MTA announcement: Due to an earlier incident, service on the number one line is running slowly. Please be patient.
Girl on stairs: Please be patient… What do they mean?
–59th St station
Overheard by: Sibyl
MTA announcement: Due to an earlier incident, service on the number one line is running slowly. Please be patient.
Girl on stairs: Please be patient… What do they mean?
–59th St station
Overheard by: Sibyl
Man #1: What is going on here?
Man #2: They are filming the new Sex in the City movie with Sarah Jessica Parker. They have the entrance to the subway blocked off.
Man #1: Wonderful. I wouldn’t even know what Sarah Jessica Parker looks like.
Woman nearby: Hi. I’m Sarah Jessica Parker.
Man #1: Nice to meet you. Can I go home now?
Sarah Jessica Parker: Sure, go ahead.
–Outside 6 train entrance
Overheard by: Matt
Wannabe hipster girl: Hey, are you going to that Arcade Fire-LCD Soundsystem show later?
Hipster girl in gold and purple-striped tights: Nah… I was going to, but [sigh] there are just gonna be so many hipsters there…
–L train station, Graham Ave
Overheard by: Not a hipster
Teen homie #1: Nah, dude, I’m a man.
Teen homie #2: I’m older than you — how you a man?
Teen homie #1: ‘Cause I ain’t no virgin like you.
–86th St station
Suit #1, looking down at subway tracks: Man, you’ve got like a foot and a half of empty space there! Come on, how much would you do it for?
Suit #2: Lie down under a train?!
Suit #1: Yeah, man!
Suit #2: One hundred dollars.
–6 train platform, Grand Central
Overheard by: Christine
Toddler in stroller: Fuck you! Hahaha! Fuck you! Hahaha!
Tourist mom: Did that baby just say ‘fuck you’? This is the tenth time we’ve been to the city, and I’ve never seen anything that odd.
Tourist daughter: We are on Canal Street, Mom.
Tourist mom: This is very true. Way to go, stroller kid! Yeah!
–Canal St station
Overheard by: AldaRin
Queer #1: Oh my god! You know that rat?
Queer #2: What rat?
Queer #1: You know — Mike’s rat — the one that sings “New York, New York.”
Queer #2: Oh! That rat! I love that rat! [Begins singing “New York, New York.”]
–Broadway platform, N train, Astoria
Overheard by: Canadian Girl
Southern woman pointing at rat on tracks: Look, it’s going to get run over! I’ve never seen a rat on the tracks before! [Pointing at holes in the track wall] Look, they made homes for the rats!
Local guy: Those are for ventilation.
–14th St station
Overheard by: Jennifer
Guy: You’re getting fat.
Girl: You’re just saying that ’cause you’re getting fat.
Guy: No way. You’ve definitely put on weight.
Girl: You can’t say shit like that to a woman.
Guy: You’re not a woman, you’re my sister.
–Houston & Lafayette platform
Queer tourist: What are your favorite places to go?
Local girl: I love the Met.
Queer tourist: What is that?
Local girl: The greatest art museum. It is so amazing.
Queer tourist: So, there’s art there?
Local girl: Um, yeah. It’s an art museum.
Queer tourist: So, it’s all art?
–R train platform, Atlantic Ave, Brooklyn
