort of side walks next to the tracks? you could walk there technicly.

    • @faithismine128
      @faithismine128 Před 6 lety +110

      I actually expected it when he opened the door between cars and am slightly disappointed.

    • @Yung_Hefty
      @Yung_Hefty Před 6 lety +2

      FrazJ I wanna jump off

    • @AdaylnTheLifeOf
      @AdaylnTheLifeOf Před 6 lety +42

      That's illegal technically. But what they did is fine and people do it all the time.

    • @Bad_gyal_wadi
      @Bad_gyal_wadi Před 6 lety +4

      Well if you're in the tunnel No there's no side walks and it's illegal to do that.

  • @ladyjane9980
    @ladyjane9980 Před 2 lety +4

    Better to beg for forgiveness than to ask for permission. Make more of these. This was great.

  • @alexleo172
    @alexleo172 Před 5 lety +4

    London uses to cover abandoned stations with walls and doors and called them staff only area.

  • @mimiHTcat
    @mimiHTcat Před 6 lety +170

    I love that we're getting more video content from the new york office as opposed to just the LA one, NYC represent

  • @TrogdorTibbles
    @TrogdorTibbles Před 6 lety +1366

    Hey! A new Buzzfeed series we can all love! Buzzfeed Unzolved, Worth It, The Try Guys, and now this! :D It needs a name though.....
    How about, "Buzzfeed Unseen" or "Not Quite Illegal"?

    • @kohchenkit266
      @kohchenkit266 Před 6 lety +81

      Or forgotten

    • @vrynnie
      @vrynnie Před 6 lety +38

      unseen is cool because it ties in with unsolved. haha.

    • @GuiSmith
      @GuiSmith Před 6 lety +15

      Trogdor Tibbles Forgotten is better, Unseen implies that nobody alive has seen some of these things even though many have, and often there will be many photos online.

    • @oranplan1630
      @oranplan1630 Před 6 lety +26

      I like Not Quite Illegal

    • @sydneyfreund5486
      @sydneyfreund5486 Před 6 lety +15

      Trogdor Tibbles it should be called forgotten

  • @thethinker6257
    @thethinker6257 Před 4 lety

    You guys are the best!!! Thanks for showing us the old City Hall Station.

  • @teresawilkinson6231
    @teresawilkinson6231 Před 4 lety +2

    Gosh what a beautiful place!, isn't it a shame that they don't organise tours, all that gorgeous artwork hidden away along with all that history 😪

  • @soybeanwind223
    @soybeanwind223 Před 6 lety +691

    Since you guys are NYC based, you guys should go to the abandoned Seaview Asylum in Staten Island :^). Staten Island is gross and it totally sucks but it's well worth the trip, this is the asylum that season 2 of AHS was based off of!

    • @MichaelNaness
      @MichaelNaness Před 6 lety +8

      Soybean Wind did you just say a whole burrow is gross....

    • @maddieshalaby3482
      @maddieshalaby3482 Před 6 lety +3

      Soybean Wind yes they did and I completely agree being that I live there but seaview, amongst our other various abandoned places, are a gift

    • @ottilie8890
      @ottilie8890 Před 6 lety +5

      I love that place!

    • @giobelinelli9751
      @giobelinelli9751 Před 6 lety +2

      i just was in yesterday lol

    • @gamekobra
      @gamekobra Před 6 lety +1

      Staten Island isn't gross you dolt

  • @rebeccamelin5148
    @rebeccamelin5148 Před 6 lety +922

    Who else is going on a CZcams marathon while riding out a hurricane?
    P.S. - All of y'all in the same boat, stay safe!
    Edit: Omg thank you for all the love!!! Over 900 likes?!? And again, fellow Texans, stay safe!!!!

  • @markmonzo4262
    @markmonzo4262 Před 5 lety

    That was really cool. Thanks for doing that. Yes, we didn't see a lot, but I like just knowing about these kind of things and the history and that I have the option of taking the loop at some point and seeing for myself.

  • @tornadochasing2883
    @tornadochasing2883 Před 4 lety +4

    "We'd gone to the station without breaking any law"
    LITERALLY A SIGN SAYING:
    *Riding or moving between cars is prohibited*

  • @meganwilson8601
    @meganwilson8601 Před 6 lety +162

    I was nervous about how this was going to go, but this was so respectful and courteous! I loved it!

    • @thefuumanchuu
      @thefuumanchuu Před 6 lety +21

      It's not even smuggling, this is just a thing you can do if you have the knowledge. I was expecting them to try to get off the train to walk around the old city hall 👎

  • @steph_lopez
    @steph_lopez Před 6 lety +365

    This City Hall Station was featured in 'Fantastic Beast's and Where to Find' Them. Its the last battle scene where they fight the Credence and arrest Grindleward. I pay attention to the backgrounds a lot.

