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Re: Segmented or closed IND mezzanines |
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Posted by Newkirk Plaza David on Wed Nov 21 10:09:12 2007, in response to Segmented or closed IND mezzanines, posted by G1Ravage on Wed Nov 21 06:36:49 2007. Unlike most IRT and BMT stations, the IND stations were built with massive, full station length mezzanines. Over the last 30-40 years, NYCT permanently sealed most of them, the latest causality is 125th Street/IND station.Check out stations that once had full length mezzanines like 145th Street (NYPD Transit Bureau #3, closed 146th Street area), 161st Street, (NYPD Transit Bureau 11 or 12), Second Ave/Lower East Side (NYCT employee use only), the south end of Fordham Road (Station supervisor's offices), Bedford Park Blvd (sealed), Tremont Ave (artwork and renovation), 34/6 (well know crime occured there), Canal Street/Holland tunnel (north end to Grand Street is sealed after renovation) East Broadway (employee facilities only) and surprise. . .York Ave on the F, it had more than one staircase from platform level. 167, and 170 street stations on the Concourse Line once had underpass exits where you would go downstairs and exit via. the tunnel running under the GC, much like Bedford Park or the north end of 161st Street. The only way you can see the staircase remains at 167 and 170 is if you drive on the tunnel under the Grand Concourse, be careful with the one at 167 because it has narrow lanes at the staircase. 174-175 station is very intriguing with a Morris Ave exit at the north end that you had to go downstairs from platform level (the gated stairs in between the currently open stairs from platform to part-time mezzanine.), plus a side stairs from mezzanine level down to the Morris Ave exit. At the 174th Street full time side, once you exit straight (do not go back upstairs), you can see the tunnel construction over your head. |
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