Subway Secrets 4 - THE JOURNEY | B 6 W Q S 5 R E

[@p1mason]

When DeKalb was extended for eight car trains there was a set of switches immediately north of the original platforms which meant the extensions were built onto the southern end of the station. When these switches were replaced with the current set of flying junctions, the whole station was shifted slightly north to move it further from the curve. The disused bit of platform is part of the first extension that was abandoned when the station was moved.

[@SuprToe]

Mind if I use this comment in the upcoming shorter SS 4 video on my @ExploreTheUrbans channel?

[@p1mason]

@@SuprToe Go right ahead :)

[@Shinycelebi]

2:00 That end of the platform used to visibly have a side platform. I used to always see it. In the 1990s or so they started using the space for new storage rooms. The main waiting room to the LIRR used to have a temp grate you crossed over that was technically permanent (you were crossing the road bed). Wish the old set up was still there. :/

[@LIRRMaster3501]

I’ve been watching his videos since 2016 when I was 4 and now I’m 10. Time really does fly

[@jessenaveo]

Hey supertoe the r211 trains are back in service and you should do a video about it and find an r211.

[@John-u6d4h]

Look at track 4 at the Atlantic Ave IRT station….there is a right of way that if it had a track….would lead to the LIRR

[@luv4dio]

0:14 wow there’s already so many patreons! That’s amazing

[@Where2bub]

I think that flashlight wave is a signal to all the other train workers to clear the tracks because a train is coming. I remember seeing this a few times back when I used to commute during off peak hours at night, crews would would sometimes be on the tracks between trains and they would do this whole routine, flashlight waving, whistle blowing, plus the train would honk its horn while pulling in very slowly. and workers would all find their particular cut aways to have clearance when the train pulls in.

[@dasbrotivabouttrains]

YEAH NEW VIDEO :D

[@John-u6d4h]

@@Where2bub waving a flashlight or lantern back and forth is a STOP signal

[@roberttapken1139]

At one time, the LIRR and IRT had a connection in the Atlantic Terminal. As a kid, LONG TIME AGO, you could see the switch. I heard is was for August Belmont's private car to get him into his Manhattan office from LI. He was the big guy at IRT at the time.

[@SuprToe]

Neat!

[@AverytheCubanAmerican]

The massive steel boat is just one part of the installation! It was sculpted by George Trakas and the whole installation is called Hook (Archean Reach), Line (Sea House), and Sinker (Mined Swell). The boat is Line. Sinker can be seen at 2:13. As you see on the walls, there's a granite wave! The wave runs along the walls and crests at the point where Atlantic Avenue and Pacific Street meet, linking the passageways. Referencing the names Atlantic and Pacific, the overarching concept is a place of landing and departure, functions shared by train stations and seaports. And yup, Masstransiscope is pretty cool! It was created in 1980 by Bill Brand! The artwork consists of 228 hand-painted panels and stretches across the whole 300-foot platform! The southbound platform was indeed removed. A new track had to be added on the west side to allow for a grade-separated crossing. The original southbound local track at the platform had to be depressed to a lower grade to cross under, and the new track wiped out the southbound platform.

[@SuprToe]

Yep. These details will be covered more in the video essay I'll be uploading to ExploreTheUrbans

[@ПепаПетрова-л2э]

train. AWFERO

[@OLDbmgo7]

Only og gogosupertoe fans can like this video

[@Viracraft.]

I’ve been subbed since 2016

[@quinlanwconley4010]

Same

[@Random_guy-r7k]

​​@@Viracraft.Same

[@GabbyM-nf3ih]

I've been subbed since his first ever video

[@nicholasstanton9575]

I’ve Been subbed since the SuprFace takeover

[@RedReacts2025]

Waiting Until Suprtoe Visits the SF Bay Area

[@SuprToe]

Some day.

