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By: At City Hall, an old idea to make use of an older station :: Second Ave. Sagas

At City Hall, an old idea to make use of an older station :: Second Ave. Sagas — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 06:41:16 +0000

[...] their old stories on dead subway stations. Even though Transit has been allowing customers to ride the City Hall loop on the 6 train since early 2007, Huffington Post, Jalopnik, Fast Company and Yahoo! News decided to [...]

By: Benjamin Kabak

Benjamin Kabak — Thu, 11 Nov 2010 02:37:01 +0000

As far as I know, it’s still the policy. You are permitted to ride the train through the loop as long as the next stop is on the uptown platform at Brooklyn Bridge/City Hall.

By: Matthias

Matthias — Thu, 11 Nov 2010 02:33:40 +0000

Is this still the policy? The tour guide at the transit museum advised seeing the station this way, but the announcements say both that “this is the last stop” and “the next stop will be Brooklyn Bridge/City Hall on the uptown platform”, and today the conductor said “no passengers”. I stayed on anyway, but was so worried about getting a ticket or something that I looked out the wrong side of the train and missed the whole thing. Oh well, I’m sure I’ll get up the courage to try it again.

By: Planes, Trains, and Automobiles: Five Things I Learned About Transit Last Week | Dan Lewis

Mon, 21 Jun 2010 13:57:42 +0000

[...] But the station is still there, and to a degree, is still used. The last stop on the downtown 6 is Brooklyn Bridge/City Hall, and the first stop uptown is in the same place. But the trains need to turn around — and they do so by going through the old City Hall stop. Which means if you stay on the train, you’ll go through this station. Which, apparently, is perfectly allowed. [...]

By: Sara Nordmann

Sara Nordmann — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 03:06:05 +0000

I sat on the 6 train in 2007 after it passed City Hall, and an MTA employee saw me. She was pretty pissed, but seemed to have thought that I was a stupid tourist that got confused.

By: Second Ave. Sagas | A New York City Subway Blog » Blog Archive » » Myrtle Ave. station lost to time, development

Wed, 07 Jan 2009 05:09:18 +0000

[...] we can, as NY1 finally reported two weeks after I did, view the old City Hall stop from the 6 as it turns on that steep curve, but the Myrtle Ave. stop [...]

By: Josh

Josh — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 16:53:26 +0000

Unfortunately, this doesn’t appear to be consistent. I was in NYC for the Independence Day weekend, and the announcements at the official end of the 6 line were very much of the “get off the train now” type. I did hear the “next stop will be the uptown platform” announcement, but it was surrounded by “all passengers must get off the train” announcements — including at least one by the conductor.

By: Second Ave. Sagas | Blogging the NYC Subways » Blog Archive » Heading into the Crown Jewel of the old subway system

Mon, 17 Mar 2008 05:08:44 +0000

[...] Museum received permission to reopen the station to tours, and a few months ago, the MTA started allowing customers to ride past it on the 6 train. Every few months, Transit Museum members can take the tour of the Crown Jewel of the subway [...]

By: Second Ave. Sagas | Blogging the NYC Subways » Blog Archive » IRT Locals get the same grade as every other train

Tue, 15 Jan 2008 20:46:00 +0000

[...] 6 runs from Brooklyn Bridge-City Hall (and around the City Hall loop) local up Lexington Ave. and then through the Bronx to Pelham Bay Park. It’s the local [...]

By: Wakefield852

Wakefield852 — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 23:13:24 +0000

I was riding the train through the loop yesterday. What I was very dissapointed was, was the fact that the station was dimly lit and there is a very bad photo – op. I hope that they could light the station up so we can see the Jewel of the System, even if it is closed.