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New Yorkers snap up discarded subway signs, seats at annual sale

The two-day sale draws about 4,000 people each year, with signs, seats and retired MetroCards selling to collectors and the public.

Summary by France24
In south Brooklyn, shoppers hoping to get a slice of the city's transit service waited for hours to trawl through an open-air market organized by city authorities. Each person gets a maximum of 45 minutes to search, allowing others to come in after them. Nori Juba, 61, found what he was looking for: a large sign bearing the name of Grand Central station, along with the numbers of the subway lines he takes every day. The train system is "old an…

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France24 broke the news in Issy-les-Moulineaux, France on Sunday, October 11, 2026.
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