The Forgotten Subway

Posted by Miss Cellania in Architecture, Travel & Places on February 4, 2009 at 1:28 am


The tunnel under Atlantic Avenue in Brooklyn was New York’s first subway tunnel. It was built in 1844, then abandoned in the late 1850s. For over a hundred years, the tunnel seemed to be only a rumor, until an teenage urban Indiana Jones named Bob Diamond decided to unearth the tunnel once and for all. Link


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4 comments to "The Forgotten Subway"

  1. Gonzo
    February 4th, 2009 at 8:09 am

    I want to make such a place my home. Is that so strange?

  2. Lore
    February 4th, 2009 at 12:17 pm

    I wish I could find my own underground tunnel.

  3. Christophe
    February 4th, 2009 at 3:34 pm

    It's been 28 years and they didn't visit the whole thing yet? Can't wait 2009 ;)

  4. fi
    February 4th, 2009 at 11:04 pm

    that's just cool! guess the city must be holding him up from getting to the other side of the wall.


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