The Secret Infrastructure Beneath NYC - Cheddar Explains

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  • @aaaaaaa_aaaaaaaaaa
    @aaaaaaa_aaaaaaaaaa 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5843

    You can't just talk about a mysterious mirror room and just go on with the video

    • @agevivoku
      @agevivoku 5 ปีที่แล้ว +604

      funny, because i cant even find anything about it online

    • @bobsteve4812
      @bobsteve4812 5 ปีที่แล้ว +76

      agevivoku Same

    • @dala7069
      @dala7069 5 ปีที่แล้ว +438

      Yeah me either. I’ll check the cumrag of the internet, reddit

    • @takkischitt
      @takkischitt 5 ปีที่แล้ว +254

      Yeah, they need to give the source as to where they got the info from.

    • @voidofspaceandtime4684
      @voidofspaceandtime4684 5 ปีที่แล้ว +61

      @@agevivoku yep. tried every term I know. maybe someone can contact conEd themselves?

  • @brentburgess5218
    @brentburgess5218 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1615

    The mail system is the first version of the internet. A series of tubes for sending messages... And cats.

    • @sarah-li4zw
      @sarah-li4zw 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Lol

    • @francesbates7607
      @francesbates7607 4 ปีที่แล้ว +54

      Did the cat make it? What was the purpose of that experiment?

    • @w.s.soapcompany94
      @w.s.soapcompany94 4 ปีที่แล้ว +43

      When you make it to the edge of technology you can be sure a cat will be there waiting to push you over the edge.

    • @rwboa22
      @rwboa22 4 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      @@francesbates7607, I think it was to see if the pneumatic tube system can handle bulkier packages. Much like Amazon using drone service for package delivery, except this was done in a manner similar to what Seth Brundle did with the baboons in the Telepods before he sent himself through (with disasterous results manifesting later on).

    • @Aivottaja
      @Aivottaja 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@wywy74
      Lighten up there, princess.

  • @SNN788
    @SNN788 3 ปีที่แล้ว +201

    Sandhogs, cat launchers, chinese gangwars, ancient ships, and lost highways. There is some wild shit going on under NYC.

    • @da3musceteers
      @da3musceteers 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Not to mention all the asbestos

    • @steelionx9255
      @steelionx9255 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      What happened underground was just as wild or wilder than above ground!

    • @downtownbillyandthenewjivefive
      @downtownbillyandthenewjivefive ปีที่แล้ว

      Batter not try launching my cat. He'll rip your throat out!

    • @downtownbillyandthenewjivefive
      @downtownbillyandthenewjivefive ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@steelionx9255 What happens underground, stays underground.

    • @kevinstull8552
      @kevinstull8552 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@downtownbillyandthenewjivefiveWhat happens underground, goes on TH-cam instead 😂.

  • @census3370
    @census3370 4 ปีที่แล้ว +965

    Her: “Don’t randomly dig, let’s leave it to the professionals”
    Also Her: “Professionals cost the city 300 million a year in errors.”

    • @cucuawe465
      @cucuawe465 3 ปีที่แล้ว +76

      Amateurs could triple the cost,lol

    • @contentlocked99
      @contentlocked99 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      I'll fix her mistakes any day of the week

    • @sharbellchapaletikabacha3876
      @sharbellchapaletikabacha3876 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Who digs trough sidewalks in NYC. Out of all the random stuff that happens thats not one you see everyday to be the tip the video closes with lol. Also looks like underneath the city is more interesting then the city itself.

    • @badandy102
      @badandy102 3 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      Amateurs could easily triple, quadruple or more of that price because they don't have the training professionals do. Even professionals make mistakes....That's why professional drivers, pilots, among others have accidents at times

    • @contentlocked99
      @contentlocked99 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@badandy102 As in amateurs don't comprehend the scale of their actions? And could bring huge consequences compared to a master or journeyman mistake being a drop in the bucket?

  • @Touhid
    @Touhid 4 ปีที่แล้ว +861

    Ninja Turtles are living under Chinatown then.

    • @Perririri
      @Perririri 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      OK boomer

    • @Skybound.
      @Skybound. 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@Perririri ?

    • @michaelkaminski8339
      @michaelkaminski8339 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      You mean if in Chinatown then Kung Pao Turtles

    • @P29-g1x
      @P29-g1x 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Perririri FOH

    • @baliebox4916
      @baliebox4916 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      and in 979 years from now the mutants from futurama

  • @kimberlygreenland3785
    @kimberlygreenland3785 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1058

    Well this raises a lot more questions than it answers, that's for sure.

    • @thomaskelly6554
      @thomaskelly6554 4 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      New York City built on a Marsh...
      Buildings on solid bed rock....
      Cassions in place to support massive Structures !
      Contractors best .know what there doing..

    • @niko2002
      @niko2002 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thomas Kelly well said

    • @jackinkc767
      @jackinkc767 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Also, unique pronunciation, unique measurements, and incomplete research.

    • @josephgoulet1565
      @josephgoulet1565 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Uaawaaaaassßdeee

    • @ejolguin1282
      @ejolguin1282 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Did talk about the whole city for human trafficking that gos on .....they ant building water 3 or that highway isn't closed

  • @armin6242
    @armin6242 5 ปีที่แล้ว +731

    8:00 "So maybe dont just start digging on a random sidewalk, we should leave it to the professionals"
    Yeah because New Yorkers love taking their shovel for a spin on 5th Avenue every Saturday

    • @mrfattypancakes
      @mrfattypancakes 5 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      I loved that that was the final point she made all this about

    • @Retailman100
      @Retailman100 4 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      @@mrfattypancakes Prosecutor:
      Dr. Venkman, would you please tell the court why you and your co-defendants took it upon yourselves to dig a very big hole in the middle of 1st Avenue?
      Peter Venkman:
      Well, there are so many holes in 1st Avenue, we really didn't think anyone would notice.

