The Subway Joy Riders

A daily mix of stories about cities, city life, and our always evolving neighborhoods and skylines. [Curbed]( Monday, March 18 getting around The Subway Joy Riders Rail fans who have moved from MTA obsession to breaking and entering. “Why are we moving away?” says a voice in the video in a sharp, high pitch. “Why are we moving backwards?” someone else asks as the train screeches to life. What appears to be four teenagers, masked and jumpy, are crowded into a train operator’s booth. The one at the gears, wearing a fluorescent orange vest, is calm. “I know what I’m doing,” he says. “I know what I’m doing.” Train-jacking is subway surfing for indoor kids. These mini joy rides, in which teens attempt to drive out-of-service trains stored underground or in yards across the city, are just as dangerous and just as illegal. But the break-ins also require a level of transit obsession and technical acuity that can read a lot like love. “A lot of us had dreams of having a career with the MTA,” says a 21-year-old from Brooklyn who asked to be identified as Masseria. He never moved trains, but says he used to break into train yards with friends and watch them do it. Why? Simple, Masseria says. They “wanted to know how the subway system worked.” [Continue reading »]( Want more on city life, real estate, and design? [Subscribe now]( to save over 40% on unlimited access to Curbed and everything New York. [Learn more about RevenueStripe...]( The Latest [The Disastrous ‘Great Israeli Real Estate Event’ A tour meant to sell homes in Israel and the West Bank to Americans has not gone as smoothly as planned.]( By Nevin Kallepalli [What Does This Big Settlement About Broker Commissions Mean for New York? Is it cheaper to buy a house yet?]( By Kim Velsey [The Inness Hotel People Designed a House Post Company’s first single-family project, now for sale, comes staged with Aesop soap and black-matte Shaker furniture.]( By Adriane Quinlan [A Greenport House That’s Drawn a Chain of Artists Poppy Johnson, Jonathan Horowitz, Rob Pruitt, and Rachel Comey have all lived in this former laundry.]( By Adriane Quinlan [Learn more about RevenueStripe...]( [Read More From Curbed]( [Sign up to get The Listings Edit](, a weekly digest of the most worth-it apartments in New York. [GET THE NEWSLETTER]( [logo]( [facebook logo]( [instagram logo]( [twitter logo]( [unsubscribe]( | [privacy notice]( | [update preferences]( This email was sent to {EMAIL}. Was this email forwarded to you? [Sign up now]( to get this newsletter in your inbox. [View this email in your browser.]( You received this email because you have a subscription to New York. Reach the right online audience with us For advertising information on email newsletters, please contact AdOps@nymag.com Vox Media, LLC 1701 Rhode Island Ave NW, Washington, DC 20036 Copyright © 2024, All rights reserved