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Video: Hilarious fake book covers on the L train

April 8, 2016 By Josh Morrissey

If you’ve seen a guy reading a hilariously over the top book on the subway recently it was probably comedian Scott Rogowsky. Scott took to the L train with made up book covers such as How To Hold A Fart In, How To Score An Asian Girlfriend On The L Train, Gone Girl 2: Even […]

Filed Under: Videos Tagged With: l train, subway

Man struck by G train at Nassau Avenue station

December 8, 2015 By Josh Morrissey

Early this morning a man was seriously injured after being hit by a G train at the Nassau Avenue stop. From

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: g train, nassau, subway

What should you do if you run into someone you know on the subway?

September 23, 2015 By Josh Morrissey

It’s 8:30 AM Monday morning. As you slowly walk to the L train, the only thing that is keeping you from stepping in front of a delivery man’s bicycle to get you out of work is a new episode of Radiolab in your earbuds. As you walk down the stairs towards the train you hear

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: awkwardness, subway

We're stuck with MetroCards until 2022

January 21, 2015 By Peter Rittweger

Remember when the MTA said they were going to replace the MetroCard with futuristic EZ-Pass-like technology? Of course you do. Anyone who’s ever been stuck in a line behind some idiot who can’t swipe their card correctly while the train is entering the station and AHHH you’re gonna be late (or worse, have been the […]

Filed Under: Bushwick, Greenpoint, News, Williamsburg Tagged With: MTA, subway

The MTA's terrifying PSA video

March 26, 2014 By Robert Lanham

This scared the bejesus out of us. Okay, we get the point! This is the scariest thing we’ve seen since David Lynch did a PSA on rats for New York:

Filed Under: News Tagged With: David Lynch, MTA, PSA, subway, terror

Don't be that annoying backpack person on the subway

March 20, 2014 By Josh Morrissey

Gawker posted some helpful tips today for people who wear backpacks. Wearing your backpack in a crowded subway car (especially the L train) can really make you the bane of your fellow rider’s existence. From

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: backpacks, l train, subway

So this dude was hanging out with his wang out on the 4 train this morning (NSFW)

March 14, 2014 By Taylor Wofford

Good morning, everybody! If you’re having a bad day so far, just remember that you didn’t have to stare at this during your morning commute! The best string of comments from the Reddit thread where the lovely image was posted (beware: very NSFW): [–]p1um5mu991er 16 points 58 minutes ago like an egg in a bird’s nest [–]Pizza_bagel 2 points 29 […]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: flasher, Smallest Penis in Brooklyn, subway

L Train signs at Metropolitan/Lorimer accidentally switched

March 6, 2014 By Taylor Wofford

Look closely at the picture above. Notice anything…out of place? That’s the passage leading to the L train in the Metropolitan/Lorimer subway stop in Williamsburg. Most of us don’t need the signs telling us which train goes to Manhattan and which one barrels out into Canarsie. Some people do need those signs, however, which is why it’s […]

Filed Under: News, Williamsburg Tagged With: brooklyn, dumb, Lorimer, Metropolitan, MTA, subway

Subway PSAs from the 40s and 70s & Kubrick's vintage subway photos

August 23, 2013 By Free Williamsburg

“Find yourself swept along on an endless tide of humanity” – a Seventies PSA for the New York subway system: This one from the 40s is great too: Gothamist has some fantastic subway photos from Stanley Kubrick:

Filed Under: News Tagged With: MTA, Photos, PSA, Stanley Kubrick, subway

Track Your Subway Commute Time

July 11, 2013 By Robert Lanham

Of course, this doesn’t account for the fact that the G and L trains don’t even seem to run on weekends anymore. Here’s Louis CK on the headache of taking the subway (via Brokelyn):

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: MTA, subway

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