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I lived in Manhattan for 8 years. Took the subway to work everyday. However, one night after an office party in midtown, I dozed off on the 5 express heading home. Woke up at Union Square and between Union square the train slowed on the way to my stop on Wall St. I saw the abandoned 18th Street station. Kinda similar to this story. At Brooklyn Bridge / City Hall, I stayed on the 6 local as it turned around under Broadway and I saw the abandoned yet still beautiful old City Hall station.

I'm not saying there's nothing there. But I'm an underground utility engineer in NYC and have access to all the gas maps from the late 1800's to now. On my maps, I see absolutely nothing there. I can however see things that indicate the active tunnel under Eldert & Pitkin. I have a project at Pitkin yard that has been frozen for a few years. If it starts up again, I'll ask the yard superintendent what he thinks.

Between 86th St and 96th St on the 1, 2, and 3 lines is the 91st St station. The 1 is local and makes 91st St easy to see, as it was built to be a local station; the platforms are at the sides instead of between the tracks. It can be seen from the 2 or 3 as well but, it will blur by as the 2 or 3 goes (well, supposed to go) express from 96th to 72nd Sts. 91st St still has some lights, as it is sometimes used as an improvised staging area for tools and equipment to repair tracks. The 1 train between 137th St and 145th has a similar area, not a station but, extra track bits to store extra trains and equipment.

As a longtime Queens resident and someone who knows the area I doubt it exists. First off there are no subway grates anywhere around 76th and Pitkin and second the area looks very suburban - more like Valley Stream or Elmont than a neighborhood on the Brooklyn Queens border. I think the IND had planned to build it as part of their "Second System" but instead connected the subway to the Queens portion of the Fulton elevated as it was a lot less expensive. The branch to the Rockaways was recaptured from the LIRR just as the Fulton st El was recaptured from the BMT. With the exception of the Culver Viaduct - the IND did not build any elevated stations. All of the elevated stations on current IND routes (other than Smith & 9th and 4th Ave, both on the Culver Viaduct) were recaptured from the BMT or the LIRR.

As a former NY resident and rapid transit aficionado, dating back to the late 50's,,I had no idea about this "station" until really just recently..past 2 yrs!!.. Went by this very location taking IND "A train" R10 subway cars a number of times, back in the 60's!! Always loved the way the Grant Ave station "climbs out" of its subway surroundings, shortly after the station platform gives way to daylight, as that "portal" lets trains climb their way onto the curving elevated structure, gently turning on over Liberty Ave, City Line/Ozone Park! Hoping researchers will find the answers they're seeking out!!

As someone who has grown up and still lives in brooklyn for 54 years. It sure looks like their was a 76th Street station. A few train lines had their last stops closed for some reason. The L train had another one or two stops after Rockaway Parkway many years ago I saw on an old Subway map. Those signal lights definitely look like a train ran through there, and if it didn't, that wall would be solid cement, not cinderblocks. The MTA used cinderblock most of the time back in the days to cover up or seal something up. I can bet money if a few of those cinderblocks were knocked down, you would see the rest of that tunnel leading to 76th Street Station. I love finding out about things like this. I think the NYC Subway system is fascinating especially because it was built so many years ago. Many of the stations in Manhattan are incredibly huge underground. Their like mazes underground with shops. Lol. I love it.😊

Euclid Avenue tower as well as Pitkin Yard tower have the station at 76th street on their board. The 3rd rail power board also has the station. Two trackways would also lead from Pitkin Yard to a wall that would suggest 76th street existed.

I'm a transit enthusiast from Chile, so I may not know much about New York and it's surroundings and how everything works, but a myth like this feels like something perfect for an ARG or a horror story. If it's true or not, there is a lot of mistery here and it just feels like a perfect setting for a conspiracy or something related to the SCP Foundation (for example). Great video.

