6 (New York City Subway Service) - in Popular Culture

In Popular Culture

• Justin Townes Earle's "Working for the MTA" describes the 6 train from the perspective of the driver.
• In the novel The Taking of Pelham One Two Three and the films based on it, a 6 train that originated in Pelham Bay Park Station was hijacked, and hostages were held inside a subway car.
• After his first visit to NYC in 1969, Rubén Blades wrote the song "El número seis" about waiting for the 6 train. He never recorded it, but it was recorded in 1975 by Bobby Rodríguez y la Compañía in 1975, Los Soneros del Barrio in 1999, and Jimmy Sabater with Son Boricua in 2002.
• When she was growing up, Jennifer Lopez regularly rode a 6 train into Manhattan to go to her dance studio. Her debut 1999 album is called On the 6, a reference to the train.
• Mark Wahlberg rides the 6 (R29/36 cars) in the movie The Yards.
• On January 22, 2006, eight members of the Improv Everywhere comedy troupe were arrested on a 6 train after participating in a city-wide prank dubbed "No Pants". They have before and since performed several other pranks on the 6 train.
• In the 2000 movie, Boiler Room, the main character, Seth, mentions that the brokers at his firm act like they "just got off the 6 train to Fulton Street." The 6 train, however, does not stop at Fulton Street.
• A scene in Kids takes place on the 6 train, including shots of a legless panhandler on a skateboard.
• In the How I Met Your Mother episode Lucky Penny, Barney Stinson gets stuck on a 6 train when he becomes unable to move his legs.