Off the tracks

City Hall (1904–1945)

The only way to see this Guastavino-tiled masterpiece is to stay on the 6 train while it loops from the downtown to the uptown lines at Brooklyn Bridge, but that’s not allowed, so forget we said anything.

Worth Street (1904–1962)

Abandoned when the platform at the nearby Brooklyn Bridge station was lengthened, this old stop can be seen from the 6 train.

18th Street (1904–1948)

The 18th Street stop on what was then Fourth Avenue perished when platforms were lengthened at the neighboring stations.

91st Street (1904–1959)

Another victim of platform enlargement, this ghost station can be seen from the 1, 2 and 3 trains.

Myrtle Street (1915–1956)

This once-busy stop was axed after a major line reorganization. It can still be seen—just barely—from the Q train.

Court Street (1936–1946)

Once used as a film set for subway scenes, the whole station is now part of the Transit Museum.

Sedgwick Avenue (1918–1958)

This Bronx station was retired when the shuttle service from 155th Street to 167th Street–Sedgwick Avenue on the elevated Ninth Avenue line was discontinued. The ruins can be reached via a footbridge over the Major Deegan Expressway.

Jerome–Anderson Avenues (1918–1958)

This elevated outdoor stop was shuttered at the same time that Sedgwick Avenue was. The outer walls and platforms can still be seen from the street.

Cortlandt Street (1918–2001)

After suffering extreme damage in the collapse of the World Trade Center, this became the first-ever subway station to be demolished.