Comments about l train

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NORCO!: Im thinkin about doin this shit with a binomial system ya know 1010001101101010100101010011111010010101 down a couple of train cars.... i think itll come out pretty sick....

in response to: NYC Style Graffiti Throw Up by Metro1

CartLegger: The rail aspect of Barren Island is nothing I'd ever thought about before, but now I know! http://members.trainweb.com/bedt/indloco/barc.html ...

in response to: Barren Island by CartLegger

Dino Saraceni: Thank you, Walter B. Was the El-Train torn down in the 1960s or before? How come there are no remnants of this system anywhere that I can see? I mean, there’s no plaques commemorating it, nor......

in response to: Yorkville: A Neighborhood Recalled by Laura

Walter B.(mackmuggs@netscape.net: The third avenue el separated the rich people to the north going to central park from the poor and middle class going to the south to York Avenue and the east river. Between the......

in response to: Yorkville: A Neighborhood Recalled by Laura

Dino Saraceni: This is a fascinating thread! I moved into Yorkville last year and have lived in another part of the Upper East Side the past three years. I cannot imagine an elevated train line running through......

in response to: Yorkville: A Neighborhood Recalled by Laura

Franny Wentzel: I'll see your barge train and raise you a {train barge}... [[img:32978]]...

in response to: Barge Train in the Fog by CartLegger

t.cap: i dont agree wit niggas sayin that cope is dope, his shits the same on every throwie. im diggin metro, ja, sike, iz, sars's 2nd throwie is pretty dope and rime. im down 2 take......

in response to: NYC Style Graffiti Throw Up by Metro1

SAR TMB: [[img:36905]] IZ-IZ-IZ-IZ-IZ- YOU CAN ERASE HIS NAME BUT NOT THE FAME. THE ALL TIME MOST UP, ALL CITY-ALL TIME KING OF GRAFFITI, FROM THE BEGINNING TO THE END,EVEN CLEAN TRAINS. REST IN PEACE MY BROTHER. WE......

in response to: NYC Style Graffiti Throw Up by Metro1

Tovarish: Wow, they also bomb the trains over there!!!...

in response to: Russian Army Freight Transport by belyz

Frank C.: I grew up on the corner of 1330 Halsey and Irving back in the late 60's until I escaped in 1979. I had to run home from PS151,(On Knickerbocker) because of the racial attacks form......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

clif eddens: they painted over the WHOLE entrance wall by 125th street as well as the miles and miles worth of train tracks leading up to it. ...

in response to: The Freedom Tunnel by Peter

Abeni Garrett: Dude, I lived in the Greater NorthEast in the 80's and I would take a bus to the El train and the train to Center city to go to South Street. Kensington was a primarily poor/working......

in response to: Kensington\'s Norris Square by serlingrod

S: I live here on Troutman btwn K'bocker and Irving. This particular block used to be BAD 3-5 years ago... at least all the locals tell me... Now, its pretty good I'd say, mostly Puerto Ricans been here......

in response to: Is Moving to Troutman St. Between Knickerbocker Ave. and Irving Ave. a Good/safe Idea? by novice-bella2009

ALBERTO RODRIGUEZ: Hi, I was on the train before this #4 Express. This was early in the morning and my train was too packed. I needed to get to work early that day, and did not want......

in response to: Free Robert Ray by Peter

Peter: theres plenty of room to duck away form the speeding trains. the problem with the trains is actually paying attention to them and seeing them coming. with no whistles, horns or bells down there, they......

in response to: The Freedom Tunnel by Peter

Ben Spin: Dude these shots are awesome. me and my friend went down here few days ago, but we used a different entrance. i gotta get down here with my camera sometime. awesome shots dude, really. a......

in response to: The Freedom Tunnel by Peter

albert cooper: further to my comments of this morning:- within the grounds there was another "hospital" and was called Fairdene and this unit had one male and one female ward plus a neurosurgical unit and the x-ray......

in response to: Netherne Mental Asylum by Simon Cornwell

gailbushwick 21st feb 2009: sorry but thre is no j train on knickerbocker ave the m train runs over there.and the meat market that was there has been a kinky store for panties and bras ......................................

