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Usually, the scariest thing about your subway map is realizing how many transfers stand between you and your destination. This Halloween, the MTA has added some actual ghosts—and a reason to seek out a paper map even if your phone has been doing the navigating for years.
The transit agency is handing out limited-edition “Boo York City Subway” maps as part of a Halloween celebration that also includes spooky station signs, collectible stickers and a separate “Haunted Rail” map for commuter railroad riders.
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If you want the subway version, make your plans now: the remaining announced giveaway takes place today, Friday, October 30, from 3pm to 5pm at Court Square station in Queens, while supplies last. The orange-and-black maps feature ghosts, bats and station names that have undergone some seasonal wordplay. Among the agency’s Halloween creations: “Slime Sq-42 Street,” “Chambers St of Horrors” and “Frighton Beach.” Commuter rail passengers get “Ghoul Central Terminal” and “Valley Scream.”
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The MTA is also temporarily displaying Halloween station names at selected locations, with two subway locations per borough and additional railroad stops included in the celebration. “We have created collectors’ maps, one for the subway and one for the railroad, as well as a whole host of stickers that we have repurposed with fun station names,” MTA chief customer officer Shanifah Rieara told amNewYork.
If you miss the map handout, you can still hunt down a smaller souvenir. Halloween subway stickers are available while supplies last at station Customer Service Centers, with each location carrying designs specific to its borough. Haunted railroad stickers are available at Grand Central Madison.
Participating subway Customer Service Centers include Times Sq–42 St, Atlantic Av–Barclays Ctr, Jackson Hts–Roosevelt Av and 161 St–Yankee Stadium, among others. Those station centers are staffed around the clock.
One crucial distinction before you embark on a souvenir scavenger hunt: Customer Service Centers do not have the Halloween maps. For those, today’s Court Square window is your appointment.