Blogs about: R Train
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The Cherry Tree: A Brooklyn Gem
Last Thursday some Brooklyn Skeptic members tried out a bar called The Cherry Tree, located on 4th Avenue and Bergen Street. When first recommended we try this place out, my first thought was, “… more →
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A Good Book Day
subwaybookclub wrote 2 days ago: I finally finished Can’t Buy Me Love (review coming after the holiday) and can stop lugging th … more →
Love on the Subway
subwaybookclub wrote 1 week ago: Caught this on the platform at Atlantic/Pacific yesterday: Apparently Craigslist wasn’t workin … more →
New Books
subwaybookclub wrote 4 weeks ago: Last night, started reading Flawed Dogs by Berkeley Breathed (his first novel) on the way home from … more →
NYPD Takes Taser to Woman at 25th St M/R Stop in Brooklyn
lisars wrote 1 month ago: The M/R station at 25th St and 4th Ave. Picture by Jim Henderson, accessed on Wikipedia Commons. Les … more →
Morning commute, R train, 8:15
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kk wrote 1 month ago: Since I’ve started this obsessive-compulsive tally, I get unaccountably excited about firsts: … more →
Don't look for tapas here
brooklynpix wrote 1 month ago: There’s a Best Western in Bay Ridge; ONLY ten miles from Manhattan, the sales info says. The h … more →
Bookmarks
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subwaybookclub wrote 1 month ago: After watching a fellow R rider pull an official NYC condom out of The Good Earth yesterday morning, … more →
New Book, Same Old Shoulder Pain
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subwaybookclub wrote 2 months ago: I hopped on the R Thursday morning determined to take it the whole way to work to be sure and have a … more →
The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson
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subwaybookclub wrote 2 months ago: Based on the title, I thought this would be a work of fiction, but it’s actually the true stor … more →
MySpite #1: The New Starbucks Ad Campaign Has Hit A Nerve
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Tino Evangelou wrote 3 months ago: Reader Gennady writes in with the following picture and complaint about everyone’s favorite om … more →
Zombies
subwaybookclub wrote 3 months ago: The funny thing about the Subway Book Club idea is it makes you look wistfully at people reading int … more →
Book Selection Update
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subwaybookclub wrote 3 months ago: I whipped through Blink in just two days (it was good, and also fairly short) and am on to Brothers: … more →
Giving directions
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brooklynpix wrote 3 months ago: “Back there,” I heard her say as she pointed off in the distance. “That’s wh … more →
Selection Day
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subwaybookclub wrote 3 months ago: Today was a Selection Day. I finished my last book on the morning commute (getting stuck in a tunne … more →
Dry: A Memoir by Augusten Burroughs
subwaybookclub wrote 3 months ago: Dry has a great cover for catching the eye of a subway rider – a small fish in a martini glass. I lo … more →
The Big Idea
subwaybookclub wrote 4 months ago: I was standing at the end of a subway car, the R train, almost home, hanging onto an overhead bar, l … more →
$1500 - 1br, Fast and Loose (Prospect Ave. M,R)
twistedlister wrote 4 months ago: South Slope is still the mild mild west but there’s always the random troubadour who’s d … more →
DeKalb is a stage
brooklynpix wrote 4 months ago: Sit tight, wait for the show, and admire the theatrical lighting; there won’t be trains runnin … more →
So close and yet
brooklynpix wrote 6 months ago: Pacific Street, evening rush hour. The trains seem to be on some kind of slowdown this week. Every d … more →
