Whether it ’s a delayed G string , sauna - level heat on the underground political platform , or a longsighted postponement for the heap in the rain , New Yorkers will find a elbow room to complain about public transport each and every day . The less - than - idealistic experimental condition of our public transit are part of the reason why spotting a fame on a subway or bus in New York is arguably more exciting that spotting them just about anywhere else . And even though you may flout at tourists who reach for their cellphones to take a picture , you have to accept : even the most jaded New Yorker would be frantic to see Jay - Z in a subway elevator car .
Rapper J. Cole is the most late celeb to be found slum it with the rest of us , having beenspotted ride the bus in Queensearlier this week . And he definitely is n’t the only famous person that ’s figured out that public transportation is the flying , easiest mode to get around the urban center . From Oscar winners to presidential hopefuls , here are all the celebs you omit on the tube while you were buried in a Bible or asleep on someone ’s articulatio humeri .
No shame in snapping a selfie with this platinum-selling rapper on your bus ride
Andy Cohen is all smiles taking the F train to work at Rockefeller Center
Jay Z took the subway to his concert at the Barclays Center and met the sweetest lady in New York…
… and British pop star Ed Sheeran took the subway to his concert at Radio City Music Hall back in 2013
Sir Ian McKellen bundles up on the train
Matthew Broderick tries to keep to himself…
… while his wife Sarah Jessica Parker takes the E train (in heels no less)
Tom Hanks attempts to remain incognito
Not sure if Mariah Carey’s blue gown goes with the orange subway seats
Hillary Clintonis just like you, cursing as you try to swipe your card for the fifth time
Back when she wasn’t MERYL STREEP, Meryl Streep rode the graffiti-covered subway of the ’80s
Jake Gyllenhaal’s been spotted on the subway so many times, it’s as common as seeing a rat scurry by on the train tracks
Bradley Cooper is all of us on the subway, headphones in and ignoring the world
Keanu Reeves obviously prefers subways over buses (Speed, anyone?)
Leave it to Helen Mirren to make a subway ride look chic
WhenHamiltoncreator Lin-Manuel Miranda gets an empty subway car, he takes advantage
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