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

cookie rall: Central Ave. Then there was another crowd. Tommy Danburger, Lenny Leggio, Fizzy, Jean Marie tivili(all they guys loved her) Phil Pinion (all from around Menahan St. - Mike Motto, Billy Kiley, Lena, and of course......

in response to: Bushwick 77: The Casusos of Harman St. by upfromflames

Peter: still, the {freedom tunnel} is a much different beast than it was in the 90s. theyve locked all the park-access gates, deceptively silent {amtrak} trains slice through at murderous speeds rather frequently and nobody lives......

in response to: The Freedom Tunnel by Peter

Anon: All I remember is Jimmy Jazz and Burger King off the J train at Knickerbocker and the 83rd precinct of course and the coco candy carts (mmmmmmmm). And the avon lady near DeKalb and the......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Noah: I moved to Bushwick (Troutman between Irving and Knickerbocker) shortly after graduating from college last December. Reading all the stories about the old neighborhood as well as your comments have been tremendously interesting and make......

in response to: Bushwick 77: The Casusos of Harman St. by upfromflames

Anon: One good thing about Bushwick is if you are getting off the train with a baby stroller...everyone helps you carry it up or down the stairs without you asking.People here are not selfish and......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Watcher: Ultimately, those in the life will either die from it, be maimed out of it, or survive it after a fashion to continue it and spread it and it's culture of drugs, death and chaos. To......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

ClassyOne: Ive been to Chicago twice. Both times i insisted on riding the L train and driving by Cabrini-Green. Not sure why. I find it weird that no where on the internet are there pictures of......

in response to: Cabrini Green [whats left of it] by corsakti

joey: me? i'm a commuter with a camera waiting for my train. coliseum BART station....

in response to: Mornings on San Leandro St by joey

Rikkid: Yes Yes Yes!!!! I did it! 2 days ago I got myself a skateboard. I bought myself a comlete board (Speed Demons). At first I was a lil suspicious because back then all those complete......

in response to: I\'m Too Old for Skateboarding by JJ

POWcityblog: That's a garbage train, right?...

in response to: Industrial Rail Scene by Peter

EvilGentleman: Nice. Reminds me of some of Peter's urbex articles, such as [[6957:The High Line]] or [[8210:The Freedom Tunnel]], or perhaps my own [[3537:Train Derails on Bridge IV - The Aftermath (With Graf Train Passing By)]].......

in response to: Ditch Journey in Albuquerque, New Mexico, U.S.A.! by Centripetal Solaris Smith

anon (pool-151-202-89-179.ny325.east.verizon.net): Don't they use the old cars as parts of "work trains," those trains you see late at night made up of old cars that do maintenance on the tracks and in the stations?...

in response to: Redbirds by Peter

The Bigger E: I remember that derailment...Mr Bigger E and I live on Highlands Avenue, right near the train bridge. There were all sorts of people hanging around at the end of Highlands Avenue and LaSalle Boulevard......

in response to: Train Derails on Bridge by EvilGentleman

MIke-cycle: Thanks for the info and pictures on the bridge. Crossed the bridge with my wife yesterday, pushing our bikes (Kahnawake-Lasalle). Being afraid of heights this traverse can be characterised as terrifying for me...1 and a......

in response to: Train Derails on Bridge by EvilGentleman

Franny Wentzel: To Peter... maybe you have some insight into this unspoken conspiracy... UNCOMFORTABLE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE ATTACK: Was it an inside job? 1) Why were a handful of rebel fighters able to penetrate the defenses of a battle......

in response to: Ground Zero: lower Manhattan as it looks today by Peter

anon (ny-bas00.csfb.com): Hi Everybody, Need your thoughts. I'm looking at a really great 2 family house on Norman Street, right off the corner of Wyckoff. It's about a block from the Halsey L train. What do you guys......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Lee: That Dero train is sooooooooooooo good it is amazing. So much style right there I may as well give up cos I'll never be that good. ...

in response to: 1990s NYC Graffiti: Part 5 by Peter

Ed Plowman: Hi. I'm 77. My sisters and I lived on E. Cumberland St., between Cedar and Gaul, and attended Hackett elementary school in the mid- to late-1930s. I took my 16-year-old grandson (we live between Dulles......

in response to: Harbison Dairy Milk Bottle by serlingrod

anon (64.150.176.78): There was another bridge built in the 80s to replace the original one. It is the closest the city has to a "city" traffic system, and the drivers are terrifying. I live in......

