@@SonsoftheEagle - Why do you feel compelled to inject your nasty comment here? I take umbrage to it, it's offensive. Do us all a favor and attempt to clear your head of bigotry and hatred. TY
They should raise the tax rate and make more jobs for union workers so they can get those places fixed up for disabled people faster and fix the tiles.
I will clarify some points for you. The black "soot" you described is actually brake dust from the trains brake pads. The white residue that can be seen on the ceilings of many of the stations is actually rock salt and mineral deposits from snow melt and a hundred years of rain. It isn't the fault of transit that people use the stations as bathrooms. Or trash receptacles. It is lazy people. NYCT is the largest system in the world and woefully underfunded for long due repairs. The track shut downs and station closures are necessary to even get any work done. You cannot replace worn out tracks and keep trains running. Metrocard machines are usually out of order due to swipers jamming the machine to force people to buy a swipe from them. Or they pour liquid (or urinate in the machine) to cause it to fail. Yes, I currently work for the city in the system. I can't say where. We do our best (I know I do) to keep things going but nothing comes easy. Hope this helps.
The New York public transportation system is incredible! The amount of people, the infrastructure and the daily operations to keep it running as well as it does is remarkable. There was an article recently that said the subway needs billions right now if it going to continue operations. WOW!
@@ActionKid isn't it mindblowing that what maybe the richest city in the world hasn't been able to forward the creation from 100 years ago?? Sure, subway has expanded but has it got better? You tell me. I dont think so lol
I seen lot’s of people just throw garbage on the tracks or floor when there are thrash cans everywhere. And some folks urinate on the tiles or corners of the station, no amount of cleaning from MTA crews can keep up if the people keep being disgustingly filthy and uncaring.
The city and especially the subway is treated like a toilet. Elevators for handicapped are left with feces in them. Even the train cars are not exempt. It isn't unusual to see men passing between cars while the train is in motion to relieve themselves, which could be fatal. No amount of regulation will change some people. Transit has hired outside contractors to scrub stations completely because it is just too much for one cleaner who is responsible for numerous stations during one shift to do. People don't respect themselves or the city enough to care.
Here's some trivia from a retired TA motorman.....there are 4 types of trains that have never run on ANY of the eastern BMT lines.... and never will....the 4 different 75' car types....delivered between 1972-1992....the R44,R46,R68,R68A....these cars have slightly curved sides.....because of this....they cannot pass through the Williamsburg Bridge
@@MrScottzo they can scrape the bridge pillars....and each other...also the cars can't negotiate some of the tunnel curves....there used to be 67' cars with straight sides that ran through there....but they were scrapped in 1969
@@johnperry4572 thank you so much for the reply! That is so interesting! I am fascinated by the subways here for reasons I don't know yet haha. Thank you!
I greatly admire the architecture and what it took to build these stations. I love the designs of the tile, and other details. They give the stations that New York vibe I love when they were designed and installed. What these stations need is revitalization and refreshment to reverse the decades of wear and tear. It's the lack of maintenance and not keeping up with the proper housekeeping which made these subway stations become in the state they are in.
I had to take a long hot shower with lots of soap after watching this, actionkid..:) NYC MTA could make money during Halloween before they renovate this station and call it "Chambers" of Horror, and sell tickets, transit workers dressed in costumes, and enter at your own risk. Enterprising idea.
"You got rats on the west side Bed bugs uptown What a mess this town's in tatters I've been shattered My brain's been battered, splattered all over Manhattan"
The station is a symptom of the city at large and the culture of no civic pride and empathy that is prevalent in older European cities except for those found in England. There is western culture and all it's cultural trappings and then there is the Anglo Capitalist system that is not concerned with the details and nuts and bolts that holds a society together. We can learn a lot from German, and Scandinavian countries. If this was Japan or Singapore there would be general outrage and someone would be brought up for caning.
