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January 15, 2006
Roosevelt Island Subway Stop
I tend to have subway accidents when I'm tired or inebriated. Either I miss Jay street on the A and have to endure a 12-minute non-stop express ride to Bed Sty, or I forget to transfer to the F from the B or D and end up at Pacific Street. I endure these lapses of consciousness nonchalantly, pretending to purposefully travel 20 minutes out of the way. I usually notice just as the doors are closing at my transfer stops, but god forbid I should curse and run to a closing door at the last minute -- no, one must read one's New Yorker as if nothing has happened and get off at the next stop, even if it's 12 minutes away and means you'll be waiting 20 minutes for a train to take you back.
This happened to me on Friday, because I had a wee bit of beer and was exhausted, and was paying too much attention to my new camera to notice that the train I was getting on was going uptown, not down (it wasn't my usual station). Since I was still obsessing about the camera at the next stop, I didn't notice my mistake until I was at a completely unfamiliar station: Roosevelt Island. It felt like my train had suddenly beamed itself to Washington D.C. or Staten Island. The station is full of chrome and is devoid of the usual tile. I got off and found myself in an echoey, nearly empty station, and since I was feeling creative (beer does that), I took some pictures.
I have yet to get to the actual island (we're planning to do that sometime soon since we know some people who live there), but this is a start.
Update: Here's a little history on the station.
Posted by csageday at January 15, 2006 12:42 PM