in response to: Northside Fredericton by CE

Clover: I want someone to paint that train going all the way around my house....

in response to: Ellis Restaurant by Peter

William : Amy good pictures of the HARRISON station? Thanks and the trains there ...

in response to: Sidetracked in Harrison: Warehouses North of the PATH Station by Peter

CartLegger: ummm...well, its run by buffs, and they are not the most together guys when it comes to funding stuff. These two fellas were there from a trolley museum in Massachussetts salvaging parts from the Path......

in response to: Kingston Trolley Museum by CartLegger

Frank Language: Love love love those old trains; that was one of the first things that attracted me to New York City in the 70s!...

in response to: Musta Been Dusted by Peter

Maria: It was nice reading all the comments here. I happend to stumble into this site while doing some reading of Bushwick. My name is Maria and I lived in Bushwick since I was 11 months......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

Franny Wentzel: From my old hometown Berlin are two interesting specimens of the observation towers with restaurants... [[img:35144]] The Funkturm (Radio Tower) - built in the 1920s in West Berlin's Exhibition Grounds. Has restaurant and OB platform. [[img:35145]] The 'Tele-spargel'......

in response to: Spawn of the Space Needle by Machupicchu

rf46@hotmail.com: Forgot some of the few memories Gansfus bar on 93rd where we would have one of the older guys buy us containers,the blackout and hanging out at the brewey, Reifs and his mothers surprise German dishes......

in response to: Yorkville: A Neighborhood Recalled by Laura

Neil : Accidental Green Ceek Conure owner. I have been adopted by a stray parrot, tried local Avian vets, letter drops and local paper advertisments to find its family as it is obviously a pet. It's......

in response to: Parrot Biting by Jamie

anon (c-71-228-246-94.hsd1.tn.comcast.net): my daughter is seriously considering a loft apartment at 385 Troutman/Wycliff, she says it is convenient to Jefferson L train. Any comments about safety in this area? She is coming from the midwest....

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

nycgraffititrainlegends: wild style my man on the old red birds!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!...

in response to: NYC Graffiti Train, 1995 by Metro

Maggie: OMG! This site has brought back so many memories, good and bad but mostly very fond ones. I grew up in Bushwick from the mid to late 70's until early 90's and regardless......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Franck: I lived in Malpas Road in 1999 and 2000 and I have to say I loved this place. You are not far from central London by train and from Greenwich (nice park, market and museums...)....

in response to: bleak day, new cross by elaine

Renee Snell: Hi - I'm wee Boaby's sister - we lived at 37 Marlow Street -I was born in 1948, my sister May Snell was born in 1945, before the war ended. All 3 of us......

in response to: 11 Stanley Place, Kinning Park by kobe

Wee Boaby: I lived in Marlow Street, no 49 just went to take a look last night. It's an Industrial estate now, but railway wall where we used to climb up to see the trains going......

in response to: 11 Stanley Place, Kinning Park by kobe

MaryAnn: to Paula Reading your note gave me good vivid memories of Bishops, the school song....Memorial Memorial we pledge eternal loyalty through all our days we'll sing your praise with hearts and courage true....etc...I too graduated from......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Lindsey12345678910: I think the tunnel is so cool. Why do no trains go in there anymore? I wonder that very much!...

in response to: The Freedom Tunnel by Peter

Marielos : Peter: I am someone who has worked in Newark (University Heights) for the past 8 years. I am a nurse by training but for a long time has been in love with this site. I......

in response to: The Old Essex County Jail Complex by Peter

Steven: Some questions and comments - I noticed on Google maps, that the present cell phone tower (southwest corner of the cemetery) is on an area once covered with tombstones. Was the tower built over......

in response to: Bayside Acacia Cemetery by NWhyC

Toronto Punk: ...Reagan also created Reaganomics, which put the country from 900 billion dollars in debt to 2.8 trillion dollars during Reagan's tenure, and has steadily increased since then. As far as im concerned there is......

in response to: garbage and colors by hool

SAR TMB: HERE IS ANOTHER SO-ONE TAG ON A J TRAIN...

in response to: Old School by Dr. Revolt

Josef: This is one of the most fascinating collection of past accounts I have ever read about Bushwick. Being a farm boy from Nebraska and only having lived in New York for two years, I have......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

