If you stop by the Macy's Herald Square flagship store this week, you may notice something odd in the window: comedian Mike Birbiglia, author of the best-seller, "Sleepwalk With Me." He's currently putting up residency in the store window until February 1st as part of the Ultra Downy April Fresh "Clean Sheet Week" Challenge, which sounds like just the sort of synergistic exercise to get our chakras aligned. more ›

Maybe sleeping on a busy subway is safer than sleeping in a cab—at least with the former you are most likely only going to have one thing stolen: your soul. On December 5th a cab driver may have taken advantage of one woman's sleep state and solitude. According to the NY Post, the driver is now the prime suspect in the theft of her phone and engagement ring, which she believes he stole while she was sleeping on the drive to her destination. more ›

The life of the street cart vendor is understandably hard; if they're not tumbling and tussling with each other for real estate, then they're probably trying to hold it in. Here's another notch for their hardship post: according to the Post, some food vendors have been forced to sleep in their carts, so as to not lose prime spots on the street. more ›

You know that photo of James Franco sleeping in class? Once it hit TMZ it made its way to every corner of the internet, and now the actor fears falling asleep in public. Put your cameraphones down and let James Franco get his beauty rest, people! more ›

When we interviewed Pat Kiernan last year, he told us that years ago he settled on a 3:17 a.m. wake-up time, but as he added Pat's Papers on to his schedule, he was rising closer to 2:30 a.m. This mind-boggling fact that came up as the NY1 anchor was enjoying beer with us and our readers recently following a poutine dinner. While Kiernan may have an odd schedule, that doesn't mean he's the only New Yorker not getting a full 8 hours of sleep. more ›

Reader Walter sent us this photo of a station agent snoozing in his booth this morning at the 36th Avenue station in Astoria. Now normally we would suggest an early retirement, but as the Transportation Workers Union previously mentioned, some still-employed station agents are working some rough overtime hours due to cutbacks. And remember, "perception isn't always reality." Maybe he was just closely inspecting something on the back of his eyelids. more ›

Of all the people to catch you sleeping while you're supposed to be on the job, a photographer for the NY Post is probably one of the worst ones, since your sleepyhead mug could be plastered on the cover of newspapers. That's what the Post did to Frank Ryan today, a subway maintainer who, along with coworker Robert Malandrino, the Post claims "should have been working on broken station equipment." (FWIW, the Daily News busted a sleeping token booth clerk in 2005.) more ›

Not a good day for a drowsy NYPD officer assigned to monitor a subway platform under Grand Central Terminal. Yesterday morning a WPIX reporter was on his way home from the graveyard shift when he spotted the officer sleeping—or "cooping," in the NYPD parlance for cop sleeping on the job—in one of those high security "fishbowls" on the 7 train platform. As you may recall, Grand Central is one of the places Al Qaeda operative Najibullah Zazi planned to bomb. Not an ideal place to doze off when you're working security. more ›

Maybe she'll try for a narcolepsy defense? The Rikers Island Correctional Officer who was depicted sleeping on the job in this classic, almost cliche jail photo just can't keep her eyes open. Nadja Green has been busted for napping while guarding once before, according to the Post, which is teasing this story out like a burlesque dancer's boa. Sadly, there's no instant classic photo of Green's previou sleep violation, but this does complicate things for our snoring C.O. more ›

A correction officer at Rikers snapped this priceless photo of another guard fast asleep in her chair while a grinning inmate hovers over, mere inches from her big Barney Fife keys. The sleeping officer, Nadja Green, has been at Rikers for over four years, and one source describes her as "the Precious of Corrections," a reference to the movie about a teen from a dysfunctional family. The mother of several children, Green reportedly worked 96 hours of overtime this month. So isn't it kind of a dick move to photograph her while she catches a few hard-earned z's? Green's union thinks so! more ›

After a bicyclist caught two George Washington Bridge guards sleeping on the job multiple times—and sent the pictures to Cliffview Pilot which published them yesterday—the Port Authority announced the two men were fired, "The two guards have been fired by the security contractor, FJC Security. The Port Authority takes the safety of its passengers and facilities very serious and has spent more than $4 billion dollars on security since 9/11. The Port Authority welcomes the public's vigilance on matters of safety and security and we encourage our customers to contact us if they encounter anything out of the ordinary." Another bicyclist told the Daily News, "Normally, they are not sleeping. But I guess you should be attentive at this job, especially after 9/11." more ›

This is like one big passive aggressive note! It sort of makes us want to circle #30 and hand it to our eternally sparring neighbors. Anyway! Do you see anything missing on Greg Hathaway's "Things That Keep Me Awake in New York City" poster (full image here)—what keeps you up in this town? [via Apartment Therapy] more ›