Your Overheard Guide to New York

Guy #1: Well, to the west is Chelsea, down past 14th Street is the Village, uptown is Harlem, down past Houston is Soho; the Lower East Side is South past the Village.
Guy #2: What’s this area called?
Guy #1: I have no idea…

–15th & 2nd

Overheard by: Bucky Turco

Old tour man: This is Chelsea, where the homosexual male and homosexual female live. To the right you can spot an interesting haircut on that man. That’s called a Tommyhawk haircut.

–Gray Line bus, 14th & 7th

Overheard by: Hank Luxford

Posted on November 18, 2005
Gays and Lesbians, Guys, Hair, Murray Hill and Gramercy, Old People, Only in New York, West Village

I Always Wondered About Mike and Rudy

Guy #1: So I’m trying to set Anthony up with this girl.
Guy #2: Wait a minute, I thought Anthony was gay.
Guy #1: Everybody does, but he’s not. He just has a slight lisp.

–Pazza Note, 56th & 6th

Overheard by: El Cubano

Hobo: Of course Bloomberg is fucking gay. All the gays are Republican.

–3rd Avenue & 11th Street

Overheard by: Jim Ed Tabors

Posted on November 17, 2005
Gays and Lesbians, Guys, Hobos, Street

That Requires Testimony, Old School

Girl: I don’t know if he’s straight or gay, I can’t tell.
Guy: You know that saying “innocent until proven guilty”? Well, everyone at Pratt is gay until proven straight.

–Hoyt-Schermerhorn station

Overheard by: Peter F.