Union Square and East Village

Man: I never realized how homoerotic the Bible is.
Woman: It’s not supposed to be.

–Union Square Regal Cinemas

Tourist lady: Does this N train go Kings Highway?
Teen girl: Yeah, it goes to Kings Highway.
Tourist lady: Does it go to the Q-line Kings Highway?
Teen girl: It goes to the N-line Kings Highway.

–Union Square station

Lesbian #1: We should totally go! I heard they have a keg in the back now. We could do keg stands!
Lesbian #2: Really? I’ve been wanting to get to a keg lately. I’ve been practicing in yoga class.

–Rififi, E. 11th Street

Overheard by: Brad Palmertree

Girl #1: Holy shit! It’s a mime.
Girl #2: Shit. He ain’t a mime. He’s just gay.

–Union Square

Overheard by: Ricky Chawla

Girl #1: Man, none of them are fine or anything, but you see them bodies on ’em?
Girl #2: Yeah, I bet those motherfuckers can fuck.

–Union Square

Queer on cell: Oh my God, did you hear? Liz has a date…yeah, with a guy…a straight guy…

–Time Warner Center

Overheard by: Cole

Suit on cell: Hi, I’m in Chelsea. I just bought the We Love Disco CD and two porn magazines.

–22nd between 7th & 8th

Black guy: Damn, those horses is gay.

–Times Square

Overheard by: seth scott barkley

Queer on cell: Hey, I got here early. The Starbucks is closed for renovations, so why don’t we just skip to the blowjob?

–7th & Grove

Chick: He was getting blown by a trannie and right before he came he said, “get out of my car, you faggot” and that’s how he knew he wasn’t gay.

–W Hotel bar, Union Square

Overheard by: Somebody nowhere

Guy: I mean, he’s weird. He’ll let me make out with him, but he won’t share his salsa.

–Bond & Lafayette

Queer: First of all, if I was going to have an orgy at four in the morning, I would not have carne asada first. Pttth! Second of all…um…carne asada is not pre-orgy food.

–Barrage, West 47th Street

Overheard by: Nick Salvato

Queer: I’m never having sex with another virgin again. When the virgin is on the receiving end it can be such a pain in the…yeah.

–Bleecker & Macdougal

Woman on cell: Mom, he doesn’t have an accent, he’s gay!

–Madison & 52nd

Crazy lady: Canada doesn’t do this. You see this? You see this open gate blocking the sidewalk? Canada would never do this. This would never happen in Canada. Look at all these garbage bags on the side of the street. Now, that’s glamorous. Real glamorous. This would never happen in Toronto. Canada would never do this. Hey, you! Canada doesn’t do this.
Guy: Canada doesn’t do a lot of things.

–12th Street between 2nd & 3rd

Overheard by: Cari

Asian guy #1: Everyone I know just goes to church to hook up.
Asian guy #2: I know! It’s like, “Hey, you like God, I like God, wanna get dirty?”

–Webster Hall, E. 11th Street

Dork: Yeah, but he can spend all that money and gross like a billion dollars, but it’s totally gonna fuck up his legacy, man. Like that guy who was playing when Mozart was around, you know? Whatever happened to that guy?

–Diner, Astoria

Man: How could you do that to me on my birthday month?

–5th between 19th & 20th

Overheard by: Marci Kaufman

Girl: When you look at a little person, don’t you just want to pick them up?

–Union Square

Overheard by: Melissa Wechsler

Art Store guy: …the Army was really persistent. They said, “Oh, we always need artists in the Army.” And I’m like, “No, you fucking don’t! What am I gonna do, paint with the enemy’s blood?”.

–New York Central Art Supply, 3rd Avenue

Overheard by: tourist girl

Lady: Excuse me, is this train going uptown or downtown?

–L train platform, Union Square station

Overheard by: Brenna Sinnott

Chick: How’s the Wailers concert?
Voice on cell: All we need now is a beer and a spliff!
Chick: Great, Mom.

–University Restaurant, University Place

Overheard by: Becka Dash