I love all the New York subway media. Whether it be guides, documentaries or plain old generic images and videos. I dunno about you, but I prefer the old stations, with the mosaic walls, pillars and clear views to the platform on the other side of four lines of track. They have masses of history and character.
1:48 love the vid bro, great job! Just wanted to add a bit so the facts are correct. The "standard" length across the system is 10 cars. It gets waaay deeper than that though lol. Main variations are that the BMT/IND cars are either 60ft x 10 cars or 75ft x 8 cars, which is basically 10 in length...the operational history of the letter lines alone is very vast and complicated, and these days you can't really call certain lines like the B/D/R/F/M etc strictly BMT or IND lines anymore they're split like 1/3, or 3/4 (one borough IND, two boroughs BMT, vice versa). The "Eastern Division" of the BMT in Brooklyn and Queens (J,L,M,Z), are 60 feet x 8 cars because most of their platforms are only long enough for 8 cars. IRT is 51ft x 10 cars (1,2,3,4,5,6), but the 3 used to have 9 cars, and the 7 is 11 cars. The outliers are shuttles which can be btwn 2 and 5 cars, and the G train which uses 4. Again love the vid not trying to nitpick, long winded explanations will become common if you do more transit related vids you'd be surprised how much there is to learn. Peace!
A couple of corrections are in order, the IND was built by and owned by the city from its inception in 1932. The two other private lines IRT and BMT were bought by the city in 1940. Two interesting pieces of triva, August Belmont as in Belmont Park was the President of the IRT when it opened. (by the way Mr Kaufman he was a landsman) Second until a while after horrific wreck in 1918 at Malbone St, now Empire Blvd, because of the horror of what happened there, what is today thought of as the BMT was actually the BRT.
Actually, the City of New York built And Owned most of the subway system from 1904. The IRT used both City money and private money, taxes from property (again, only the city can do that)...which is why the IRT could not build along sections of Broadway from Midtown to Lower Manhattan,while the Dual Contract BRT/BMT did. What the city actually did in 1940,was pay off shareholders, that invested in the Companies that operated the systems.
The letters and numbers are because the letter platforms are further from the tracks than the numbered platforms, so number trains can't stop at letter stations and letter trains can't go on number track or stop at their stations.
1:21 Not true The IND which is the city owned subway system bought the BMT and IRT in 1940 and then in 1953 to 1968 the system at the time was call the New York City Transit Authority and from 1968 to now is the MTA
Do not ask for help from MTS staff that work in the ticket booth if you don't want to be shouted at, they're lazy, rude, and have that behavior that they don't want to be bothered. They lack good customer service, and that's how they act while working in public service.
I love all the New York subway media. Whether it be guides, documentaries or plain old generic images and videos.
I dunno about you, but I prefer the old stations, with the mosaic walls, pillars and clear views to the platform on the other side of four lines of track. They have masses of history and character.
1:48 love the vid bro, great job! Just wanted to add a bit so the facts are correct. The "standard" length across the system is 10 cars. It gets waaay deeper than that though lol. Main variations are that the BMT/IND cars are either 60ft x 10 cars or 75ft x 8 cars, which is basically 10 in length...the operational history of the letter lines alone is very vast and complicated, and these days you can't really call certain lines like the B/D/R/F/M etc strictly BMT or IND lines anymore they're split like 1/3, or 3/4 (one borough IND, two boroughs BMT, vice versa). The "Eastern Division" of the BMT in Brooklyn and Queens (J,L,M,Z), are 60 feet x 8 cars because most of their platforms are only long enough for 8 cars. IRT is 51ft x 10 cars (1,2,3,4,5,6), but the 3 used to have 9 cars, and the 7 is 11 cars. The outliers are shuttles which can be btwn 2 and 5 cars, and the G train which uses 4. Again love the vid not trying to nitpick, long winded explanations will become common if you do more transit related vids you'd be surprised how much there is to learn. Peace!
Thanks Bryant! Really appreciate the details.
A couple of corrections are in order, the IND was built by and owned by the city from its inception in 1932. The two other private lines IRT and BMT were bought by the city in 1940. Two interesting pieces of triva, August Belmont as in Belmont Park was the President of the IRT when it opened. (by the way Mr Kaufman he was a landsman) Second until a while after horrific wreck in 1918 at Malbone St, now Empire Blvd, because of the horror of what happened there, what is today thought of as the BMT was actually the BRT.
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Actually, the City of New York built And Owned most of the subway system from 1904.
The IRT used both City money and private money, taxes from property (again, only the city can do that)...which is why the IRT could not build along sections of Broadway from Midtown to Lower Manhattan,while the Dual Contract BRT/BMT did.
What the city actually did in 1940,was pay off shareholders, that invested in the Companies that operated the systems.
1:43 nice exit
Great job on the video. Well spoken, no annoying music! It is a hit with me!
Thanks so much! Be sure to check out our other videos. We have a lot of original music too.
It was really interresting. Thanks for sharing it with the world, greetings from Germany.
Fantastic video Nathan! I really enjoyed it.
Correction. There were only 2 competing subway lines. IND did not open until the 1930s. Many years later.
They still competed tho
Is this the American Geoff Marshall?
Finally!Something like Secrets of the Underground,but in NYC!
RIP 9 and V
Uhhh, in 1940, IND bought out IRT & BMT...
Yeah than became the New York City Transit Authority until 1968 the MTA was formed
The letters and numbers are because the letter platforms are further from the tracks than the numbered platforms, so number trains can't stop at letter stations and letter trains can't go on number track or stop at their stations.
Before Covid
Definitely. Check out our 5-part 42nd Street, "The Deuce" episodes for us doing work out on the streets during lockdown. Safely, of course.
1:21 Not true
The IND which is the city owned subway system bought the BMT and IRT in 1940 and then in 1953 to 1968 the system at the time was call the New York City Transit Authority and from 1968 to now is the MTA
Do not ask for help from MTS staff that work in the ticket booth if you don't want to be shouted at, they're lazy, rude, and have that behavior that they don't want to be bothered. They lack good customer service, and that's how they act while working in public service.
Great! 👍
you should def make more vids about transit
I can smell this subway video!
I learned a lot! Thank you!
Uh huh.
Short cliffnote version, some dates are off...but who's looking for that?
Are you a native? And do you know Tim Levitch?
I am a native but I don't know Tim personally. Quite a guy, though.
The IND was something else prior to 1930s
BMT was the BRT.
The IND certainly was something else prior to 1930.
It was totally under construction in most areas,while the 8th Avenue subway was finished.
MTA was formed around 1968
Most trains are 10 cars…
New Yorkers aren’t rude...only if they are from queens or the east side hahahaha
More-so Bromx than anything
The Transplants trying to be "NY Tough" are usually the rude asshats.
@@jeffrice3882 yeah, I keep telling people that New Yorkers are sweet ad kind