    • @matthewandrade1893
      @matthewandrade1893 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Actually I do enjoy taking my shovel out on the weekends to dig all over Manhattan. Why? Because i get paid more money on weekends.

    • @EternaLivesMatter
      @EternaLivesMatter 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I've seen some pretty weird things on the streets of New York City I wouldn't put it past someone ..lol

    • @JohnnyDeppSmashedOnCocaine
      @JohnnyDeppSmashedOnCocaine 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Ghostbusters 2

  • @nickgehr6916
    @nickgehr6916 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2762

    Just ignore that ninja turtles have been living down there for decades

    • @cheddar
      @cheddar  5 ปีที่แล้ว +296

      We're not gonna blow up their spot like that.

    • @HIRED7DAYS
      @HIRED7DAYS 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      😂😂 best comment i seen all day

    • @ilener1698
      @ilener1698 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      I wasn’t ready, I had forgotten about those turtles. LOL 🤣🤣🤣

    • @nyctenthusiast3507
      @nyctenthusiast3507 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      As a new york city resident i can confirm this is true

    • @Djalo617
      @Djalo617 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      🐢⚔️

  • @kaptainkaos1202
    @kaptainkaos1202 4 ปีที่แล้ว +422

    It’s “pneuMATic” not pneuMONic”.

    • @coldlogiccrusader365
      @coldlogiccrusader365 4 ปีที่แล้ว +45

      Yes!!! and Insulator NOT "Insulent" If you desire another good laugh, then, replay at @02:12 to see what I'm talking about.

    • @ofcv1238
      @ofcv1238 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Howard Black : malapropism

    • @djbenito406
      @djbenito406 4 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      @@coldlogiccrusader365 Insulant is actually a word... And no I'm not talking about insolent. It is uncommonly used these days, the more common term is insulation. An insulator is a material that doesn't readily conduct heat or sound but can also be used to describe a device or material that doesn't readily conduct electricity. They can all three be used interchangeably in this instance. Though, I've mostly heard insulator used when talking about electricity.

    • @LanternOfLiberty
      @LanternOfLiberty 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      It is also "ET cetera", not "ECK cetera".

    • @joeplavin
      @joeplavin 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@LanternOfLiberty YES, thank you!

  • @ceorich8330
    @ceorich8330 4 ปีที่แล้ว +99

    This video was cool when I first watched it but after doing research almost all the stated tunnels and discoveries where misleading and you guys gave little to no details.

  • @TheClumsyFairy
    @TheClumsyFairy 5 ปีที่แล้ว +852

    1:31 The mnemonic tube??? So it's a tube that helps you remember something?

    • @RotchildFrancoisJr
      @RotchildFrancoisJr 5 ปีที่แล้ว +215

      Lmao glad someone else noticed 😂 PNEUMATIC

    • @user-vn7ce5ig1z
      @user-vn7ce5ig1z 5 ปีที่แล้ว +100

      "Pneumonic tubes" are just a synonym for bronchi; they let you shoot cats around in your lungs.

    • @nedisahonkey
      @nedisahonkey 5 ปีที่แล้ว +83

      So glad I'm not the only one. I really wish this channel would clean up the sloppy mistakes. It's not that hard to hire a competent person or crowd source shit like that.

    • @RyanVasquez6089
      @RyanVasquez6089 5 ปีที่แล้ว +43

      Fuck that drove me CRAZY. 😤😤😤 THEY NEED TO BE RIPPED A NEW HOLE FOR THAT. Everyone knows it's supposed to be pneumatic.

    • @sarleysarleysarley
      @sarleysarleysarley 5 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      PNEUMATIC, not mnemonic!

  • @ericb950
    @ericb950 4 ปีที่แล้ว +182

    New York is mind boggling, been there once, and very thankful for that opportunity. London is also equally impressive as far as how complex the underworld, if you will, is. I hope I could explore more of such older cities around the world.

    • @OriginalKingRichTv
      @OriginalKingRichTv 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I been to nyc loads of times. Never been to London. What’s it like

    • @joestrike8537
      @joestrike8537 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@OriginalKingRichTv it's big and everyone talks with those funny accents you only hear in movies or on TV

    • @cristhianyadhir5888
      @cristhianyadhir5888 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@joestrike8537 how big is it ? Like Philly or Chicago?

    • @HardCold-Alquan
      @HardCold-Alquan ปีที่แล้ว

      London ain't about nuthin. it is only the seat of an imperial machine.

    • @insanusmaximus2857
      @insanusmaximus2857 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      New York is so fascinating, with the planning and engineering involved in its history. I can only imagine what secrets the older European cities have hidden beneath them.

  • @toxicbambi6208
    @toxicbambi6208 5 ปีที่แล้ว +396

    I can't find anything on that mirror room! Was hoping to find a picture or something. Anyone know what it's referred to as? It has to have a Wikipedia page.

