SUBWAYblogger readers seem to dig stories about the gross things that happen down in the subway. I’m not sure, but I think most of you must be a little deranged. It’s cool though, we won’t judge.
So, here’s some of the grosses subway related photos. I highly advise not looking at this while you are eating lunch. Just take our word for it.
Click a each photo for the description…unless you can already tell what’s wrong.
Well folks, we’ve survived (most of us) another Halloween in NYC. It never ceases to amaze me how seriously New Yorkers take Halloween.
Even if you didn’t make it down to the Village for the parade, you can still see the “interesting” costumes underground. The subway becomes it’s own parade all night long.
Most people take the subway downtown for two reasons: 1) it’s fast on a busy night like Halloween. 2) Seeing everyone else dressed up on the train is half the fun of the night.
Here’s just a very, very small sample of what you missed last night.
If you’ve got some interesting subway Halloween pictures, we’d love to see them. Post a link in the comments or send them to submit [(at)] subwayblogger.com.
Photo Credits: One, Two, Three, Four, Five, Six, Seven, Eight, Nine
For those of you (and there are many) not fortunate enough to visit Washington, DC and ride the Metro, here’s what you’re missing.
Granted, it doesn’t go everywhere like the NYC subway does. And you have to pay based on how far you ride. Otherwise, the Metro is beautiful.
Just look in this video at things like the platform that lights up and blinks when a train is arriving. The clean stations. The clean trains.
I’m just saying. We should demand better for New York.
Feel free to link to other nice subway videos in the comments. We’d love to see them.
I was on my way to a second day of torture jury duty. I made my connection to an express train and actually scored a seat. Sweet.
It was a pretty crowded train, just as any train rolling through midtown during rush hour is. All of a sudden…
AAHHHhhhh CHOOOOOOOOO!!
Ahhhh CHHHooo
AAAAAAHHHHH choo.
(That’s a guy sneezing…FYI)
A few sneezes ring out in the crowd. That’s just gross in general, especially in a crowded train. But hey, it happens. There’s nothing you, as the sneezer, can really do to avoid it.
Unfortunately, this guy didn’t even make an attempt at covering his mouth. He just let them rip like he was standing alone in the woods or something. WOW.
Well, I thought the people around him were going to commit a hate crime. Holy crap did this guy get reamed out, and deservedly so.
Much to my disappointment, there were no punches thrown. Oh well. Gonna file this one in the “crime” category anyway.
SUBWAYblogger is getting reports that an officer was shot in the subway in Queens.
Sources tell us that at least one cop was shot. A second officer was also injured and taken to the hospital. Not sure if that officer was shot as well.
The suspect(s) are in custody and are also reported to have been shot.
This all has allegedly occurred at the F train in Queens at 21st Street and 41st Ave.
UPDATE: Confirmed that two police officers were shot at Queensboro Bridge Station.
Update Update: Two officers, Shane Farina and Jason Maass, were attempting to arrest a suspect for using a child’s student fare card (shocking) when a struggle broke out. The suspect grabbed one of the officer’s guns and opened fire on both of them.
One cop was shot in the chest, the other in the back.
The officers managed to radio ahead to their lieutenant, who was positioned near the token booth. The lieutenant drew down on the suspect and opened fire, shooting the suspect 4 times.
Suspect Raul Nunez faces attempted murder and could get 25 years to life.
I know I’m a big subway geek and all. I mean, this is a three year old blog about the subway. So I’d say I’m ranking up there in world of subway geekdom.
Some people are on a whole different level, though.
http://www.viddler.com/player/8ed6585e/
Kinda cool, right? Somehow this cam was mounted on the front of a 7 train or just inside a front window.
But then notice that it’s something like 48 minutes long. Wow. That’s dedication. Scary, but dedicated.
Oh the “See Something, Say Something” lameness continues. The MTA has some new security ads out.
We took the three of them and strung them together. They show unattended bags, with no voiceover. Then shows the tip line phone number. That’s it. For some reason, the sound didn’t work when I put them together. Just imagine the sounds of the subway.
http://www.viddler.com/player/508aee76/
So yeah. I’m hoping they had interns make these, and didn’t actually pay anyone to make them. What a joke.
I feel like the air conditioning on a lot of subway trains was turned off too early.
Honestly, I have no idea how the AC works on the trains. Don’t know if there is a thermostat or what, but I feel like the AC was cut. Seems to happen every year.
There was a bit of a cold snap a week ago, so there wasn’t much need for too much AC. So I think it was cut off on many trains. Then late last week, it warmed up again, but the AC wasn’t turned back on.
It really gets oppressively hot when theirs no air on the trains. The heat is one thing, but then it feels like the oxygen in the air is getting thing. Kind of a panic situation if you are at all claustrophobic.
Do you think the MTA should allow larger scale subway station takeover ads? For example, our Canadian brothers and sisters have this sort of advertising on their turnstiles.
What about NYC?
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If not, why?
Today I witnessed probably one of the coolest things I think I’ve seen on the subway to date.
There was a small group of teenage kids standing just outside the turnstiles. You could tell just by looking at them that they were up to no good.
Couldn’t really tell how old they were. I’m guessing they were about 14 or 15 years old. They were all pretty tall. One was probably 6 feet tall. But they looked young. Really lanky. Frankly, it was almost comical because they were really tall, super skinny, but had huuuuuuuuuge baggy pants and hoodies on. Like all three of them could have fit into the same pair of pants at the same time.
Anyway, one of them made a dash for it to skip out on the fare and hop the turnstile. They didn’t realize that leaning against the wall was a cop, just out of their view.
The cop ran over just as the second one was going over. Both of the kid’s feet were in mid air when the cop went two hands on. He snatched him out of mid air and in one clean motion dropped him chest first onto the ground. It was amazing.
The kid that made it over already took off running. The other kid who had not yet attempted the jump took off out of the station. So two got away, but the look on their faces was priceless.
Cuffs on. Game over.
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