#second ave subway

[refinery29]

You can find this brand spanking new mosaic of a gay couple at the new NYC subway line and it’s incredibly sweet

The New York subway system is making headlines this week, with the opening of its long-awaited Second Avenue line. One of the new stations along that line is newsworthy on its own for reasons far beyond New Yorkers' morning commute. A mural at the 72nd Street station depicts two men holding hands, a depiction of gay partners that's rare in public art.

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NYC subway like no other

It always starts this way. “Excuse me I hate to bother you.” Then why are you? “I’m two chapters away from completing my book.” That’s a new one. “I am writing about homeless black Muslims. I am a homeless black Muslim man.” Shocked I tell you, I am shocked. “I just need $20 for some turkey bacon, pancakes, and eggs for my wife and I. If you don’t have cash I have Cash App.” WHAT? Of course…

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[bllfoxx]

Haiku

The train is crowded Speeds along swaying, rocking I make myself small

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second avenue subway

the Q train is extended from coney island to 96st-2av with the new stops 72 st, 86st and 96st

[sulantha]

New Post has been published on Tech Reads Now

New Post has been published on http://techreadsnow.com/watch-workers-blow-up-bedrock-to-make-way-for-nycs-second-ave-subway/

Watch Workers Blow Up Bedrock to Make Way for NYC's Second Ave Subway

After years and years of deliberation, the first phase of the Second Avenue subway is finally getting built. The effort is a lot more complex than you’d even imagine. The New York Times takes us behind the scenes in its third installment of the Living City series —showing us the unintended byproduct of heavy infrastructural construction: The near death of a neighborhood’s economy.

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[commonsensesensei]

A Second Ave. subway construction blast on the upper East Side left city agencies scrambling to assess potential structural damage to surrounding buildings Tuesday afternoon, officials said.

Subway blast shakes Second Ave.