By: Billy Cohen
for me, living in comfortable exile in san francisco, it is a breath of not exactly fresh air. do the boys like the performers and panhandlers?
View ArticleBy: Ben
I understand your son’s feeling about local C train. I love my C train and I always regret taking the express.
View ArticleBy: Chris Pavone
This is spectacular; thanks. I lived in NYC for my entire 40 years (except college), then last summer moved to Luxembourg with my wife and 4-year-old twin boys. On one of our last subway rides, my Sam...
View ArticleBy: Shahrzad
Loved it! Funny and sweet story telling with great images. This is true for all of your blogs. Thank you!
View ArticleBy: AndrewG
I grew up on the Rocket in Toronto and your piece brings back a lot of memories. I cannot, however, share your childrens’ love for service changes. :-) Thank you!
View ArticleBy: Darlene
Oh, I love the apple juice cups…they’re all great! You’re very funny and so gifted!
View ArticleBy: Hank Harken
The person who said that the Berlin transit can’t compare to the NYC needs to visit the German capital more often. I think it is just as complex as NYC, perhaps more so because of the mix of U-Bahn,...
View ArticleBy: Andrew Ingkavet
Fantastic. My son Alejandro is exactly the same way. His first word was “bus” (pronounced booce in Spanish). At 6, he is still reading the maps on his wall and is the family navigator on any trip....
View ArticleBy: Joe
As a dad and a New Yorker in exile, I got a little misty-eyed reading this piece. My son is 9 now; when he was younger we used to ride Baltimore’s Light Rail together. He’s also been on the London...
View ArticleBy: 9to5er
Please ask Arthur how he would pronounce: Throop (as in Kingston/Throop on the C line). We pronounce it Troop, because that is how the conductors do it – but it’s not phonetic, so we feel less secure....
View ArticleBy: Jonathan
I just went through all of the work you’ve done for the New York Times, and I have to say, you’ve touched my heart. As a year long resident of NY (and hopefully a lifetime one), I was instantly taken...
View ArticleBy: elfin
I lived in New York for a couple of years during the late 80s and loved the subway. My 10-year-old nephew came to visit for two weeks and we would go subwaying–I’d give him two places and he had to...
View ArticleBy: HO
As a dad and a New Yorker in exile, I got a little misty-eyed reading this piece. My son is 9 now; when he was younger we used to ride Baltimore’s Light Rail together. He’s also been on the London...
View ArticleBy: Inge Tranter
I had to make a comment when I saw Julie from Upstate’s comment about her son. I have a daughter with Asperger’s and I have been thinking how much all your work reminds me of the way that she thinks...
View ArticleBy: Jenelle
I visited NYC proper this month. Before visiting, I probably read “The boys and the subway” a dozen times. Being a transit obsessive, I was so excited to ride the city’s subway, and was happily...
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