Chamber's street station is a 102 year old subway station built 50 years before the first Beijing subway even began and is widely considered the ugliest of NYC's 472 subway stations. For comparison, Beijing only has 428 stations despite having over twice as many people. This station isn't really ugly IMO, the parts they chose to film are the worst parts and they are using a weird lens to make it look dimmer and greener. Some of the artwork is very intricate and beautiful.
So you're justifying corrupt politics spending billions on this trash. Relative to any other subway system in the world the spending is mind boggling compared to what you get. Most the stations look lame and ugly, i mean just look at thz moscow metro it's one of the most reliable and beautiful metro systems in the world and it costs so much less. It's also very old. Like having z station as bad as the one in the video is just ridiculous for a city that's supposed to be one of the most powerful
yes they have been saying that since 1930s man. Its sad, i bet in 1910, the engineers and architects were so proud of their creation. They thought they were so early that even 100 years from now no one will catch up to the mighty NYC. Ah, i feel bad for them LOL
I like the way it looks because is the only station in nYc that has that old broken down vintage look, after this station the majority looks great or are being renovated.
To be honest, i like it when some places like subway stations are run down(especially old ones) because it gives the place character and an unbroken connection with it's history - for instance when it still has rusty 1914 fuse boxes mounted on the walls. He shouldn't be so OCD about cleanliness - rust and corrosion doesn't mean it's infested with rats(it's the littering that does that).
I try to use the bathroom there at Chambers street , but that was a big big big mistake.... cockroaches everywhere and moisty hot, suddenly I didn't need to go to the bathroom
To be honest, i like it when some places like subway stations are run down(especially old ones) because it gives the place character and an unbroken connection with it's history - for instance when it still has rusty 1914 fuse boxes mounted on the walls. Don't be so OCD about cleanliness - rust and corrosion doesn't mean it's infested with rats(it's the littering that does that).
This kind of mindset is the reason why the ny subway is still suffering greatly. The romanticization of such filth needs to die. New Yorkers deserve better than this.
I find New York City a very interesting and foreboding place I am surprised this station is not totally closed off due to all the mold and mill due . Being a Fire Fighter most of my life I know what health risks this stuff poses.
@1VVSA At one time that MIGHT have been a ticket office when the line first opened, yes back then people had enough respect to actually be allowed near the trains BEFORE they had their tickets in hand.
Hi actionkid105. I loved your opening video intro, it was just like something out of the old "Untouchables" tv show....aka Elliott Ness! Thanks for your cool narration as always. You made the "Ugliest NYC Subway Station" pleasant. :)
"many peoples wants to keep it as it is now" those people really lacks taste.. it doesn't look comfortable to stand there and especially for the smell. Ain't healthy that.
Wonder what it takes to remap/reconfigure a lot of it. Makes no sense to have two staircases right next to each other leading to the same platform 22:20
I was there today...looks like they're in process of renovations...yes, it's ugly but will be up to par over time...right? Thanks for your complete video.
Is it super hot down there? I remember when I visited London last year and I found the London Underground really hot. I find a lot of subways are like that. Toronto and Montreal both had the issue. I actually prefer above ground metros like Vancouver Skytrain, Calgary C-Train, or Notthingham's Trams. I find with underground subways the entrances are sometimes super far from platforms, forcing you to walk the equivalent of a few city blocks after you enter a station before you even get to a platform. With something like Calgary's C-Train, the tracks and station platforms are easily visible from street level and you can just walk up to them without walking through kilometres of tunnel. Just my preference based on experience!
The 2 center tracks at Chambers Street were terminal tracks.....first for rush hour RR service that ran from Chambers St. to 95th St Bay Ridge....later for M trains
John Perry The RR train came from the Montague Street Tunnel. The center tracks came from the Williamsburg Bridge and has been used to terminate service from there, such as the M during middays before its 2010 reroute and the J on weekends from 1994 to 2015, when service was extended to Broad Street.
@ActionKid Great video and narration too! So many people that document the NYC subway don't give you any details about what you are looking at. I LOVE the original tiling with the Brooklyn Bridge section in it. The original designs were so elegant, and beautiful, you could tell that there was a lot of pride in workmanship back then, even though it was a public area. Modern society has lost touch with such things today. The world was a harsher place back in the early 1900s but in many ways a much better place for humans to live in.
