Temperatures reach uncomfortable levels in NYC subways

Anthony Carlo has details as commuters struggle with intense heat.
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[@C.P.C3719]

Instead of spending money on all those electronic billboards, the MTA should have spent that money to install ventilation in the subway stations.

[@son278son5]

You mean the ones that almost all have a shattered screens that resemble a dropped cellphone screens ? lol

[@devious100dd]

All they do is waste money on bullshit

[@easilytrackableinternethum3018]

Gotta walk the entire platform to find a schedule, yet all these screens with adverts on them.

[@PGTransformed]

Well said!!

[@evanetter]

@@son278son5yes! Those ones! They generate heat, too.

[@wishiknewaname9307]

It hasn't “reached” it's been like that forever

[@JordynnsJournal]

I was thinking as I clicked on the video…man modern technology has maybe the embellishment of exposure real because I KNOW this isn’t the slightest bit new…

[@SamWilkinsonn]

it can get hotter you know right?

[@mlong9475]

He'll be blown away how much better other countries subway systems operate if he travels abroad. I think it was Hong Kong, they had air conditioned platforms with barriers with automatic sliding doors that opened right at the subway door entrances and not paper billboard but electronic ones.

[@helenpauls1496]

Same here in Japan too and spotlessly clean.

[@devious100dd]

And they don’t charge as much as the thieving MTA

[@kwacou4279]

Are they over 120 yrs old?

[@changkwangoh]

Yea but they ain’t NY. They try to be, even though they want to be, they can never be. NY rules! Best city in the world!

[@djwoosie98]

Lol not sure why this relevant.​@changkwangoh

[@HarmonixsLoL]

34th Herald is horrible, it's always hot on the platform. It's sorta nice in the winter, but summer is just brutal.

[@stefonfrench5915]

Whew! U are not lyin! Unbearable heat.

[@slacktoryrecords4193]

34th is really bad but HOLY HELL don’t even think about checking out the 1, 2, 3 platform (at least at 72nd) or, like this video says, the 4, 5, 6 at Union Sq. An absolute nightmare.

[@ftwitsucks]

West 4 is fucking unbearable

[@tattoomesam]

Yeah 34th is the worst, I think it’s because it’s more underground than union square so it borders near hell or something. The heat there is oppressive like it feels like it’s standing on your back. It’s hard to stand up there

[@dangercat9188]

Atlantic Avenue/Barclay's Center is another one 😫

[@ricomontana5644]

That’s crazy only 3 stations with cooling system

[@Starbrahan72]

There are more than the listed ones, but that still doesn’t change the fact that most of the subway is unbearably oppressive. Egregiously, the actual subway platforms at Fulton center do not have cooling, and the MTA was forced to spend 1.4 billion on it.

[@JoeBuck207]

I remember when the train cars had no AC.

[@khatzeye]

😂😂 I grew up in the 80’s when the cars still had graffiti so I remember that vividly!

[@ontheroad5555]

@@khatzeye actually when people needed to cool off they used to go down in the subways. Back then there were no a/c on the trains blowing out hot air so it was like walking into a cave that is always cooler than the air above.

[@kakishisfriend1126]

Oh hell nah

[@wileecoyote5749]

IRT BMT ha ha

[@roachtoasties]

Me 2. I remember New York City in the 1980's. Those old trains had no A/C, but we could open the windows near the ceiling. They were noisy, full of graffiti and the lights flickered inside while the trains were moving. People survived.

[@jackgrove4277]

I chose to walk 20+ blocks because it was cooler than waiting in the subway station.

[@derekjeter3654]

Its mind blowing that this city has so much money and they can't fix simple problems like overheat inside subway stations nor can't remodelate some very old stations.

[@2011Savere]

They too busy helping the migrants, Ukraine, and Israel. That’s wheee all the money is going.

[@JonathanS89]

they gave all the money to the "migrants"

[@mikemainer3009]

Simply problem? Are you really that stupid?

[@troystrzelczyk7458]

Corruption .. there’s no money to be made off American general public being happy , they already pay their taxes with the conditions being as is… However, there is TONS of buisness making money off the migrants gov checks, you just need to ask the NYC public officials to point u in the right direction of which company to invest in

[@zackthebongripper7274]

Unions. . .

[@davidempire4874]

In winter, it's very nice down to go down there and feel the warmth.

[@DavidB.Fischer]

Can be

[@shellyb7911]

E 125th Street is horrible. No air until you're on a train with AC.

[@hughw2377]

London underground trains don't even have air con💀💀💀

[@FG-bu3jp]

Yeah but new york summers are brutal.

[@khatzeye]

I lived in Arizona for a decade. I was pregnant in 120 degree weather. I moved back to NYC (shh I know, kicking myself still) 4 years ago, I rather deal with the daily triple digit temperatures in Phoenix than deal with a NYC summer, deadass 😂 people think I’m crazy when I say this but believe me, the heat is worse here. Maybe the humidity plays a role but NYC is unbearable during the summer.