    • @sarahfitzpatrick2461
      @sarahfitzpatrick2461 Před 6 lety +9

      Stephanie Lopez I was just thinking that!!

    • @johannabern8006
      @johannabern8006 Před 6 lety +1

      Stephanie Lopez THANK YOU, YOU KNEW IT TOO

    • @TheBabyturquoise
      @TheBabyturquoise Před 6 lety

      omg now i remember!!

    • @Samlee-kz5dk
      @Samlee-kz5dk Před 6 lety

      Stephanie Lopez I thought I was the only one thinking that

    • @Samlee-kz5dk
      @Samlee-kz5dk Před 6 lety +5

      Tamie Shakespeare they might’ve used the actual station cuz I know London Underground uses closed stations in films

  • @StevieDisopolis
    @StevieDisopolis Před 4 lety +3

    "I would assume the conductor would take it easy on this curve." The conductor does not move (drive) the train, the train operator moves the train.

  • @joepropsnyc
    @joepropsnyc Před 5 lety +10

    Lies....the MTA knows lots about this station. Just a ruse to trespass.

  • @lorloretta_
    @lorloretta_ Před 6 lety +842

    BUZZFEED FORGOTTEN

  • @maryrosebouton9121
    @maryrosebouton9121 Před 6 lety +880

    Is it weird that I got a little emotional when they finally got to see City Hall? idk lol

  • @2007bowman
    @2007bowman Před 2 lety +3

    As kids, me and my brothers discovered a concealed crevice that opened
    into a cavernous abandoned train tunnel in Brooklyn. Although it' was 60 years ago, I still remember the fascination, and the excitement - believing we were the only ones who knew of it's secret existence. - Blessings

    • @apaiaa
      @apaiaa Před rokem

      please tell us more! do you know if it’s well known or any pics of it?

  • @DL_LA_420
    @DL_LA_420 Před 5 lety +1

    I worked downtown for years very near City Hall and used to walk over the glass blocks in the sidewalk over the station. That was before 9/11 and before all the barricades around City Hall. There are quite a few abandoned stations especially on the old IRT line. There are still even tunnels from the old pneumatic subway they experimented with (great-great grandfather of the hyperloop idea). I spent a lot of time researching the city when I was at Columbia and had access to the archives. There are so many interesting places around the city that no one knows about. And, a lot of secret places that very few people know about. Some of the most interesting places are the old speakeasys all over Manhattan and the lengths people would go to access them. One in particular that I thought was funny was across the street from where I lived downtown that had a tunnel from the police station to the speakeasy on the other side of the street. And, don't even get me started on Chinatown. There's a whole city under there.

  • @Screamingtut
    @Screamingtut Před 6 lety +107

    go under the station that goes to the Waldorf Astoria from Grand Central. FDR used it during his Presidency. there is his Train that is still parked.

    • @labellavita992
      @labellavita992 Před 6 lety +1

      Kristyanna Virgona they already did in another video (not these guys, but other buzzfeed employees)

    • @lauragm2513
      @lauragm2513 Před 6 lety +2

      labellavita992 what video?

    • @labellavita992
      @labellavita992 Před 6 lety

      Lora Moka czcams.com/video/bOt0KkMv9tg/video.html

  • @hobbesfield1082
    @hobbesfield1082 Před 6 lety +878

    This could really become an awesome series!

    • @TaylorShantell
      @TaylorShantell Před 6 lety +3

      Hobbesfield same thing I was thinking!

    • @celinejahan5471
      @celinejahan5471 Před 6 lety +1

      Hobbesfield yeah this was actually a very cool idea!

    • @BashfulBaybee
      @BashfulBaybee Před 6 lety +43

      Hobbesfield It's already a thing within the CZcams community. It's called urban exploration. A lot of these abandoned places are on private property. Some of my favorite channels are The Proper People. This is Dan Bell. and Exploring with Josh.

    • @hobbesfield1082
      @hobbesfield1082 Před 6 lety +3

      +rooney and peter miss appa thanks dude, gonna check them out!

    • @TheZombifiedFairy
      @TheZombifiedFairy Před 6 lety +3

      Also, there are some YTbers that go into the really private places (Ie Disney abandoned places) and take videos for 30-45 minutes. Its uber good and kinda hard to find for newbies (like me).

  • @alexander2685
    @alexander2685 Před 5 lety

    You guys rock🤘the music brought a 😢to my 👀s thank you for sharing guys😊😃😆👍👍.Happy new year🎉🎊.

