Really lame subway question

I am sooooo glad these forums are anonymous!! haha.

How the heck does the subway get from Manhatten to Brooklyn? Does it go underwater???? I warned you this was lame, but I have been wondering about this, and yes, this will be my first trip to actually do some sight-seeing! Sitting in the corner with my dunce cap on........................................................thanks! :-)

Really lame subway question

No question is too lame! I remember trains going across one of the bridges, a local may be able to some more accurate advice!

Really lame subway question

tripgirl1979 - hmmm....I dunno about that. ;oP

Some trains go underwater and some go over the Manhattan Bridge or the Williamsburg Bridge. The ones that go over bridges are in lower Manhattan. If you look closely on a subway map, you%26#39;ll see in itty-bitty print the words ';Williamsburg Bridge'; or ';Manhttan Bridge'; next to the lines. There are no trains on the Brooklyn Bridge or the Queensborough Bridge.

Also, some train are elevated while on land. The #7 is a great example. If you want some nice views of Manhattan and a good visual sample of Queens, take the #7 train from Manhattan to bascially any station of the #7 line. (e.g. 46th Street). Then just get off the train, turn around and go to the other platform and go back to Manhattan.

The F train also has nice view of Manhattan for a little stretch, south of the Carroll Street station in Brooklyn

Personally, I love going over the Manhattan Bridge from Brooklyn to Manhattan. Great views. (Always took the edge of commuting!)

Great question! I live in Brooklyn -- and I can tell you most lines to Brooklyn go over a bridge -- also -- the perfect time to make a quick cell phone call! HAHAHA.

It should be noted that today no trains go over the Queensborough Bridge. However, the Queensborough Bridge was originally desgined to carry trains. The Second Avenue elevated trains crossed the Queensborough Bridge until the discontinuance of the Second Avenue El in the 1940%26#39;s. You can still see ghostly stubs of the original trackway structures that end in thin air on the Queens side of the Queensborough Bridge. Meanwhile, the Brooklyn Bridge also had its own cable-car train when it opened -- but this only ran on the bridge itself, between terminals at City Hall in Manhattan, and at Washington and Sands Street in Brooklyn. There actually exists a very early silent film made by Edison that shows the view fromt he front of the train as one crosses the Brooklyn Bridge.

Thanks so much for not ignoring this post!!! My best friend and I will be in NYC next week for 4 days, and the Brooklyn Bridge is one thing I really want to do.........but I am NOT going underwater to get there! :-) You guys are the best.............

Then make sure you never visit London, Paris, Boston...

GWB, I remember riding the trolley across the QB Bridge!

Another city that has subway trains that go underwater--DC.

That%26#39;s a great question, I had wondered myself !!

BART goes under the bay from Oakland to SF. I always thought it a bit spooky. What happens if the tube springs a leak or the power goes out? ***eeek***

Take a deep breath! You will be fine.There%26#39;s plenty of buses and taxis to use if you still don%26#39;t want to use the subway, not to mention you can walk anywhere and everywhere in NYC.

I realize fears are personal things, but I want to reassure readers that the subways are safe.

To those reading who, up until this point, never thought to worry about travelling in a subway tunnel: there have never been tunnel collapses and floods and the magnitude of disasters envisioned by previous posters. Even as the Twin Towers were collapsing, no one was killed in the subways.

Funny how most folks drive miles in 1- or 2-ton automobiles daily, sitting on flammable gas, relying on the good driving habits of others, and don%26#39;t worry about it. What do you do when you%26#39;re in a traffic standstill for 30 minutes, nowhere near an off-ramp? You probably remain in your car and wait until the trouble clears up. Same with the subway.

Many people who have expressed similar fears here on the forum report back that they had no fear of the subway once they started using it. I hope you have similar positive experiences! Let us know what happens!