[@MTATransitFanner324]

Also there’s a fun fact that there’s a Bloomingdale’s entrance underneath the Lexington Avenue-59 Street station. Only one entrance

[@raihanjoy5949]

(B) Train To Broadway Lafayette St (6) Train To Astor Place (W) Train To 8Th St NYU (Q) Train To Time Square 42nd St (Shuttle) To Grand Central (4) Train To 59Th St (R) Train To Queen Plaza (E) Train To Jamaica Center

[@SullivanWolfTeamSSE372]

5 to 59th

[@akanabahi]

0:23 lmao the wave of pigeons coming in menacingly out of nowhere was the best part of the video

[@Bp_3775]

4:48 that actually is a abandoned part of the Dekalb Platform, it was abandoned when the platform was extended

[@alyaansplayground9890]

The way how the conductor tried to close the door three times😂 7:44

[@alk61695]

Wow, a V train. Haven't seen one of those in a while. But they used to normally use the R46. Another fun video and looking forward to your more in depth video on your other channel.

[@TracyC-nj2tq]

Hi! GoGoSuprtoe has another channel? If I may ask, what's it called?

[@BenTheMiner]

I've lived in Brooklyn all my life and have never noticed some of these... The south end of DeKalb Av was the original section of the platform before it was extended north so it wouldn't be on a curve anymore.

[@JaydenWang-vz3pt]

I love your vids these videos help me help my family when they are traviling

[@SuprToe]

That's awesome!

[@grantdong7746]

Curious, when u just missed the 5 train, why didn’t you just take the 6 train because it also goes to 59th street. Albeit 2 stops instead of 1.

[@SuprToe]

I don’t usually take the same train twice in the same episode if I can help it.

[@BMTEnjoyer160]

Pigeons have a love/hate relationship with supertoe

[@SuprToe]

Right? Pigeons are cool, I just didn't want them to ruin another hat.

[@BMTEnjoyer160]

@@SuprToethey pooped on you before?

[@АзизаАльбертова-э9и]

I like how mta wraps the grand central shuttle

[@MunchkinPlayz8610]

Fun fact: Long ago (back when the 6 was still getting the R142As in 2000 to when they were slowly fading away) Astor Place had a Kmart and they removed it i just dont remember when.

[@Mtaiscool18ds]

Lol I saw that same R42 that same day at Church Ave

[@firesafetylite]

I went to NYC this year but just missed the R211

[@SupremeLeaderKimJong-un]

The word Knickerbocker has roots with Dutch settlers who in the 1600s made their way to the New World, especially the area of New York. The Dutch settlers in New York were known to wear a style of pants in which the legs were rolled up just below the knee. These pants were called Knickerbockers! The name Knickerbocker is believed to have derived from the Knickerbackers of Schaghticoke, New York who were descended from a Dutch immigrant named Harmen Jansen van Bommel, who went by several names including Herman Jansen Knickerbacker. At some point, the "e" at the end was changed to an "o." Fast forward 200 years to the year 1809 when a quite well-known author named Washington Irving wrote a satirical piece called "A History of New York from the Beginning of the World to the End of the Dutch Dynasty" Washington penned his piece under the name of Diedrich Knickerbocker. It was through Washington's book that the world was introduced to the word "knickerbocker"

[@camerantuitt432]

I remember taking the old v train in 2916

[@Transitguy4124]

Wait is that the V train I saw back there. I wish the V was still in service.

[@cristinarodriguez3726]

Omg 😱 I subscribe to him

[@dyx2011]

Also, After the 3 to penn, walk to the E at 8th Av.

[@АзизаАльбертова-э9и]

I have actually been to the old city hall station

[@nicholasstanton9575]

10:21 - b i r b

[@bigapplegamer]

13:48 where is the seating?!

[@RafaRadityo7]

The shuttle trains have the seats removed for increased capacity. Also they only go 1 stop so seats aren't needed

[@ahson124]

15:08 no seats ?? But very cool

[@RafaRadityo7]

The shuttle trains have the seats removed for increased capacity. Also they only go 1 stop so seats aren't needed

[@iyishacummings8358]

I love the B

[@OhioTVNTA]

"Spider-Train" 💀☠️💀☠️💀

[@OhioTVNTA]

Self reply: A heart ❤️

[@P42DC-86dda3u]

12:57 Supertoe is the type of guy to be really good with children 😁😁😁

[@4Snowyzz]

What happened to the Bus vs Train part1/2 video?