Oshidori: Oh wow, I remember that! Months after that incident I rode with a friend whose parents never let her ride the subway (the 6 if I remember), and when it hit that sharp turn after it......

in response to: Free Robert Ray by Peter

Alexis: I've been hunting for photos of the old Glasgow Subway on the net for ages ! I'm 40 yrs old , and my Mum used to take me on the Subway, before it closed in......

in response to: Glasgow Subway Pre-and-During Modernisation by Gap74

esther from Texas 6-26-09: "Beauty is in the eye of the beholder" '....maybe bordom is best recognized by one who is dull & tedious? Those of us who were raised and educated in this small northwest Kansas town will......

in response to: America\'s Most Boring Towns: 5 by Scott Sargent

new york trains rock MTAMAN: I SAW THIS AT KET RIS SHOW IN SOHO NYC...

in response to: Optimus Prime Canvas by METRO1

Esther (Herschman) Rechtschafner: The name Alan Green rings a bell, but I don't actually remember him.I do remember Susan Gradstein. Do you remember Judy Grossman? I remember a girl named Irma Cohen who lived on Lincoln Place near......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Maria in Maine: Hi again Barbara, WOW your message to me brought back so many old memories. I checked my 210 autograph book last night to see if you had signed it. I don't think you did.......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

john brannan: i used to dog school all day on those old underground trains. used to walk from possilpark to cowcaddens to get on it then ride it till nearly home time. the they closed it for......

in response to: Glasgow Subway Pre-and-During Modernisation by Gap74

Ira duffy: geta grip the lot of you,everyone was gutted about 9/11. at least here we dont have to worry about insurance if we have an accident thanks to our NHS. do you have insurace? no. oh......

in response to: Fuck England by Peter

new york trains rock MTAMAN: nyc is the birthplace of graffiti trains! The red train are the tuff vintage trains that made there mark in all 5 BRONX BROOK: QUEENS MANHATON STAT ISALND...

in response to: NYC Graffiti Train, 1995 by Metro

Franny Wentzel: How many people can say they kinda, sorta, if you squint a little, resemble... [[img:33759]] ...a cartoon spokesma'am in a military training publication? ...

in response to: Obscured Self-Portraits? by Peter

Franny Wentzel: Dover Books has a series of William H Miller'sbooks on ocean liners and cruise ships [[http://store.doverpublications.com/by-subject-gift-ideas-antiques--planes--trains--and-ships.html]] I have four of the ocean liner books. Their 1939 NY Worlds Fair book and their NY in Aerial Photos book......

in response to: Cunard White Star Lines by Peter

Peter: i think the cameras, btw, are intended more to keep an eye on the trains than the graf... but you never know......

in response to: Sunnyside Yard by Peter

bond one tc5: Lets get back to Old Skool bombing trains and walls was the &^%$...

in response to: More Brooklyn Graf by Peter

anon: That's by the L train ...

in response to: Bushwick Tracks by Peter

Sean Hopkins: Hey I know that house! I pass it all the time. In fact I believe I read the meter there once, years ago. I imagine it's like the movie Se7en where the house shakes everytime......

in response to: Little House Under Hellgate by CartLegger

Joseph: I was in Oslo last month. I stayed at the Radisson SAS next to the Central Train Station. Got knock down by police officers chasing after a shoplifter in the station -broke my......

in response to: Crime in Oslo by Rune-Willem

Peter: just off the top of my head, im pretty sure ive taken a train through here literally over 3,000 times and never gotten off and walked around. so i did :) and the sky was definitely......

in response to: Sidetracked in Harrison: Warehouses North of the PATH Station by Peter

Peter: wow, now THIS is an instant favorite. im so glad you took photos of this... and shared them with us today. i dig it. just this weekend, i was out in {east new york}, looking......

in response to: Jamaica El Being Torn Down by ntatap

jack: germany 1964, my battalion was the first battalion to be trained as LRRP's, (long range recon patrol), our mission was to be dropped behind enemy lines and infiltrate the enemies defense area, radio back to......

in response to: Me in Action by jack

Anna: Now it's a relic, because the 9 train is no longer!...

in response to: 42nd street subway sign by caracarn

homeowner: When the police harass folks driving paying their way with a legitimate job trying to make a better life for their family. the police need to harrass thugs walking the streets in large numbers......

