Kid on scooter: Where are the brakes on this?
Kid on scooter #2: What is “brakes?”
–Sunset Park
Overheard by: blistxaddict
Kid on scooter: Where are the brakes on this?
Kid on scooter #2: What is “brakes?”
–Sunset Park
Overheard by: blistxaddict
Blonde preppy to cop writing parking ticket: Excuse me, but I'm not sure if I understand the sign back there correctly. Is it okay to park there?
Cop: I only have a GED, and I understand it.
–8th St & Broadway
Overheard by: you're so getting a ticket
Tall guy: Sure, no problem. I'll drive you guys, do you know how to get there from here?
Blond chick: Yeah, you can take the tunnel or the 59th Street bridge, which is free. Do you know how to get to the 59th Street bridge?
Tall guy: Um, yeah…take 59th Street?!
–Lincoln Center
Woman, looking at car which just hit hers: That's Why! They're from Pennsylvania!
–Little Italy
Overheard by: Lena
Cab passenger #1, about cabbie: He's such a bad driver. Is he Chinese?
Cab passenger #2: He's wearing a turban!
–50th & 10th
Conductor #1 on loudspeaker: Let's call the dispatcher and see if we can skip some stops.
Conductor #2 on loudspeaker: I did. They're not picking up.
–Downtown F Train
Overheard by: Maggie
(car honks repeatedly at pedestrians crossing against the light and speeds through)
Girl #1: Enough! Ugh! Was that a Prius?
Girl #2: Yeah.
Girl #1: Pfft. If you gonna boss me around, at least do it in a manly car. Like a Civic.
Girl #2: Oh! Or an Acura!
–Mercer & W 3rd St
Tourist, before getting into purse-filled van: Aw shit, what did I just say? I said I was not getting into any strange vans today.
–Canal & Lafayette
Pseudo-knowledgeable tourist: It's so strange that they have turnstiles that go both ways, you know, ones that let you go in and out in the same turnstile. Every other subway station I've been in in New York has ones for entering and different ones for exiting.
–5th Ave E Station
Overheard by: Colleen
French tourist (with American accent) to French friends: Stand clear of the closing doors, please. (French tourists bust up laughing)
–1 Train
Overheard by: kdub
30-something female tourist heading to subway: I prefer the Sex and the City version of New York.
–Union Square
Overheard by: E-Love
Old woman tourist: Geez, you'd think they'd be a little more optimistic at the United Nations.
–United Nations
Teenage British boy tourist to the rest of his family, as they pass a souvenir shop: Oh! This must be where Tim got that "I heart New York" shirt! (whole family excitedly goes into the store)
–Fulton St
Man with four traffic cones slung over his shoulder: They took our fuckin' cones, man.
Friend: They what?
Man: I'm taking our fuckin' cones back. They stole our fuckin' cones.
–5th Ave & 13th St
NYU freshman girl #1, crossing the street: My dad always says, “No! Don't cross the street yet!” and I'm always like, “Dad, I've lived here for two months, I think I know what I'm doing!”
NYU freshman girl #2: Ha ha! But you know, cab drivers are looking out for you.
NYU freshman girl #1: Yeah, that's their job. If they hit you, they get sued.
NYU freshman girl #2: Yeah. My shirt says it all. “NYU” pretty much means “you'll get sued.”
–23rd & 6th
Overheard by: EthanK
