- No.
This is where you die.
This is your death.
This is, he's doing this.
(curious music)
- Now before it sounds like I just wanna trespass
in interesting places,
hear me out.
There are some really fascinating places
in and around New York City, that are completely abandoned.
That have little to no public access.
and they're falling apart.
I feel it's a responsibility to document these places
before they're completely forgotten
and one such place is the City Hall Subway Station.
Currently at the six line and at the Brooklyn Bridge Station
Well just below that is an abandoned Subway Station
that few living New Yorkers have ever stepped foot inside.
On October 27th, 1904, the Interbureau Rapid Transit Company
opened to the public
and at about 2:34pm, the first underground Subway
departed from City Hall Station.
The place is gorgeous.
It was adorned with colored glass tiles,
brass chandeliers, skylights and iconic Guastavino arches.
But after the city started lengthening the trains,
there were dangerously large gaps
between the doors and the platform
due to the tight curve of the tracks.
So at the end of 1945, the station was permanently closed.
I wanna get inside.
So can we get into the City Hall Subway Station?
- [Woman] No.
- There's no way we can get in?
- [Woman] No.
As I said, it's just a matter of safety and security.
- Okay.
- [Woman] Okay?
- Alright, thank you very much for your help.
- [Woman] Okay, alright then, bye-bye.
- Alright bye.
Alright. - Shit.
- Alright.
So I have a feeling that the MTA wants to pretend
that closed Subway Stations don't exist
because they don't want people to trespass
or to vandalize them.
- Or shoot an internet video in them.
We got all this research.
We can do a nice video about the history of this place.
That's it.
That's a great video.
We don't have to go there.
- What if,
we didn't use a train.
Really quick, trespassing is illegal
and a punishable offense in New York
and pretty much every other state.
Currently this is the start and the end of the six line.
There has to be some way to get there.
This is where City Hall is right here.
There has to be some platform or entrance way there.
So I think what we have to do is we should go to City Hall
and just see if there's a way to get down.
- So we're just gonna go there
and just hope that there's a door
leading to this abandoned Subway station.
- Yeah.
Let's go.
- No. - Let's go to City Hall.
- No.
- Let's go to City Hall.
- No. - Terrence.
- There's no way.
- Terence. - You are getting me
- Terence. - to go there.
(upbeat energetic music)
- This is City Hall Park.
So it must be further in.
Yeah, so it doesn't look like we're gonna get access.
- [Terence] What if we ask the guard,
we're just trying to sneak into an abandoned Subway tunnel?
- We can try it.
Do you know where
the old City Hall Subway Station entrance used to be?
- Yeah.
- But it's right where those cars are?
- Really, okay.
- Oh this looks like a gate.
That looks like a gate.
Looks like another gate.
I'm seeing a lot of gates.
Seeing a lot of places we can't go by.
This is definitely where it is though.
According to this map, it's in this area.
Do you know what, there's a little like.
- [Terence] What is that?
- It looks like
that could have been an old Subway entrance.
I mean this is exactly where the map says it would have been
Yeah like this is exactly where we are.
We're right there.
- What about that Subway station right there though?
What about that one?
- That makes a little bit more sense.
I think that we should go down
and see if there's some sort of door that gives you access.
Cause it really could be that simple, right?
It could be just that easy.
That just there's a door.
- Yeah unlocked door that says Unlocked Subway Station.
- So it would be that way, right?
- [Terence] Yeah.
And the door opened.
Just kidding.
The door was clearly locked.
And we started feeling like maybe this wouldn't happen.
- [Terence] Christian, we've come as far as we've gotten.
We've gotten, it's literally the end of the line.
- [Christian] We can try this door.
I mean, this could also be a ramp down.
- [Terence] Alright, buzz in and ask them.
(buzzer rings)
- That's it.
- Alright.
We tried.
This is the end of the journey.
- Not yet.
- Yes it is. - Not yet.
- I think t might be the end of the journey.
- Not yet.
Yeah I'm trying to find out where the old door used to be.
- [Woman] I don't know if they closed it
and this is just rebuilt on top of,
like I wouldn't know.
- I'm just gonna ask the cop.
Do you know where
the old City Hall Subway Station entrance used to be?
I know it's in this area.
- [Christian] Is that where the MTA still accesses it?
From down there?
- They circle around?
- Yeah.
- Are you allowed to stay on the train?
- This was our in.
We jump on the sixth train at the last stop
and ride it around as it loops through City Hall Station.
If they asked us to leave, we'd leave.
But I had a feeling they don't actively enforce
this no passenger policy.
(door rings)
Alright we guess we, we just do it.
I mean here, we're on the train.
(somber saxpohone music)
(train screeches)
Now I had assumed the conductor
would take it slow around this curve, I was wrong.
(train screeches)
Oh my God.
- Actually heart attack.
- Ooh man, it's starting really picking up some speed there.
- Ok. - We did it.
- We did it.
- Regardless of that near death experience.
That was pretty cool.
- [Christian] That was pretty cool.
- That was pretty cool.
We did it.
We saw City Hall.
- I know.
- In focus, it was but..
- We saw City Hall.
- I need a drink.
- So that was pretty cool.
We'd gone to the station without breaking any law
that we know of.
And I also learned that you should really listen
to those warning about walking between train cars.
So let us know what you think.
What abandoned or forgotten place should we go to next?