[@alarmsandamtrak]

You need to go to the piers in battery park, right by the World Trade Center. Absolutely a beautiful part of NYC.

[@slimink6161]

The old and new track is at Grand Central not 42nd St.

[@hannyjacob8807]

Do you plan to do thanksgiving special video this year?

[@SuprToe]

I hadn't thought about it but... maybe?

[@ilovemtasubways]

Very nice video! I subscribed!

[@Meromino22]

Do all Brooklyn trains

[@agentkarma777]

Great video!

[@SuprToe]

Thanks!

[@agentkarma777]

@@SuprToe No Problem, always looking forward to watching you!

[@slimink6161]

And it’s still intact like it looks new brand new but we don’t use it

[@GabbyM-nf3ih]

Supertoe you should spell Reeses

[@Miraiinurwalls]

Wait i was I. Grand central yesterday

[@Andres-ko2hc]

34 street had a passageway where you could walk to 42nd street Bryant park without taking a train

[@Jackthegamer329]

Did you actually go to London?

[@SuprToe]

Lol no. Someday, though.

[@xSoporific1]

cool

[@MTATransitFanner324]

Also fun fact that did you know that the Avenue H station house was a real estate office?

[@SuprToe]

I actually did know that. It's a pretty unique station.

[@MTATransitFanner324]

@@SuprToe I didn’t know at all after researching on all of the NYC subway secrets of the system. I never get off at that station but all of the things that you find is so cool! Also btw when you ride the F train at Ditmas Avenue before church Ave, you can still see some of the structure from the Culver Shuttle that runs to 9th Avenue lower level

[@railexpking]

yay subway secrets :)

[@dyx2011]

I meant the R from Union Square to Herald Square and then the M to Rockefeller Center.

[@Zai2wavvy]

Yo gogo bro u put 4 but u took da 5 train in da caption

[@SuprToe]

Fixed it. Thanks!

[@NorthEastTransitProductions]

GOGO SUPERTOE PLEASE REMEMBER THE KID AT THE NOSTALGIA RIDE NOVEMBER 4th THAT ASKED YOU FOR A SELFIE

[@Meromino22]

IM FROM STATEN ISLAND 😂 I only went to the e from west 4th to court square and 4 from bowling green to boro hall

[@lukeskywalker6338]

who is your favorite spiderman actor

[@SuprToe]

Don't have one.

[@lukeskywalker6338]

@@SuprToe ok

[@hannyjacob8807]

Also why does it say 4 train on the title meanwhile it’s the 5?

[@SuprToe]

A mistake. I fixed it. Thanks!

[@JacobHamPhD]

Tell me the surprise!!!

[@MichaelMitchRailfan2009]

I can’t be that many people including us still miss V train

[@TheGrinnerOfficialWx]

I’m so confused how he passed me with 400 more subs

[@TheGrinnerOfficialWx]

This is war

[@dyx2011]

Suggestion: I want you to take all trains without touching Brooklyn for all trains 2024. G from 21st St - Court Sq 7 from Court Sq - Queensboro Plaza W from Queensboro Plaza - 39th Av N from 39th Av - Queensboro Plaza Q95 from Queensboro Plaza - 21st St Queensbridge F Shuttle from 21st St Queensbridge - Lexington Av 63rd St Q from Lexington Av 63rd St - 96th St M96 from 2nd Av - Lexington Av 6 from 96th St - 86th St 5 from 86th St - 59th St 4 from 59th St - 42nd St S from 42nd St - Times Sq 1 from Times Sq - 34th St 2 from 34th St - 14th St L from 6th Av - Union Sq R from Union Sq - 57th St M57 from 7th Av - 6th Av M from 57th St - 47-50th Sts Rockfeller Center F from 47-50th Sts Rockfeller Center - 42nd St B from 42nd St - B'Laf D from B'Laf - West 4th St C from West 4th St - 42nd St 3 from 42nd St - 34th St Penn Station M34 from 7th Av - 8th Av E from 34th St - Sutphin Blvd Z from Sutphin Blvd - Parsons Blvd J from Parsons Blvd - Woodhaven Blvd Q52 from Jamaica Av - Liberty Av A from Rockaway Blvd - Broad Channel SR from Broad Channel - B 116th St

[@dyx2011]

Also, the J to Sutphin Blvd and then the JFK Airtrain to Howard and then the A to Broad Channel.