[@trustnoone3007]

The humidity is what makes it worse and hotter. If you’re saying NY is worse than Phoenix, then I be damn….

[@khatzeye]

@@trustnoone3007 lmao 🤣

[@ScareCrow84543]

Nah seriously, i went on vacation to Arizona 2 summers ago during July. It was 111 degrees daily, but still doesn’t feel as bad as NYC heat because the air in Arizona is dry.

[@khatzeye]

@@ScareCrow84543 lol see!

[@erykahhoney588]

As someone from the west coast who now lives on the East.. I know exactly what you’re talking about. NYC heat hits different. I can’t deal

[@ice319]

I can guarantee you, it's even hotter in the tunnels on the tracks. How do I know? I'm a supervisor who has to regular walk the tracks to get to our diesel trains when they are out there working. It's a sauna down there. Be safe all. This heat is dangerous.

[@dimka2006]

Wow, ABC uncovered that NY subway stations are… hot in the summer, every summer! Sensational!! 😂😂😂

[@andreas11735]

Breaking news from Capt. Obvious

[@curiousnomadic]

All gangster till people start dying

[@Dmoneydbl07]

Duh!

[@GenF91]

I was just down there on the Herald Square station last weekend. And it is indeed hot. Stay cool everyone.

[@rescuegirl]

Subway temperatures in NYC have been unbearable since forever ago. Must be a slow news day. 😂

[@sollyparker3947]

filler story

[@CRCC830]

union square and herald square stations are the worst. i’ve never sweated like that standing still at 3am going home

[@Natalia_Gonazalo.gonzales]

It's called SUMMER ☀️

[@babayaga2977]

THANK YOU!!!

[@leviathancain5822]

The performance @2:35 looked absolutely pathetic.😅

[@ColinoDeani]

yea.. bring back the guy with the dancing puppets lol

[@FORBIDCharlie1986]

That guy makes $45 per hour. More during the holidays. I spent a whole day with him, you gotta give props to to him for the hustle. He picked a good spot.

[@frankscalera7076]

Can’t wait for the fall nothing to enjoy about the summer it’s very humid hot as hell

[@southbronxny5727]

It's been like that for over a century.....whats the problem?

[@slacktoryrecords4193]

Oh, it’s a problem. Make no mistake.

[@manofwisdom000]

You’re slow…it’s not suppose to be overheated in the subway underground, especially in modern times.

[@foisixes677]

Wait 10 minutes for a train in the summer and tell me there's no problem

[@southbronxny5727]

@@manofwisdom000’Not supposed to be hot’….do you mean their should be a/c in all hot stations by now? If so, we gonna need to reopen the Indian point nuclear power plant to juice it all. Also, replace all power lines to deliver all that extra juice.

[@southbronxny5727]

@@foisixes677The only problem I see is New Yorkers have become soft, cry babies as of late. We haven’t even hit 100 degrees or more in over 15 years and they complaining about the heat?…..it was way hotter decades ago…..realize the climate change fear mongering and get over it.

[@SBmasta441]

The broadway-lafeyette and 59th st stations are some of the worst

[@sparky3869]

If you ride the #1 train and cars are without AC. I told the conductor and, do you think that they will put that train out of service. That same train is still in service today, still without AC

[@Jcb12822]

Stop misinforming, the #1 train definitely has AC

[@rosethrawn]

The fact that the MTA still hasn’t provided cooling systems in most major train stations, proves they don’t give a damn about their customers. They want more money for what, exactly? They never used their funds to better these stations.

[@ftwitsucks]

30 billion a fucking year

[@Ryan-he2qz]

Those subway are old systems design for cold winter weather. We have global warming this is deadly. We have to pressure MTA to do better. They feal very comfortable of their doings

[@thatdawg2021]

Broadway lafayette is absolutely the worst, theres 0 ventilation and people are sweating while sitting including me. Its so bad

Fuck the MTA for neglecting to install air-conditioning in EVERY damn station in New York City!!! Serious negligence on their part.

[@duckmercy11]

I think the system was built before AC was invented. Way too expensive and inconvenient to retrofit.

[@silverskyscraper1179]

One correction for you. You used the word “Subway” a lot when you was talking about the train car. But you didn’t say Subway platform when you was on the platform. My point is when you go down in the Subway. The Subway is the whole thing not just the train car. So to some things up. THE SUBWAY WAS HOT!!! Waiting on the hot subway platform for the “train” was no joke. 😡🥵

[@vsboy2577]

Air conditioning is the greatest invention ever made

[@History_Coffee]

It absolutely boggles the mind how it could be hot in a metal tube in summer I AM IN SHOCK

[@annoyedok321]

Washington DC's is cool. Also doesn't smell of urine.

