Crime & Safety

See It: Impromptu Dance Party, Hookah Bar On MTA Bus Goes Viral

The "party bus" — as one video dubbed it — was taken over by maskless merrymakers early Sunday at a Queens depot, reports say.

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The "party bus" — as videos dubbed it — was taken over by maskless merrymakers early Sunday at a Queens depot, reports say.
The "party bus" — as videos dubbed it — was taken over by maskless merrymakers early Sunday at a Queens depot, reports say. (Courtesy of Tim Lee)

NEW YORK CITY — Call it the pandemic party bus.

Viral videos show coronavirus carousers huffing hookahs, bumping beats and busting moves on an MTA bus. The maskless merrymakers packed the parked bus early Sunday while it idled at a Queens depot,Good Morning America first reported.

Gothamist reported the bus' driver pulled away from Grand Avenue Bus Depot at about 3:35 a.m. when double-parked cars blocked the exit. It's then that a crowd rushed onto the bus and turned it into the "party bus" described in the videos.

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MTA denounced the incident and NYPD is investigating the incident, according to the reports.

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