I’ve seen SubChat discussions that talk about 76th street and one of them shows photos of old newspaper clippings that seem to point to the construction of the 76th street station. One of these discussions said that only the southbound platform had tiles installed and other people on that same discussion have said that there are no rails in the tunnels leading up to this supposed station, based on what some old workers and police officers have claimed. But nothing close to a completed, operational station. I personally think there *might* be something beyond those walls. Maybe a shell of a station and/or more tunnel does exist past the walls, but there just isn’t enough evidence to prove it. Someone needs to get a ground penetrating radar so that they can see if it detects an open space that fits the profile of a subway station below the 76th Street station area. But if the station is real and gets discovered, I would have it turned into either a branch of the Transit Museum, or an MTA-themed restaurant.

There are many abandoned or decommissioned stations in the MTA. Thank you for sharing this with us!

Grant Ave was my home stop before I moved to Philly, back when the R44's dominated the A

Your best bet is make a appointment with the New York City Transit Museum archive department and inquire about the 76th street station. The staff would probably be more than happy answer your request ! As a retired motorman B-division A and F line this is even new to me ? The lay up tracks are used as part of pitkin yard and I’ve walked these tracks to prepare trains for service but never has conversations stated a station is beyond the concrete wall. Interesting…

Great story. In addition to that, there are quite a few stations all over the 4 big boroughs. During my youth, there was a line connecting between the F line at Ditmas Ave in Brooklyn to the D line at 9th Avenue. It has been disassembled. There is another unused line in Manhattan, (underground), around Canal St., Between the N/Q lines and the famous 6 line. Finally, the most amazing line that was bricked up by the (those days) workers as a protest of wage reduction. In fact, they bricked up a few cars. The location is: Court St. & Livingston St. vicinity in Brooklyn. Ssshhh, don't tell anyone, but there are quite a few more!

As a kid in the 70s and 80s I used to explore under grant Ave and I can tell you there is what looks like the making of a subway station with a empty space between the tracks for a platform with the entrance in the train yards

This gave me flashbacks when I use to go bombing throughout the lay-ups on liberty, van sicken, shepherd, grant and the Pitkin yard back in the 80’s. I use to live at the projects above van sicken ave. I use to get in the lay-ups through the vent shafts a Pitkin and ashford or just sneak in my station and go in through the platform. Those were good times. 👍

1) Great video! 2) As someone that grew up in Queens and went to high school in Brooklyn just over the BK/Qns border not too far from the alleged station, I found it fascinating when I first heard about this station supposedly being there. 3) After initially believing that it existed as I had known there were many plans scrapped or halted while in process, I am now of the belief it never existed. Why? A) There is absolutely no way a subway station could have been built without public records, press coverage, community opposition, etc. The IND Fulton St. Line was not extended to connect with the Liberty Ave. line until the 1950s. No way tracks would have been built underground without the public knowing as the area was developed. The noise alone under that neighborhood would have prompted residents to report to authorities and the media. B) The station would have existed in the middle of nowhere! Stations, especially a terminal station, built that late (1950s) would have been placed in an area with stores, buildings, etc. and not just houses. * My overall opinion is that the tracks, signals, etc. were constructed simply for provisions for an extension and nothing was ever completed.The wall that exists is more than likely just to prevent things like flooding and ambitious folks from getting lost in "the abyss".

Why didn't you contact the NYC Transit Museum and ask them to direct you to a historian who might have information to help you?

It’s nice to see a new Gen doing this I still live in Manhattan but we would check these old stations out in the 80s as kids and we found ones with old ads still on the walls like smoker ads and stuff from the 1970s really cool stuff

Also note this is shown on the model board at Pitkin Yard and Euclid Avenue Station. I've discovered a lot of of provisions and abandoned areas working down here but 76 St is the most interesting.

I used 76th as an April's Fool joke. I started a thread titled FBI mafia graveyard excavation stumbles upon 76th Street Station. I thought it was funny. There really were some FBI digs around that area. Cool video. Gonna watch some more from your channel.

Nico, I love all of the comments! Great work! Congratulations! Tell us more about your other explorations and travels. 🙋‍♀️

Cool video! I never knew of this urban legend station. Appreciate all the work you put into this presentation.

