The Forgotten Subway

By Miss Cellania in Architecture, Travel on Feb 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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Gonzo
Feb 4th, 2009 at 8:09 am
I want to make such a place my home. Is that so strange?
Lore
Feb 4th, 2009 at 12:17 pm
I wish I could find my own underground tunnel.
Christophe
Feb 4th, 2009 at 3:34 pm
It’s been 28 years and they didn’t visit the whole thing yet? Can’t wait 2009
fi
Feb 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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