Amidst my unnecessarily mean rip on AMNY this morning, the pesky freebie actually had a solid cover story on the sorry state of subway platforms around the city, particularly in the outer boroughs.

“At each of the nine random stations amNewYork examined in Brooklyn, Manhattan and the Bronx,” writes Marlene Naanes, “wooden edges — or rubbing boards — were found to be at various stages of disrepair. Five underground stations on the No. 6 line in the Bronx, for example, have loose and rotted boards, some with portions missing or hanging by a nail.”

The story also tells the frightening tale of young Avi Katz, who plunged to the rails after the Kings Highway platform in Brooklyn gave way under his Keds.