[@History_Coffee]

@@annoyedok321 fair point

[@AXiao121]

Tokyo, Kyoto, Taipei, Seoul subway tunnels are all clean and ventilated/AC-ed

[@ftwitsucks]

Where do you live?

[@GelasiaWilliams-o8h]

Awesome 👏

[@jameylane1591]

Lived in Brooklyn in the 90s. Don't EVER remember the subways ever being nice and cool in the summer.

[@pokFryRicebich]

It's not that bad weekdays because trains come.every 4- 7 minutes.On Weekends when there is no E Trains it's hell in the subways. Few 6 train and completely packed trains with people jam packed together and it's scorching hot. MTA do better

[@Enchanteralle]

So glad I am not visiting and taking the subway there now. I was there in late April and it was not hot. Brutal summer with humidity underground with no AC.....terrible. With so much $, not even a penny is spent on subway stations and trains that New Yorkers rely on to get around. It's also dirty so I can't imagine heat mix with the smell of piss underground.

[@ForestNinjaZero]

The only real problem is that A/C is not always functional on train cars - sometimes windows open, or completely dead A/C. No one expects to stand in the subway long enough for high temps to become a personal problem.

[@Helux1957]

Yeah, being on subway platforms in summer is torture. But I remember having to take the subway when the cars WERE NOT air-conditioned. So I'll be happy, for that.

[@7sonero7]

Remember those hot summer days when you were lucky to get a train with good AC .. And if your train stopped without AC and lights between stations, it was a steam bath ... 😂

[@justarandomchannelonyt]

There should be AC in there. Every station underground is just too hot

[@giovanniperticaro1623]

If they put ac on every platform a metro card would instantly jump to $ 5 for a single ride after analyzing the cost they would raise it

[@Patchy682bestbus]

2:25 the entirety of the second avenue subway has it, WTC-Cortlandt also has it as well

[@izyman5]

I go to work 4 days a week and get off at the Union Square subway station. My last job, I got off at the 34th St. Heard Square station. Let me tell y'all, ALL SUBWAY STATIONS ARE NOT CREATED EQUAL! THOSE TWO SUBWAY STATIONS GIVE ME ENOUGH SWEAT TO LAST ME THE WHOLE DAY! WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS NYC!!!!

[@jordancarson]

Anthony is baking in that black polo.

[@09_John]

They must of not heard if 181st on the 1

[@Jcb12822]

💯

[@AaronMohammed-v6v]

MTA SERVICE BUSES MTA OK is OK

[@TonyTurner]

There's been many times this summer and past summers, I go on to certain cars of the train with no AC at all. Gotta hop off every stop to find the one with running AC 😬❄

[@davidfromamerica1871]

Crime in NYC Subways is also at. “Uncomfortable Levels”

[@1marcelfilms]

Quiet or else = bigot/racist

[@AaronMohammed-v6v]

BECAREFUL OUT THERE in THERE OK

[@Millennial_Matriarch]

Here in New York for the first time, and honestly it felt like home lol. I’m a Houstonian who happened to plan this trip the same week as Beryl. Hope I go home to power tomorrow. Brooklyn and Manhattan don’t owe me nothing. Love the bustle of the city.

[@theotheleo6830]

What do you want them to do about it? It's an open system. You can use a personal cooling device.

[@okwatever3582]

Many other places in the world has AC and/or ventilation in their underground tunnels and platforms. But nyc metro, feels like a frickin sauna on a summer day.

[@tinytim4657]

This is why I stopped taking the train

[@PSbark]

The Governor needs to hear about this. Oh, wait!

[@Strongboy1770]

Governess

[@evanetter]

I remember when they started cooling Grand Central platforms, I thought it was the most amazing thing ever

[@farrockqns3759]

No complaints about the trains not having AC is crazy cause the 1 and 6 trains you sometimes have to switch to about 4 cars before you get one that barely working

[@wileecoyote5749]

All the heat from subway cars being released into surroundings. All that hot air from A/C heat exchange going to platforms

[@KenNYC212]

LOFL!! This hardly qualifies as "news". 😂 Yes, the subway cars are (sometimes) air conditioned... Luckily you're just magically teleported to one and never have to wait on a 102 degree platform for 10 minutes first to get to one. What, ABC7 reporter, did you just move to NYC yesterday??? Hahaaaa 😂😂😂

[@MainMan7012]

This is not news.

[@TrollingWithTheTruth]

34th Herald is da worse by far

[@AmusingPlayer]

under-developed subway systems just shows how much money someone working in the MTA Is laundering into their pockets. Where is all the money going!!!

[@fredwat383]

Did I see a man wearing a gold chain ?