    • @tjmower321
      @tjmower321 5 ปีที่แล้ว +75

      Mirror room aka “blue waffle images” in google

    • @toxicbambi6208
      @toxicbambi6208 5 ปีที่แล้ว +42

      @@tjmower321 why did you feel the need to say that. Like, did you think it would work?

    • @toxicbambi6208
      @toxicbambi6208 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @Sam Lutfi dang 😔

    • @toxicbambi6208
      @toxicbambi6208 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@Luke-ur4sz it redirects to a google books page about the mirror room. No pictures tho

    • @VoidHalo
      @VoidHalo 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      That's probably why they didn't include any more information about it on here. Which makes me wonder why they even mentioned it. It's common sense in journalism that if you can't get corroborating information about what you're reporting on, you don't report on it. Since there's no way to confirm whether it's true or not.

  • @whillysilly8971
    @whillysilly8971 4 ปีที่แล้ว +103

    Imagine what's down further. Imagine how many people are underneath you while you're in new York City

    • @tylercooper4405
      @tylercooper4405 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @Nick Fanchette lmao

    • @9ine6ix4ourtwenty6
      @9ine6ix4ourtwenty6 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Celebrities who faked their death

    • @sunshineimperials1600
      @sunshineimperials1600 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Hidden cities that only the 1% of the 1% can access. Tunnels where kidnapped people go to to get to these secret cities.

  • @lindahernandez503
    @lindahernandez503 4 ปีที่แล้ว +86

    You forgot about the Draco sex trafficking tunnels.

    • @ryanstraatsma3434
      @ryanstraatsma3434 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Why they dont want maps, and people educating themselves

    • @RobbieBlue
      @RobbieBlue 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      🤣

  • @guidocarello
    @guidocarello 5 ปีที่แล้ว +636

    You should work on making your sources more detailed. Stating facts like the ones on this video wich have almost no trace anywhare make people doubt about the content of your videos.

    • @jakeelo
      @jakeelo 5 ปีที่แล้ว +52

      Agreed, this video is full of blatant inaccuracies bordering on negligence.

    • @buddyclem7328
      @buddyclem7328 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      *anywhere

    • @durden441
      @durden441 5 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      I was just about to comment this. I can't corroborate the interesting facts I tried to learn more about then went to the video summary and realized there are absolutely no sources cited. How are we supposed to believe any of this.

    • @underwaterdick
      @underwaterdick 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      This video raised more questions with me about some of the inconsistencies than it did give me new information.
      Construction of water tunnel 3 began in 1970 but has been in work 15 years? As an example. This point just needed a little more explaining.

    • @theflatearthsociety
      @theflatearthsociety 5 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      @@underwaterdick They said 50 years...its almost 2020...

  • @Bradlee297
    @Bradlee297 5 ปีที่แล้ว +117

    Imagine the secrets hiding under there

  • @Prelmable
    @Prelmable 5 ปีที่แล้ว +369

    1:19 Wait how does the cat story end? Did the cat survive?

    • @cheddar
      @cheddar  5 ปีที่แล้ว +277

      It did, but since this happened before the turn of the 20th century there is a decent chance it is no longer alive today.

    • @issuesexplained681
      @issuesexplained681 5 ปีที่แล้ว +104

      Cheddar, decent chance? I think I would be more concerned to learn the cat was still alive than that it was dead. 😂

    • @squidfish7144
      @squidfish7144 5 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      The immortal pneumaticat!

    • @Prelmable
      @Prelmable 5 ปีที่แล้ว +61

      So back then the internet was made of tubes and the first upload was a cat.

    • @vercingetorix5708
      @vercingetorix5708 5 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      The cat is still flying around there to this day. Hunting rats at 35mph.

  • @ventolin63
    @ventolin63 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Your NY series is absolutely wonderful! Professionally researched and delivered.I cannot believe I get to see this quality material on TH-cam while our dear main stream media channels deliver bs 24/7 and it's not even good bs! Thank you for the work you put in, it's really great to get to see such well prepared material. Btw, I subscribed :)

  • @lunamaria7467
    @lunamaria7467 4 ปีที่แล้ว +93

    Watch the TH-cam documentary "OUT THE SHADOWS". It will definitely answer some of your questions about these underground tunnels...

    • @giosalazar7342
      @giosalazar7342 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Please watch & share www.davidicke.com/article/569853/new-normal-dystopian-reality

    • @dalialule6324
      @dalialule6324 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@giosalazar7342 hey, it was taken down. I went to yoyre webpage and it was taken down.

    • @A-Grammie-On-the-ROCK
      @A-Grammie-On-the-ROCK 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Out of Shadows.

    • @sophiagnegreiros
      @sophiagnegreiros 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      can you please share the link? i cant find it...

    • @ethan.000
      @ethan.000 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      YES! WWG1WGA! Q! GLAD TO SEE YOU HERE!

  • @raphaelroshwalb5500
    @raphaelroshwalb5500 5 ปีที่แล้ว +271

    I literally have live in nyc for all of my life and never knew this

    • @silentwhisper7099
      @silentwhisper7099 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Oh my I though I was the only one who didn't know about this I was born and live in NY for 34 years. I knew about this subways and the water lines and the electric lines but all the other stuff I had no idea

    • @ericn7975
      @ericn7975 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Manhattan or outside?

