• Sign In Sign Up
    0 (facebook user) User Name
    • + New Post
    • Notifications 0
    • My Feed
    • Viral Dashboard
    • Website Tracking
    • Settings
    • Switch Feeds/Users
    • Create a New Feed
    • Sign Out
  • + New Post
  • Dashboard
  • Advertise
  • Just Launched

BuzzFeed

  • LOL
  • Win
  • OMG
  • Cute
  • Geeky
  • Trashy
  • Fail
  • WTF?
  • facebook
  • twitter
  • stumbleupon
  • Politics
  • Tech
  • Lifestyle
  • Sports
  • Animals
  • What’s Hot
    • Viral On The Web
    • Top 20 On BuzzFeed
    • Badge Winners
    • Most Shared
  • More
    • Culture
    • Celebrity
    • Movies
    • Games
    • TV
    • Music
    • Style
    • Food
    • Business
    • Science
    • Gross/Ew
    • Add Yours!
Weird Things Your Favorite Teen And Child Stars Are Up To…
Kids Invent Edible Diamond Slippers, Champagne Soup For Q…
86 Surprising Facts About Queen Elizabeth II → time.com
What You See Vs. What They See
Meet Jeff Barth, State Chess Champion And South Dakota Ho…
Time-Traveling Celebrities
5 Supposedly Fun Activities That Are Actually Terrifying → cracked.com
  • Previous
  • Random
  • Next

Your Post Has Been Launched!

Fabulous! Don't forget to share with your friends on Twitter and Facebook.

omg
geek
cute

NYC Subway Compasses

An anonymous group has sprayed compass roses outside the entrances of NYC subway stations to help people get their bearings when they come up from underground. How has this not been standard at stations before now?

Tanner Ringerud BuzzFeed Staff posted about a year ago
Follow 
 Share
75
236
Tweet
Email
55
Stumble

Check out more articles on BuzzFeed.com!

 Share on Facebook
Special Reactions
Your Reaction?
  • LOL
  • Win
  • OMG
  • WTF
  • Cute
  • Smiley
  • Original
  • Geeky
  • Fail
  • Trashy
  • Old
  • Ew
  • Love
  • Hate

You are signed in as .

Saving...
Saving...
Rebuzzed! This post has been added to your Feed
I know, right? And there’s more where that came from.
Totally! And there’s plenty more to love!
Broken hearted? Maybe you’ll like something over here instead?
Oops. It looks like you’ve already voted.
Sorry, you can react up to three times.
Share This & Help It Go Viral
Cancel
Thanks for sharing! Why not tell some other friends?
Oops! We had a problem sending your message. Please try again later.
Please Validate Your Email

Thanks for Registering! Before you can vote or contribute we need to quickly validate your email address. We’ve sent you a confirmation email with instructions. If you don’t receive the email in a few minutes, please check your spam folder.

Reconnect?

It looks like you've been disconnected from Facebook. Click the Facebook Connect button to reconnect.

Don’t Connect
236
Tweet
Stumble
Email
55
Boost
+ √

Related

  • Vintage NYC Subway Sticker ×
  • Subway’s Jared Gets Fat ×
  • Star Wars In Subway Tickets ×
  • An Astute Subway Sandwich Observation ×

Posted By
FEATURED PARTNER
  • You Will Never Be Able To Watch "Full…

  • Is This Obama's Party?

  • 25 Celebrities You Never Knew Were In Classic…

  • 40 Things That Will Make You Feel Old

Stats
6,936 Total Views
View Stats Dashboard

Tagged: compass, compass rose, compasses, new york, new york city, new york subways, nyc, subway, subways, omg, geek, cute

Article Links

  • 1

    From NYC The Blog (Who Mentioned Us Specifically)  

    nyctheblog.blogspot.com

Facebook Conversations

9 Responses So Far

  • All Responses
  • Contributions (9)
  • Reactions (81)
  • Latest
  • First
  • appleguy   NYC Subway Compasses  about a year ago ×
  • smg7320   NYC Subway Compasses and thinks it’s Geeky  about a year ago ×
  • Micah P.   NYC Subway Compasses  about a year ago ×
  • CTJen   NYC Subway Compasses  about a year ago ×
  • michellecookl   NYC Subway Compasses and thinks it’s Geeky  about a year ago ×
  • ashleyv4   NYC Subway Compasses  about a year ago ×
  • Mike V. thinks NYC Subway Compasses is Geeky  about a year ago ×
  • ATLAS has been doin this in Paris for AGES

