Greatest Show in the World

Wall Street subway station (Pixabay)

"The New York subway is really the greatest show in the world. I've unintentionally skipped my stop due to being mesmerized by something occurring in my car."
Eduardo Yanes, quoted in Humanos y marcianos en Nueva York

Clown Car

Number 2 subway

"Rush hour in the New York City subway can be grueling. Everyone is in a huge hurry to get to work or transition into their evening, and so they pile by the hundreds of thousands into a maze of subway cars, often squished into a space that is way too small, surrounded by the other residents of this veritable clown car."
Jasmin Singer, Always Too Much and Never Enough

Subway Service

69 Street - Fisk Avenue subway station

"The best thing about New York is the wonderful subway service. Where else, for less than a dollar, can you smell the fruit-bowl bouquet of human excreta?"
Howard Stern, New York Magazine

Exercise for Anyone Who Wants to Move to New York

"It would be a great exercise for someone who thinks they want to move to New York. Sit in an enclosed space full of fumes and hold hands with a stranger for twenty minutes while everyone around you speaks a language you don't understand. If you enjoy this, you will enjoy the 6 train."
Tina Fey, Bossypants