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It’s the underpass that smells like underpants.
The Fulton Street subway stop on the G line in Fort Greene is the site of a smelly mystery. An unknown stench fills the underpass connecting Brooklyn-bound trains to Queens-bound trains — but it’s unclear where the smell is coming from because the underpass is actually clean and well maintained.
Riders don’t know what to make of it.
“It made me want to throw up,” said Rashell Jenkins, “It’s disgusting, it smells like a bathroom.”
“It smells like urine in an open space,” added Joshua Fried of Williamsburg, “I think it’s refrigerated and that affects the smell.”
“It smells like that everyday,” added Charlie M. of Queens, who rides the line each day.
“It smells like a dead body, that’s exactly what a dead body smells like,” added another rider, who did not want to give her name.
MTA New York City Transit did not return our call about the abominable underpass, but the agency’s Web site says it is putting aside billions to restore and improve the entire system.
Can they afford a little Mr. Clean?
©2007 The Brooklyn Paper
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