in response to: The Projects of East Orange by Peter

Shanta: I was taking the 7 train subway and one guy was feeling himself. I didn't have to opportunity to do anything because I was getting off next stop.I had no witnesses because the guy was......

in response to: Beware: Perv Alert! by friendly_chic407

Franny Wentzel: There is a conspiracy that needs looking into... UNCOMFORTABLE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE ATTACK: Was it an inside job? 1) Why were a handful of rebel fighters able to penetrate the defenses of a battle station that had......

in response to: Video Stills of the Pre-9/11 New York by EvilGentleman

musicboxwaltz: aw, that sub should mate with the abandoned clown train and make beautiful babies [[img:32898]] ...

in response to: The Ghost Ships of Coney Island Creek by Peter

Peter: i walk past ponce and this empty lot at [[goo:180 central]] every morning to go to the {m train} at {central}... and every morning, i think of what happened there......

in response to: 180 Central Avenue: What Was Lost by upfromflames

DYE 167: oooh aaaah,sanesmith tore shit up! glad i had trains & busses to write on......

in response to: Sane Smith: Puttin' the Green in Greenpoint by Peter

KG: I was in a layover at the DIA in March. I really wanted to take a look around and see if there was anything weird going on. I went to all the terminals taking the......

in response to: Airport Scenes 1 by aer suzuki

Mercurialohearn : the editorial comment in the headline is repugnant to me and insulting to the man in the photograph. you and i both know that his most cherished possession is probably his bottle of night train....

in response to: A Homeless Man Sleeping with His Most Cherished Possession by Leroy Allen Skalstad

Peter: hahaha, word. please tell me that trains run under that sidewalk, though......

in response to: New Subway Grating by Sean Hopkins

EvilGentleman: I work telemarketing on the 18th floor of the Sun Life Building, but I'm hoping to eventually get a chance to apply for one of the ISP tech support positions with Telus on the 17th......

in response to: Ben\'s Deli by EvilGentleman

Peter Quinones: I see this place everyday from the road. Haven't got a chance to see it up close. It's not to far from the horse stables. Was not sure who owns that property the trains or......

in response to: Ruins of Bartow / City Island Station by ntatap

ian: Ah, you found its sibling. :) I was out of the photog world for a while due to lack of equipment. Also buying a house and getting married and establishing a household and all that. Oh,......

in response to: Viking by ian

resisident: This isn't in Bushwick. far past that. This train yard is in Glendale. ...

in response to: New York and Atlantic Railway? by Peter

Peter: Either you have one hell of a telephoto, or those are some very chill bugs to not flee the second you trained your gaze on them... im digging hte dragonfly pic, especially. ...

in response to: Mt Uhmunhum by JoeyD

anon (59.94.249.88): i want full report on vaccum trains so, please help me by sending report through mail at (lonely.harry20gmail.com) you are mostly welcome please ...

in response to: Vacuum Train by Peter

Fred M Pohl: I would prefer to see frieght trains...

in response to: NW Train Tracks by fuzzytank

Fred M Pohl: The PATH Trains are neat...

in response to: Newark Penn to Manhattan\'s WTC Via PATH by Peter

Fred M Pohl: Its a shame that General Motors and NAtional City lines trashed a lot of streetcar systems in The name of "Progress" The people in this country were taken for a ride By GEneral Motors in......

in response to: Trolley Scrap Fire by ReCycLer

Fred M Pohl: BAck in my day My daddy would have tanned my hide for me For spray paintng trains...

in response to: NYC Graffiti Train, 1995 by Metro

Peter Puleo: [[img:32139]] [[img:32140]] The best 21 years of my subway riding life. I remember as a kid on the Nostrand line they would paint them white to combat graffiti. The straphangers, doors that went poof when closing and......

in response to: NYC Graffiti Train, 1995 by Metro

ani: Arriving from Los Angeles, my first impression after getting off the train at New Cross Gate station was the aroma mixer of barf and urine, also a soft spoken addict sitting on the ground asking......

in response to: bleak day, new cross by elaine

ntatap: This station is hidden in plain sight. Its about 100 feet from the road and can be seen from the passing Amtrak trains. The station is set back from the active rails and seperated by......

in response to: Ruins of Bartow / City Island Station by ntatap