A Train through Brooklyn

[optimus4800]

For subway fans like me, this has to be the very best video. There's nothing better than the motorman's view.

Thanks for sharing; it really takes me back. 

[optimus4800]

For subway fans like me, this has to be the very best video. Thanks for sharing; it really takes me back.

[Luna041406]

I miss railfanning. Now I live in Waco, TX and all I can do is drive on highways :(

[TheLastBrainLeft]

Note the size of Utica Ave (2:10 to 2:35). This was to be a busy transfer point between this line and the Utica Ave subway, which was never built. Before the rehab this station had massive ramps designed to handle the mobs of transferees.

[bigrene2]

Above the Broadway station on the (G) there is a unused station shell that was supposed to be called, "South 4th Street". This was part of the IND Second system.

Also above the Utica Avenue (A/C) station in Brooklyn, there is another station shell. Also part of the IND 2nd System.

[koolmazin]

i hate taking late night A trains....yo how could anyone take the C to manhatten on such a long trip on the local tracks...i was coming from the airport on the A and it went local after ecuild ave cuz C trains dont even run much the mta always has these "No C trains running" posters and they put like some random date on it.....

[TheLastBrainLeft]

Back in the day, the A only ran express during rush hours. Today's riders are spoiled. The difference between a local ride and an express ride along the entire stretch of this line is less than the interval between express trains. Word of advice: take whatever comes first!

[KINGTO101]

@TheLastBrainLeft werd i miss an A train at Utica Av goin to Manhattan as soon as that leaves a Manhattan bound C arrives, oh i get on dat train, and ppl still b waitin for the A to arrive.....and speaking of back in da day..shoot i remember before part of 1999, the A ran local on weekends in Brooklyn, cuttin the C short to WTC!!..im only 20 so,lol!

[MrMiles716]

you are going toward euclid avenue right

[rononeb]

Heading back to Manhattan.

[nizaralvarez1943257]

COOL!

[nycrustofat]

Yeah, it's a manhattan bound A.

[reak7835]

would you be able to tell me what station you started from and all the stations to the end? please and thank you

[optimus4800]

That A train left Broadway/East NY and made express stops at Utica, Nostrand and ended at Hoyt/Schermerhorn in downtown Brooklyn.

The video starts with a quick view of Coney Island, which is not on the A line.

[Lilfrank2567]

eww get out of here u cant tell me i live in dc and i always use the metro the stations are clean and the subway when a train is coming there lights flashing mta is old rusty stations old trains some of them have grafiti the subway system is all dirty and we dc have ac on our stations nd yall dont i know this because last week on went to nyc and ride the subway try to come to dc and will like ur right

[koolmazin]

you know what??? good 4 you ok now dont go posting shit on a place that you dont live in. Your not raised to be making fun of stuff red dick....

[subwayman31]

DC metro is not better! Computers have no driving sence!

[Lilfrank2567]

Dc Metro is better

[bigrene2]

NYC Subway is 1000x better.

[chrisrgbg]

2 Years ago I lived for 2 weeks in Fort Green at a friend and our Station to get to Manhattan was Lafayette Ave. I remember the "Clack-Clack"-Sound at 7:41 everytime we waited for the A-Train at the station :-)

In 3 months I´ll be back. I love NY-Subway :-)

[StormSquad06]

9:10 is deffinatly hoyt and schemerhorn

[NewYorkCityBoy89]

I guess we start just after B'way Jct (to Manhattan) and finish at Hoyt-Schermerhorn ?

[Mtafreak]

Was this an R32 or R38?

[mtaworker123]

which stationwas that at the beginning

[crazycrazy72]

Howard Beach-JFK Airport

[mtaworker123]

how do u know?!

[crazycrazy72]

i know every single train

[mtaworker123]

kayy

[crazycrazy72]

not really i just guessed

[worgeo101]

Is this the R32 or the R38 car?

If this the R32 phase I or phase 2

(GE Rebuilt)?

[noreaga12326]

Who ever has to catch an A train going from Manhattan to queens late at night is gona have a very long trip because not only does it run local but it has to go thru all of Brooklyn which has a whole bunch of stops. That trip would take about 2 and a half hours at least.

[cbrown717]

the timers along this line are ridiculous (in both directions)

[aiverson3nugs]

was this going through just all of brooklyn

[jkmlight]

The "A" Train, 8th Avenue Express, operating on Broolyn Express Tracks. This Independent Subway line is the sucessor to the old BMT Fulton Street Elevated Line in Brooklyn, N.Y. The 8th Avenue Subway System originally terminated in Lower Manhattan, "Chambers Street-Hudson Terminal". The 8th Ave Independent Subway was extended to Jay Street Boro-Hall in Brooklyn.

[lirr56890]

is the train that you are in is a r160b.

[jkmlight]

the "A" train, 8th Avenue express, runs express in Brooklyn, N.Y. during normal hours. the "A" trains run local late night hours in brooklyn.

Check footnotes about the "BMT 14th Street Canarsie Line" & "The IND Brooklyn-Queens Crosstown "GG" Local line for more BMT/IND Subway Line interest.

[eskinny21]

great work

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[shahdanadance]

this video is exellent!!! cool, keep goin!

[dahood07]

the A is the 8 Ave express and the E and C are local on the blue line right?

[metstotop333]

Yes, that is correct.

[dahood07]

what happened at the last station that the right platform's lights were off and the left plateform's lights were on?

[a8avexp]

That's the Hoyt-Schermerhorn station. It has six tracks and four platforms; however, the two outermost tracks and platforms are no longer used. The outermost tracks lead to the Court St. station, which today is the New York Transit Museum. They are also used for filming commercials and movies. Crocodile Dundee II, Nighthawks and The Warriors all feature scenes filmed at Hoyt-Schermerhorn station.

[moman1208]

also they used the outermost tracks in 05 to test the R160's features

[ROYALupTOWNS]

Pretty cool.

[D3Andr3]

R32 Car on the (A)! Nice!

[cbrown717]

WOW!! I feel like I am going to work like I did thousands of times on this line!!!!

[rononeb]

Thanks. I am going towards Manhattan. Last stop in the footage is Hoyt -Schermerhorn Street in Brooklyn.

[cbrown717]

I feel like I need to get rasy to trander to the F at Jay Street now!

[AlexF1963]

Which Direction was This "A" Express Heading,From The City to Queens or From Queens Into The City?!.Good Footage!!