Trainspotter Posted August 17, 2007 Share #1 Posted August 17, 2007 New York City Subway Smell Map We asked, and you answered. Presenting the New York City Subway Smell Map, created with the able assistance of Gawker readers universe-wide. [float=right][/float]We've separated hundreds of reader smell reports into ten distinct categories of aromas: food, feces, vomit, sewage, perfume, alcohol, you name it. Glide your mouse over any subway station on the map to see the station name, subway lines, and smell categories. Click, and the popup expands to reveal Zagat-style excerpts from actual reader reports. Careful study and rote memorization of the smell map will allow you to navigate the subway system without even opening your eyes. Of course, you'll have to train your nose to distinguish the local urine varietals at each station, but that's a small price to pay. Note also that the map remains open to future submissions for stations not yet covered or stations currently under-covered. All due props to consummate mapmaker Will James at onNYTurf for use of his elegant subway map. Enjoy this finely interactive and cartographic work of investigative service journalism. Check it out here: http://www.gawker.com/maps/smell/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NJTransitFan Posted August 17, 2007 Share #2 Posted August 17, 2007 Wow! do the subways stink that bad? The last time I was on the subway I didn't smell anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eastman346 Posted August 17, 2007 Share #3 Posted August 17, 2007 "Asscake deathvenom animal carcass ... Burnt rubber.", "Cow shit" is this a joke? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Posted August 18, 2007 Share #4 Posted August 18, 2007 "Asscake deathvenom animal carcass ... Burnt rubber.", "Cow shit" is this a joke? If it ain't its funny as hell. I use the 14th Street Union Square station every weekday and I don't smell anything at all. I don't know what to think of this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trainspotter Posted August 18, 2007 Author Share #5 Posted August 18, 2007 I think people do smell stuff down there but it might be a little exaggerated. I've smelled stuff everywhere in NY. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PATCOman Posted August 18, 2007 Share #6 Posted August 18, 2007 If it ain't its funny as hell. I use the 14th Street Union Square station every weekday and I don't smell anything at all. I don't know what to think of this. Only thing is we are not too sure which platform it refers too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Posted August 18, 2007 Share #7 Posted August 18, 2007 Only thing is we are not too sure which platform it refers too. To be honest with you I don't wanna know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pablo M 201 Posted August 18, 2007 Share #8 Posted August 18, 2007 The north end of the NQRW paltform at 14th, and the south end of the 456 platform at 14th.... The worse smelling stations are Canal Street on the JMZ lines and 34th Street Herald Square IMO. But there are defaitnely a whole lot more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sebbieprops Posted August 18, 2007 Share #9 Posted August 18, 2007 My home station has just a blank box. I guess that means it's clean. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tracknut Posted August 18, 2007 Share #10 Posted August 18, 2007 The only thing I can think of that smells is the ends of the platforms and elevators and maybe a whiff of urine once in awhile. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
error46146 Posted August 18, 2007 Share #11 Posted August 18, 2007 Whether that map is true or not it's so damn funny. Take a look at what they have to say: "F is for Fetid, Funky, Fresh poop ... Vodka, stronger than the urine ... Like being inside the bowels of a very sick animal ... Like death mixed with poop ... Oceans of waste ... Sickly-sweet piss-decay, undertone of feces and tuberculosis ... Rotting flesh." "Like old cheese and vomit, mixed with dog food ... Halitosis and aged cabbage ... Rank Swiss cheese ... Sour milk ... Pee in the air every day ... Like an open corpse ... Like a musty homeless person decomposing in musky homeless person urine ... Caramel with a slight undertone of mildly rank underarm ... Rodenticide." "Magic snakes." "Smell of outer space (presumably)." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Posted August 19, 2007 Share #12 Posted August 19, 2007 Pretty funny stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R1Toasty Posted August 19, 2007 Share #13 Posted August 19, 2007 Funny, although the only thing I ever smelled in the subway is vomit at Lex ave. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYC Bus&Subway Posted August 19, 2007 Share #14 Posted August 19, 2007 The 168 Street Subway Station is clean.I live 3 blocks away from 168 Street Station(A,C,1)but down not up because I live at 165 Street.Some Stations has smells but others dont. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sebbieprops Posted August 19, 2007 Share #15 Posted August 19, 2007 My home station in the Bronx (Simpson St.) is usually very clean. It's an outdoor, elevated station, so it's not likely to smell since it's exposed to the air all the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Posted August 19, 2007 Share #16 Posted August 19, 2007 My home stations (depending where I park in the morning) are 53rd Street, 45th Street or 36th Street, all underground, and they all do not smell at all according to my nose. There's not much homelessness around this area of Brooklyn just a few panhandlers once in a while. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sebbieprops Posted August 19, 2007 Share #17 Posted August 19, 2007 My section of the Bronx has some homeless people around it (not as much as some other areas, though). I've seen panhandlers around the main street in the neighborhood (Southern Blvd./Westchester Ave.) not infrequently. This area has improved greatly in the past 15 years; during Dinkins' tenure, it was one of the most run-down neighborhoods in the entire city, and it gained notoriety, being under the jurisdiction of the infamous 41st Precinct. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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