West 4 Street Subway Station Fire!

Yeah, those clops are mighty clueless...

Jeeez....a fire breaks out and everyone thinks it's 9-11 again. Relax. No one cares what train you were on or how clueless the clops were or whether you smell like smoke.

Hot utterly fucking boring.

anyone know if the D train is running now? (2:30pm) or if there's a site with train advisory info that ACTUALLY GETS UPDATED! nymta site blows...

I read every comment. :-P

Blue train? Who says "blue train"?

Headed downtown on the A at 8:40, stuck at 14th St for 10-15 mins. Ultimately had to switch from blue train at 14th, walk to 7th Ave and pay again to continue riding downtown. End result: 40 mins late.

I was on the R this morning going from Brooklyn to 34th St. I usually transfer to the N at 59th. Before we got to 59th St, the conductor made the announcement, "Ladies and Gentlemen, due to a fire at the West 4th St. Station, the N, D, Q and B lines are being rerouted. You're better off staying on the R to Manhattan. There will be significant delays. We apologize for the inconvenience."

A while later, another train operator made the announcement, "Ladies and Gentlemen, this is what, in transit terms, we call a mess. We apologize."

My hourlong commute took 30 minutes longer, and I did smell smoke at Herald Square, for some reason, but all in all, it could have been worse.

I sensed something was up, when at Greenpoint ave, an F train passed heading towards Smith 9. Got to 23rd ely, and waited on the platform with a crowd of people for almost 20 minutes (and it was easily after 9) before even the low volumed garbled intercom cracked something about the F running on the G to Bergen, and to take the E or R into manhattan. But of course the e wasn't running in either direction at that point. I waited a few more minutes and decided to just transfer to the 7 and walk the 20 or so blocks to work from there. Not really a huge deal, but it is most annoying to have to listen to their ministry of misinformation. I'd almost rather them say nothing at all.

I waited on a downtrain A for close to an hour between 81st st and 59th st. There were scattered announcements about "congestion ahead", "police activity" and "smoke conditions" at W 4th St. With such poor communication between the cars and their central command, I shudder to think what would happen to us during a real emergency.

I waited on a downtrain A for close to an hour between 81st st and 59th st. There were scattered announcements about "congestion ahead", "police activity" and "smoke conditions" at W 4th St. With such poor communication between the cars and their central command, I shudder to think what would happen to us during a real emergency.

i walk to work.... ha ha ha ha ha - SUCKERS!

Got on an F at Carroll Street around 9. They announced at Bergen that the F was then running on the G line and took us to Hoyt Schermerhorn where we could get the A/C. Get to Hoyt and was told there are no A/C trains in service. Took 25 minutes to exit the station with the throngs of people trying to get out and walked to the N/R, which then took forever.

I tried to take the E train at 50th/8th Ave at about 8:45. They said uptown C & E service was suspended. They said V service was still running on 6th Ave, however after walking over, I was told that they were running a Queens bound F train on the lower level... Though when I got all the way down there I was told that they were no longer running trains on the line.

Finally I ended up walking to Grand Central and taking the 7 train to my office in LIC, Queens... MTA really should make a habit of keeping people informed, and providing correct information... The walk was great excercise... though getting in an hour and a half late really sucks.

Was on the ACE 42nd Street Stop this morning at 9.20am. Tons of ppl waiting and a dead train standing on the station, doors closed. No announcements, no information whatsoever. Went up and walked until I could find a cab to go into work. On the way passed smoke coming up from subway stations.

The MTA communication is very very poor, to say the least. People had been sitting and waiting there for quite a while, all in vain. Ridiculous. If they want me to say something when I see something, maybe they could let us know when train service is suspended.

Was on the ACE 42nd Street Stop this morning at 9.20am. Tons of ppl waiting and a dead train standing on the station, doors closed. No announcements, no information whatsoever. Went up and walked until I could find a cab to go into work. On the way passed smoke coming up from subway stations.

The MTA communication is very very poor, to say the least. People had been sitting and waiting there for quite a while, all in vain. Ridiculous. If they want me to say something when I see something, maybe they could let us know when train service is suspended.

My g/f was waiting for an E (or V) at the Court Square stop in queens for over 20 minutes b/w 9 and 10am. She eventually gave up and hopped on the 7, when no train came. The MTA made an announcement saying that no Manhattan bound trains were running but to take the E, which made no sense. Anyway...

I was on an A coming down from 125th; we were nearly at 59th at about 8:45 when we slowed and stopped. The conductor came on repeatedly to say that there was congestion ahead and he was trying to get information from the dispatcher but that no one was answering, and he assured us that there was no cause for concern and he'd tell us what was going on as soon as he could. (Nice guy!) Eventually he said there was a fire at West 4th and that our train would be turning around at 59th. We were probably in the tunnel for close to half an hour.

When we got to 59th, the conductor told everyone to get out and go to the downtown D; this was widely derided by very sensible passengers who knew that a fire at West 4th wouldn't be letting the D go anywhere either. There was a stopped B train at the downtown platform, and soon a D arrived and stopped as well. At that point everyone headed for the downtown 1. I had to wait for two trains to go by before I could squeeze onto a third. All the 1 train conductors kept trying to close the doors on the huge mob of people attempting to get on the train; even the most blind of blind people could see that it was going to take us all a little while to board! That didn't improve anyone's mood any.

