Gothamist
A non-profit newsroom, powered by WNYC.
Gothamist
Listen Live
News
7 Scary St. Paddy's Day Videos To Prepare You For LIRR & MetroNorth Tomorrow
By
Garth Johnston
Published Mar 15, 2013
Modified Mar 15, 2013
Share
FacebookTwitterRedditEmail
Never miss a story
Email address
By submitting your information, you're agreeing to receive communications from New York Public Radio in accordance with our Terms .
By
Garth Johnston
Published Mar 15, 2013
Modified Mar 15, 2013
Share
FacebookTwitterRedditEmail
We rely on your support to make local news available to all
Make your contribution now and help Gothamist thrive in 2026. Donate today
Gothamist is funded by sponsors and member donations
We're well into St. Patrick's Day Month here in the New York area—the season really kicked off with the ritual booing of the Bloomberg in the Rockaways—but tomorrow, Saturday the 16th, marks the height of the season when leprechauns from around the Tri-State area flow like so much vomit into the canyons of Manhattan to celebrate somebody's Irish heritage. Which is to say, you want to stay the hell away from LIRR and MetroNorth trains tomorrow. Don't believe us? We've got audio/visual evidence to back us up!
Each year Manhattan's St. Patrick's Day Parade pulls in thousands of revelers from all over. So many people flock to the parade (which starts this year at 11 a.m. at 44th Street and Fifth Avenue) using commuter rails that the MTA actually has extra inbound LIRR and "Metr O'North" (their name, not ours) trains. And though the MTA, as usual, is promising to do its best to keep the trains calm (translation: ABSOLUTELY NO BOOZE ALLOWED) it won't make a lick of difference. Each year amidst the haze of a serious St. Pat's hangover green-tinted videos start popping up of the previous day's railroad debauchery. In fact, it already began after last weekend's New Haven parade:
See what we mean? If you are even still contemplating riding the LIRR or MetroNorth tomorrow, perhaps you need to take a few minutes to watch the below videos and ask yourself: do you really hate your life so much as to subject yourself to this kind of crap IRL?
To start, let's look at last year's instant classic luggage rack racing incident:
And then there was this St. Patrick's train fight last year:
And also these inebriated folk on the LIRR last year:
And here's some riders cheering the exit of St. Patrick's Day fans on the LIRR in 2011:
And some serious early morning partying in 2010:
And finally a 2010 drunken MetroNorth fight in in 2010:
But if you absolutely MUST ride the rails tomorrow, here is the details on the extra service being added to the LIRR and MetroNorth.
Tagged
drunk
irish
life is too short
lirr
metronorth
MTA
psa
st. patrick's day
st patrick's month
original
Garth Johnston
Read more
Gothamist is funded by sponsors and member donations
Gothamist is funded by sponsors and member donations
MORE news
A fifth person dies after a medical emergency in NYPD custody this year
A 48-year-old man was held for roughly 20 hours at Brooklyn Central Booking before he collapsed in his cell. He died three weeks later, and the medical examiner has not determined a cause.
By
Charles Lane
Published Sep 11, 2026 at 4:08 p.m. ET
Park Slope locals outraged by catnapping of bodega kitten: ‘It’s unconscionable’
The cat caper has the neighborhood up in arms and on the hunt for a couple caught on surveillance camera walking away with the 3-month-old white kitten.
By
Stephen Nessen
News
Park Slope locals outraged by catnapping of bodega kitten: ‘It’s unconscionable’
The cat caper has the neighborhood up in arms and on the hunt for a couple caught on surveillance camera walking away with the 3-month-old white kitten.
By
Stephen Nessen
5 Bronx buildings had no recent record of monthly testing before Legionnaires’ outbreak
By
Joe Hong
Cluster of community cats found dead in Brooklyn. Locals worry they were poisoned.
By
Catalina Gonella
City-backed nonprofit grocery stores have come to Newark
By
Michael Sol Warren
Never miss a story
Catch up on the most important headlines with a roundup of essential NYC stories, delivered to your inbox daily.
Sign upEmail address
By submitting your information, you're agreeing to receive communications from New York Public Radio in accordance with our Terms .