    Jeremy S.
    a year ago
    • Respond to This ↑
    • Flag
    • Link
    • Share
    • React React
  • nemzy thinks NYC Subway Compasses is Cute  about a year ago ×
  • notfrommars thinks NYC Subway Compasses is Cute  about a year ago ×
  • angelas4   NYC Subway Compasses and thinks it’s Geeky & Cute  about a year ago ×
  • Morgan J. thinks NYC Subway Compasses is OMG & Geeky  about a year ago ×
  • Andres H. thinks NYC Subway Compasses is OMG  about a year ago ×
  • Catie J.   NYC Subway Compasses and thinks it’s Cute  about a year ago ×
  • feigninterest   NYC Subway Compasses  about a year ago ×
  • Elissar K.   NYC Subway Compasses  about a year ago ×
  • Margaux W. thinks NYC Subway Compasses is Cute  about a year ago ×
  • Jerry L. thinks NYC Subway Compasses is Geeky, Cute & LOL  about a year ago ×
  • doctorrd thinks NYC Subway Compasses is Cute  about a year ago ×
  • blinkabilly thinks NYC Subway Compasses is Cute  about a year ago ×
  • WarrenTheApe   NYC Subway Compasses  about a year ago ×
  • noura   NYC Subway Compasses  about a year ago ×
  • There's an app for that! http://uptownapp.com

    Andy Clymer
    a year ago
    • Respond to This ↑
    • Flag
    • Link
    • Share
    • React React
  • JaneBozarth tweeted NYC Subway Compasses Follow · Retweet  about a year ago
  • Elizabeth K. thinks NYC Subway Compasses is Geeky  about a year ago ×
  • adametokillfor thinks NYC Subway Compasses is Cute  about a year ago ×
  • JKSxo   NYC Subway Compasses  about a year ago ×
  • Kr8z83   NYC Subway Compasses  about a year ago ×
  • Zan Z. thinks NYC Subway Compasses is OMG  about a year ago ×
  • Thank you! Now can someone in Chicago do this for us? Government?

    Jimmy Meltrigger
    a year ago
    • 2 Responses to This ↑
    • Flag
    • Link
    • Share
    • React React
  • Parker   NYC Subway Compasses  about a year ago ×
  • neonrockets thinks NYC Subway Compasses is Cute & LOL  about a year ago ×
  • Josh Zambrano   NYC Subway Compasses  about a year ago ×
  • Nathan K. thinks NYC Subway Compasses is LOL  about a year ago ×
  • turtlefeed   NYC Subway Compasses and thinks it’s OMG  about a year ago ×
  • NYC Subway Compasses is starting to get hot on Twitter Tweet It  about a year ago ×
  • Mrfrunzi   NYC Subway Compasses  about a year ago ×
  • corymilkfingers   NYC Subway Compasses and thinks it’s OMG  about a year ago ×
  • Jack B   NYC Subway Compasses  about a year ago ×
  • tararenee312 thinks NYC Subway Compasses is Geeky  about a year ago ×
  • NYC Subway Compasses is starting to get hot on Facebook Share It  about a year ago ×
  • Bout d@mn time!

    sk3p
    a year ago
    • Respond to This ↑
    • Flag
    • Link
    • Share
    • React React
  • Dan M   NYC Subway Compasses and thinks it’s Cute & OMG  about a year ago ×
  • Ryan O.   NYC Subway Compasses  about a year ago ×
  • hindmezaina   NYC Subway Compasses  about a year ago ×
  • NYC Subway Compasses was rebuzzed by hollyadams73  about a year ago ×
  • They actually did this a few years ago and I too thought it was an amazing idea. They must have run out money and didn't do any more of them… oh well. Glad someone else did. http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/17/nyregion/17direction.html

    NYGodfather
    a year ago
    • Respond to This ↑
    • Flag
    • Link
    • Share
    • React React
  • jokerfest thinks NYC Subway Compasses is Geeky  about a year ago ×
  • reesie thinks NYC Subway Compasses is Cute  about a year ago ×
  • Julia MB thinks NYC Subway Compasses is Cute & Geeky  about a year ago ×
  • Nick B.   NYC Subway Compasses and thinks it’s Geeky  about a year ago ×
  • Jamie U.   NYC Subway Compasses  about a year ago ×
  • It took over a hundred years to come up with this? I never thought of this after walking a block in the wrong direction hundreds of times? Awesome.

    Jamee S.
    a year ago
    • Respond to This ↑
    • Flag
    • Link
    • Share
    • React React
  • This is a PHENOMENAL idea. There is nothing more disorienting than emerging from a subway station! This group should come forward and take the credit — I can see a lot of marketing implications for this idea (like slap a McD's logo in the center of that compass, or add an arrow pointing to the nearest local pub, etc.) and they shouldn't miss out on those dollars!

    eliztesch
    a year ago
    • Respond to This ↑
    • Flag
    • Link
    • Share
    • React React
  • eliztesch   NYC Subway Compasses  about a year ago ×
  • Davine S.   NYC Subway Compasses and thinks it’s OMG & Cute  about a year ago ×
  • HOORAY!!! I walk in the wrong direction for at least one block, about 70% of the time. (Which is terribly embarrassing because otherwise I have a great sense of inner compass)

