The MTA has revealed that a turnstile at Columbus Circle subway station is the most frequently used one in the whole city this year, and just reading about it makes us want to lather the Purell all over ourselves. Exactly 1,402,766 people have swiped their MetroCards and pushed their lumpy bodies through the turnstile as of Aug. 19. Of course, that doesn't count all the people who either duck under or jump over turnstiles, but there's just something extra compelling about this particular one, according to commuter Latavia Gale: "I don't know what it is. It's weird. It's unexplainable. Even if someone's in front of you and their MetroCard's not working, you just queue up and wait." more ›

Books can be the perfect place to stick an orphaned piece of paper; bills, to-do lists, unsent notes often get discarded in between pages -- so it's not a surprise when an unknown scrap comes floating out of a used book. Adam Tobin, owner of Unnameable Books in Brooklyn, has now created a display inside his store for just such found objects.

“It’s a motley assortment,” he said. “We’ve been doing it for about two years since opening the store. The display quickly took over the back wall and now it’s spreading to other places, and there’s a backlog of stuff that we haven’t put up yet. There are postcards, shopping lists, and concert tickets but my favorites are the cryptic notes. They are often deeply personal and can be very moving.” more ›