3. Bergen Street Lower Level Platform

The abandoned lower level platform at Bergen Street station.
The abandoned lower level platform at Bergen Street station.

In Brooklyn, an abandoned level below the Bergen Street station is a favorite spot for urban explorers. This level is part of one of many New York City subway stations that have abandoned platforms. In the early 1990s, renovations to the station, which serves the F and G trains, damaged the lower platform, which had been used from time to time since 1933. Silver doors on the upper level conceal open staircases that go down to the lower level.

While many of the signs have been taken by urban explorers, one key piece of signage left shows how Bergen was abbreviated into Bergn. Urban explorer @Vic.Invades shared, “The station was so cold to the point where you can see icicles frozen in time on the ceiling. You can also hear the civilians above you laughing and talking about whatever they experienced that day, while I lingered below in an empty, filthy, abandoned station. As I was down below there was a work train just sitting at the other end. You can’t really see it because it was above the incline that leads you into the station.”