Makes me grateful that the London Underground system spends money on our glorious system, even if we do complain that it interrupts our weekends, our stations are practically palaces in comparison to this
I worked the station in my last weeks of my career at night I worked for city transit for 25 years, the station is a ghost station at night only 3 or 8 paid fairs. lots of homeless by my booth and lots of rats i , thank goodness there was air conditioning in my booth. 12- 8 tour with lots of over time , I put in alot of hours in my last year. 😮😢😅🎉
One night new years eve two gay guys were fighting over a cat by my booth, and they beat the fare. One of them stuck his tongue at me. I wanted to tear his head off , but it would have cost me my job.
At 9:49, it's interesting how the broken rat poison paper sign, which I think is updated every once in a while, maintained some of the original white of the tiles.
Hi action kid David here a Scot living in London I love your vlog as usual I would like to walk through that station one day soon by the way I have slept in uglier places then that so thank you for sharing it David
An interesting video. Thanks. Those nice looking subway cars must have been put into service within minutes of your video, I could not see any graffiti.
Hey actionkid. Is it cold down there? And can you smoke in those areas? And you can bring your dog on the subway right? How do you know so much about all these subways? Have you been riding them since you were a young kid? Yes Im full of questions :) sorry
It’s actually quite comfortable down there. In hotter weather it heats up a little bit more but not by that much. According to MTA rules you can bring a dog on a subway if it fits in a carrier. Some people have taken this a little bit too seriously and put plastic bags over their large dogs 😂
нда... в самом богатом городе мира самое дерьмовое (самое грязное) в мире метро. Вы б уже сбросились всем городом по 1 доллару (сколько в Нью-Йорке жителей, 8 с половиной миллионов? - представьте, с каждого жителя по 1 доллару - это будет восемь с половиной миллионов долларов - и почистили бы это метро ваше, хотя бы отмыли, я не говорю а ремонте). Куда смотрит чиновники города? ... in the richest city in the world, the shitiest (dirtiest) metro in the world. You would have already dumped the entire city for $ 1 (how many people in New York, 8 and a half million? - Imagine, for every inhabitant, $ 1 - it would be eight and a half million dollars - and you would clean this metro, at least wash I do not say repair). Where are the city officials looking?
Ugh. Awful. I've seen several of your videos now and have been pleasantly surprised by the cleanliness. This is sad because I can see those tiles are quite lovely under all that grime. Wonder why it hasn't been kept up?
So, have doors open after everyone has either entered or exited and just wait in the station for 45+ seconds just waiting, huh? People complaing now about long trips and service delays, that's just a logisitic nightmare you're suggesting.....
lmao i already knew what station it was before i even read the title and clicked the video. I used to take the J back to brooklyn from the banks everyday back in 06 and before. I hope they keep it like this.
there are some more stations that are not fully renovated, you are fortunate to see the subway car windows through and there are no graffitis, imagine if you take any subways then and you cant barely see if the car is full or still eampty
Hey ActionKid great tour of the filthy Chambers Street Station! Suggestion: 14th Street Station for 1,2 and 3 and Borough Hall Station in Brooklyn. Thanks.
There were 3 separate systems....IRT, BMT, & the city-owned IND. The IND & BMT merged into 1 division (B) while the IRT turned into the A Division after the city takeover.
ADA Compliant? That's the least of the problems of that station. It is dilapidated, ramshackle mess. If MTA had the dough, it would close the station completely for a year or two and totally rebuild it.
No disabled person should ever use the subway it's for able bodied people. there are a lot better options available options available for disabled people.
Yes but all the metropolitan line central stations are 50 years older than this and look like they were opened yesterday. The new York subway stations just have not been looked after at all for about 60 years
Interesting as always...This is a subway station that I know well, this was my stop for home, after coming from Columbia University. If it were not for the bright lighting the rats would be visible on the platform. There are a lot of reasons this is neglected. Money, priorities, and politics. This equation never works for big cities.
