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Rumor has it that a 21 year old was “thrown from a train” up in Washington Heights, and killed.  Details are very hard to come by because police are not being very forthcoming at this time.  Also, details are hard to get late at night when the majority of the press are home in bed.
The [...]

 
We’ve discussed on previous occasions that eating on the subway is a little odd.  Not completely unheard of, but a bit strange nevertheless.  Hand in hand with eating on the train is the much more common practice of drinking on the subway.
No, I don’t mean funneling beers and body shots.  I mean coffee, soda, herbal [...]

SUBWAYblogger can pretty much confirm that there were was most definitely a jumper at 72nd Street (and Broadway). And let’s just say it wasn’t pretty.
Today’s uptown trips on the 1, 2, and 3 line were a nightmare. You had to catch a train somewhere below 42nd Street. Then, most of the trains [...]

BREAKING NEWS: Police activity at 72nd Street means no stops at 72nd Street for 1, 2, and 3 trains.
No uptown 1 service from 42nd to 96th at least.
2 and 3 Trains skip 72nd Street.
Live from the subway, back to you in studio…
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UPDATE:  Turns out is was a person on the tracks…and then under the [...]

Ohhh the plot thickens.
In the wee hours yesterday morning, you may have heard that 2 train service was all messed up in the Bronx “because of police activity.”  Translation:  Dead guy found on the tracks.  This all happened in the Farms Square-East Tremont Avenue station .
Here’s where this whole thing turns into the next episode [...]

Extra credit points to the Post for their cheeky headline:  “MTA Won’t Treat All Riders Fare-ly”
I guess I can give the Post partial credit for putting together their fare increase “calculator.”  I use the term loosely.  It’s just a table, but whatever.  Let’s see if I can do it better.
First, read the back-story here.
Option #1:
Single [...]

Honestly, it really is.  It’s like a fake holiday.  The damn kids have school off, but we don’t get the day off from work.
Let’s look at a quick holiday breakdown:
St. Patrick’s Day:  An excuse to get wasted in the middle of the week.  And who doesn’t love green beer?
Valentine’s Day:  This one’s for the ladies, [...]

Here’s how you know they will never crack down on today’s defacement of the subway. The feds are just now getting around to cracking down on notorious subway graffiti artist from the 1980’s.
He claimed that he had moved beyond graffiti, exhibiting his art in galleries, lecturing at universities and working as a commercial artist, [...]