660 miles of track, enough to, I'm told, span from here back to Chicago. 468 stations. 5,800 subway cars. 26 subway lines.
Yes, we are going to cover it all. I will regain my sanity on the subway, amongst the homeless, the jaded, the Bed-Stuyers who rap about my shoes, the Doo-Wop groups and Chinese ladies who try to pass between me and a subway pole, a scant 6 inches apart. No more confused weekends, no more gorging myself when nervous. No more hours of rotting my corneas behind this screen. Something to write home about.
First up:
Depart 42nd St./Times Sq. via 7 to 45th Rd./Courthouse Sq. in Brooklyn
Walk to G train, nearby
Take G from beginning of route at Long Island City Court Sq. to Hoyt-Schermerhorn to finally see "ghost platform" (the one Jonathan Lethem writes about) for myself.
Return by A or C train to 4th St/Washington Sq.
-Hippocrates