Protest To Keep 9/11 Trials Out Of NYC
Disabled Vietnam Vet Hot Dog Vendor Arrested Outside Met
Tenants' Rights Flash Cards!
Stuy Pyro Leaves Notes In Hieroglyphics
The Obamas' First State Dinner: Dazzling Fashion, Celebrities
Perhaps you took the 1 train last night and got the rude awakening that 1 service was suspended due to a ceiling collapse onto the tracks at the West 181st Street station. Or maybe you got the NotifyNYC alert this morning, "Until further notice, the number 1 train will not be passing through the 181st street station. For the morning rush hour, all passengers are being shuttled 2 blocks east to the A line. The south bound 1 line's last stop will be the 215th street station. Northbound, the last stop will be the 168th street station." (More details on the transit alert here.) Either way, 1 train riders on the nine stops north of 168th Street are screwed for the time being. In terms of the collapse, luckily no one was hurt, according to the Daily News, which says "a 20- to 30-foot section of the ceiling, including an old stone arch, caved in about 11 p.m. Bricks covered both uptown and downtown tracks and platforms." Workers have been trying to clear the tracks since the collapse; you can see more pre-collapse photographs of the station at NYC Subway. Photo: NYC Subway
1 Train Problems After W. 181st Station Ceiling Collapse
add to stumble upon
add to reddit
tweet this
post to facebookComments (13) [rss]
Post a comment (Comment Policy)
Tips
Newsmap
Contribute
Latest Tip:
Chinese government-owned construction company wins $100 million NYC Subway contract
http://www.china
[more]
The 1 train issues extended to the 2 and 3 lines — it was some wait at the W 72nd Street station, in the baking heat.
Another reason why I am glad I biked to work this morning.
Eventually the whole system will just cave in after decades of neglect... The MTA wants to install smart chips in the turnstiles instead of repairing the crumbling ceilings and support beams. People will need to be crushed to death before they do anything.
This is a parable for the state of our country. Old, rotten to the core, and plagued by an unwillingness to fix things until after they become a problem.
"due to debris on the track at the 181st Street Station"
now there is some sweet spin right there.
not to worry folks, just a little debris on the track, nothing to see here, move it along.
Its only a matter of time before another tunnel collapse but next time it could take the lives of many riders. This is main reason i always carry a small flashlight on the train.
notify nyc is getting a little annoying. why are they texting me at 2:00am about a subway roof collapse when I live in Brooklyn? Nor do I care about the endless road closures. Wasn't it originally intended to notify people about real emergencies or events that look like emergencies so we could deal appropriately?
yeah, well some of us do care! I need to know... or else I'll lie awake at night wondering what new ceiling has collapsed or what new roads will be closed! heehee.
This country's infrastructure is falling apart. The History Channel ran a special, America's Crumbling Infrastructure.
Its a crazy wake up call for this area. The Tappan Zee Bridge is falling apart, the foundation piers (which are made of WOOD) are being eating away by a non-native underwater species. The bridge was constructed during material shortages at the time of the Korean War and only designed to last 50 years (turned 54 this yr).
NYC aqueduct system is one small earth quake away from disaster. The only thing holding the 2 undergrond tunnels (which carry all the city's drinking water) from collasping into inself is the water flowing through the century old tunnels. Its also full of leaks, 1/8th of all water passing though the tunnels are lost to leaks. A small upsate town is being flooded from leaking water flowing upwards.
Well the city is at least building a new water tunnel. It was started in 1970. It's scheduled to be completed in 2020.
I was thinking about this eventuality just the other day..."how long are these decrepit leaking ceilings in nearly every station going to hold up?" Glad no one got hurt this time.
And 145th on the 1 line is next to go. The ceiling is rotted and all the beams are rusted beyond repair. It's obvious the city could care less about those stations.
On the 1 line, the MTA does not care about any station north of 137th. I remember a few years back a similar incident happening at 181st or 191st Street, just before my train passed through. We slowly went through the station with MTA workers holding onto pieces of the ceiling barely hanging on with some rebar or something.