When Nature Attacks, 18th Avenue N-Train Station Edition

The perfect shave – passing N-trains keep the branches trimmed in the exact shape of the top of a subway car. Photos and video: Brian Hedden

A battle is being fought between nature and the trains of NYC Transit’s N-line. Branches from some sort of vegetation – I hesitate to give it a name – have been hanging off the wall over the Coney Island-bound platform of the 18th Avenue Station, to the point where they are making physical contact with every train that goes past. For the most part, this isn’t really posing any problem – the passing trains keep the branches trimmed at the point of contact.

This bad boy, however, has made it through the blockade. It snakes it way around the passing trains, and directly over the platform. And…

…I kinda wonder how many more whacks it can take before it breaks off and smacks somebody across the face.