    • @raphaelroshwalb5500
      @raphaelroshwalb5500 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@ericn7975 Bronx and Manhattan

    • @Ryanhelpmeunderstand
      @Ryanhelpmeunderstand 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Wow

    • @indridcold8433
      @indridcold8433 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      My uncle knew how to take shortcuts through these tunnels. It was amazing to me how he figured it out. I no longer live in New York City but remember my uncle's tunnel trekking. I never asked him how he learned these shortcuts. He took us on some tunnel treks a few times. He avoided all the crowding above and got from place to place very fast, without a car.

  • @yugandali
    @yugandali 5 ปีที่แล้ว +265

    It's interesting? But the intonation? makes everything? she says? sound like a question?

    • @Avery_Hikari
      @Avery_Hikari 5 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      I can't stand when people talk like that.

    • @Stationary76
      @Stationary76 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@Avery_Hikari I had to stop listening. I start to focus on the intonation and nothing else.

    • @Stationary76
      @Stationary76 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      It was really bad. I was interested in the topic but couldn't stop hearing the intonation. Had to move on.

    • @phelipesoares7304
      @phelipesoares7304 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      I love the way she talk and comunicate

    • @thatguydownthestreet8036
      @thatguydownthestreet8036 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Why is my first scoop 3? and my second scoop 10 in? Where did I get the bigger shovel? I'm confused?

  • @SupremeLeaderKimJong-un
    @SupremeLeaderKimJong-un 5 ปีที่แล้ว +445

    NYC is no match for my beautiful capital of Pyongyang

    • @dylan9194
      @dylan9194 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Kim Jong-un I agree

    • @manavsingh5501
      @manavsingh5501 5 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      What's under Pyongyang.............lots of dead people..

    • @averageboi5195
      @averageboi5195 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Kim Jong-un we rove you daddy Kim

    • @chillvibes375
      @chillvibes375 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      fuck you kim jong un

    • @RebelLyfeBoxing80
      @RebelLyfeBoxing80 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      LMAO

  • @craigcook9715
    @craigcook9715 4 ปีที่แล้ว +59

    San Francisco also has a lot of buried ships (and it's a much newer city), a lot of them from the 19th century gold rush. SF also has tunnels where drunk men were taken onto ships to be impressed into service as sailors (as does Portland, Oregon). I was most intrigued by the tunnels under Chinatown and the abandoned highway. I wonder if that abandoned highway could be refurbished to be used as a storm shelter?

    • @jessicacossin6282
      @jessicacossin6282 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      That's where the term "Shanghai'd" came from I read.

    • @Razzy-sr4oq
      @Razzy-sr4oq 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      If it's anything like the salt mines deep under Detroit, they may use LOMEX as storage for salt trucks and parade floats. Have you read about the stuff underneath Chicago? It's like a darker, more warped version of Venice.

    • @jyanezny
      @jyanezny 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Or refurbish the underground highway to a bomb shelter the way things are going.

    • @whoeusbsknsi
      @whoeusbsknsi 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      refurbishment is for iphones, not stanky old freeways… get a clue, catch my drift, n00b

    • @whoeusbsknsi
      @whoeusbsknsi 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Razzy-sr4oq link?? 😅 i’m too lanky to look for a linky myself 😩🥺😭

  • @metro-sn
    @metro-sn 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    3:19 Lexington Ave - 63rd street is actually one of the deepest stations in the city.

  • @hectorb8914
    @hectorb8914 5 ปีที่แล้ว +440

    “Very detailed maps”
    *shows the least detailed map I’ve ever seen*

    • @DJHLX3
      @DJHLX3 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      hahahah

    • @jeffmair6471
      @jeffmair6471 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      😭😭

    • @joshuamccaulley7040
      @joshuamccaulley7040 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      My thoughts exactly lol

    • @grantbishop1961
      @grantbishop1961 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      You would love to see what Lidar can do

    • @JKMT
      @JKMT 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Detailed map in 144p

  • @seasong7655
    @seasong7655 5 ปีที่แล้ว +229

    Would love to see some pictures of all those hidden tunnels

    • @theswingingdoor2157
      @theswingingdoor2157 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Yeah me too.

    • @MikhailFederov
      @MikhailFederov 5 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      Won't find any. Cheddar is passing off fleeting ideas from the city planning committee, and urban legends as fact.

    • @hyperhapkidodarys
      @hyperhapkidodarys 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      We won't because is all BS

    • @artjunkeeperga5392
      @artjunkeeperga5392 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      seasong - Well, here you go... th-cam.com/video/kXF9EgrcMtQ/w-d-xo.html

    • @downtownbillyandthenewjivefive
      @downtownbillyandthenewjivefive ปีที่แล้ว

      Cockroaches the size of rats? Do you really want to see that?

  • @myowncomputerstuff
    @myowncomputerstuff 5 ปีที่แล้ว +32

    I agree that a consolidated underground map *could* be a security concern if it gets into the wrong hands, but the same could apply to just about any architectural floorpan/siteplan. It frustrates me that a lot of really groundbreaking subway projects have to be delayed for decades or cancelled entirely because there's "just too much stuff down there". That's why they haven't bothered expanding the PATH train from 33rd St to Grand Central Station.

  • @cmdr1911
    @cmdr1911 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Messy utilities are horrible to deal with. I consulted for a landfill in Ohio that has been in operation for 80+ years. Over those 80 years field offices have been built, gas line built/abandoned, air lines, water lines, electric lines and communication crossed every year. Since the work area slowly shifts from year to year there is always new construction. There are lines everywhere and no one really knows what is still live and what isn't. Utility maps save everyone.

