Brooklyn Bridge-City Hall — Local services in New York

Typical subway station in terms of amenities, datedness, and tidiness. The location is really convenient if you're visiting Brooklyn Bridge (1-min. walk), Wall Street or World Trade Center (10-15 min walk). And if you're also visiting Grand Central Terminal, you can take the 4 or 5 express train here, with the ride taking at least 15 mins.

The 6 train ends here but legend has it that you can stay on as the train loops back to its uptown route, and you'll get a glimpse of the beautifully decorated and abandoned City Hall station. It looks like a lot of people have done this without consequences, although I read that the MTA could fine you upwards of $50 if you get caught. If you want to do a proper tour, you can check the New York Transit Museum for tickets, which are generally hard to come by since they don't do the tours often and tickets...

This station is one of my favorite memories of my trip to NYC. When you come up the stairs, it's just a TON of hustle and bustle. There was a nice crowd in the park and performers doing all kinds of acts. The choices of things to do and directions to head is a bit overwhelming, but those stairs were the very first step in my trek to walk across the Brooklyn Bridge. Be prepared if you're going to make that trip - if the weather is nice, there are going to be a LOT of people taking that walk.

Back to the review at hand, this station has a lot of access to lines that can get you just about anywhere you need to go. Just make sure you download the app so you can know which train to take. I ended up going the wrong way a few times before I...

This review is for the closed City Hall subway station, which you can tour if you are a member of the New York Transit Museum, NYTM. Take the tour!

Our guide was extremely knowledgeable of the history of the area and was passionate about architecture - this really added to the tour. My only issue with it is that NYTM does not tell you upfront that audio equipment is used for the tour (I have some difficulty with certain types of sound, though I am not deaf. There were definitely parts of the tour where it was much better for me to turn off the audio transmitter and get close enough to the guide to be able to hear him/read his lips).

The station, while in disrepair from 70 years of disuse, really is worth seeing and...