Traffic & Transit
Video: Thanksgiving Dinner Served On L Train
New Yorkers are usually stuffing themselves into L trains. These straphangers were stuffing themselves on an L train.
NEW YORK CITY — If you can't always give thanks for the subway, at least you can give thanks on the subway.
L train straphangers served up a massive Thanksgiving dinner on a Brooklyn L train Sunday night, according to video taken by Andrew Toranzo on his way home.
"[I] randomly came across this group serving thanksgiving dishes to everyone," Toranzo told Patch via Instagram. "Never saw so many people smiling on the subway before!!"
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The group set up a full spread on a cloth-draped table as the train approached Graham Avenue, the video shows.
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"Everybody get their plates, sit down and eat," one riders shouts.
The crowd on the train takes pictures and laughs.
This is not the first time a subway car has hosted a festive, celebratory dinner. Last year, a Brooklyn woman had a lobster dinner with friends on the J train to celebrate her birthday.
Patch editor Gus Saltonstall contributed TikTok expertise to this report.
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