These nifty sign alterations were spotted by Reddit user blackrobot at the Nassau Avenue G station this morning. It isn’t clear who is responsible for this heinous act of vandalism, but they remind me quite a bit of this recent project by Beast. Let us know if you have any info!
Update: They are by none other than Trustocorp!
Some Good Samaritan decided to add a salient piece of advice to this poster parodying the MTA’s safety campaign on a Manhattan street. A friend of The New York Observer‘s Azi Paybarah passed it along to him two weeks ago, and we in turn pass it along to you as a public service.
Is that a Long Island in your pocket, or are you just happy to see me?
Something has changed indeed.
Emerging street artist Beast made a few not-so-subtle alterations to the map and posted them at subway entrances around the city last week. Props to him for taking the Manhattan as phallus motif a step further and for poking (no pun intended) fun at the MTA’s silly new ad campaign.
Another version of the faux-sign evokes recent events.
Tourists continued using the maps, unhindered by the text tilted 100 degrees.
Something’s different here. Ah yes! They changed the color of the water!
When tourists come to the Big Apple, sometimes they are oblivious to our cultural habits. It may be socially acceptable to smile at strangers in places like Florida or California or Chicago or the rest of the country, but not here. Please allow us to read our copy of The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest minus the creepout. If you plan on visiting New York, please be sensitive to our needs.
It looks like the individual responsible for this friendly reminder is the same one responsible for the Please do not feed rats after midnight sign from a couple weeks ago. Thanks again to Vince for the tip!
Photo via johnnieutah on flickr.
With the recent influx of internet videos of rats on subway cars these past couple weeks, it looks like the MTA has taken the initiative to address the problem. Sorry kids—the petting zoo closes at midnight.
Photo taken by Vince Noir at Bedford Avenue.
The rabble rousers over at NewMTA.info made news recently as they posted some of their new and improved GREED subway service change signs at West 4th and 34th Streets. New MTA is a bogus MTA website—nearly identical to the original—that features some subway news satire. For example, one headline reads: “MTA Suspends Student MetroCards, Tells Children To Get Fit By Walking.”
With the looming service cuts and fare increases, we’re glad to see New MTA is back in action. We are also glad to see they improved their grammar since the last time we’ve heard from them.
Perhaps it should read “fewer trains,” but the creator of this faux service advisory deserves an A for attempt.
This sassy subway advisory was found on the G line was posted on Gothamist. Is this a sign of things to come with all the service cut back and the fare hikes?
