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Reader Contribution Du Jour: Subway Etiquette
Melissa (who sent me the above find) writes:
I found this on the floor at a train station somewhere in Manhattan. I took it home, it is now taped to my wall.
I want to take a moment to thank Melissa for forwarding me this choice item. It made my day!
Miss Heather
Update, 7:12 p.m.: I have just received some additional material from Melissa.
She writes:
Credit where credit is due. I didn’t realize the bottom was cut off in the picture.
Credit given!
Greenpoint Photo Du Jour: Ode To The B43
If the bus
runs slow
to where you
need to go
just blow
this transit
scene— Manhattan Avenue at Green Street
Miss Heather
Quicklink: The L Train Rat
Filed under: 11211, 11222, Crosstown Local, East Village, East Village Manhattan, Subway, Williamsburg, Williamsburg Brooklyn
Those of you who are looking for a little lite entertainment and happen to be on Twitter may want to give this, the musings of a L train rat, a look-see. If you do, here’s a sampling of what you’ll find:
i get so self conscious when everyone watches me look for food on the track
every once in awhile people at the 1st ave stop smell like delicious fried dough and i just want to kill myself
people seem to hate me 100x more when i’m rained on.
too fat to fit inside bottle 🙁 should probably go on a run to 8th ave.
Special thanks go out to Lisacat for bringing this to my attention. Check it out!
Miss Heather
New York Shitty Day Starter: Crosstown Local Selections…
(Queens style)
21st Street
Vomitus.
23rd Ely- Court Square
Detritus.
Hopelessness.
Nurse Jackie.
Bunny ears affixed with duct tape. This taps into an electrical circuit serving the aforementioned sign.*
You know the MTA has hit hard times when they can no longer afford cable.
Miss Heather
*Seriously, WTF is up with this? You should go and see this set up for yourself. It’s amazing albeit in an abject, slumlord kind of way.
Crosstown Local Photo Du Jour: Spellbound
Filed under: 11206, 11211, Crosstown Local, Subway, Williamsburg, Williamsburg Brooklyn
This moment of excellence has been brought to you courtesy of the Queens-bound platform of the G train at Broadway. Given that the Metropolitan Transit Authority cannot master simple bookkeeping, I suppose it should come as no surprise they cannot spell either.*
Miss Heather
*To clarify/reiterate; this tile work is new. Or is it? Apparently this is a source of considerable debate. Richard writes:
Forgotten-NY.com claims this has been there since 1937: But there’s some debate about it:
http://gothamist.com/2009/02/09/subway_typo.php
Apparently the MTA made a makeshift taped-on correction that has disappeared.
Only the best for the Crosstown Local.
New York Shitty Day Ender: Lost & Found In Translation
From Mott Street, Manhattan
This (which hails from the Canal Street stop of the 6 train in Manhattan) is bona fide proof that New York City is still an international city— if not in subway service, at least in anger directed at lack of said subway service. Only the MTA could make this kind of racial/ethnic unity (albeit while employing profanity) happen. Mazel tov!
The use of sarcastic quotation marks is a nice touch.
Miss Heather
P.S.: Can anyone give me a translation of the Chinese annotation on this flier? My curiousity is driving me crazy.
New York Shitty Day Starter: To Whom It May Concern
Filed under: 11101, Bloomblight, Criminal Activity, Long Island City, Long Island City Queens
Why is this gate open? Why hasn’t anyone seemed to notice this gate is open? I am hardly a criminally inclined person but when I see something like this I cannot help but think of bad things. Anyone seeking access to the Long Island Railroad need only simply waltz through this gate and lo, he (or she) can play Thomas The Tank Engine. Perhaps I am overreacting here— but I find this rather disturbing. It is a matter of no one noticing— or simply not caring?
Miss Heather
New York Shitty Day Starter: Crosstown Local Selections
Filed under: 11101, 11222, Crosstown Local, Greenpoint, Greenpoint Brooklyn, Greenpoint Magic, Long Island City, Long Island City Queens, Subway
Rock out with style!
From 21st Street in Long Island City and Greenpoint Avenue in the Garden Spot of the Universe.
Miss Heather
East Village Photo Du Jour: St. Mark’s Place
Under ordinary circumstances I would have presumed the author of this missive to sport a bat or two in his belfry. But thanks to the MTA’s sterling idea to suspend both G and 7 train service this weekend my journey to and from Manhattan this evening was anything but ordinary. I’ll leave it your imagination, dear readers, to figure out who your truly thinks has a screw loose.
Miss Heather
MTA Photo Du Jour: A B62 PSA
Who knew McGuinness Boulevard was so fashion conscious? I guess that’s Greenpoint gentrification for you.
Miss Heather
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