Lady: Hey, how do I get to Court Street?
Hobo: Two blocks that way…See, we’re not all that bad. You got any change?
Lady: No, I know. Shut up. I’m a social worker.
–Brooklyn Heights
Lady: Hey, how do I get to Court Street?
Hobo: Two blocks that way…See, we’re not all that bad. You got any change?
Lady: No, I know. Shut up. I’m a social worker.
–Brooklyn Heights
College kid #1: God, that girl over there’s hot!
College kid #2: Dude, you need to stop being so obsessed with chicks with tattoos. I fucked a girl with a tattoo, and it was pretty unpleasant.
College kid #1: That’s because she was 48 years old and a grandmother…[To entire train] Did everyone hear that? A grandmother!
–L train
Overheard by: Zak Santucci
Doorman #1: What if she was a Chinese woman, would you help her?
Doorman #2: Oh, hell no.
–W 77th St
Overheard by: Cole Goadbog
Dude #1 opens a taxi door, hitting Dude #2’s car.
Dude #2: Yo, man, what the fuck? You hit my car!
Dude #1, walking away: The taxi hit your car.
–28th, between 10th & 11th
Overheard by: Milan P
DVD hawker: I got Superman, X-Men III, all high quality.
Guy: Those are illegal! You’re stealing from me. I’m a writer.
DVD hawker: What? Did you write any of these?
Guy: You’re selling illegal goods. I’m a writer. You’re stealing from me!
DVD hawker: If you wrote any of these movies, you wouldn’t be riding the subway.
–Uptown E train
Woman: What’s this one called?
Man, leaning in to read the card: Please Don’t Touch.
–MoMA
Overheard by: Andrew Toutain
Mets fan: Yo, white and chubby, sit down!
Chick: Just because some loser Mets fan wants an anorexic, Abercrombie-wearing, dick-sucking, slutty cunt for a girlfriend, I should feel bad because you think I’m white and chubby?!
–Yankee Stadium, between sections 37 & 39
Overheard by: another creature
Guy #1: I’d rape her. I mean, if I were in Africa I’d rape her.
Guy #2: She has a cameraman that knows kung fu, you foul Negro!
Guy #1: After I shoot him in the head, all that kung fu knowledge bleeds out.
–Katra, Bowery & Rivington
Overheard by: Michael Winfield
Boyfriend: Oooh, you look pretty in that dress.
Girlfriend: You’re revolting. Don’t touch me.
Queer buddy: Jeremy, this is your stop. Penn Station. Get out.
Boyfriend: No it isn’t. This is 96th Street.
Girlfriend: Do you have any idea how much I hate you? Stop touching me.
–Downtown A train
Overheard by: Shane