  • @robertblake7145
    @robertblake7145 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Extremely well done. The format is a great blend of a very pleasant voice and excellent graphics and is just long enough.
    Thanks!
    Bob

  • @chrisfusco1108
    @chrisfusco1108 5 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    NYP Hospital has 4 floors of basement. The last sub-basement is like stepping into time, it's crazy. Brick walls, low ceiling, old knob & tube wiring...

  • @SianaGearz
    @SianaGearz 5 ปีที่แล้ว +140

    I am very pleased that you are doing metric at least as overlays.

    • @SPimentaTV
      @SPimentaTV 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I was saying the same thing

  • @AverytheCubanAmerican
    @AverytheCubanAmerican 5 ปีที่แล้ว +157

    A lot of infrastructure goes into keeping NYC a functioning city. I've been the 191st St station, the tunnel that leads up to it is creepy at night

    • @Starbrahan72
      @Starbrahan72 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Avery the Cuban-American which one, both the one and the A have their respective tunnels at the same station number on two different sides of the hieghts

    • @TarellHudson
      @TarellHudson 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Nah. The elevators that take 90 years to come and go are worse when you're trapped with 700 people waiting and trains just keep coming. Those tunnels are a godsend unless you're trying to get to Audubon and have to walk that godforsaken hill.

  • @ickess
    @ickess 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    If you stay on the 6 at Brooklyn bridge when they say last stop every one off. You can loop around to the up town station at Brooklyn bridge. You will pass an old station that’s no longer used. Old Wall Street station.

    • @fcscouto
      @fcscouto 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Pretty sure thats the old city hall subway station that you pass on the 6, and is close to the brooklyn bridge. the old wall street station was on the 4, and is further south and west.

  • @SailorGreenTea
    @SailorGreenTea 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    2:42, why are mirrors usually in a room more than typical?

  • @atenza8063
    @atenza8063 5 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    4:25 Can I get a source for this built portion of LOMEX if this is even accessible to look at

  • @tz8785
    @tz8785 5 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    7:16 - How can Freon explode, by pushing pressure in the tank up due to high temperature? A main advantage of the stuff was that it doesn't really burn.

    • @Rockzilla1122
      @Rockzilla1122 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Explosions at their core are just pressure waves through air
      If a high pressure environment suddenly bursts, you get pressure waves as the substance inside bursts out to try to equalize into the surrounding environment

    • @Yurek1
      @Yurek1 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yeah, a pressure explosion could happen under the right circumstances

    • @spambot7110
      @spambot7110 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      yeah the use of fire imagery in the animation for that was irresponsible, there'd be no fireball. but, BLEVEs are still very powerful explosions, fireball or not.

    • @AlexR2648
      @AlexR2648 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@spambot7110 a BLEVE requires a combustible pressurized liquid. A freon tank burning though would release the pressurized contents, which would flash to vapour, but the gas would simply snuff out the existing fire.

    • @spambot7110
      @spambot7110 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@AlexR2648 why would a Boiling Liquid Expanding Vapor Explosion need the gas to be combustible? A BLEVE is simply the rapid expansion of the gas. In the case of a combustible gas there's the additional devastation of it igniting, but that's not part of the definition of a BLEVE. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boiling_liquid_expanding_vapor_explosion

  • @malikrath9503
    @malikrath9503 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I'm an engineer from Canada, this is not out of the ordinary. We have GIS technology (Think google maps but more information) that can record and organize all this data, even bring it into CAD drawings, and some areas of our country they made it a priority, while others are desperately trying to catch up. Currently we have Ontario One in Ontario, Canada, that is supposed to coordinate all the utilities and mark them up on site during design and construction and the contractor and their insurance is responsible for it, not the tax payer (usually). Accidents still happen are going to happen, utilities take on no responsibilities for their information provided, if you ask me more needs to be done, often you get a rare rough offset and a guess at the depth of the utility, sometimes completely wrong information is provided and there is really no reason for this other than do we make the utility pay for it or the tax payer pay for it. British Columbia has a great system in place for some of their areas, you can even look up old drawings of when construction was last done on that road. This information is public and in most cases free. It makes it easier than ever for small companies to get information and compete and startup to get the job done right at a competitive price, through public bidding. It's completely possible, but you gotta stand up to private interests in America, make them cover their overhead otherwise you make the tax payer pay for it or some small business.

  • @floorpizza8074
    @floorpizza8074 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Not only did the narrator do a fantastic job, she is very easy to understand for those of us that are a bit hearing impaired. Thanks for that.

  • @ghosthuntersnyc-upperwests2885
    @ghosthuntersnyc-upperwests2885 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    »There is an entire city of persons who are "homeless" living down there, the ones who will go to heaven. - J.

  • @artistwithouttalent
    @artistwithouttalent 5 ปีที่แล้ว +40

    1:28 "The Schrodinger's Cat paradox outlines a situation where a cat in a box must be considered, for all intents and purposes, simultaneously alive and dead. Schrodinger used this as a justification for killing cats."

  • @sage5296
    @sage5296 5 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    Cheddar on the surface looks just like any of those other bad channels that just list stuff and have lots of clickbait, but what I love so much about this channel is the quality of the content is always very high and I never fail to learn something new from the videos ❤️

    • @oscarkronborg7176
      @oscarkronborg7176 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I like cheddar too, but I don’t like the lack of sourcery about the video. On this one there was nothing about the room of the mirrors

  • @TheMaxx111
    @TheMaxx111 5 ปีที่แล้ว +40

    I am calling BS on Al Capone smuggling bootleg booze in NYC. He was in Chicago.

