{"id":542798,"date":"2010-04-25T13:17:28","date_gmt":"2010-04-25T17:17:28","guid":{"rendered":"tag:consumerist.com,2010:\/\/1.10004952"},"modified":"2010-04-25T13:23:01","modified_gmt":"2010-04-25T17:23:01","slug":"get-full-access-to-nyc-subways-for-27","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/542798","title":{"rendered":"Get Full Access To NYC Subways For $27"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/consumerist.com\/assets_c\/2010\/04\/subwaydudes-thumb-332x294-39690.jpg\">         <\/p>\n<p>Want to save a few bucks next time you visit New York City? Pick up one of these handy keys that can open the entrance to every subway gate and turnstile in the city&#8217;s transit system for just $27. Just be ready to be locked away without a key if you get caught, since the all-access passes are illegal.<\/p>\n<p>The New York Daily News tried out one of the keys, which are supposed to be used only by transit workers and police. <\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\nThe Daily News tried out the key at 15 stations across the city, including Yankee Stadium  on the B line in the Bronx, Junction Blvd. on the No. 7 in Queens and 68 St. on the Lexington Ave. line.<\/p>\n<p>It worked every time.<\/p>\n<p>Police said scammers are not only riding around for free, they are furtively selling entry to the subways for less than the $2.25 fare at unstaffed entrances.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>According to the Daily News, the keys can be purchased from rogue transit workers. &#8220;If you find an area that&#8217;s not supervised by the police, you&#8217;re in. It&#8217;s like a key to the city,&#8221; one satisfied customer told the newspaper. The NYPD has arrested 15 suspects this year for using the keys.  <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nydailynews.com\/ny_local\/2010\/04\/25\/2010-04-25_thieves_own_the_subway_for_27_get_magic_keys_that_open_the_gates_at_468_stations.html\" >Get magic keys that open the gates at 468 subway stations for only $27<\/a> [New York Daily News]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Want to save a few bucks next time you visit New York City? Pick up one of these handy keys that can open the entrance to every subway gate and turnstile in the city&#8217;s transit system for just $27. Just be ready to be locked away without a key if you get caught, since the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4311,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-542798","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/542798","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4311"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=542798"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/542798\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=542798"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=542798"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=542798"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}