    Davine S.
    a year ago
    • 1 Response to This ↑
    • Flag
    • Link
    • Share
    • React React
  • keepingrightup thinks NYC Subway Compasses is OMG  about a year ago ×
  • heleneh   NYC Subway Compasses and thinks it’s Cute  about a year ago ×
  • thefo0   NYC Subway Compasses  about a year ago ×
  • Bryant T.   NYC Subway Compasses and thinks it’s OMG  about a year ago ×
  • Chrissy W.   NYC Subway Compasses  about a year ago ×
  • Paola D   NYC Subway Compasses and thinks it’s Geeky  about a year ago ×
  • fessup thinks NYC Subway Compasses is Cute  about a year ago ×
  • Courtney Lathrop thinks NYC Subway Compasses is Geeky  about a year ago ×
  • nyctheblog   NYC Subway Compasses  about a year ago ×
  • Jack Shepherd   NYC Subway Compasses  about a year ago ×
  • First, how come this is not a standard in EVERY major city where the buildings are too tall to set direction from the Sun?
    and…
    Second, as NYC is on the East coast, they couldn't mention you specifically, but they could mention you satlantically…

    maxwelldog
    a year ago
    • 2 Responses to This ↑
    • Flag
    • Link
    • Share
    • React React
  • NYC Subway Compasses was featured on the homepage  about a year ago ×

Please validate your account to contribute content.

Preview Your Response

Add Something Interesting

  • Text
  • Image
  • Video
  • Link

 

Hey! This video may have privacy restrictions. Ensure that it is publicly visible to everyone.

 

Share this on Facebook   (Connected as [Disconnect])

Connect & Share with Facebook     Cancel    ∨ Create Full Post ∧ Create Simple Post You are signed in as
(facebook user)You
(Sign Out)
Sign In or Sign Up
Sorry, it looks like you got signed out somehow. Please sign in again.
Cancel

Sign In With Facebook

Connecting to Facebook

Don’t use Facebook?
Create a New Account ›

Reset Password
  Cancel
Have an account? Sign In!
Sign Up
Sign up using your Facebook account »
Connecting to Facebook...

Connected with Facebook Connected to Facebook as .

Your name will appear along side your contributions and on your profile page.
We’ll send a conformation email to this address. It won’t appear publicly.
This will be your buzzfeed URL,
i.e. http://buzzfeed.com/johndoe
Cancel
You need a BuzzFeed account to contribute. Create one or sign in.

Connected with Facebook Connected to Facebook as .

http://www.buzzfeed.com/

Your BuzzFeed posts and profile will be on the web at this address.

Cancel
Already have a BuzzFeed account?

Please Validate Your Email

Your Response Has Been Posted

Thanks for participating. View Your Response or Add Another?

Going Viral

Obama: Bain “Is Not A Distraction, This Is What…

Hot Search

48 Things That Will Make You Feel Old

Going Viral

Obama's Biggest Mistake In The World

Posted By
FEATURED PARTNER

Partner Buzz

  • Posted By
  • Posted By
  • Posted By

Hot Buzz

20 Awesome Photos Of Money That Was Drawn On

stolioriginal

What The Blink-182 Girl Looks Like Today

classic

18 Things We Learned From “Boy Meets World”

viral

The Best Buzz
In Your Inbox

Get the best posts every morning by email.

Please Wait...

Now Buzzing

  • Meet Jeff Barth, State Chess Champion And South Dakota House Candidate

  • Listen To Awesome Gotye Parody “The Kobe That I Used To Know”

  • Why Does Facebook Camera Need to Know Your Location?

  • Disney's X-Men

  • The Best Of Prom 2012

  • Kids Invent Edible Diamond Slippers, Champagne Soup For Queen's Jubilee

  • Gavin Rossdale's Wide Range Of Emotions

  • Shaky Face

  • Not Arrogant Any More

  • Afghan Minister Threatened Dismemberment After D.C. Dinner, Official Claims

More Buzz ›
  • Copyright © 2012 BuzzFeed, Inc.
  • Made in NYC
  • Advertise
  • Store
  • Tools & More
  • Archive
  • Network
  • Legal
  • Help
  • Contact
  • Press
  • About
Preview ×
Delete ×
Edit ×
Stats ×
×
Rebuzz to:
Include a Note? (optional)
Viral Tracking ×
Get Viral Tracking for Your Site

BuzzFeed is currently working with select partners to help them track what’s hot on their sites using the same advanced social tracking and analytics tools used on BuzzFeed.com.

If you’re interested, contact us at partner@buzzfeed.com.

Crop Image ×
I know, right? Will your friends agree?
Close
Close Close

Share This Page

Cancel

Your Message Has Been Sent!

Thanks for sharing.

Sorry, We Had a Problem Sending Your Message

Please try again later.