    • @yeahright6048
      @yeahright6048 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Joe Williston he moved to Chicago in his 20’s from NYC. Although I question the legitimacy of the smuggling too because he wasn’t a kingpin or anything like that at the time.

    • @phyxer44
      @phyxer44 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      yOU'RE CORRECT--My dad worked on Mcallester tugboats that brought the booze down from upstate NY into Long Island Sound and delivered it to special docks along the private estates of the North Shore.
      Booze was shipped from chicago via the Great Lakes waterways and down the Hudson river to Albany where the Tugs with coal barges picked it up , about 1000 gallons at a trip

    • @teninchrichard4016
      @teninchrichard4016 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      He jad a few house in battle creek mi . located just about had way between det. and chi. On I-94. One up around Barry county ( lots of lakes and secluded) another in town.

    • @larrywilliams3854
      @larrywilliams3854 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Some military fighting in the dumbs say there's a Sub from NYC TO Chicago and NYC there's a magnetic monorail that goes to Australia then up to England. True I don't know but til it's proven false the ILLUMINATI have had alot of time to build so.

  • @ylihao
    @ylihao 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    We need an episode on the mysterious mirror room!

  • @patrickbodine6010
    @patrickbodine6010 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Pneumatic tube. Pronounced: New mat ic. Thanks for the video.

  • @lvbfan
    @lvbfan 5 ปีที่แล้ว +82

    "Like, you know, stuff and, like, stuff."

  • @DavidAWA
    @DavidAWA 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    This is an amazing and beautiful video! I've lived in NYC for 20 years and love learning about it's amazing structures and secrets.

  • @Omar-em7rl
    @Omar-em7rl 5 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    does anyone know anything on that 1600's ship wreck that was found underground? interested in knowing more about it!

    • @Burden_one
      @Burden_one 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      I'm starting to think this info is either REALLY obscure or it's flat out wrong. I too tried to find the ship and the mirror room but couldn't find either. They need sources or this is completely untrustworthy info.

    • @cheddar
      @cheddar  5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@Burden_one We list sources at the end of all our videos.

    • @Burden_one
      @Burden_one 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@cheddar Those aren't sources. I can't follow up on any of your claims with just "Vanity Fair" as a source.

    • @cheddar
      @cheddar  5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@Burden_one Well, they are sources - but yes that is a fair point. We're making changes to make that a better experience. If you'd like to read more check out the book "Underneath New York" amzn.to/2LzG6uC.

    • @voidofspaceandtime4684
      @voidofspaceandtime4684 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@cheddar Is the mirror room listed there? Cannot find anything on it.

  • @Mister__Jey
    @Mister__Jey 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Wow, the Post tubes are damn cool. You can still see some of them in the 80s films, and you've seen them in the Simpsons as well. I've always wondered whether they actually existed or not. And I think the idea is really cool. And why not? So between large buildings, you could do that with parcels by sending parcels underground, so to speak, I say from one packing station to the next or from one post office to the next post office and so on and so forth. Or it could also be in Amsterdam, where there is no special garbage day, but where you simply dump the garbage on the sidewalk in such large containers. And you could do the same with packages. Do, then the post office would no longer have to pick up the parcels from the mailbox, but rather the parcels. Automatically transported to a parcel center or no idea what or maybe directly to the destination.

  • @Eonn31
    @Eonn31 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Is there any information about the boat cause I couldn’t find anything online.

  • @whoeveriam0iam14222
    @whoeveriam0iam14222 5 ปีที่แล้ว +76

    3:14 that's equivalent to a 15 storey building

    • @THJAFO
      @THJAFO 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I understood that reference

    • @madebymawhinney
      @madebymawhinney 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Aaah, I see you're a man of culture as well.

    • @sonuchadalavada5193
      @sonuchadalavada5193 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Geoff?

    • @ligametis
      @ligametis 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Kiev has even deeper metro.

  • @wealthiness
    @wealthiness 5 ปีที่แล้ว +64

    6:53 looks like she is/was crying

    • @zephyrconvolk
      @zephyrconvolk 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Jonathan she pretty tho

    • @dcoulter2685
      @dcoulter2685 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      They’re holding her at gunpoint off camera

    • @leifkhas7425
      @leifkhas7425 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      She's just very nervous and trying to hold herself together.

    • @User78347
      @User78347 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      She has to do a scene for blacked later

    • @poopymcgee
      @poopymcgee 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thought the same

  • @philipliu2092
    @philipliu2092 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    How u gonna tell us the mirror room Nd then skip it like nothing 2:41

  • @kathleennelson6692
    @kathleennelson6692 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    Very interesting. I am staying in the woods.

  • @bonoki3870
    @bonoki3870 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    this was your best & most informative video yet.
    question: has anyone thought of using Ground Penetrating Radar to map underground? if yes, you should have mentioned it. iam sure it'll be expensive, but with the tech we have now, we should al least have given it a go.

    • @HogRebel
      @HogRebel 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      That would be a good idea, I’d say!

  • @petepector
    @petepector 5 ปีที่แล้ว +186

    Please stop using upspeak, it makes cheddar videos almost unwatchable...

    • @sparkythewildcat97
      @sparkythewildcat97 5 ปีที่แล้ว +52

      Yeah, I was wondering if anyone else noticed it. I don't mind upspeak, but this one was really bad with lots of unnatural pauses. IDK why this video in particular was so bad, but yeah. Sounded really uncomfortable and almost like the narrator didn't know what she was about to say the next sentence.

