Looking for something to help you pass the time on the subway? New Yorkers just got a great (and free!) new option.
SEE ALSO:Stuck subway passengers throw impromptu graduation for student missing his ceremonyStarting Thursday, commuters can take advantage of the Subway Library, a joint effort between the New York Public Library, Brooklyn Public Library, Queens Library, the MTA, and Transit Wireless, which provides subway riders with access to tons of material they can enjoy for free on the train for six weeks.
"The New York Public Library’s mission is to make information and knowledge accessible to all, and this exciting partnership with the MTA is certainly right on track,” said New York Public Library President Tony Marx in a press release. “By making thousands of free stories easily available to subway straphangers, we are encouraging reading, learning, and curiosity."
Score one for public transportation!
Accessing the library is super easy. All you have to do is connect to the Transit Wireless WiFi Network (available at all underground stations), go to SubwayLibrary.com, and start browsing the vast selection of material donated to the New York Public Library by publishers. You can even download it to read later.
To celebrate the launch, there's a special Subway Library train with its interior decorated to resemble the New York Public Library's famed (and recently renovated) Rose Main Reading Room, which NYPL Media Relations Director Angela Montefinise described as "REALLY cool (and not just cause I'm paid to say that)" in an email.
The exterior of the Subway Library carCredit: jeesu kim of mtaThe train is painted bright blue, orange, and purple on the outside, brandished with the words "Subway Library," and will be running between the E and F lines in Brooklyn, Manhattan, and Queens.
There's also a fun promotional aspect to the train: If you see the Subway Library train, post a picture of it using the hashtag #SubwayLibrary and the @TWWiFi handle to be automatically entered to win a Kindle Voyage. Nifty.
Check out these Subway Library reading recommendations from the New York Public Library here, and take a listen to our interview with Mohsin Hamid, whose novel Exist Westis featured on that list, below:
Happy reading!
Credit: GiphyTopicsBooksNew York CityInnovations
(责任编辑：娛樂)
Snapchat is about to explode in popularity, report says
Europe is getting its first underwater restaurant and the rest of the world should take note
6 ways founders can avoid making big mistakes while growing their company
Papa John's responds to white nationalist support of its pizza chainFyvush Finkel, Emmy winner for 'Picket Fences,' dies at 93Singapore gets world's first driverless taxis
SINGAPORE -- The world's first self-driving taxis started picking up passengers in Singapore on Thur
...[详细]Star Wars is totally trolling us with these new 'Last Jedi' posters
With 38 days to go until The Last Jediofficially opens, Lucasfilm -- and Luke Skywalker actor Mark H
...[详细]Chrissy Teigen swears she'll never use Twitter's new 280
Twitter just doubled its upper character limit, and not everyone's psyched. Especially hardcore twee
...[详细]San Juan's mayor has a message for Moe from 'The Simpsons'
Moe the bartender and San Juan Mayor Carmen Yulín Cruz both know what it's like to have paper
...[详细]Aly Raisman catches Simone Biles napping on a plane like a champion
Simone Biles is exhausted. She won five medals at the Summer Olympics in Rio, posed for selfies with
...[详细]We need this 'Stranger Things' hotel room in NYC
Whether you've yet to start or already finished Stranger Things 2, you've got some time to kill befo
...[详细]
HTC is finally getting with the times. The company's last flagship, the HTC U11, was a great device,
...[详细]San Juan's mayor has a message for Moe from 'The Simpsons'
Moe the bartender and San Juan Mayor Carmen Yulín Cruz both know what it's like to have paper
...[详细]
With the Pokémon Go fever still shaking half the world, there's bound to be plenty of trainer
...[详细]Police graffiti PSA becomes an online hit, because it's not very good
Around the world, police use social media to hopefully get their message across to the youth.Sometim
...[详细]