8:31 Those tiles over there look pearly white, so I guess that adds a little something. 11:51 Does anybody else notice how the pillars up here are pearly white, yet the pillars down there are absolutely filthy? That just proves how corrupt the MTA Train Department truly is.
To call that place gross would be a compliment.
@@SonsoftheEagle - Why do you feel compelled to inject your nasty comment here? I take umbrage to it, it's offensive. Do us all a favor and attempt to clear your head of bigotry and hatred. TY
They should raise the tax rate and make more jobs for union workers so they can get those places fixed up for disabled people faster and fix the tiles.
As bad as it looks it strangely still has character but it really needs some care
I will clarify some points for you. The black "soot" you described is actually brake dust from the trains brake pads. The white residue that can be seen on the ceilings of many of the stations is actually rock salt and mineral deposits from snow melt and a hundred years of rain. It isn't the fault of transit that people use the stations as bathrooms. Or trash receptacles. It is lazy people. NYCT is the largest system in the world and woefully underfunded for long due repairs. The track shut downs and station closures are necessary to even get any work done. You cannot replace worn out tracks and keep trains running. Metrocard machines are usually out of order due to swipers jamming the machine to force people to buy a swipe from them. Or they pour liquid (or urinate in the machine) to cause it to fail. Yes, I currently work for the city in the system. I can't say where. We do our best (I know I do) to keep things going but nothing comes easy. Hope this helps.
Thank you for all your information and all the work you do to keep the system going! The NYC Transit system needs more funding for sure.
The New York public transportation system is incredible! The amount of people, the infrastructure and the daily operations to keep it running as well as it does is remarkable. There was an article recently that said the subway needs billions right now if it going to continue operations. WOW!
@@ActionKid isn't it mindblowing that what maybe the richest city in the world hasn't been able to forward the creation from 100 years ago?? Sure, subway has expanded but has it got better? You tell me. I dont think so lol
I seen lot’s of people just throw garbage on the tracks or floor when there are thrash cans everywhere. And some folks urinate on the tiles or corners of the station, no amount of cleaning from MTA crews can keep up if the people keep being disgustingly filthy and uncaring.
The city and especially the subway is treated like a toilet. Elevators for handicapped are left with feces in them. Even the train cars are not exempt. It isn't unusual to see men passing between cars while the train is in motion to relieve themselves, which could be fatal. No amount of regulation will change some people. Transit has hired outside contractors to scrub stations completely because it is just too much for one cleaner who is responsible for numerous stations during one shift to do. People don't respect themselves or the city enough to care.
I dunno why but there's something charming about that filthy environment
I know what you mean! Of course others will find such places repellant!
It gives off a metro 2035 or metro exodus vibe...
agree
Please don't romanticize all that filth. You would definitely change your mind if you actually smelled how these subway stations are.
same goes for me !! It might sound weird but there's a little something that I love in this kind of stuff !!!
Here's some trivia from a retired TA motorman.....there are 4 types of trains that have never run on ANY of the eastern BMT lines.... and never will....the 4 different 75' car types....delivered between 1972-1992....the R44,R46,R68,R68A....these cars have slightly curved sides.....because of this....they cannot pass through the Williamsburg Bridge
That's so interesting. What do the curved sides do to prevent them through the bridge
@@MrScottzo they can scrape the bridge pillars....and each other...also the cars can't negotiate some of the tunnel curves....there used to be 67' cars with straight sides that ran through there....but they were scrapped in 1969
@@johnperry4572 thank you so much for the reply! That is so interesting! I am fascinated by the subways here for reasons I don't know yet haha. Thank you!
I greatly admire the architecture and what it took to build these stations. I love the designs of the tile, and other details. They give the stations that New York vibe I love when they were designed and installed. What these stations need is revitalization and refreshment to reverse the decades of wear and tear. It's the lack of maintenance and not keeping up with the proper housekeeping which made these subway stations become in the state they are in.
