Union Street Ads it Up
The perpetually cash-strapped MTA is apparently going to be swelling its coffers by allowing advertisers to target straphangers who use the Union Street subway station. Over the past couple days we’ve seen workers putting up frames at the formerly ad-free station. Though we’ve been fans of Union Street’s sparse look, we’re going to take solace…
The perpetually cash-strapped MTA is apparently going to be swelling its coffers by allowing advertisers to target straphangers who use the Union Street subway station. Over the past couple days we’ve seen workers putting up frames at the formerly ad-free station. Though we’ve been fans of Union Street’s sparse look, we’re going to take solace in the fact that the Gowanus/Park Slope R stop is not likely to be sponsored by Mickey & Co. any time soon. Anyone noticed ads being introduced to other Brooklyn stations? GMAP
yeah only ignorant people who believe whole societies/ economies of 8.4 million people should operate like a commune of 24 people would gripe so much about ads. Let’s be realistic. You think the bloggers at Brownstoner get a free place to live and free food because they contribute to society by providing a real estate blog? No, look to your right, idiots. Otherwise, you’d have to pay to read this, and since no one wants to pay for anything, it just wouldn’t exist. Same thing for the subway ads. They keep fares down.
Frames for ads appeared in the 9th Street station this morning.
And yes, as a previous poster asked, why is the 9th Street station so repulsively filthy? The tracks always have a disgusting brown canal of garbage-filled water between them.
As for TVs in the stations – no, absolutely not. What’s next, direct to retina advertising?
The same people that complain about the ads will be those who cry loudest when fares are increased. Peeps just need something to gripe about. Like most people who’ve posted here, the ads seem to me like an easy, unobtrusive way to generate revenue. On the PATH, there’s advertisements in-between stations that play like a movie as the train rolls by. Pretty cool.
TV’s in the subway? Do we need more TV screens everywhere? They’re ugly and a nuisance. And isn’t something wrong with the tax structure if the MTA is “cash-strapped” at a boom time in the city like this? Advertising is not the right answer. I don’t want to live in a world where every direction I see another ad.
tvs are a good idea, but i can totally see them getting vandalized or stolen, or those activists artists spraypainting hip-looking stencils over them to make a statement about the televion/ consummerism culture being pushed on us.
None noticed in Brooklyn, but at the Park Place/Chambers St. station lower manhattan they have added a bunch.
Fine with me if it keeps fares down.
Another good idea that kills two birds with one stone (brings revenues and soothes bored frustrated commuters waiting for trains) would be TV’s hanging from the ceilings on the platforms. A major news network could pay for exclusive rights to certain stations. Nobody should add more noise to the din of NYC, so the TV’s should be subtitled in lieu of sound.
This is a no-brainer. With all the people streaming through the subway station 24-hours a day, it’s the most obvious revenue stream, only I can imagine that they’re probably not charging enough for the ads, knowing the MTA. The city also gives free advertising on the mass transit system to television and film production studios as an incentive to shoot here because it creates jobs, and television and movie-related tourism is a huge draw, also creating jobs and bringing money into the city. Subway advertising is a great, underutalized asset here. Not that I’m a huge fan of advertising, but it’s silly that there isn’t more ad space in the subway system. A total waste. How do you think Brownstoner pays for itself? (Hint: Look to the right)
A somewhat related question. Why is Union Street relatively clean, while the nearby 9th Street “R” stop is filthy (dirty platform, garbage on tracks)?