This morning's pleasure - V train from Forest Hills. The triple (orange) seats. Two very big people, legs spread wide open to accomodate huge shopping bags, giving thin passenger furious glare when she attempted to sit down in the middle seat. (Most of the three across seats are taken up by two selfish people). In the diagonal seat woman doing full make up, from moisturizer to eyelash curler to mascara. I can only assume she is homeless.

I wish the cops were around to ticket all the bums and buskers harassing the morning rush hour folks with their begging and bad music. Every morning on the 2 and 3 trains downtown, they are there, getting in everyone's face and way. Where are the cops? Last I knew begging on the subway was illegal.

Umm, begging on the subway (or on the street for that matter) is NOT illegal. Infact, it is CONSTITUTIONALLY protected...

Chill out people, its just some feetles on the seatles. clipping nails...yeah that's no good. putting your feet on a seat at 2am...c'monnnnnnnnn

this and should be ticketed, but officers shouldn't be sent out on ticket blitzes in the middle of the night. As mentioned, if they come across this and ticket it, then great - they should be enforcing laws they see being broken. But we all know cops routinely ignore minor infractions cause they're too lazy to deal with it.

This is clearly all about increasing revenue. And IIRC from the last time this was reported, tickets were also issued for taking up multiple seats on empty trains, not strictly for shoes on the seats.

I wonder what else was going on underground while these cops were taking the time to write these tickets.

"I wonder what else was going on underground while these cops were taking the time to write these tickets."

While the cops were writing a ticket to the Stuy High student, a homeless bum was relieving himself between the train cars.

Oh great, I'm glad subway crime has been eliminated.

Ahh, yes 36 Street in Brooklyn. This is the same Station where two of the Same NYPD officers tell me almost every night around 2-2:30am on my way home from work "Hey lower your headphones". Last time I checked there was no rule on headphone DB levels on the MTA website, and God forbid you remind these officers about the rules, last Fridays response was "Don't make me lock you up". I've filed a CCRB complaint a few months ago just to see these two same Bully's again! Here's the Deal, NYPD officers protect Themselves and No One Else! They make up there own rules when it suits them, and they all have quotas to make. Last Monday leaving from 36 street on a Manhattan bound D Train

an officer tried to issue me a seat ticket because my iPod headphone wire was on the seat next to me, it was 2:30 in the afternoon and there was 8 fellow passengers in my car. The Officer gave me a dirty look opened up his ticket book, I took out my cellphone started to take pictures of myself, placed my headphone wire on my lap, and started to play the staring game. Then the officer grunted then closed his book. Remember next time your getting mugged the NYPD will not be there for you, they'll show up 20 min's after the fact, right after issuing a Seat ticket on an Empty subway car at 3:00 am. Don't trust the NYPD! After all they don't Trust you! In there eyes your already guilty...

Ed, you are WRONG! MTA rules state in "Section 1050.7 Disorderly conduct. No person on or in any facility or conveyance shall: create any sound through the use of any sound production device... Use of radios and other devices listened to solely by headphones or earphones and INAUDIBLE to others is permitted." So, if the Officer can hear it, then it is not inaudible, and you are breaking the rules. Therefore he can tell you to turn it down. Your bogus CCRB only adds to the problem...

CW, couldn't agree more! I enjoy reading... YES, people, READING, MORE should try it instead of complying to Govt's way of turning us all into chimps. nothing erks me more than when i'm trying to read and some inconsiderate/selfish/unintelligble/cheap-ass-can't-buy-a real-pair-of-headphones a$$hole cheats me of my QUIET time to read(outside of normal noise)cause i have to hear the sh!t they're blaring into the ears.

^THEIR ears

This kid goes to Stuyvesant, so I'm assuming he's not stupid. Everyone knows the cops are handing out tickets for people putting their feet up on seats.

Act like an adult.

I think that gradually all lines between what is public and what is private have disappeared. People eat smelly food, leave trash on the floor. Women do complete make-up construction on a daily basis. I actually saw a guy clip his toe nails. What happened to civilization?

Putting up your feet at the edge of another seat isn't anything serious.

it's a shame there are police on the subways @ 2AM... A crying shame

Only hardworking stiffs get ticketed. Homeless people don't get tickets for hogging seats, because the city can't make money off them, so the cops leave them alone.

Maybe if dress up like a smelly bum, I can get all the subway seats I want.

The NYPD and Bloomberg are simply using the population of this city as an ATM machine to generate money toward thier corrupt and wasteful spending habits. It doesnt matter what infraction you commit, you will eventually be tapped to pay by these thugs. The ones complaining about feet on the chair (and yes, its wrong to do that) will scream bloody murder when its thier turn to get stopped and fined for some bogus reason.

Ok, but is it within MTA guidelines to scratch one's balls (fully clothed of course) in a crowded subway?

As long as your naked balls don't touch the seat i'm fine. People will just think you have crabs so they'll just avoid you like any homeless shitting on the seat.