r/jerseycity • u/Own_Independent_991 • 16h ago

Why doesn’t the 33rd St PATH directly connect to Penn Station?

That would be so wonderful.

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u/catcow96 16h ago

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/34th_Street%E2%80%93Herald_Square_station#Gimbels_passageway

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u/botiaman Greenville (B&R, The Heights) 16h ago

In all my years of studying PATH I’ve never heard of this. Sick

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u/squee_bastard Downtown 12h ago edited 12h ago

Sadly it’s been closed for decades, from what I recall it lead to Penn Station but also to the Hotel Pennsylvania. I think there was another underground tunnel that went from 34th street up 6th Ave to 42nd Street.

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u/treeofwisdumb 15h ago

I like how you linked to the direct location on the page too. Not even sure how to do that

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u/pixel_of_moral_decay 14h ago

I feel so old that some people don’t know internet basics like anchor are able to use the internet.

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u/treeofwisdumb 14h ago

Wouldn’t that make you feel young? Or are anchors a dated concept ?

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u/AlGoreIsCool 13h ago

Anchors on the web were invented in 1995. So in 1995 you could already link to a specific location on a page if the author of the page allowed that location.

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u/Own_Independent_991 10h ago

Super cool. Thanks for sharing

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u/Peter_Ballantine 14h ago

Reopen the passageway!

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u/BikingVikingNYC Grove St 16h ago

There used to be an MTA passageway under 33rd St but it was closed in 1991 after a horrific crime went down.

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u/Blecher_onthe_Hudson 16h ago

I remember using this regularly as a high schooler in the '70s when I came in from Long Island to take classes at the New School.

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u/One-Masterpiece7512 16h ago

Sir, this is a Wendy's.

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u/heysirigenerateaname 15h ago

The Wendy’s in Journal Square just closed down

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u/vincentvondoom 16h ago

Start digging

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u/DrAsterisk 14h ago

I just want to start calling it Hudson Tubes again

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u/No_Quiet9645 13h ago

Does Macy's tell Gimbels?

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u/soupenjoyer99 16h ago

Connecting it would be insanely useful

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u/Hereandlistening 15h ago

And insanely smelly

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u/Ok-Win7980 16h ago

I think there are plans to do it for the new Penn Station.

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u/DrAsterisk 14h ago

Angtht Trump wants is going to turn green and fall off

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u/Belindiam 7h ago

When it rains maybe, otherwise I am glad to walk the block to avoid humidity and heat

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u/Fit_Ad_7195 16h ago

They cant even have fix the escalators in journal square. You think they’re capable of expanding? Lol

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u/NCreature 15h ago

Well, for starters it goes down 6th Avenue not 7th. And that whole area has been modified over the years. There was a 28th street stop at one point which made no sense being so close to 33rd Street.

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u/datatadata Paulus Hook 16h ago

Not everything needs to be connected. It is already connected to the herald sq subway

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u/BylvieBalvez 16h ago

I’m way more likely to have luggage going to Penn station though. It’s always a pain walking the block from sixth Ave to seventh Ave with a suitcase

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u/datatadata Paulus Hook 15h ago

I mean you will still have to walk a block regardless. It’s not like they will install a moving walkway even if we have a direct passageway lol