The New York Transit Museum organizes a tour every so often of the old, long closed, City Hall subway station. With the intrepid kiddo strapped to my chest, the 3 of us rode the Lexington Avenue Express #5 train to Brooklyn Bridge/City Hall station. We then checked in with the tour-guides and then boarded a #6 Local train which took us approximately 600 feet down the track to the old station.
This was the original terminal of the Interborough Rapid Transit (IRT) line that ran north from City Hall to Grand Central, across 42nd Street and then up Broadway to 145th Street. The station was opened in 1904 and only stayed open for 41 years when it was closed due to low traffic. The Express trains to Brooklyn eventually stopped only 600 feet up the street at the Brooklyn Bridge/City Hall station and many found it more convenient to simply make the trip north for more options.
The station has been designated both a New York City landmark and a National Landmark and really is a site to see. Now days, it is just a loop on the 6 train where the downtown trains pass through on their way back uptown.
Here are some photos.
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