There is a BMT station in Brooklyn ABOVE the local tracks on the ‘R’ between DeKalb Ave. and Pacific St. (northbound). It was built but never used. The Chief Engineer on the project screwed up -- put it above the ROW. When they constructed the tunnel to the station, the station was unaligned, being some distance ABOVE it. A 1916 Brooklyn Eagle newspaper ran a full-page story on this and how the engineer blew his brains out when the mistake was discovered.
Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait!!!
A BMT station above the R Line between DeKalb and Pacific? Infrastructure between the street and the existing subway? And you can't access it?
THe BkEgl has a full-page story in 1916?
Give us a date. This would be an easy one to check, Doug.