The Bedbug Issue on the NYC Subway Continues

It was rough week.

Image via orkin.com

Two more New York City subway cars were taken out of service after bedbugs were discovered aboard them, officials say. 

The New York Daily News reports that service was suspended on a No. 5 train yesterday after a rider reportedly witnessed one fall from a homeless man's body. This was confirmed by Transport Workers Union Local 100 chairman Joe Costales.

Worse, service was stopped on another N train yesterday due to bedbugs: 

There also was more bug trouble on the N line on Friday: an entire N train was taken out of service because a motorman reported bedbugs in the cab, a transit source said.

This comes after two N trains were taken out of service earlier this week for the same problem, while a third was sent to Coney Island to be fumigated. MTA spokesman Adam Lisberg told the Daily News that the fumigation of all trains is highly unlikely: 

The subway system has 5.5 million riders every single day and we can’t check all of them for bedbugs before letting them on the train. That said, when we get reports of bedbug sightings we investigate — and exterminate. This is an interesting story but not a big problem.

In other words, speak up when you see them, but don't expect a sweeping extermination initiative.

[via New York Daily News]

Send tips, photos and news developments to cityguidetips@complex.com.

Latest in Pop Culture