    • @Parazod
      @Parazod 5 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      I thought the same too, it got annoying within a minute

    • @vividcitypro
      @vividcitypro 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I think it's so they don't get ahead of the animations.

    • @abcdefgh-rq3gq
      @abcdefgh-rq3gq 5 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      Upspeak and a serving of vocal fry on the side. 😂

    • @sparkythewildcat97
      @sparkythewildcat97 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@vividcitypro then they should adjust the script and/or the animations.

  • @crazypr2996
    @crazypr2996 5 ปีที่แล้ว +85

    Yea Let me just dig down a side walk and see what happens 💀

    • @tec7101
      @tec7101 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Cray-Z PR you wouldn’t be able to and it’s illegal
      r/wooooosh

  • @mori6318
    @mori6318 5 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    2:47 so where just gonna gloss over that? Like "yeah whatever secret underground mirror room don't worry about it" I want someone to explain this shit

    • @armin6242
      @armin6242 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      The only source people have seemed to find (with the power of Reddit) was a single page in a 40 year old book regarding New York underground secrets, made it seem like just an urban legend

  • @billmacdonald4026
    @billmacdonald4026 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Holy Crap... I knew there was a lot of stuff down there... but had no idea that it went that deep.....
    Amazing

  • @MrShabindigo
    @MrShabindigo 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    You mentioned water lines @0:49 and ones @5:05. So, are there 5 water lines from upstate NY and one being built?

  • @yingyang08
    @yingyang08 5 ปีที่แล้ว +60

    I don’t think that’s how you pronounce “pneumatic”

    • @sxeSiopa
      @sxeSiopa 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      I was like "am I tripping" 😂😂😭

    • @placesaroundus
      @placesaroundus 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Bubonic

  • @johndasilva6456
    @johndasilva6456 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Well done. The group of individuals whom came together to create this video, have done a good f'ing job and kept the flow of info moving right along nicely. I've never been to New York and the direction and perspective provided allowed me to somewhat visualize the area/landscape in relation to what's underneath. Good presentation, informative and succinct. Thank you, John DaSilva

  • @spambot7110
    @spambot7110 5 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    "mnemonic" mail tubes???

  • @rosetints4246
    @rosetints4246 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    What would be cool is to have a hint 3d map of everything underground, it would make things easier to understand the complexity, and would just be satisfying to look at

  • @TheDukeOfZill
    @TheDukeOfZill 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    very confused about the measurements... are you stacking the measurements like 20 + 50 + 15 + etc? or grand total of 15 feet is where such and such is, and then 10 feet for another such and such (going back and forth)?

  • @LSM_OPTiX
    @LSM_OPTiX 5 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    I just like how 3 inches is bigger than a 2nd floor 0:19

    • @OHYS
      @OHYS 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      More like 8

  • @cosbornejr1
    @cosbornejr1 5 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    I think you meant pneumatic mail tubes...powered by pressurized air

  • @chrisguess1125
    @chrisguess1125 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I have never been in Manhattan area, just been on the outer edge around the city. I own tractor an trailers and sometimes drive them but I really enjoyed your video. The mirror room has me wondering now! Need more on that.

  • @diddles976
    @diddles976 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Imagine digging underground, finding a bunch of tunnels that look like they're out of a Sonic game and then a random highway 50ft underground

  • @AugustinTomasOBrienCaceres
    @AugustinTomasOBrienCaceres 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    where can we see info about this mirrored room?

  • @mijoru
    @mijoru 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    @3:09 The Lexington/63rd Street station is DEFINITELY more than a few feet underground! Not to mention, that station doesn't serve the 4/5/6 Line that I think you're referring to...

    • @andre5006
      @andre5006 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Michael Rucinski i also was Iole wtf. Lex 63rd Street not on the Lexington Avenue line and is definitely has some of the deepest tracks in the city.

  • @cavv0667
    @cavv0667 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    The details of what is under NY is vastly interesting and holds the rapt interests of several urban explorers groups... some of which never return. I love cheddar; your channel is pretty cool too!!! ;)

  • @larrywhite6637
    @larrywhite6637 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    AHHHH, THIS IS WHERE deblazio CAME FROM. THANKS NOW WE KNOW.

  • @REal1377
    @REal1377 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    What's the source for the mirror room? I can't seem to find much info about it.

  • @seanlally7384
    @seanlally7384 ปีที่แล้ว

    What's the diiference between the water /mains/ at 4 feet and the water /lines/ at 600 feet?

  • @Bigfoot_With_Internet_Access
    @Bigfoot_With_Internet_Access 5 ปีที่แล้ว +64

    Hmm strange, there isn't any secret infrastructure under my woods

  • @gregthorup5679
    @gregthorup5679 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    That's one of the most fascinating things I've seen. I often wondered where all that stuff is since I saw a photo of Times Square with utility poles covered with hundreds of wires and the streets clogged with foot traffic, horses and wagons.

    • @userequaltoNull
      @userequaltoNull 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      That was during a brief period in history, between when Edison brought electric lighting into everyone's homes and when Tesla made it not suck (introduced Alternating Current)

  • @kckilgannon
    @kckilgannon 5 ปีที่แล้ว +60

    Why does it look and sound like she just got done sobbing?