[@Axelg86]

OMG r42 v train

[@suilianlu417]

❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥💯💯💯

[@MunchkinPlayz8610]

Why didn’t the MTA keep the V and brown M Fun fact: the orange M is actually the V

[@NorthEastTransitProductions]

IN THE PURPLE HOODIE

[@BMTEnjoyer160]

YAY ITS OUT

[@r32fan]

Let’s go we set friend r42

[@Subwaywithfernando]

What does a V train that’s it and saying😮

[@JBRailfan324]

W Supertoe

[@2500Creations]

What’s next, Subway Secret 5 (The Special Secret) on the LIRR LIRR has a lot of secrets so you might want to check it out

[@SuprToe]

Maybe yeah.

[@RAFILBLOX2024]

Hello Suprtoe

[@slimink6161]

Just a reminder on that shuttle platform down the track I don’t know which one but there is another shuttle platform that is not used I have no idea which one it is you’re gonna have to search

[@CorvetteFan150]

The blue is for the JFK express

[@ialvarado359]

You are the cool coolest person on earth

[@jesussavesnyc]

🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@issacgelly1172]

Why

[@subwayfan200]

You took the 5, not the 4

[@SuprToe]

Thanks. Fixed!

[@thelewis_hamiltonfan9891]

Commenting on every GoGoSuprtoe video until he visits Boston again! 8th comment.

[@Andres-ko2hc]

Secret part 5 next year

[@Rosewarrior42]

Can you do these ideas? 1. you should make a Thanksgiving special video 2. Only take the 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 S A

[@CGuy-CLO]

The fact that the1988 car doors reopened and closed 2-3 time

[@meow-q4y]

5 should have worth street

[@Andres-ko2hc]

You took the 5 after the S not the 4 sillly

[@SuprToe]

Thanks. Fixed!

[@mahdman3]

You wouldn't happen to be that CinemaSins guy would you? 😂 I mean you sound just like him, same joke style and all.

[@SuprToe]

lol no but he sounds super funny and handsome. 😀

[@random_dude69420]

to celebrate me being first (i think): F from 2 Av to 14 St 1 to South Ferry R to Times Sq S to Grand Central 7 to 5 Av whoops i guess im not first

[@michaeltravels2672]

Early!

[@MTArailfanner300]

Hello!

[@SuprToe]

Hello!

[@MTArailfanner300]

​@@SuprToedid you make a video of QM2 bus?

[@cindyquezada1087]

I WAnT MoRE SEcRetS PLEASE 🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@MTATransitFanner324]

Here’s a subway secret! Did you know that Myrtle Ave was a Subway station on the Flatbush Ave line (Northbound Track towards the Manhattan Bridge

[@waterlooandcityline]

bruh he literally mentioned the station in this vid when talking about Masstransiscope

[@MTATransitFanner324]

@@waterlooandcitylineHow about when you drive on the Jackie Robinson Parkway, and underneath the Queens Blvd Underpass, you can see glimpse of the Kew Gardens Union Tpke station on the E and F

[@Arthur_RobloxPlayz]

First

[@Arthur_RobloxPlayz]

@conner8711no I was here first

[@gigachad3674]

I LOVE ❤❤ SUBWAY SECRETS 🔥🔥🚇 🗣 please do 9th avenue lower level on the D train, and also check out Ditmas Avenue on the F, the 2 stations used to be connected by shuttle along 37th street. you can only see a little piece of trackbed curving off at the north end of the downtown platform