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New Yorkers were “sweating from everywhere” in Manhattan’s most punishing subway station during the Big Apple’s heat wave Monday — and the worst is yet to come.
Temperatures clocked in at 100 degrees on the dot at the Brooklyn Bridge-City Hall subway station, according to a thermometer brought underground by The Post — as suffering residents looked for any relief at the start of a miserably hot week.
“You’re sweating from everywhere,” Abby Figueroa, 44, said inside the station. “Not just your pits, everywhere.”
The customer service rep from the Bronx said other train stations were actually cooler than outside on the sidewalk, but not the lower Manhattan station. Outside temperatures were only slightly better at 95 degrees as of 5 p.m. Monday.
“It’s Africa down here! I’ve been to South Africa with my church, it’s Africa down here,” Figueroa said inside the station.
An uptown 6 train conductor, Calvin, also told The Post the Brooklyn Bridge stop is a real scorcher compared to other stations, blaming poor ventilation.
“What’s the hottest station in the system? This stop’s the hottest,” he said. “They got no air in here.”
Meanwhile Lisa Ferra, 49, was suffering along with her 7-year-old grandson Jordan.
“I thought it would be a little cooler down here. I feel like I’m in an oven,” Ferra said. “I’m just gonna stay home tomorrow with the air conditioning on.”
A 26-year-old subway performer from Crown Heights also condemned the Brooklyn Bridge station for its hellish conditions.
“This is the worst. 42nd Street [station] is the best, Grand Central the AC is coming right out of the vents,” Ray said. “I’m going right there. I’m going there now.”
Elsewhere, city dwellers were doing their best to stay cool in the oppressive heat.
Monika Monika, a content creator and model, took off her shirt while taking a shower on the Coney Island boardwalk.
“What am I doing to keep cool? Taking off as much clothes as possible,” the 32-year-old Coney Island resident proclaimed.
“Enjoying the rights and freedoms that America offers a woman like me in 2025 where I can freely walk around topless.”
She said she was embracing her “youth and beauty.”
“I’m skinny. I need the heat,” Monika said. “I have no body fat to keep me covered so I need the heat.”
Flatbush resident Jayda Jones, 23, and her daughter were lying under a pink umbrella on the Brooklyn beach for some relief, but had to hold their nose as some people walked by.
“It’s extremely hot. Hotter than usual but it’s bearable under this umbrella. I’m drinking my Gatorade, my water,” she said, adding. “Honestly I smelled a couple musty people out here, but that’s on them not me.”
Temperatures could be slightly hotter Tuesday, almost reaching 100 degrees and in the mid-90s on Wednesday before the weather cools down a bit the rest of the week.
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