At the Union Square station there is a gap between the platform and where the 5 train pulls in. Every morning this is scary to me. Of course it is not a very large gap, maybe about 6-8 inches wide- definitely not large enough for me to realistically fall through. I'm sure if it was remotely possible for even a small child to slip through one would of certainly have by now and there would be many public lawsuits we would all know about.
Irrationally though, this thought still does not calm my obsession with the gap. The sight of the dark wretchedness of the tracks below as I carefully step over always manages to shake my stomach slightly. I'm sure I look awkward as sin as I straddle slowly into the car while never taking my eyes off my feet.
About Me
- AnonymousNewYork
- New York, NY
- I have been living in Manhattan since this past January. I live in a rent stabilized walk-up in the less-glamorous part of the Upper East Side and work in corporate treasury down in the Financial District. I have decided to start blogging about my commute everyday- the things I see and the observations I make below the streets of New York each morning (and evening). Every day I get on the 6 train headed downtown and then switch to the 4 or 5 at either Grand Central or Union Square. I get off at the Fulton Street stop. Will this blog be boring? Only time will tell…
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