Humans of NYC: Communicator Edition

“We live in New York, but we don't live in Manhattan. We live right outside so we come in and we take the subway when we visit on weekends. We're going to Brooklyn right now. The craziest thing I think I've seen happen on a subway is ... some people start singing and dancing or performing on the subway.”  

“I'm a New York native, I live in Tribeca. I take [the subway] every day, it's my commute from Tribeca to the Upper East Side. They have dancers sometimes and this guy was on his head and he was dancing around one of the subway poles on his head... I don't even know how to explain it. It was really weird. I saw a video that my friend took of a guy jumping from one platform, to the other, over the train t...

“I live in Brooklyn, I take the train every day except weekends. I see a lot of crazy things.. I’ve seen people bloody on the train you know maybe a broken ligament or something somewhere. I’ve seen teenage dancers which is always fun and entertaining. I’ve seen homeless people, all kinds of homeless people. Those are just everyday things you see. People like practically putting on their f...

“I get on the train every single morning... at 6:07. I catch the A train from Columbus Circle, and I go to 2 Park Place across from City Hall. The other day one person got into an argument. Someone next to me was homeless and he was eating cream cheese out of a container with a knife, and someone came in the train and then someone else came in, and I don't really remember but, in a nutshell, someone sp...

“We live in Connecticut, so we only ride the subway every couple weeks or once a month, but more so now that our son lives in New York. Right now we're just here to celebrate my birthday and we went to a play but now we're going to meet [our son] to have a couple drinks. The craziest thing I’ve seen happen is probably… A guy last month walked down the cart giving everyone tissues and then he c...

“I do live in the city... well I used to, I just moved to Jersey City like a month ago so, I take the subway everyday yeah. My work is far from here, so I just take the train everyday. Actually right now, I'm going to the Bronx to my barber shop. I'm originally French, I was born in France and one time I was on a train and a guy got on and performed a song that I really liked, from a French artist, wh...

“I live in Queens, so it's not in Manhattan but it's not too far off. On the subway… I’ve seen it all. I’ve seen someone piss on the corner of the train, I've seen people take a dump [and] I've seen people walk out into the middle of the tracks and throw up. That's not all that uncommon.”