Big, Fun, & Fast ??? modded traction elevators at the Clark St Subway Station, Brooklyn, NYC

(📹 5/23/2025) I'm back. I've been crazy busy with my life, and I was crazy busy in NYC, so I wasn't really able to put a lot of new material out. Please forgive me if I continue random intermissions.

Anyways, this is the first elevator I'm posting from my trip to NYC the other week, and also the first NYC subway elevator I'm posting. Here are the elevators at the Clark Street Subway Station down in Brooklyn in NYC. From reading the Wikipedia article on this station, each elevator has their own install and modernization years, listed in the most confusing way possible. These were then replaced/modernized in 2000 by a generic company, then modded again in 2021/22 by another company with Innovation fixtures. These are quite fun, and they are incredibly fast for their distance. They can get pretty freaking busy too. The leveling could be sped up though. Interesting how the front of the cabs on these are asymmetrical. These are 2:1 roped and probably have Imperial ACPM 800 series gearless machines. I'm glad I rode these post-modernization because the old elevators look pretty sketchy compared to the more appealing feel of these.

NYC's subway system has SEVEN equivalents of the Forest Glen Metro station, down in Maryland: This station, Court St*, 168th St, 181st St (A & 1 lines), 190 St, and 191 St. All of them have their distinctive quirks and pretty much go 500 fpm.

*I had the hardest time of my life trying to find these

Filming equipment:
Camera: Samsung Galaxy S24
Resolution of original video: 1080p
FPS: 60

Some elevator info:

Review of the elevator(s):
Cab: Decent
Fixture/button choice: Decent
Chimes: Decent
Voice Annunciator: n/a
Ride quality: Fine
Condition: Fine
Speed choice: FAST
Leveling speed: Very Sluggish
Motor: none really
Fun factor: AWESOME

Overall score: In the top 3 funnest subway elevators of NYC

Filming strategy:
Risk of getting caught: low
Filming difficulty: medium-hard
Notes: depends on traffic, can get busy since this is an access by elevator only station

Other notes:
Improvements needed: speed up the leveling
Additional notes: n/a

Manufacturing info:
Manufactured by: ??? in 1919, 1930, and 1962 (no clue of what's installed when)
1st modernization by: ??? in 1962 and 1975 (I have no clue about what the elevator history was during this time period)
2nd modernization by: ??? in 2000
3rd modernization by: ??? in 2021/22
Original elevator model: n/a
1st, 2nd, and 3rd modernization models: n/a

Elevator infrastructure:
Propulsion: Gearless overhead traction - 2:1 roping
Motor drive type: AC - VVVF
Capacity: 10000 lbs (4535 kgs)
Speed: 500 fpm (2.5 m/s)
Floors traveled: 4?
Opening count: 4 (2 main passenger floors, 2 service floors unlisted on COP)
Floors served: All 4
Quantity of elevators: 3

Controllers:
Elevator control type: Microprocessor
Elevator control brand: MCE
Cars in controller group: 3?

Elevator fixtures (current):
Buttons (hall): Innovation NEMA - PB-46
Buttons (car): Innovation NEMA - PB-46
Position indicators (hall): n/a
Position Indicators (car): CE Electronics dot matrix

Elevator fixtures (2nd mod):
Buttons (hall):
Buttons (car):
Position indicators (hall): n/a
Position Indicators (car):

Emergency communications:
Emergency phone: Built in
Phone ADA compliant: Yes

Elevator doors:
Door configuration: Center opening
Door operator: GAL MOVFR-II harmonic
Door sensors: Multi-beam

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