Will Magnets Solve Roosevelt Island Pooping Pigeon Problem At F Train Subway Station
Roosevelt Island F Subway Station Rafters Filled With Pigeon DroppingsA reader of this NY Times City Room Blog post on the Failing F train commented (#10) on the disgusting condition of pigeon poop all over the Roosevelt Island subway station:
I’ve lived in NYC all my life, but am really disgusted by the F station on RI where I live. Pigeons are allowed to roost inside the station and the floors and turnstiles are covered daily by droppings. The ceiling has been draped with netting in attempt to discourage the pigeons from entering the station, but they somehow fly in anyway. Because of this, birds still flap around above, the netting has become filled with feathers and pigeon droppings, and the escalators and handrails are targeted with pigeon poop. This is a high-volume subway station on a very busy subway line, and it is filthy. Additionally, on the Manhattan-bound platform, water can be heard gushing behind a metal door. I’m not a structural engineer but I’m thinking that’s not good.
Roosevelt Island F Subway Station Turnstle Bird DroppingsRIOC Director Jonathan Kalkin addressed this issue with RIOC staff and reports:
I discussed with everyone the bird problem and they stated that they are going to try putting magnets in the subway station. A revolving door would solve the problem too, but it is not ADA compliant. They could board up the area where the birds go, but that could kill off the present birds and would not be aesthetically pleasing.I don't know about magnets but I do know it might help if people would stop throwing food at them and feeding them. I see this quite often, particularly at the Starbucks patio where people throw their crumbs at one or two pigeons and then a huge flock of them fly over to battle over the pieces.
Staff at RIOC said that pigeons do not like magnets. It interferes with the homing ability. I do not know if this will work and am looking into several other alternatives at the moment.
More Roosevelt Island Subway pigeon poop from earlier posts.
3 comments :
That thing with the magnets seems to be real: http://www.pnas.org/content/68/1/102.abstract. Let's hope it will work.
The water rushing behind the door on the Manhattan platform is a relict from a water pipe problem two years or so ago. Instead of actually fixing it the MTA decided to put extra piping in that catches the water and drains it. Before that water just flowed across the platform for a while. I would love to know why they cannot fix the problem for good.
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