Transit
We are proud transit geeks at Untapped New York, and here is the place to find it all! You'll discover where the remnants of the former Penn Station are, read plans for the future of the city's transportation... or learn about leaf-zapping laser trains!
7 Examples of Abandoned Subway Art in NYC
From pieces commissioned by MTA Arts and Design to original decorative tiles in the very first subway stations and guerilla
Photos Inside the Abandoned Canal Street and Bowery Subway Stations
A hidden subterranean web of abandoned stations, tracks, and platforms is intertwined with the active parts of New York City’
Inside NYC’s MTA Overhaul Shops
It’s no easy feat to keep New York City’s more than 6,000 subway cars in working order.
Old Penn Station Comes Back to Life in Cinematic New Photo Installation
While you wait for your train in New York City’s recently opened Moynihan Train Hall, you can entertain yourself
Explore the Abandoned Subway Stations of NYC
Dive deep into New York City’s subway system to uncover hidden and abandoned spaces you may be traveling through
NYC Manhole Covers: History and How They’re Made
Our newest episode of The Untapped New York Podcast is all about NYC manhole covers! How many manhole covers are
Date While You Wait NYC Subway Project To Become TV Series
In 2016, we featured Thomas C. Knox and Date While You Wait, his social project to spice up the subway
Digital Memorial in NYC Subway Honors MTA Workers Lost to COVID-19
New York City was hard hit in the early days of the pandemic. Essential workers all around the city continued
Photos Inside the Abandoned Penn Station Power Plant
Check out photographs from inside the abandoned Penn Station power plant that once provided vital services to the station!
Vintage Sign Announces Closure of City Hall Station 80 Years Ago
The new year of 1946 opened with the closure of one of New York City’s grandest subway stations. At
Virtual Sneak Peek of the New Moynihan Train Hall Amtrak Station
The highly anticipated opening of Moynihan Train Hall inside the former James A. Farley Post Office is set for January
Vote for the Best of New York 2020 Awards!
It’s been an unprecedented year. 2020 brought, for all of us, new challenges, heartbreaks, sudden changes, evolutions, new ways