The Secret Train Station Under New York City

This video is sponsored by Blue Apron.

Music by Epidemic Sound

[feoranis]

“If you need to not be seen in public for secrecy, laziness or other reasons you need to remember to eat.”
*Makes 100% sense.*

[thejesuschrist]

I'm never disappointed by a Half as Interesting video... I really think you should consider re-naming your channel to Just As Interesting.

[alexius]

My father was in the FBI from 1940-1950. Mostly stationed in NYC. During the 1944 election FDR was coming to NYC to stay at the Waldorf-Astoria. The Secret Service is in charge of Presidential security. At the “secret” Station my father & other Agents were providing back up.
My father, like most people, had seen FDR in many news reel. He further knew about FDR having polio. It was still a deep surprise to see the President be carried off the President’s train by a burly Secret Service agent as if he were a “sack of potatoes”.

[amanda-lwvk]

Secret and unused train stations in NYC always intrigue me. This is what I think about when I'm on the train underground with no service

[maxrosenberg]

You need to remember to eat. HAI. 2018

[HTPCYMC]

*Thomas the train wants to know your secret location*

[ShakeItLittleTina]

Grand Central Terminal has the largest basement in New York

[Rudster]

When I first read the title I was like "which one" lol there are a lot of "secret stations" in NYC

[nicholaslau]

Sponsor Instructions Unclear: Now I am a gourmet chef but I don't know how to eat

[Sieger]

Does it have a train that goes to a wizard school though?

[jeremyscharlack]

I thought you were going to talk about the old city hall subway stop, which is sort of a secret out of service stop. But this secret stop under the Waldorf-Astoria is even more interesting and this New Yorker didn't know about it.

[rafasasdas]

"As little as $7.49 per serving". Are you kidding blue apron ?! $7.49 is pretty damn expensive for a serving!

[monsterajr]

Since Waldorf is owned by a Chinese company, they Presidents no longer stay there. Additionally the Waldorf has/had been closed for renovations for a very long time. The president usually stays at the Palace Hotel on Madison and 50th. Technically the platform is not a secret station, its just a siding with a platform. There are other parts of Grand Central that used to have similar "secret" utility entrances directly into building basements. Good video btw.

[Muchoman]

It's a common myth that FDR hid his polio induced handicap. He did not hide it. In fact, he hid it so little that it was a core point of his political career. He made a point on several occasions of walking to a podium unassisted and standing to give a speech, with the crowd knowing full well it was debilitatingly painful.

[EyesOfByes]

0:05 Do they ship to Sweden? That would be a cool video:
"That time someone ordered homedelivery grocerys across the Atlantic ocean"

[jeremyzorek]

I've actually been to this platform under the Waldorf, on a tour of Grand Central. It was fascinating, and considering how much I've heard of the platform beforehand, it was really cool do go and see it in person.

[NewbyTon]

K guys grab your minecarts
We're going diamond hunting

[FlushingFishtown]

Similarly, August Belmont, who owned the IRT (one of old subway companies in new york that no longer exist), the Long Island Railroad, and Belmont Racetrack (a horse racetrack on Long Island) had a platform in the basement of his midtown hotel, the Hotel Belmont with a pocket track that connected to the IRT subway line which had a track connection to the Long Island Railroad in Brooklyn. This allowed him to ride his private railcar from his hotel that he owned to his racetrack which he owned all on tracks operated by companies that he owned.

[Skip]

There's a "secret" subway station in Chicago, too. It was supposed to be a "super" station downtown and also be the terminal for an express train to O'Hare, but after they built it they ran out of funding to lay the tracks, so now it's partially abandoned and partially used as a server farm for google

[CityWhisperer]

2:30 that's actually pretty amazing. Candidates should pass by small towns instead of making huge rallies in cities.