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Category Archives: Subway
The Most (Turn)Stylish Borough in the City
Our colleagues over at SecondAvenueSagas pore over a major data dump to find the busiest subway station in the city. The top 9 are in Manhattan, while No. 10 is out in Queens. The top six are on 42nd Street … Continue reading
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‘Lush’ Life for Subway Thieves
Fun story in the NYTimes over the weekend on a rare but distinguished group of criminals known as “lush workers” that cut out the wallets of boozy, snoozy subway riders with a surgeon’s precision. There are 109 lush workers plying … Continue reading
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MTA Shop Opens in Macy’s
A tiny shop selling NYC subway merchandise has opened in a fitting place–the Cellar at Macy’s. The 1,000 square foot boutique features sundry items under the “NYC Underground” label, including apparel, umbrellas and wrist watches. “To add authenticity to the shopper’s experience,” says … Continue reading
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Knuckleballing Author Training For Big Start
It would make for an interesting chart–one showing the print coverage of the Mets games as the season progresses, and hope gradually gives way to despair. When the season starts, 95% of the allotted Mets space in the sports page is … Continue reading
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When Straphangers Actually Had Straps to Hang Onto
I love this pic. (Click to enlarge.) The guy blissfully strumming away on his guitar. The kid who’s way too old to be held. The kid’s pants, and sneakers. The busted door of the conductor’s shack that surely doubled as homeless guy … Continue reading
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The Infamous Subway Shoe-Licker
Video from the 5 train is here. Do not watch with a case of cotton-mouth. Commented an MTA spokesperson: “Ew, that’s nasty!”
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Underground Grammar Lessons
This week’s edition of the NY Times’ Go Back to Your Flyover State, Because Only Smart People Live in New York Metropolitan Diary unearths some witty graffiti, not to be confused with ’80s new wave band Scritti Politti, in the … Continue reading
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Last Stop For Subway Poesy
The MTA is likely scrapping its “Train of Thought” placards on the subways, a program that has offered riders a taste of prose, in one form or another, since the dark days of 1992. The program started out as “Poetry in Motion,” notes … Continue reading
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The NYC Subway Complaint Cards
This is genius. Accompanying a full page of complaints from subway riders in the NY Times “Subway Issue” past week is a printable sheet of complaint tickets you can issue to your fellow riders. There are actually six cards in … Continue reading
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The NY Times’ “Subway Issue”
The whole of the current weekly “Metropolitan” section of the NY Times is dedicated to the NYC subway system. There are vintage photos, a few pages of rider complaints (door blockers! kill ‘em all!), another page of rider questions for … Continue reading
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