A walk through the Rochester, NY subway

Allie and Bob accompany the Syracuse Outdoor Adventurer's meet-up group on a walk through the abandoned subway tunnel.

The subway tunnel is in what used to be the old Erie Canal bed and runs under what is now Broad Street.

The subway tunnel is very accessible and the syracuse outdoor adventure's wanted to take what might be one of the last opportunities to explore this historic relic of rochester, ny.

A plan to fill in a good portion of the approximately 1.5 mile tunnel has been recently approved by the city of Rochester.

We were 22 strong on this particular walk through and most of the group had never seen any part of the subway. It is an interesting piece of architecture which stretches from Brown street to South avenue underneath Broad street.

For another point of view on this same hike follow this link...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6N7ALuMllGA

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[candycanezane]

ROCHESTER, NY - "If you dont like it, get the fuck out"

[MayaMeows]

Think Rochester sucks huh? You must not have traveled around much. The people of Rochester are fucking amazing and our cost of living and educational system rules.

I have been to 43 states all over Mexico, the UK and Canada and this one is still the best places I have been.

[r5t6y12]

Re-energize all rail traffic in America.

If a track is laid and can justifiably be re-furbished to introduce passenger service between ANY point A and point B I say JUST DO IT.

[joeldewitt]

now what a loss they have covered it up now

[CorbinDalus]

Nice! How'd you access all this? I went down by the Blue & Blue Arena and found a wall at either end. I would love to know. What little I saw was great but only tempted me on. I know there are many glimpses of this throughout the city. In fact, there is supposedly an access in East Rochester as showed to me by natives there, though I never went down in it. My grandmother who is a native East Roch'r told me it used to run all the way down town! Amazing. How'd you get in? I was there only 10 yrs

[CorbinDalus]

Nice! How'd you access all this? I went down by the Blue & Blue Arena and found a wall at either end. I would love to know. What little I saw was great but only tempted me on. I know there are many glimpses of this throughout the city. In fact, there is supposedly an access in East Rochester as showed to me by natives there, though I never went down in it. My grandmother who is a native East Roch'r told me it used to run all the way down town! Amazing. How'd you get in? I was there only 10 yrs.

[Mentos1232]

this is why i hate rochester now. they get something good(the graffiti in the subways) and they want to make a scene over it. why would you fill it up. i would rather see graffiti in a dark tunnel than in a gallery. why should i pay to see art made by materials that were most likely stolen? stop sensationalizing this.

[QUIKKSTAR]

Lol Rochester sucks...

[MsThebeMoon]

@dunn98632 - huh? I dated bikers back in my younger days that always carried guns. Don't confuse Rochester w/NYC.

[MsThebeMoon]

@candycanezane - lol, I've tried a few times and always wind up back here. But that's ok. Last time I was out of state I missed it dearly ... I missed Wegman's and white hots, it's history and surrounding areas.

[AdmiralArcher]

I wonder when they'll restore the Rochester Subway.

[taijacmonkey]

jump the fence by dinosaur bbq to see the graffiti in the completely abandoned parts. this video is okay but doesn't do it justice.