These Six Brooklyn Subway Stations Have Wi-Fi, and Now, Subway Reads

For the rest of the summer, the New York City subway will become a haven for bookworms thanks to the MTA’s new “Subway Reads” program. The program, a partnership with Penguin Random House, was announced by Governor Cuomo on Sunday and celebrates the milestone installation of Wi-Fi in 175 stations — including six in Brooklyn — by providing straphangers free access to five short stories and excerpts from 175 books.

The literature samples can be accessed by logging into Transit Wireless’ network while at any of the Wi-Fi-capable stations. Samples include an excerpt from Brooklyn based author Jonathan Lethem’s novel Motherless Brooklyn and Walt Whitman’s classic “Crossing on the Brooklyn Ferry,” dubbed by a press release to be, “the best commuting poem ever.”

For the time being, Kings County’s Wi-Fi-capable stations are sequestered in North Brooklyn on the G and L lines. The L line’s Bedford Avenue, Lorimer Street and Graham Avenue and the G line’s Greenpoint Avenue, Nassau Avenue and Metropolitan Avenue are currently the only borough stations where Subway Reads can be accessed.

For a comprehensive map of New York City subway stations that currently have wi-fi, see Transit Wireless’s map.

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