    • @NeoAffinity
      @NeoAffinity 5 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      KC Kilgannon she’s being forced to do these videos...blink twice if you need help

    • @artjunkeeperga5392
      @artjunkeeperga5392 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      KC Kilgannon - She was a fortunate one, reunited with her parents.
      th-cam.com/video/G8ANawBkTbg/w-d-xo.html

    • @MerkhVision
      @MerkhVision 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Some ppl just look/sound like that lol

  • @idesofmarchUNIAEA
    @idesofmarchUNIAEA 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    6:00 About 1000 feet down is the Ramapo fault. It begins as the Reading prong, in Pennsylvania. Then it goes to New Jersey and becomes the Ramapo fault. On East 100 Street where it dips down, that’s where it’s sunk in in the late 1890s. That fault continues on into Brooklyn, it did a lot of damage in Brooklyn in the 1890s.

  • @liltoaster7308
    @liltoaster7308 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Philadelphia has the exact same story as to what is underground. In the eastern part of West Philadelphia, archeologists found the remnants of a large Lenape village about 4,000 years old.

  • @noswad7898
    @noswad7898 5 ปีที่แล้ว +55

    That is not how you pronounce pneumatic and freon is NOT explosive. These videos are just as misinformative as they are informative.

    • @cheddar
      @cheddar  5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      A container of freon can and will explode when under enough pressure. www.google.com/search?q=freon+explosion

    • @ashesmandalay1762
      @ashesmandalay1762 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Freon is like a brand name, not one specific chemical. Freon is not explosive, but if exposed to an open flame, it could create deadly gas, which is what they're talking about in the video. If the towers collapsed on the tank and the fire reached that tank, then it could have heated the tank, increased pressure enough for it to burst, and then the open flames would turn all the freon into a deadly gas.

    • @noswad7898
      @noswad7898 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@cheddar any pressurized gas exposed to heat can explode. Neither R410 nor R22 are rated flammable or explosive under the hazardous substance rating system. I'm going to quote the video "not only does freon explode" *cuts to a random container that is clearly holding a liquid exploding* Although there is liquid in canisters of freon it is a product of the pressure reducing the boiling point. The white jug of liquid could not possibly be holding liquid freon.

    • @67tr876
      @67tr876 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@cheddar It displaces oxygen.

    • @notsure6187
      @notsure6187 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      anything will explode under enough pressure, or implode I guess.

  • @brandonboatner9952
    @brandonboatner9952 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I love how she made sure everything was perfectly to scale
    Edit...just saw the disclaimer..

  • @michaelrahaman9297
    @michaelrahaman9297 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    This would be the best scary movie. Deep under ground a sand hog discovers the old highway and has to survive a ghost family that was stuck in the highway as he make his way up all on his own

  • @SgtPeppersLonelyHeartsClubBand
    @SgtPeppersLonelyHeartsClubBand 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This video is case in point as to why New York City is by far America's most interesting city, and one of the world's most interesting.

  • @joseventura9469
    @joseventura9469 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I want more info on mystery mirror room.

  • @ITMAN44
    @ITMAN44 5 ปีที่แล้ว +41

    This how they transporting 6ix9ine to court 😭😭

    • @1Kratos69
      @1Kratos69 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      I'm rolling that shit is so damn funny. I know I'm late to the party here but lmao damn that's a good one I cam just see his fake rainbow ass just flying through a mail tube omg lmfao

  • @tzwacdastag8223
    @tzwacdastag8223 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Tunnel linking Capital houses

  • @kolosapiensful
    @kolosapiensful 5 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    What happend to the cat?!

    • @benefactionhindrance
      @benefactionhindrance 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Legend has it he haunts the tubes and shreds any mail that comes its way

  • @Famous-Potatoes
    @Famous-Potatoes 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Go Cheddar! An invaluable source for the obvious and critical.

  • @syntaxerorr
    @syntaxerorr 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Some of this data doesn't seem correct. Can we get some resource links?

  • @marcsarfati3291
    @marcsarfati3291 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    There is pond under the Empire State B.
    ESB was build on a pond.

  • @xCodeh
    @xCodeh 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    RIP that cat

  • @SmithMrCorona
    @SmithMrCorona 5 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    "Ek-se-terah"?

    • @marlonmoncrieffe0728
      @marlonmoncrieffe0728 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      No; etcetera.
      As in so on and so forth.

    • @user-vn7ce5ig1z
      @user-vn7ce5ig1z 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Tony knows that, he's pointing out the incorrect pronunciation, hence the quotation marks.

  • @rondelaspooner9719
    @rondelaspooner9719 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    How accurate are these dimensions?

  • @davidelombardo4004
    @davidelombardo4004 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    @Cheddar where did you get the image at 4:50

  • @jimmya1465
    @jimmya1465 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Wow, I would never imagine that this would be under New York City.

  • @franvdf
    @franvdf 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I'm convinced the supernatural community lives in all these underground places. Don't dig too deep or you'll disturb and anger the fae and the vampires. They intentionally make sure there is no map for the hapless humans above...

    • @SupersuMC
      @SupersuMC 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Not to mention the werewolves. Who do you think has been digging water tunnel 3?

  • @asdsdjfasdjxajiosdqw8791
    @asdsdjfasdjxajiosdqw8791 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Do one for European cities.

  • @Stax-ht9md
    @Stax-ht9md ปีที่แล้ว

    Incredibly interesting, and well presented!

  • @chifoltz9023
    @chifoltz9023 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Gotta tell us more about the Mirror Room under Bowery and Cal st - PLEASE?