“Keep the door partially open. I’m nosy.” –Ann Jennings
Prologue
These doors trace the years and can be easy to miss. Once I noticed the first odd door, I began looking everywhere. I appreciate the transit system’s insistence on naming. While the rooms within each subway station are obscured from public view, their functions are duly announced in whichever font was standard at the time of their construction. They denote place or something real. It is a twisted courtesy. Next time, pause before the quiet gift of an inscription. Do its words mean anything to you? I will keep looking. This will never end.
Access Control Panel. 191 St Station. March 15, 2023
Lubrication
69 Track Lubrication. Lorimer St Station. March 1, 2023
Lube Room. 96 St Station. February 5, 2023
CAT Team 12 Track Lubrication in Case of Emergency. 15 St-Prospect Park Station. February 24, 2024
Special Equipment No.74 Lubrication Warning. Halsey St Station. November 3, 2023
Intensity
Doors Must Be Locked at All Times No Smoking. W 4 St-Washington Square Station. November 29, 2023
Stop. W 4 St-Washington Square Station. November 29, 2023
Wait To Be Opened. 14 St/6 Av Station. September 26, 2023
Danger High Voltage. 5 Av-53 St Station. November 20, 2023
Do not wash
Please. 34 St-Herald Square Station. February 16, 2023
Do Not Wash by Door. 14 St/8 Av Station. November 3, 2023
Learning Center Central. 14 St/8 Av Station. December 15, 2023
Esoteric
212-721-4236. 5 Av-53 St Station. July 19, 2023
Strobe Light. Grand Central Terminal. June 28, 2023
Tower
Tower Normal. Brooklyn Bridge-City Hall Station. November 11, 2023
Tower Ext. Delancey St-Essex St Station. February 26, 2024
Move
Motor Room. 14 St-Union Square Station. February 28, 2024
Third Rail. 14 St-Union Square Station. January 13, 2024
Ejector
Ejector Room. Fulton St Station. November 5, 2023
Structure. Canal St Station. December 24, 2023
Wide Ejector. Hoyt-Schermerhorn Sts Station. April 16, 2023.
Ejector Pit. 5 Av-53 St Station. July 24, 2023
Storage
Sandy Mitigation. Court Square Station. July 13, 2023
Portable Track Vacuum. 59 St-Columbus Circle Station. February 3, 2023
Electro-Mechanical. Court Square Station. July 13, 2023
Wet Storage Room. Knickerbocker Av Station. February 6, 2024
Chemicals
Chemical Supply Room. 34 St-Penn Station. November 15, 2023
Chemical Supply Room & Loose Chain. W 4 St-Washington Square Station. November 29, 2023
Lighting
Lighting Equipment Room Normal. 125 St Station. January 21, 2024
Scissor Lift. Times Square-42 St Station. February 7, 2023
Lighting Department Zone. Hoyt-Schermerhorn Sts Station. April 22, 2023
Lighting. Church Av Station. November 29, 2023
Signals
The Manager Responsible for this Enclosure Is. Church Av Station. November 29, 2023
Reset Each Alarm When Leaving. Delancey St-Essex St Station. February 26, 2024.
Signals. 14 St/8 Av Station. December 15, 2023
Train Control Room – B. 5 Av-53 St Station. December 18, 2023
Little
Pipe Chase & Pylon. 42 St-Port Authority Bus Terminal. June 9, 2023
Sump Pump. 1 Av Station. July 17, 2023
Relief
Employee Lunch/Locker Room. 190 St Station. April 17, 2023
Mobile Wash. 14 St/8 Av Station. November 3, 2023
Vent & Drain. 3 Av Station. January 2, 2024
Manhole
Power Manhole. 28 St Station. November 22, 2023
Cable Manhole. 14 St-Union Square Station. January 18, 2024
Manhole Room. 3 Av Station. February 14, 2023
Cable Mnhle. Lexington Av-59 St. November 22, 2023
Cable Manhole Tunnel Lgt in Emer. Prince St Station. December 30, 2023
Almost door
Station Dept. 14 St/6 Av Station. January 19, 2024
Your Family Needs You. 14 St/6 Av Station. February 29, 2024
For Access. 168 St Station. February 28, 2023
Crystalline Silica. Lorimer St Station. February 29, 2024
Epilogue
Think. 125 St Station. February 13, 2023
Manhole #127. Montrose Av Station. November 3, 2023.
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