I finally got on a 1 and got to work more than an hour late.

90 minute commute. I had to walk to work and now I smell like smoke. That's not a good way to start the day.

Took F from Carroll Gardens, got to Delancy where they said "due to ongoing police investigation this train is now out of service. Please exit the train". So I soothed my anger by getting a #1 (egg mcmuffin) at the Micky Dees. Of course after wolfing that down it was a race to the office.

Was on the F at Jay St/Borough Hall at just before 9am when they told us no more F trains would be going on to Manhattan. They told us to get on the A across the tracks, so we piled on and waited a few minutes before they annouced "This is now the last stop on this train." So a mob of people went above ground and walked a few blocks over to where you can catch some other trains -- 4,5, etc.

It was annoying, but not as bad as some incidents earlier this year or last year -- at least where I was.

The B from Brooklyn came to a sharp stop outside of Broadway/Lafayette around 8:20. We waited at least 15 minutes before coming into the station, at which point the train was put out of service. The F across the platform lay idle. The conductor had said there were signal problems with the W4 station that were causing "extensive" delays. Got out and walked to the Bleeker 6 to get to midtown east. Everyday there's some sort of problem. Unbelievable.

The B from Brooklyn came to a sharp stop outside of Broadway/Lafayette around 8:20. We waited at least 15 minutes before coming into the station, at which point the train was put out of service. The F across the platform lay idle. The conductor had said there were signal problems with the W4 station that were causing "extensive" delays. Got out and walked to the Bleeker 6 to get to midtown east. Everyday there's some sort of problem. Unbelievable.

The B from Brooklyn came to a sharp stop outside of Broadway/Lafayette around 8:20. We waited at least 15 minutes before coming into the station, at which point the train was put out of service. The F across the platform lay idle. The conductor had said there were signal problems with the W4 station that were causing "extensive" delays. Got out and walked to the Bleeker 6 to get to midtown east. Everyday there's some sort of problem. Unbelievable.

Got on the W4th St Station at about 8:40. Heard an announcement that there are no BDFV trains stopping here and all passengers were instructed to take the ACE. So I waited for about 10 minutes at the back of the ACE platform (the other end was closed because it was filled with smoke). Then a cop told everybody to get out because no trains were stopping. Great service as always, MTA!

What's with the MTA? Last week in the middle of all the rain the 1 got screwed up. We were sitting on the train at Chambers St and for 10 minutes the conductor was announcing on the train PA system that there was congestion ahead and we'd be moving shortly while at the same time the station PA system was saying there was a signal problem ahead. The after about 25 minutes they said there was water on the tracks at Rector St. Are they really stupid and they just don't know what's going on or are they just flat out making stuff up when they can't move the train?

I was on a D entering pacific street around 8:45. The conductor came on and told us that there was a track fire at West 4th and B&D service was suspended and to either go upstairs to an IRT or cross the platform to take an M or R. I took an R and it puttered uptown slowly, as they eventually decided to send B&D trains on the Broadway line as well and the overabundance of trains slowed everything down.

was on the v coming from queens at 8:30 - re-routed to the e line. i smell like smoke. GROSS!

Downtown at 2nd Ave and Bwy/Laf there was no mention of anything out of the ordinary by MTA employees, I got the heads up from the AM New York lady.

Waited 20 minutes at Chambers for a DT A/C that never arrived. Cops on platform were useless as usual. Took a 2 to Clark Street.

Cough cough.

My F was stopped betwixt B-L and W4 when the "smoke incident" occurred. Of course, it didn't occur to our conductor to make any sort of announcement to that effect until we had been sitting in the tunnel in total silence for 10 minutes.

Nothing like a little terrorists-are-attacking-our-subways anxiety to wake you up in the morning, eh?

The F eventually arrived at W4 on the E line, then proceeded to sit there with its doors open, letting all that highly visible and highly stinky smoke flow freely throughout the cars and the passengers' lungs.

When I got out to walk, the numerous cops and firefighters were yelling at everyone to get on a train or get off the platform.

And now my cubicle, like the rest of me, smells of smoke. No indication of what actually happened to cause the smoke.

I was on the V around 9, and we were going very slow for a few stations. Finally, we were stopped at the Fifth Ave/53rd St station when they announced due to smoke, they were rerouting all sixth avenue trains to the eighth avenue. At that point, I got out and walked 15 blocks to work.

I sat in an E train at Chambers Street for nearly 25 minutes before getting out and walking the rest of the way to work. Seems the A/C/E/F are all pretty messed up and there was not a single communication from the MTA. Thanks to Gothamist for having news up so I could find out what is going on.

I was on the A at Chambers at around 8:50 and they didn't tell us until about 9:00 that there was "debris on the tracks," and therefore there was no Manhattan-bound A, C, E, or F service. Didn't find out until I got to work that it was a station fire at W 4th. I don't know whether the A/C/E are okay now or not, but there was definitely no uptown service on them this morning.