  • @josephconsoli4128
    @josephconsoli4128 Před 5 lety +3

    Actually it's common knowledge that you can stay on the train through the City Hall roundabout. I did this with my friend a few years ago. The MTA doesn't seem to really care if you want to stay on. The thing is you have to look fast at the sights. It's not that well lit. A cool thing to do though if abandoned places intrigue you.

  • @SweetandSpicyLuv
    @SweetandSpicyLuv Před 6 lety +272

    BuzzFeed NY is starting to surpass BuzzFeed LA

  • @fpsSwiftG31
    @fpsSwiftG31 Před 6 lety +209

    This could actually be a very good series... like Buzzfeed Unsolved type good.

  • @ceceehawkins9374
    @ceceehawkins9374 Před 4 lety

    This was wonderful! Thank you for sharing it!

  • @rustyshackleford4076
    @rustyshackleford4076 Před 6 lety +540

    If you want to visit City Hall Station you can schedule a tour via the MTA Transit Museum membership.

    • @rustyshackleford4076
      @rustyshackleford4076 Před 6 lety +43

      Oh Buy the MTA museum membership, its like $35 for students, then when you have the membership you buy a separate City Hall Station tour ticket which is $50 and only goes on sale 3 times per year, there might still be some tickets for a date between Sept-Dec on sale now. Expensive but if you really want to see it in person there you go

    • @Jessica_Creates
      @Jessica_Creates Před 6 lety

      Thank you

    • @slimyqualityvideos1233
      @slimyqualityvideos1233 Před 6 lety

      Oh i

    • @Gr95dc
      @Gr95dc Před 6 lety +7

      Really 😍😍😍 awesome expensive but awesome

    • @bronxosei3719
      @bronxosei3719 Před 6 lety

      Claire Knight I

  • @jbozon
    @jbozon Před 6 lety +868

    To everyone who's about to comment something related to buzzfeed unsolved, please remember that Shane and Ryan aren't the only people in Buzzfeed. Also, this is an entirely different concept from buzzfeed unsolved. People work hard to make these videos, let's take time to actually appreciate these videos for what they are, and not for what they're not.

    • @bottombagfrenchfry7127
      @bottombagfrenchfry7127 Před 6 lety +15

      Agree 100%
      I like the historical hidden gem aspect of this video. I hope there's more to come.

    • @prakatitadas4232
      @prakatitadas4232 Před 6 lety +4

      Agreed!
      I mean just give a chance to new comers. They too have ideas to show us.

    • @sylvibee1674
      @sylvibee1674 Před 6 lety +2

      EXACTLY

    • @inez3156
      @inez3156 Před 6 lety +19

      I agree but I live for "wheeze"

    • @jiminepark274
      @jiminepark274 Před 6 lety +6

      Janssen Bozon did buzzfeed hire you ?

  • @bjgaspar
    @bjgaspar Před 4 lety +40

    "So, that was pretty cool..."
    No, it wasn't. It was clickbait that I should have expected from this garbage.
    I only have myself to blame.

  • @robertb3214
    @robertb3214 Před 2 lety

    I have been amazed how many things with real historical value are just left to fall into decay and disrepair. Thanks for this video.

  • @teagannutella9324
    @teagannutella9324 Před 6 lety +243

    A new series called "forgotten" would be awesome!

  • @richardwasserman
    @richardwasserman Před 5 lety +181

    I did this by accident last month. The Transit Museum also offers tours.

  • @boltonky
    @boltonky Před 5 lety +2

    These places should be open to public, we miss a whole amazing world beneath our feet of a time long gone.
    Seriously would you prefer the old station or the new one

  • @ciaobella8963
    @ciaobella8963 Před 5 lety

    Wow! That was amazing! I'm from NYC and I never knew about that loop. Gorgeous.

  • @JacobCarlson
    @JacobCarlson Před 6 lety +1341

    I've done this a bunch of times. It's very cool. If anyone else decides to do this (perfectly allowed, btw), I'd recommend going during the day when there is sunlight streaming through the glass ceiling. Otherwise it will be very dark and hard to see.

