Guests will need one MetroCard swipe or OMNY tap to enter the subway. Please note the abandoned subway stations we will peek at will be observed from the safety of the subway cars! The trains don’t stop inside these stations and accessing them by foot would be illegal. The subway tour will end in what was meant to be the “Grand Central of Downtown” and see the stunning Guastavino tiles on the outside of the subway stop and Municipal building.

Using the 6 train as our own ten-car time machine, we will also ride through and see abandoned stations that riders unknowingly pass by everyday, including the famed City Hall Station. We will discover the story of the very first subway which was built illegally under the cover of night and many other surprising stories.

On this guided New York subway walking tour you will discover the fascinating beginnings of the New York City subway, and explore spaces even the most seasoned commuter might not know about. The MTA said regular subway service has resumed on the D, N, and R subway lines after hours of disruptions, and trains are once again making stops at the 36th Street station. Subway seats and cars were streaked with blood as people called for help.Explore the world’s largest subway system, the beating heart of the city that never sleeps. As the shooting unfolded and the doors of the train opened, sending smoke billowing through 36th Street station, fearful riders fled, many of them hurrying onto an R train sitting across the platform. The N train snakes through working-class neighborhoods filled with immigrants from all over Asia and Latin America. Mayor Eric Adams said that the search for the gunman was hampered by the fact that at least one security camera at the 36th Street subway station that might have captured the scene was not operating.

It set off panic and chaos aboard the train, in the station and the surrounding streets and sent schools in the vicinity into lockdowns that lasted much of the day. be noted that in the New York City Subway system, there are multiple stations with the same name. The shooting came as the city was already struggling to cope with both a rise in shootings citywide and an increase in crime and disorder in the subway that has scared commuters from returning to a transit system that saw ridership plummet during the pandemic. A Wordle-inspired puzzle game for NYC Subway nerds.

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