Looking at more recent videos and pictures of this station all it was kneading was some maintenance work and a good cleaning
I Really Do totally agree,, I worked there at night for about 8 weeks before I retired I really do agree with you.
I got most of my sleep at work. 😅😅😅
What is scary is that there are abandoned NYC Subway stops that are in better shape than Chambers Street.
Looks like a scene from The Warriors 😁 "Can You Dig It?"
Warriors....come out and PLAY YAY
You warriors are good real good. The best!
Exactly whar I thought as he went down stairs, really looks like it.
This station is absolutely beautiful. I fully appreciate the architecture. Yes it could use a touch up but it is not ugly at all.
denial
@@matthewminiatt8810 In denial of what?
It just needs to be cleaned and a renovation because...
No, it's a shithole that smells like piss.
Your Narration is just great... ✌️👍
I had to take a long hot shower with lots of soap after watching this, actionkid..:) NYC MTA could make money during Halloween before they renovate this station and call it "Chambers" of Horror, and sell tickets, transit workers dressed in costumes, and enter at your own risk. Enterprising idea.
For sure that will be the biggest deal in town
13:42 "Even if I was a rat, I don't think I'd want to stay around here."
That old tile work is beautiful. It's really nostalgic in a way. It's like a time capsule.
It just gives off that old NYC vibe and i love it
Its New York. Its not supposed to look pretty. Its supposed to look tough. What kind of New Yorker are you?
he seems like a transplant, real new yorkers love the filth
"You got rats on the west side
Bed bugs uptown
What a mess this town's in tatters I've been shattered
My brain's been battered, splattered all over Manhattan"
The station is a symptom of the city at large and the culture of no civic pride and empathy that is prevalent in older European cities except for those found in England. There is western culture and all it's cultural trappings and then there is the Anglo Capitalist system that is not concerned with the details and nuts and bolts that holds a society together. We can learn a lot from German, and Scandinavian countries. If this was Japan or Singapore there would be general outrage and someone would be brought up for caning.
@Xman Hunter thats not how New York got it's name. learn your history first
Agreed!! LOL
Finally a detailed video of this station! I have yet to get on the train here but I’ve passed by it on the train it’s horrible😭
This is exactly what I want to see when visiting NYC subway stations.......it’s part of the fabric of what makes that city so great.
Those trains you call the newest model were made here in Sao Paulo. We have trains like that operating here in Sao Paulo too, in the CPTM system.
Chamber's street station is a 102 year old subway station built 50 years before the first Beijing subway even began and is widely considered the ugliest of NYC's 472 subway stations. For comparison, Beijing only has 428 stations despite having over twice as many people. This station isn't really ugly IMO, the parts they chose to film are the worst parts and they are using a weird lens to make it look dimmer and greener. Some of the artwork is very intricate and beautiful.
Surely it doesnt smell like piss
@@Vocaloid-Guy Don't blame the infrastructure, blame the nasty two legged beasts that piss on it.
So you're justifying corrupt politics spending billions on this trash. Relative to any other subway system in the world the spending is mind boggling compared to what you get.
Most the stations look lame and ugly, i mean just look at thz moscow metro it's one of the most reliable and beautiful metro systems in the world and it costs so much less. It's also very old. Like having z station as bad as the one in the video is just ridiculous for a city that's supposed to be one of the most powerful
The Wikipedia of NYC is back at it again. Great video!
This was great! I cant wait to see when a video is posted of complete work!
1:20.....actually that's an abandoned newsstand...
Thanks, I always thought it was a ticket office
It's time for major renovation
yes they have been saying that since 1930s man. Its sad, i bet in 1910, the engineers and architects were so proud of their creation. They thought they were so early that even 100 years from now no one will catch up to the mighty NYC. Ah, i feel bad for them LOL
Never come to nyc
No, it's beautiful.
@@OneOogaBooga No, it's not.
@@kirbyarroyo2118 Yes, yes it is.
I like the way it looks because is the only station in nYc that has that old broken down vintage look, after this station the majority looks great or are being renovated.