Excellent keep on producing beautiful things like this I truly believe that the 76 station was there

Thank you for this always wanted to know more about this 76 street station!

I grew up on Nostrand Avenue near Quentin Road during the 1960s and 1970s. There really was a serious plan to extend the IRT line, as it was then called, from Nostrand and Flatbush Avenues, as far as Avenue U or even down to Sheepshead Bay. I even remember surveyors with their surveyors transits right in front of my building, laying the groundwork prior to start of construction. It would have been a great convenience to those neighborhoods, however the fiscal crisis of the '70s meant cancelation of the project... nothing was actually built.

It's there... something about the station being too short. It's always good to talk to the people that was here before you there's so much history to find. Plus MTA is the cover up king it'll be newly discovered again soon

i know that Grant on the A train has a Lower Level known as the Layup Yard for Graffiti Artist/Writers yet i dont think it leads to the 76 Lower Level...the 76 Abandoned spot is completely sealed & no way to go in

Really interesting video! I remember researching this a lot a couple of years ago. I personally find it hard to believe that there is a whole station there, but there's definitely something behind though walls even if it's just tunnel. Hopefully, they find a reason to take a look one day!

Great content, especially cuz this is my home station. Keep making more!

There is also a rumor that there is a branch from the Atlantic Avenue station going 500 feet under the Narrows for a future line to Staten Island. Supposedly the line was killed by Robert Moses who hated the subway.

Awesome video congratulations on your views! I’m from New York as well and find these videos extremely interesting

Guy Faux's comment made about the Roosevelt Ave. station on the E,F,M and R lines is the unbuilt connection to the proposed Winfield / Seabury line - due to the combined effects of the Great Depression and WW 2 , and there after the manipulations of one Robert Moses, the line was never built. The same can be said about the Utica Ave. line in Brooklyn, which can be seen at the same named station on the A and C lines. The abandoned station shell is in place above the in use station and is quite visible. There are many other unbuilt lines - check out the IND Second System for more information on this topic.

..Thank you again for this video!!

Great video. I like finding out about abandoned or never built stations. I've always been curious about the abandoned station on the 1,2,3 line between 86 and 96.

Great video! On r/nycrail there was someone said the builder of public school 214 has built something underground prior to the line’s construction, which is not uncommon in that period. That user used the example of IND 8th Avenue line’s segment around 170st (also built in school’s project separately) as an example.

You did an outstanding job on this video. Awesome job! New subscriber and native New Yorker.

Whether this story is true or not, can you imagine if they were an extension from Euclid all the way to Cambria Heights?!?!? it would be an immense relief to rush hour, congestion for any one traveling home to South East Queens

Note to self, never publish something serious on April 1sr

If the 76th street station does exist it could be used as either an extension of the C train or a last stop. Great video.

Someone call the folks at Expedition Unknown and have Josh Gates solve this once and for all.

I like how you had 60 Subs when I watched this video and now you got over 200 Subs. Good Job and Good luck on the future, also nice video, I have heard about the 76 St Station but I didn't understand it much

The answer is 76 Street station does not exist and was never built; the land East of Elderts Lane past Euclid Avenue is below the water table which means it would have been much more costly to build in order to prevent water intrusion. The tunnels were backfilled to prevent flooding. The same tunnel condition exists between Rockaway and Ralph Avenue stations. Provisions sure were made though.

Really interesting video!

i love your vids!!! 😊

Finally someone made a video about this.

Even the known abandoned stations are accessible and visited by MTA staff for maintenance and inspection. Seems likely that there would be a locked door or some access means to reach whatever is beyond the block wall.

Whoa!!! Spectacular essay!!! 🏆

You should look into 59st station,there another part of it,that was never completed,I was told this by a dispatcher,when I worked as tower operator at ther 59th st master tower. I forgot what it was suppose to connect with,most likely with the Irt. But he told me others workers it was complete. You be surprised how many stations that has been started never complete or just forgotten about. Just like The Tunnel night club,which were abandoned subway tunnel that was never completed. I know it closed up years ago,have no idea what they did with it after it closed down.