    • @over00lordunknown12
      @over00lordunknown12 Před 6 lety +58

      +Jacob Carlson Um... I guess in the sense of legality, yes, but they opened the door which says not to, and they have a rule that says you cannot be on the train past the last stop, so, no, this is not "perfectly allowed"... XD

    • @laney9917
      @laney9917 Před 6 lety +5

      Oh well sounds fun

    • @jollygoodbeard13
      @jollygoodbeard13 Před 6 lety +38

      So as the train is going around are they going slow enough to jump off to explore around I guess the only bad thing about it is you have no way of getting back out unless you wait for the train to leave and then follow the track or tunnel to the next open area... but I guess if you try that you might get arrested

    • @yeshuatjie1578
      @yeshuatjie1578 Před 6 lety +28

      Jolly Goodbeard yeaa you can but like if you really wanna do it and you are willing to break some laws for it just do some research on Instagram and find an nyc urban explorer thats willing to take you there

    • @artmanrom
      @artmanrom Před 6 lety +5

      :) Only do not try to walk between train wagons whilst they are turning if you are appreciating your life. D

  • @user-bo1fg6tw5e
    @user-bo1fg6tw5e Před 6 lety +2132

    More of these dudes PLEASE!

  • @douglasjones4824
    @douglasjones4824 Před 5 lety

    This is neat! I have frequently wondered about what station the uptown 6 train arrives from seeing that the Bklyn Bridge - City Hall station represents the start of that line. This video clarifies that.
    Now about the track switch between the D & F trains heading downtown from 47th Street - Rockefeller Center....a definite headscratcher for me everyday.

  • @jaredcx
    @jaredcx Před 2 lety +1

    "we smuggled ourselves" is a funny way of saying we trespassed lol

  • @aeiressstancil6403
    @aeiressstancil6403 Před 6 lety +89

    I think this should be a series and should be called " Lost and Found"

  • @emily4323
    @emily4323 Před 6 lety +768

    Where's buzzfeed unsolved tho

  • @JoshBowren
    @JoshBowren Před rokem

    Just this weekend we too stayed on the 6 after the last stop announcement and went around the City Hall Loop. They don't seem to care at all. No harm no foul.
    They also didn't care about the homeless person also sleeping in car 1 with us as we made the loop. Great little know secret about the 6. Great video, thank you!

  • @WW2HistoryHunter
    @WW2HistoryHunter Před 5 lety +21

    Thank you for sharing and greetings from WW2HistoryHunter

  • @JamesGoldblood
    @JamesGoldblood Před 6 lety +379

    You guys realize the New York Transit Museum offers tours of the City Hall station right? All you had to do was pay $50 bucks to walk in it. You can't film though lol

    • @fi2867
      @fi2867 Před 6 lety +10

      lmao

    • @extrident7950
      @extrident7950 Před 6 lety +38

      James Gold I accidently saw the city hall subway station when I went through the loop. I looked it up and you have to be a member of the museum.

    • @Eternal56
      @Eternal56 Před 6 lety +3

      true story.

    • @basillah7650
      @basillah7650 Před 6 lety +38

      $50 and you cannot even film that means he could not put it on youtube which is why he is doing it

    • @CommanderSiriusStar
      @CommanderSiriusStar Před 6 lety +7

      That's what hidden/button cams were made for...

  • @graybeardproductions2597

    Thanks, that was a beautiful building. Never would have seen it without you

  • @iikatulxe2786
    @iikatulxe2786 Před 5 lety +2

    you know what abandoned place you should visit next?
    my heart

  • @shop236
    @shop236 Před 6 lety +263

    Umm the station isn't forgotten. You can request a tour from the New York Transit Museum.

    • @wgatevans3017
      @wgatevans3017 Před 6 lety +22

      Your name is fucked up
      Y-ay
      A-n
      A-frican
      S-traving
      S-ex
      S-lave

    • @moonbeam112
      @moonbeam112 Před 6 lety +4

      wassup scam squad

    • @bottombagfrenchfry7127
      @bottombagfrenchfry7127 Před 6 lety +39

      Up until recently you can go on the tour but it was abandoned for many years. Also the tours are only like 3 times a year.

  • @SS-rw2pc
    @SS-rw2pc Před 6 lety +2874

    Omg this is great! Explore more places in new york

  • @rickymarple9189
    @rickymarple9189 Před 4 lety

    More about the abandon New York Subway City Hall Station can be found here:
    czcams.com/video/_qx_hsNYD2w/video.html

  • @jonaustin5943
    @jonaustin5943 Před 4 lety

    Back when I was in grad school-1982 - 1984-I did what you did. I wasn’t planning on seeing the closed station, but I rode figuring that the train had to turn around and head back north. It was pretty cool. Only later, I discovered that it was not a public stop and no way to access it from City Hall Park.

  • @diyasworld7047
    @diyasworld7047 Před 6 lety +71

    Go to the Central Terminal in Buffalo, New York. I heard there's amazing history there and maybe even some ghosts!

  • @m.leslie6281
    @m.leslie6281 Před 6 lety +168

    I love how they played the dramatic music like they just discovered the lost city of Atlantis. lol.