To be honest, i like it when some places like subway stations are run down(especially old ones) because it gives the place character and an unbroken connection with it's history - for instance when it still has rusty 1914 fuse boxes mounted on the walls. He shouldn't be so OCD about cleanliness - rust and corrosion doesn't mean it's infested with rats(it's the littering that does that).
Jack Hawthorn Yes we should. Run down stations are NOT what NYC is about. This is the worlds greatest city, and we should be better than that.
Yes it does need a face lift ,new paint, new tiles, resurface platform, smarten up the stairs, look better than the white house
I try to use the bathroom there at Chambers street , but that was a big big big mistake.... cockroaches everywhere and moisty hot, suddenly I didn't need to go to the bathroom
Memories of the NYC subway make me glad these videos don't have Smellivision.
To be honest, i like it when some places like subway stations are run down(especially old ones) because it gives the place character and an unbroken connection with it's history - for instance when it still has rusty 1914 fuse boxes mounted on the walls. Don't be so OCD about cleanliness - rust and corrosion doesn't mean it's infested with rats(it's the littering that does that).
Look at baker street station in London on the underground it is older than this and looks like it was built yesterday
This kind of mindset is the reason why the ny subway is still suffering greatly. The romanticization of such filth needs to die. New Yorkers deserve better than this.
I find New York City a very interesting and foreboding place I am surprised this station is not totally closed off due to all the mold and mill due . Being a Fire Fighter most of my life I know what health risks this stuff poses.
This station is much nicer than some of the Boston MBTA stations I used when I lived closer
Really 😐😐😐
Not true
@@bruhz_089 You went to all those same MBTA stations I used to go through 20 years ago too and didn’t think they were that bad???
@@richardbarry04553 no i wasn't even alive 20 years ago but it's cleaner now
@@bruhz_089 I was speaking about my experience which was years ago - I have no idea what the stations are like now
Catching a trains in the US gives me goosbum feeling. US is comparable to India for sure.
12:30.....That merger actually took place in June 1940.....what is now the New York City Transit Authority began in June 1953
Awesome tour. Thank you!
What is that building at 9:50
@1VVSA
At one time that MIGHT have been a ticket office when the line first opened, yes back then people had enough respect to actually be allowed near the trains BEFORE they had their tickets in hand.
I really love the arrivals and departures, and just seeing the huge tunnel
I loved this station,, lots of memories,,thanks for the video
I'm getting new shoes after I go there
If you like old abandoned subway stations, take a look to Chamberí Ghost Station in Madrid. It's not that creepy but its cool.
Hi actionkid105. I loved your opening video intro, it was just like something out of the old "Untouchables" tv show....aka Elliott Ness! Thanks for your cool narration as always. You made the "Ugliest NYC Subway Station" pleasant. :)
Has anything change?
"many peoples wants to keep it as it is now" those people really lacks taste.. it doesn't look comfortable to stand there and especially for the smell. Ain't healthy that.
8:08 - Was all of this area full of *river water* after Sandy in October 2012?
Where does all the daily fare money go? Day after day, month after month, thousands of people. All that revenue more than enough for renovation.
I could see someone being chased by zombies.
Well, an crackhead zombie
surprised it doesnt just collapse with that city hall building ontop
Wonder what it takes to remap/reconfigure a lot of it. Makes no sense to have two staircases right next to each other leading to the same platform 22:20
11:12 - Now the *Fulton Street Station* is the Subway *hub* of Lower Manhattan?
I was there today...looks like they're in process of renovations...yes, it's ugly but will be up to par over time...right? Thanks for your complete video.
They added a new walkway above the tracks to connect the platforms. Otherwise, little has changed, and little was cleaned.
It makes the London Underground look as clean and sterile as an operating theater.