These should be the new stations via the IND Fulton Street Line extension to Cambria Heights-229th Street under Pitkin Avenue & Linden Boulevard: Ⓜ️ 76th Street Ⓜ️ 84th Street Ⓜ️Cross Bay Boulevard Ⓜ️ Hawtree Street Ⓜ️ Aqueduct Road Ⓜ️ Rockaway Boulevard Ⓜ️ Lefferts Boulevard Ⓜ️ 126th Street Ⓜ️ Van Wyck Boulevard Ⓜ️ 144th Street Ⓜ️ Sutphin Boulevard Ⓜ️ Brewer Boulevard Ⓜ️ Merrick Boulevard Ⓜ️ 178th Street Ⓜ️ Farmers Boulevard Ⓜ️ 200th Street Ⓜ️ Nashville Boulevard Ⓜ️ 221st Street Ⓜ️ Cambria Heights-229th Street

Could you do videos on how every NYC Subway route could be extended? Please start with the (1) & go up every number until you go through every letter. I would love to see your amazing ideas!

My thought is, if it was never built, it was probably under active consideration, given the interlocking machine panel and the signal diagrams. Those General Railway Signal panels were custom-made with engraver's board, so after-the-fact additions were unheard of (except with white paint which didn't match the engraved names, numbers, and track diagram) and deletions were handled with black electrical tape as shown.

Somebody is going to have to get past that wall.

This is so cool, when you take the 2 and 3 train to 96 st, you can see an empty station and the platform that’s no longer being use.

It's apparently notable enough that Wikipedia has a section on 76th Street on the Euclid Avenue station page, under "East of the station".

Cool video, do you actualy explore yourself or just take photos from old LTV Squad posts though?

There is a funeral called grace funeral home by the grant subway station

NYC Subway history and facts. How awesome

There's track ties and signal boxes that are intact on the leads from the yard that end at the cinder blocks. You have to be a fan to know about it, a lot of people pass it everyday and pay no mind to it. I believe it's something behind those 2 walls.

This is an excellent video that tells a very pertinent story. There is great evidence that there was a possibility of a 76 Street station. The question is what is behind that gigantic wall? Why is it walled off? The answer might be that there may have been a partially constructed station that was abandoned or whereas the construction was discontinued. It is surprising that no reporter or journalist has contacted the MTA to get this clarified or confirmed? This would be a good investigative story for the TV or newspapers in New York.

I live In the Bronx. Videos on the 5 Dyre Stations would be interesting. As you probably know, the stations between 180 and Dyre were formerly a Westchester railroad. The Dyre station seems to go north beyond the station into Mount Vernon.

Have you been to the broadway g train stop to the abandoned station above the g?

That should be able to build a expansion the Fulton Street Line of the IND in the near future after Second Avenue Subway completion. That's make sense.

Yeah, even today if the transit authority announced plans to build a 76th street station from scratch, they’re really gonna be in for a logistical headache. If they did plan to build a 76th street station years ago, it’s too late now. We’ve still got the elevated tracks, and it functions really well.

It's most likely that the station was planned, possibly work started, but it was never put into services because the Transit Authority decided to link the line up with the Fulton Street el instead.

From the maps, it looks as if that station might have had something to do with the old "Train To The Plane" to JFK airport.

Great video! Enjoyed watching this but If anyone still doesn’t think it’s a real thing 76th does exist but it’s like a Area 51. The station does exist because supposedly in the euclid tower what you showed in the video idk if they took it off or not for 76th but hopefully it’s still there probably taped off. If you mention this to mta they’ll act confused

When did they start CBTC installation along Fulton st

it does exist! just around the corner from the Men In Black portal.

