The only blog written from the NYC Subway system

Well, we survived the holidays. SUBWAYblogger will return to normal schedule in a day or two. We are still out of town. Yeah, it is really strange to spend this much time in the burbs. Anyway, it’s back to the city REALLY soon. We can’t wait! Thanks for hanging tight.

There’s probably 9 people in this subway car alone with rolling suitcases at their feet. Everyone’s clearing outta the city today. Looks like these peeps are trying to get a head start this morning. Tonights outbound commute is going to be complete hell, and SUBWAYblogger will be in the heart of it. No, not on [...]

I am a former subway rider. I used to ride subways at least twice a day, as my work place was in Chelsea. But since last year or so, my work moved to the area I live, and so I have no use of subway anymore, unless I’m shopping in Manhattan. That said, I have [...]

Ok so the woman a few seats down from me has a Yorkie (dog) in her lap. Isn’t that illegal? I think so. I don’t have anything against dogs…I have a few of my own. But I’m pretty sure they aren’t allowed on the train. Even if they are, they certainly aren’t allowed to be [...]

The Salvation Army is out in full force. It seems like they have every subway entrance in Manhattan staked out. Or at least the ones near the best shopping. I don’t mind throwing some change in the bucket when I walk by. I certainy do it more that I would ever give change to random [...]

Here’s an interesting way to kill some time on your next subway ride. Pay attention to what people are reading around you. Pay special attention to books. It is pretty funny/interesting to see what people are reading. For example, I kid you not, the old lady sitting next to me is reading a dirty book. [...]

Is subway construction like highway construction where they just constantly rip stuff up and replace it just to keep busy? Over the period of a day or two, I noticed constuction crews ripping up a line of tracks, and then replacing them with new ones. They completely demo the concrete and railroad ties. Then, they [...]

The bar that you push past in the subway turnstile…that’s just more of a suggestion huh. If you’ve ever paid slightly more that average attention to the subway entry process (SUBWAYblogger has), then you have probably seen people hop the bar. It really is more of a suggestion, because who is going to stop you? [...]