Is it super hot down there? I remember when I visited London last year and I found the London Underground really hot. I find a lot of subways are like that. Toronto and Montreal both had the issue. I actually prefer above ground metros like Vancouver Skytrain, Calgary C-Train, or Notthingham's Trams. I find with underground subways the entrances are sometimes super far from platforms, forcing you to walk the equivalent of a few city blocks after you enter a station before you even get to a platform. With something like Calgary's C-Train, the tracks and station platforms are easily visible from street level and you can just walk up to them without walking through kilometres of tunnel. Just my preference based on experience!
This station isn’t really too hot. There are others in the system which are crazy hot though!
Thank you for your guided tour.
Even though that’s a cruddy looking subway station.
Never been to NYC
It’s kinda beautiful in its own way. The aging gives it a certain beauty to it.
Mexico’s City subway is cleaner and way better.
Yes. Way cleaner although more crowded and hot.
blackkey1976 hmm 🤔
The center abandoned platform has been used in a few films...Fame,Conspiracy Theory....and the TV series The Equalizer
The 2 center tracks at Chambers Street were terminal tracks.....first for rush hour RR service that ran from Chambers St. to 95th St Bay Ridge....later for M trains
John Perry The RR train came from the Montague Street Tunnel. The center tracks came from the Williamsburg Bridge and has been used to terminate service from there, such as the M during middays before its 2010 reroute and the J on weekends from 1994 to 2015, when service was extended to Broad Street.
@ActionKid
Great video and narration too! So many people that document the NYC subway don't give you any details about what you are looking at. I LOVE the original tiling with the Brooklyn Bridge section in it. The original designs were so elegant, and beautiful, you could tell that there was a lot of pride in workmanship back then, even though it was a public area. Modern society has lost touch with such things today. The world was a harsher place back in the early 1900s but in many ways a much better place for humans to live in.
Makes me grateful that the London Underground system spends money on our glorious system, even if we do complain that it interrupts our weekends, our stations are practically palaces in comparison to this
wow it's so nasty there's not even homeless
What's inside the door at 9:37? It looks like there are lights on inside
Who knows!
There are a lot of security cameras in that location.. They are watching you watch them...
I'm so glad to live in the UK
The Chambers station is a "relic" ... 💝 thank you very much for this informative video 👌👍
What's behind that door at 9:40?
I'd love to know too!
I worked the station in my last weeks of my career at night I worked for city transit for 25 years, the station is a ghost station at night only 3 or 8 paid fairs. lots of homeless by my booth and lots of rats i , thank goodness there was air conditioning in my booth. 12- 8 tour with lots of over time , I put in alot of hours in my last year. 😮😢😅🎉
One night new years eve two gay guys were fighting over a cat by my booth, and they beat the fare. One of them stuck his tongue at me. I wanted to tear his head off , but it would have cost me my job.
New York has so much character
At 9:49, it's interesting how the broken rat poison paper sign, which I think is updated every once in a while, maintained some of the original white of the tiles.
No matter what they do to the subways they will always be a CRIME SCENE.
Those ticket booths are really old vendors newstands
Humm... 15:15 I wonder how strong the covered steel beams are?
ActionKid ... you're brave to visit that place. Thanks for your work.
You're welcome! Hopefully this station will look better after the work is completed.
Nobody has used "IRT", "BMT" or "IND" for at least 20 years. All subway lines are merely a letter or a number.
Wow those trains sound just like ctas 5000 series
Hi action kid David here a Scot living in London I love your vlog as usual I would like to walk through that station one day soon by the way I have slept in uglier places then that so thank you for sharing it David
Is the bathroom from the first Saw movie down here?
Not sure
An interesting video. Thanks. Those nice looking subway cars must have been put into service within minutes of your video, I could not see any graffiti.
15:12 - *Unsafe, unsafe, unsafe - and revealed.* - But the other columns: Unsafe, too, but not visible?
"Death was in the air at Roscoe Street, I`d have to find Alex fast." MAX PAYNE reference 6:30
That was an awesome game!
13:40 The comment that says it all! The narrator really nails it here!!! ("Even if I was a rat.....") Brilliant formulation!
