So everyone, I welcome you to Nassau! This is the most atrocious station of the New York City Subway, since the MTA hasn't renovated it since 1953. This station will eventually be closed in about 2016, and replaced with a new station a quarter of a mile away.
The open part of this station is only long enough for one single train car, and only half of a door opens at this station.
When we enter, this is the station sign that greets us:
Pleasant, ain't it?
This is the crumbling staircase to the platforms. I don't think there's been a legitimate station sign since about 1970.
The overpass doesn't look much better than the rest of the station:
On the other side of the tracks, here's the other station entrance. About 15 people a day use it.
When we go onto the actual platforms, we see that only about 1/4 of the platforms is open. The other 75% was closed by the MTA due to "structural issues". (Basically, the platforms were crumbling and the MTA didn't want to spend a few pennies to fix them.)
Here's a picture of the rotting wooden supports under the closed part of the platforms:
The abandoned parts of the platforms were made out of a coat of asphalt. (The same material they make roads with).
Asphalt is much less reliable than concrete, and that's why every single other platform in the Subway is made out of concrete.
Here's a view of the station from the overpass. You can clearly see the abandoned part of the platforms blocked off by a low barrier.
This is a closer view of the barrier between the concrete and asphalt parts of the platforms:
This is behind the southbound shelter. It's a remnant of the old railway track to the Nassau Smelting Corp. (Long-gone.)
And here's one of the shelters:
Amazingly, the MTA has provided the passengers with a bench to sit on.
Here's the other shelter, along with some loyal customers of the MTA waiting for the train, which comes every 45 minutes.
The next station along the line, called Atlantic, is in similar condition. My next station tour will be of Atlantic.
-Joyman533
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