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J, Z, & L You’re Up!

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on August 27th, 2007 at 11:49 pm

Starting today & through Thursday, the MTA is handing out rider report cards for the J, Z, & L lines. If you don’t know or remember what rider report cards are, here is an entry about them.

I will be the first to say I do not ride these lines on a daily basis. Actually I have never rode the Z train! So I will comment on them based on my experiences.

I have always seen the J train as a line that does just enough but could & should do much more. My main beef with the line is the waiting times. It seems like no mater when I ride the J, I have to wait at least 10 minutes before it shows up. This is unacceptable at most times of the day!

The L line is a little bit better as far as waiting is concerned. My main problem with the L is the lack of seating. I would say a good 95% of the time I ride this line, I am forced to stand. The only reason this isn’t a big deal is because I am usually getting off within 2-4 stops from where I got on.

I do have one question about these report cards though. The report cards are handed out it seems one line or trunk line at a time. Why is that happening when all the lines are up for voting on the MTA website? Anyone have an answer for me? I’m quite curious!

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Victim 1 Subway Pervert 0

Posted by
on August 27th, 2007 at 11:30 pm

So here we have a typical subway pervert spreading himself around to another unfortunate victim. However this time the tables were turned on him. Here is the story courtesy of the NY Post:

VICTIM NAILS ‘PERV’
SUBWAY ‘FLASHER’
By JAMIE SCHRAM and LORENA MONGELLI

August 22, 2007 — A Brooklyn woman who was stalked and molested by an aggressive subway flasher went from victim to vanquisher with the snap of a cellphone camera, police sources said yesterday.

The woman – who’d been harassed by the brazen exhibitionist on the B and Q trains – managed to get a picture of her attacker that could help send him to jail.

Based on that photo, Jay Arungah, 24, was arrested for menacing, stalking, sex abuse and public lewdness, officials said.

“I was really shocked,” said the Sheepshead Bay victim, whose name is being withheld by The Post. “I just couldn’t believe this was really happening.”

The 30-year-old woman’s ordeal began Monday at about 8 p.m. as she was waiting at the Avenue M station.

She said she immedi ately became frightened when she noticed a strange man staring at her.

When they boarded the train, Arungah lit a ciga rette – and then exposed himself to her, she said.

She said she tried to change seats, but he followed her, still exposing himself.

“You could tell by his face he was just really creepy,” she said.

When the train pulled into the Kings Highway station, the woman tried to escape, but Arungah crept behind her and pressed himself against her, police said.

She tried to get a fellow rider to help her by yelling, “Mister! Mister!”

But the straphanger just looked up, saw the fracas and promptly stuck his nose back in his book.

When the doors finally opened, she rushed onto the B train, only to be followed by Arungah – still exposing himself, police said.

That’s when she snapped Arungah – in all his naked glory, the woman said.

“I was nervous, but I guess I wasn’t too nervous,” she recalled.

She disembarked at the Sheepshead Bay station – and so did her attacker.

She then called 911 and was told cops were on their way.

When police arrived, she pointed out her alleged attacker, and they nabbed him.

Arungah was held in lieu of $2,000 bond after his arraignment last night in Brooklyn Criminal Court, where he wore a bright-pink polo shirt and had to be taken out of the courtroom once for failing to pay attention.

Additional reporting by Tashara Jones

The sad part is I’m sure this guy will be on the subways exposing himself within 6 months. For some reason crimes like these never equal long jail sentences.

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NYC Subway Meet Facebook

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on August 27th, 2007 at 9:29 pm

NYC Subway meet Facebook! I see that someone created a subway status application that is incorporated into your Facebook profile. I found out about this recently while reading one of my favorite blogs which I am proud to call my homepage; Subway Blogger.

The application can be found here. Unfortunately I do not have a Facebook profile. I wonder if I’m the only one who doesn’t? Hmm…….. Anyhow it looks quite interesting.

Since one could call me a transit geek, I’m going to make a Facebook profile & check it out! I’ll let everyone know what I think in the near future!

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A Sad Story…..

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on August 27th, 2007 at 9:14 pm

August 12, 2007 will be a day the “Story” family will never forget. Unfortunately this is the day their 19 year old son Rayquon Story was killed in the Bronx while riding the 5 train. Here is a story about the murder courtesy of WCBS:

Teen Killed In Subway Shooting, 3 Others Hurt

Ti-Hua Chang
Reporting

(CBS) NEW YORK A shooting at an elevated subway station in the Bronx eatly Sunday morning left one teenager dead, and three others hurt.

CBS 2 has learned the person who was killed was 19-year-old Rayquon Story.

Police say around 2:30 Sunday morning, two groups of teenagers began fighting on the ‘5’ train between the 180th Street and Dyre Avenue stops in the Eastchester section of the Bronx. One of the teens had a gun, and shot four teenagers, killing Story. The other three teens are listed in stable condition at Our Lady Of Mercy Hospital.

The gunman apparently slipped off the train when it came into the Dyre Avenue station. Police have not made any arrests.

Family members of the victims say the teenagers were at a barbeque party where two groups of teens began fighting. One group followed the other onto the subway, and a shooting ensued.

“He was on his way home,” said Tornette Story, Rayquon’s mother. “They followed him to this train station. Hopefully they will find who did this.”

The victim’s grandmother was too distraught to speak with CBS 2.

Robert Brown, an uncle of one of the victims, said they were summarily gunned down on the train, which runs on elevated tracks in the area.

“They walked on the train, they shot them, and they walked off. That’s all I know,” he said.

Police have some leads according to the family, and are looking for a single teenage gunman.

Hopefully the person(s) responsible for this crime are brought to justice!

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All Over……

Posted by
on August 27th, 2007 at 9:06 pm

So the date was August 2nd & the forecast was disgusting! I needed to make a quick deposit at the bank. However I had no patience to ride the subway during normal business hours. You know what this meant, another overnight bank run!

I hopped a ride to the train station & got dropped off at Middletown Rd. As I walk up the stairs, I realized that I shouldn’t have taken  the ride. I needed to cash one of those scratch off tickets as I was a few dollars short for my deposit.

So I decided to get off at Hunts Point Ave. & find a store to cash the ticket. Unfortunately my search was futile as one place was no longer there, & the others did not have their lotto machines open. After getting shot down a third time, it finally dawned on me. I forgot that lotto machines do not open in NY until 6 AM.

I was hot & had no patience to wait until the lotto machines opened. So I decided to walk to Whitlock Ave & hop the 6 train back home. As I was walking, I thought to myself let me see if I run into my dad on his way down. I looked at the bus schedule & figured out which bus would probably be his. I ended up catching his bus & getting the few bucks I was short. I finally ended up making it to the bank to make a deposit at the ATM.

Now only if I asked for a few bucks to begin with, I could have avoided the round about trip! Oh well…..

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