Hey actionkid. Is it cold down there? And can you smoke in those areas? And you can bring your dog on the subway right? How do you know so much about all these subways? Have you been riding them since you were a young kid? Yes Im full of questions :) sorry
It’s actually quite comfortable down there. In hotter weather it heats up a little bit more but not by that much. According to MTA rules you can bring a dog on a subway if it fits in a carrier. Some people have taken this a little bit too seriously and put plastic bags over their large dogs 😂
нда... в самом богатом городе мира самое дерьмовое (самое грязное) в мире метро. Вы б уже сбросились всем городом по 1 доллару (сколько в Нью-Йорке жителей, 8 с половиной миллионов? - представьте, с каждого жителя по 1 доллару - это будет восемь с половиной миллионов долларов - и почистили бы это метро ваше, хотя бы отмыли, я не говорю а ремонте). Куда смотрит чиновники города?
... in the richest city in the world, the shitiest (dirtiest) metro in the world. You would have already dumped the entire city for $ 1 (how many people in New York, 8 and a half million? - Imagine, for every inhabitant, $ 1 - it would be eight and a half million dollars - and you would clean this metro, at least wash I do not say repair). Where are the city officials looking?
looks like the bathroom from the movie Saw
It shows it's oldness at least
Ugh. Awful. I've seen several of your videos now and have been pleasantly surprised by the cleanliness. This is sad because I can see those tiles are quite lovely under all that grime. Wonder why it hasn't been kept up?
Train door close so fast, haven 1 min door close already LOL😂😂
So, have doors open after everyone has either entered or exited and just wait in the station for 45+ seconds just waiting, huh? People complaing now about long trips and service delays, that's just a logisitic nightmare you're suggesting.....
straight-up dungeon
Good thing they raised the fares. They’ll have this sewn up in no time. 😆😆
lmao i already knew what station it was before i even read the title and clicked the video. I used to take the J back to brooklyn from the banks everyday back in 06 and before. I hope they keep it like this.
This station is famous!
there are some more stations that are not fully renovated, you are fortunate to see the subway car windows through and there are no graffitis, imagine if you take any subways then and you cant barely see if the car is full or still eampty
Hey ActionKid great tour of the filthy Chambers Street Station! Suggestion: 14th Street Station for 1,2 and 3 and Borough Hall Station in Brooklyn. Thanks.
This shows how NYC was the best backdrop for Ghostbusters.
It gives your mind a fright fest at night. And it is funky.
On movie us subway station look clean and modern.
Honestly when it’s like 11 pm or later I bet that subway it scares the hell out of me bc it’s lonely af
I haven't been in that subway station in over 50 years. It also looks like the older 14th IRT station of yesteryear. Damn, I am getting older.
Lol I used to get out of this station for work but I'm late all the time that i didn't notice how gross it looked!
There were 3 separate systems....IRT, BMT, & the city-owned IND. The IND & BMT merged into 1 division (B) while the IRT turned into the A Division after the city takeover.
ADA Compliant? That's the least of the problems of that station. It is dilapidated, ramshackle mess. If MTA had the dough, it would close the station completely for a year or two and totally rebuild it.
No disabled person should ever use the subway it's for able bodied people. there are a lot better options available options available for disabled people.
It’s one of the oldest stations man. What do you expect?
Yes but all the metropolitan line central stations are 50 years older than this and look like they were opened yesterday. The new York subway stations just have not been looked after at all for about 60 years
Interesting as always...This is a subway station that I know well, this was my stop for home, after coming from Columbia University. If it were not for the bright lighting the rats would be visible on the platform. There are a lot of reasons this is neglected. Money, priorities, and politics. This equation never works for big cities.
Thank you for your videos... Do you use a "Steady-Cam" type camera? Or do you just walk very smoothly?
I’m using a gimbal. It’s an mechanical stabilizer for my GoPro HERO7 Black camera
8:31 Those tiles over there look pearly white, so I guess that adds a little something.
11:51 Does anybody else notice how the pillars up here are pearly white, yet the pillars down there are absolutely filthy? That just proves how corrupt the MTA Train Department truly is.
the torque of that train at 4:55 omg