Gothamist: What Happens When You Take the A Train

benedita

Thu, 02 Feb 2006 21:43:53 -0500

"scratchiti" is what the MTA calls it when people "tag" the windows & plastic surfaces with gouged letters. Technically, "graffiti" means "little scratches" and thus includes these practices.

Rose Fox

Tue, 31 Jan 2006 23:42:35 -0500

I took the A this morning too, and when we got to 168th there were several announcements made that the 1 was "back in service". I had no idea it had gone out of service, but that would certainly explain the fifty people trying to get through two turngates at 207th Street.

w o l

Tue, 31 Jan 2006 21:31:04 -0500

More than likely, it was a missing glass on one of the end (storm) doors. That's the main reason a subway car gets "isolated".

alex

Tue, 31 Jan 2006 20:00:14 -0500

I rode an A today that had one of the cars locked down. That might have been the one. The only other time I've seen it was on another A and the conductor said it was because someone had thrown up in it.

rev pays

Tue, 31 Jan 2006 17:33:28 -0500

Rainy days are the worst on the "A". The combined humidity and the bums make for an excellent combo. Opps, excuse me, the sleeping passengers. I recall taking the last car on Grand Street shuttle and it was full of "bums", One "bum" shouted "sleeping car" as I stepped in.

martha

Tue, 31 Jan 2006 16:48:30 -0500

I was the one who wrote in and that was what we had suspected had happened... I'd figured anything else would have made the train unable to move from the start.

sadira42

Tue, 31 Jan 2006 16:40:40 -0500

Ah yes, the "excessive vandalism" of someone pulling down their pants and popping a squat. Now, I didn't see it with my own eyes, but I heard plenty.

Zantony

Tue, 31 Jan 2006 16:26:43 -0500

My friend was on the train in question, in the car next to the excessively vandalized car. To parse MTA-speak, in this case "excessive vandalism" meant someone took a "2" on the A. I'm a bit fuzzy on the logistics of making a deuce in a crowded subway car, but it apparently can be done. Needless to say, there was a mad, mass exodus out of the, er, soiled car.

MissPinkKate

Tue, 31 Jan 2006 15:44:56 -0500

Hey Gothamist, I've been wondering- are they ticketing for violations against the "new rules" yet? Haven't heard anything about it.

Matthew

Tue, 31 Jan 2006 14:15:23 -0500

The whole Subway seems screwed today. The L 8av to Brooklyn was down due to "Police Incident" and the G was down for some reason around 1pm as well. Combine wasted waiting time of about an hour added to an hour walk home. Yay.