Aqueduct Posted June 29, 2009 Share #1 Posted June 29, 2009 The lower level has been closed for decades and apparently it looks just like an IND subway station, how easy would it be to get to this platform? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Messino Posted June 30, 2009 Share #2 Posted June 30, 2009 Which Woodhaven station are you referring to? Where is it located? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aqueduct Posted June 30, 2009 Author Share #3 Posted June 30, 2009 This one: http://www.columbia.edu/~brennan/abandoned/woodhaven.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Messino Posted June 30, 2009 Share #4 Posted June 30, 2009 Ahh the Atlantic Ave station, very nice, I only got to see it once, they were doing some kind of work down there and one of the guys let me take a quick peep. You cant get down there anymore as they have sealed off the stairway with cement. People used to be able to transfer from the tracks above by walking down a set of stairs to the subway belowe ground The overhead tracks are still there but are not in use and most of the station is deteriorated and collapsed in on istelf and very overgrown. The overhead elevated line to the Rockaways hasnt been in use since 1968. The overhead elevated tracks run from Queens Blvd to JFK and the old Substation #3 is still there as well and still provides power to the subway below. The underground station can only be accessible via emergency stairways that they created on each side of Atlantic Ave and are locked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aqueduct Posted June 30, 2009 Author Share #5 Posted June 30, 2009 I guess that means it is next to impossible to look in there unless you navigate the tunnels, no good. At least I have few sites that have photographic evidence of the underground ruins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
traildriver Posted July 4, 2009 Share #6 Posted July 4, 2009 This one: http://www.columbia.edu/~brennan/abandoned/woodhaven.html Thanks for that link. Great shots. Is that stairway going down to more tracks on a lower level or just an underpass? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noflexdont Posted July 4, 2009 Share #7 Posted July 4, 2009 My friends was able to get in to the tunnels around there when i was a kid. I never been down there. I dont know how they did it. Was told that the put alarms on them and they stopped going down in them. This was near Atlantic ave and i think 102st or somewhere around there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N-Trizzy2609 Posted July 4, 2009 Share #8 Posted July 4, 2009 Better then the assenime move I made by going to Lower Bergen with a group of friends when I was younger. We went from Jay, walked down the tunnels in MTH orange vests, entered Lower Bergen, it was very dark. So dark it was scary. You can hear a pindrop, even when a train passed upstairs. I wish I had my camera. I'll NEVER trespass again. I never want to, Lower Bergen...smells like butt. Just never go into a tunnel. At least Lower Bergen has no active service, Woodhaven DOES, one wrong move, you'll either fry on the 3rd Rail or become roadkill on the front of a M7. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Messino Posted July 5, 2009 Share #9 Posted July 5, 2009 My friends was able to get in to the tunnels around there when i was a kid. I never been down there. I dont know how they did it. Was told that the put alarms on them and they stopped going down in them. This was near Atlantic ave and i think 102st or somewhere around there. Yeah there are silent alarms that notify LIRR central when you open up any of the emergency exits. It's between 100 street and 98th street. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AgedPolaris Posted July 7, 2009 Share #10 Posted July 7, 2009 You know, in all the times I've ridden down to Flatbush I've never seen the station, having actively looked a few times. Does anyone here have pictures like that site? Also, about how far is it from ENY time-wise when you're riding to/from Jamaica? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aqueduct Posted July 17, 2009 Author Share #11 Posted July 17, 2009 Thanks for that link. Great shots. Is that stairway going down to more tracks on a lower level or just an underpass? Looks like an underpass, from what I have read that underpass was flooded. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metsfan Posted July 17, 2009 Share #12 Posted July 17, 2009 The drains in the underpass are very, very clogged, but the water level varies from dry to feet over the course of the year and the water table and temperature etc. I got this info from an urban explorer who used to work for . He was part of the group that maintains stations and related infrastructure such as lights, platform furniture (gap fillers), tactile edge strips, drains, etc. The reason the underpass is closed i'm not sure, but i know it has something to do with safety. - A Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Messino Posted July 18, 2009 Share #13 Posted July 18, 2009 You know, in all the times I've ridden down to Flatbush I've never seen the station, having actively looked a few times. Does anyone here have pictures like that site? Also, about how far is it from ENY time-wise when you're riding to/from Jamaica? From Jamaica station its probably about 2 minutes from the time you leave. The train goes so fast on that line that you only have a small amount of time to catch a glimpse if you can. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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