[@Tortilla.Reform]

This reporter went to journalism school for this 😂

[@brittanyamankwahh]

once i payed for the train, got into the station and actually had to leave wait for my train outside then repay to catch it. I was actually going to have a heat stroke down there

[@gcc9588]

Uncomfortable is an understatement.

[@bxlegenddeemoney6056]

59th street on the East & West are boiling train stations.... park place trainstation is a oven

[@mdeborah827]

The old South Ferry station was the definition of Hades.

[@monclerboii]

shouldn’t they install fans that spray light mist in these areas. a lot of counties have that in public areas.

[@laqutis]

It's 118 on Vegas. Stop whining.

[@albundy06]

There is a difference between the heat in desert outside and walking into a subway station underground and it's about 100 degrees with no fresh air or airflow. The smell, the quality of the air etc all matters. My current location the average high for two months of the summer is over 90. It's humid and many of those days it's upper 90s and humid. It's not too bad. Compared to walking into these stations and standing there it's feels like a cool crisp fall day.

[@jerrahhh]

this just in! water is wet, sun is hot. guess we for get that every summer eh? its summer. when is it ever comfy in the summer in ny.. wtf do u expect ?

[@hhydar883]

Where is all that NYC money going. Isn't the city so f**king rich.

[@ivyrose812]

Eric Adams and the city council, please more trees and more greenery everywhere. Thank you.

[@2011Savere]

Why is he saying it’s cooler? The whole point is it’s hotter.

[@beachchurch562]

It can sometimes be worse in LA. We should know because our pastor uses the LA Metro subway to get around.

[@SRRMCS]

the folks must be stinky

[@bennyhundo9131]

when its hot like this, the oncoming train wind cools u down

[@thomasjgour4678]

This guy has one of those ipcc thermometers that shows a few extra degrees

[@MonsyurrDuck]

can we stop reporting that it's hot in the summer?

[@SJ-kf5zh]

Did they really just give them a gallon of water for them to drink🤣🤣🤣

[@lacyperkz]

Nahh dead ass it was hell down there

[@arzhangsadeghi]

Temperatures reach uncomfortable levels in NYC homes too and thanks to con edison I can't do anything about it !!

[@fckinasshoe17]

Actually no. 34th herald square is literally the pits of hell. Its even red n three levels down.

[@cdchannel]

SMH don't now why it's so difficult for them to put some fans down there.

[@talesfromthehoodtv503]

Alot of stations are bad,the 6 train has no A.C,71st and Jamaica center are like Hell, literally, that's why i hop every day

[@strawberriebabieex3]

very useful and creative reporting. good job.

[@Awesome_Aasim]

You can blame the overuse of A/C as to the reason a lot of stations are hot. Having platform screen doors would improve the efficacy of any station air conditioning and would ensure that heat moved out by train A/C units stays in tunnels rather than moving to stations.

[@sollyparker3947]

Did that girl say..........."dont go on the first date where u have to be on the platform"??? Who the hell would use the subway if they had a date

[@ft9kop]

Most regular new yorkers

[@sollyparker3947]

@@ft9kop someone is dressed to impressed and would get on the dirty subway? No cab? No Uber??

[@ft9kop]

@@sollyparker3947 the subway is not dirty if you know how to look. If it's dirty don't sit, grab a hand bar and stand. Cabs and Uber are too expensive. Bring wet wipes to clean the seat.

[@sollyparker3947]

@@ft9kop just figured someone didnt want to get stabbed or robbed before their date

[@franksanders9677]

It's like walking to he'll, I was at bowery station

[@pitt5674]

as a resident here this is normal

[@madisonknight10]

I dont like that some comments are being critical

[@AnythingJW]

NY subway is far better than most of European subways where there are no air conditioning

[@Soldimar]

Its been like that for years.

[@wileecoyote5749]

Since forever its been a furnace in summer

[@cyabits1]

Its the fucking subway your all complaining like its something new.

[@vsoraya]

MTA is always pretending they are improving the system. It is unbearable wait for trains in some stations. Try Canal Street, and Spring Street stations.

[@ruzzelladrian907]

Union Square Station is Air Fryer Station.

[@juanvga]

Fahrenheit???? WTF is that????

[@Flatfourdetailing]

The MTA gonna blame this on congestion pricing knowing danm well this should’ve been done long ago

[@Iamme516]

What? Is hot in the subway? What a shocker.

[@Jzak25]

Not pointing fingers, but maybe just MAYBE the heat was generated by the AC from that station booth w ONE employee inside and the heat from the train ACs. More AC units mean more heat will be generated, and more trains at a given station means more AC unit active at any given time. Of course, the poor air circulation in the subway system would trap the heat in the stations for a prolonged period of time.

[@hzzn]

Union sq station is the perfect place to be on a 95 degree day.

[@sfd672]

So basically the central line.

[@micvic83]

Hoboken PATH Station is always brutal