Secret 'man cave' found under Grand Central Terminal track in New York

Are you serious? Really? Metro North commuters rushing for their trains on track 1 14 would have had no idea. Investigators say the room was beneath the tracks in an abandoned locksmith shop, a room within a room at Grand Central Terminal that had a couch, Ah, flat screen TV, a refrigerator and a microwave oven. Even air conditioning discovered by agents with E. M. T s inspector general, who said it was used by at least three workers, including two foreman. According to the agency's 24 page report, they built the room in order to at best hang out and watch television or, at worst, drink alcohol and sleep while UN observed by their managers. What s'more Officials at Metro North have been told about the room not once but twice. Railroad President Catherine Rinaldi says. That's outrageous. What's so disturbing about this entire report is not only the fact that the room existed, but the fact that it took so long for us to discover it. And you know that it was the inspector general who ultimately was the one who first discovered this room. That's obviously completely unacceptable. From my perspective, it doesn't just stop with the employees who built that space. The employees who should have known and who supervise those employees need to be held accountable is well. The railroad provides legal break rooms for its employees at Grand Central, but investigators said one of the workers admitted watching TV in their secret room while on overtime. The three men are all maintenance workers. On the overnight shift, they have been suspended without pay and could face termination. Commuters we spoke with said. Disciplining the workers is not enough. That means somebody's not being accountable. What's going on with their workers? Everybody's looking this way and that way, and some of them didn't know but turn the death there.

Investigators recently made a discovery underneath the tracks at Grand Central Terminal in New York City: an abandoned locksmith shop converted into a "man cave" by employees. The Office of the MTA Inspector General said it received complaints alleging that three employees had converted the room "into their personal 'man cave,' to 'hang out and get drunk and party' in," the investigators' report says. The room had a futon couch, television, refrigerator, air conditioning, workout equipment, streaming devices and microwave inside. The report says the employees "used a room apparently unknown to managers, far removed from the shops to which they were assigned, in order to, at best hangout and watch television or, at worst, drink alcohol and sleep while unobserved by their managers." MTA Inspector General Carolyn Pokorny told WABC-TV the room had customized wooden boxes to disguise larger items in the room. "Many a New Yorker has fantasized about kicking back with a cold beer in a prime piece of Manhattan real estate — especially one this close to good transportation," Pokorny told the station. "But few would have the chutzpah to commandeer a secret room beneath Grand Central Terminal and make it their very own man-cave, sustained with MTA resources, and maintained at our riders' expense."Officials said the employees occupying the unmapped room created health and safety concerns, including the inability to rescue individuals quickly from the space. Although the employees were not identified by name, investigators found property inside the room that identified a wireman, carpenter foreman and electrical foreman. Property included a receipt with the wireman's name on it and the streaming device's connection to a hot spot associated with the carpenter foreman. Investigators also said two personal calendars and a pull-up bar had a shipping sticker listing the electrical foreman's name.According to the report, the three employees were served with disciplinary charges and have been suspended without pay pending resolution of the disciplinary issues.

Investigators recently made a discovery underneath the tracks at Grand Central Terminal in New York City: an abandoned locksmith shop converted into a "man cave" by employees.

The Office of the MTA Inspector General said it received complaints alleging that three employees had converted the room "into their personal 'man cave,' to 'hang out and get drunk and party' in," the investigators' report says.

The room had a futon couch, television, refrigerator, air conditioning, workout equipment, streaming devices and microwave inside. The report says the employees "used a room apparently unknown to managers, far removed from the shops to which they were assigned, in order to, at best hangout and watch television or, at worst, drink alcohol and sleep while unobserved by their managers."

MTA Inspector General Carolyn Pokorny told WABC-TV the room had customized wooden boxes to disguise larger items in the room.

"Many a New Yorker has fantasized about kicking back with a cold beer in a prime piece of Manhattan real estate — especially one this close to good transportation," Pokorny told the station. "But few would have the chutzpah to commandeer a secret room beneath Grand Central Terminal and make it their very own man-cave, sustained with MTA resources, and maintained at our riders' expense."

Officials said the employees occupying the unmapped room created health and safety concerns, including the inability to rescue individuals quickly from the space.

Although the employees were not identified by name, investigators found property inside the room that identified a wireman, carpenter foreman and electrical foreman.

Property included a receipt with the wireman's name on it and the streaming device's connection to a hot spot associated with the carpenter foreman. Investigators also said two personal calendars and a pull-up bar had a shipping sticker listing the electrical foreman's name.

According to the report, the three employees were served with disciplinary charges and have been suspended without pay pending resolution of the disciplinary issues.

Secret 'man cave' found under Grand Central Terminal track in New York

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