Awesome video

I like how you captured the “phonoh” graffiti, was waiting for you to do some tunnel “urban exploration” be careful down there stop, look and listen…operation lifesaver

Hey enjoyed your video. Just to add something. The reason I think the 76 street station existed in some form because of the existing streets. If you go north of Pitkin Ave you have Old South Road. There are no other streets like that in that area. The houses in the area the houses were built in the 1960's while most of the surrounding neighborhood was built in the 1920's. Havent found an old map of ozone park to show what was there prior to the homes as of yet

Es gibt drei Punkte, die gegen die Existenz der 76. Straße-Station sprechen. 1. Bei 8'55 steht im Gleisplan unten rechts etwas von einer zukünftigen Steuerung der Signale. Gibt es jüngere Gleispläne, nach denen die Anlage je in Betrieb war? Falls nein, gab es den Ausbau nicht. 2. war es nicht unüblich, die ganzen Signale bereits einzubauen, daher zeigen sie auf die Endwand im Tunnel. 3. wäre es verkehrstechnisch nicht sehr sinnvoll. Praktisch nebenan gibt es ja bereits eine Hochbahnstrecke. Umsteigen wäre hier nur mit einem längeren Fußweg möglich.

The existence of a marker for 76th St. on a board is not evidence of the station's existence, but might indicate that they started to plan for it and the tracks seen up until that wall are the only tracks there.

Nice camera work

Cool video Is this in Bklyn or Queens

9:02 you see the track split with a train coming from below? Where does that upper track lead?

I think that while initial setup might be there with those signals. At best it’s a incomplete shell and at worse it’s just sealed room or ground

Yea it's between east new york,Brooklyn & queens . I accidentally found it,

The only way to find out the truth and settle this theory is for someone to bring a sledge hammer 🔨 and put a hole in the bricked up wall. Just a small hole will do. Just enough to get a camera 🎥 inside for a peek.

A teal question after Euclid avenue there are so many tracks only two end up at Grant Avenue also after Grant Avenue a track leads out not the middle but the side

How many 76 streets are there in Brooklyn? I know the one in Bay Ridge/ Bensonhurst.

it's probably were MIB has their New York head quarters, the wall and secrecy would explain everything.

I’ve always wondered whats behind those walls at grant Ave. I think it was abandoned.

Wow one never knows do one thanks for exploring

Just generally speaking, what incentive does the MTA have to lie about its existence? The presence of it on some boards means little at best, since there is no dispute they planned on having it.

I hope it’s real

So wait I got a question, After 80th street on the A before you go down in the tunnel was there an extension there that ran through Pitkin Ave and connected to Broadway Junction?

Do you have a Discord where I could show you recent images of 76 Street? The station is not built by any means but it's there.

It would be MOST APPROPRIATE to extend the (C) on this line while the (A) goes to Lefferts Blvd and The Rockaways. While having the Lefferts (A) extended to Rosedale via Lefferts Blvd, Rockaway Blvd and the Belt Parkway, a new (K) line would take the Lefferts Branch to Jamaica Center (from The Bronx at Bedford Park Blvd). This would leave the (C) servicing the 76th Street - Pitkin Avenue Station and extended East towards Cambria Heights. The QBL would gain an extension towards Cambria Heights from the (F) at 179th Street via Farmers Blvd and Linden Blvd (the (F) extends towards Queens Village and Bellerose, the QBL Local would extend to Cambria Heights and the (C) would also extend to Cambria Heights.

Yea maybe it was used as a mafia stash house

That was my foot post back in the 80s

If u look for the station u will fine it. It’s there , the homeless can help u fine it.

My guess is they stopped short of building it though the planning and signals were in place. Cheers thanks all the best

Wait, aren’t those tracks to nowhere at Grant Avenue going in the wrong direction? The station would be in between Grant and 80th, not Grant and Euclid.

Now heres the question if it does exist How can we get there?

The elevated should just go to Cambria heights call it a day

Talk about the Archer Ave extension next please. Its an extension that never was a true extension

cool video on the 76 st station

Why just ask a couple of senior motormen/dispatchers if it’s true.