No Pants Subway Ride NYC 2019: Here's What You Need To Know

NEW YORK – It's a worldwide event most city commuters wished they could avoid. For the 18th year in a row, the No Pants Subway Ride is filling New York's transit system with barely-clad travelers.

Now in dozens of cities, New York is the original home of the questionable event. Here's what you need to know:

No Pants Subway Ride
When: 3 p.m. on Sunday, Jan. 13.

Where: Meeting points, according to organizers the comedy group Improv Everywhere, are:

• Astoria: Meet at Hoyt Playground
• Brooklyn: Meet by the Old Stone House
• Downtown Manhattan: Meet at Foley Square
• Lower East Side: Meet at Sarah Roosevelt Park on Houston
• Uptown Manhattan: Meet at the Great Hill in Central Park
• Williamsburg / Bushwick: Meet at Maria Hernandez Park

And here's what happens:

"Sit in the car as you normally would," Improv says.

"Read on your phone or whatever you would normally do. Your team leader will have already divided you into smaller groups, assigning your group a specific stop where you will depants.

"As soon as the doors shut at the stop before yours, stand up and take your pants off and put them in your backpack. If you’d like to use a briefcase, purse, grocery bag, or whatever instead of a backpack that’s fine too. If anyone asks you why you’ve removed your pants, tell them that they were “getting uncomfortable” (or something along those lines.)"

Of course, you can just avoid the subway instead.

Image credit: Courtesy of ImprovEverywhere .com