NYC Cruising warning

[KeepItReal]

Take a look at this from Gothamist.

Careful when cruising in public spaces - they point to Sniffies specifically.

"Nearly 200 people were arrested or detained since the start of June for alleged public lewdness or indecent exposure in the station’s men’s bathroom near its entrance at Eighth Avenue and 31st Street, Amtrak Deputy Police Chief Martin Conway confirmed to Gothamist. NYPD data shows only 12 people were arrested for public lewdness in and around Penn Station during the first five months of the year. But the data from Amtrak shows arrests for the violation skyrocketed since then.

The bathroom is a hot spot on “cruising” apps like Sniffies, which men use to arrange public sexual encounters.

The Amtrak Police Department has deployed undercover cops into the bathroom to catch people seeking illicit meetups, according to a police officer who took part in the crackdown and asked not to be named because he was not authorized to talk about the operation."

https://gothamist.com/news/cruising-crackdown-in-penn-station-bathroom-puts-at-least-20-men-in-ice-custody

[+ BOZO T CLOWN]

2 hours ago, KeepItReal said:

Take a look at this from Gothamist.

Careful when cruising in public spaces - they point to Sniffies specifically.

"Nearly 200 people were arrested or detained since the start of June for alleged public lewdness or indecent exposure in the station’s men’s bathroom near its entrance at Eighth Avenue and 31st Street, Amtrak Deputy Police Chief Martin Conway confirmed to Gothamist. NYPD data shows only 12 people were arrested for public lewdness in and around Penn Station during the first five months of the year. But the data from Amtrak shows arrests for the violation skyrocketed since then.

The bathroom is a hot spot on “cruising” apps like Sniffies, which men use to arrange public sexual encounters.

The Amtrak Police Department has deployed undercover cops into the bathroom to catch people seeking illicit meetups, according to a police officer who took part in the crackdown and asked not to be named because he was not authorized to talk about the operation."

https://gothamist.com/news/cruising-crackdown-in-penn-station-bathroom-puts-at-least-20-men-in-ice-custody

If you're so damn horny, get yourself a cheap hotel room nearby.
According to Wikipedia, 600,000 people go through Penn Station each day. When a commuter needs to use a public bathroom, he is entitled to go to in relative tranquility, and not have to compete with people who use the stalls as their personal sex spaces for the limited availability of public restrooms at Penn Station.
Let's hope these arrests and some time in jail sends this message.

BTC
🤡

[KeepItReal]

1 hour ago, BOZO T CLOWN said:

If you're so damn horny, get yourself a cheap hotel room nearby.
According to Wikipedia, 600,000 people go through Penn Station each day. When a commuter needs to use a public bathroom, he is entitled to go to in relative tranquility, and not have to compete with people who use the stalls as their personal sex spaces for the limited availability of public restrooms at Penn Station.
Let's hope these arrests and some time in jail sends this message.

BTC
🤡

Good luck finding a cheap hotel room in midtown NYC!

 

Pro tip: if there is powdered sugar or frosting on the dude's shirt - he is probably an undercover cop!

[Wanderoz]

Beware, the Gestapo is back in so many ways:

Amtrak Police Arrests Surge at Penn Bathroom Cruising Spot | THE CITY — NYC News

WWW.THECITY.NYC

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Federal law enforcement turned a person they arrested in the transit hub directly over to ICE.

 

[Gilfson]

While entrapment is wrong. Guys really need to stop fucking in public. 

[+ APPLE1]

If you're so damn fragile that you need tranquility to take a shit, get yourself a cheap hotel room nearby, or schedule a visit with a gastroentrologist.

If 600,000 people go through Penn Station each day, I can't imagine the public bathroom at Penn Station is a tranquil, relaxing, spa like experience. When a commuter needs to use a public bathroom, he is likely headed to a dirty, crowded space, with lots of people coming and going. A commuter should be entitled to decide who he exposes his naughty bits to inside a stall and not be exposed to federal authorities sneaking a peak through cracks and crevices. 
Let's hope these arrests result in voyeurism lawsuits and the government pays out and gets the message.

Edited Saturday at 09:58 AM by APPLE1
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[+ BOZO T CLOWN]

1. Public bathrooms are shared spaces. When you engage in sexual activity in a bathroom stall you are infringing upon the rights of others.
2. Even in lawless New York,  public lewdness and indecent exposure are crimes.

If you do the crime, be prepared to be arrested and do some time. XXX Period.

BTC
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Moderator’s Edit. Let’s keep politics out of the discussion. 

[+ FrankR]

1 hour ago, BOZO T CLOWN said:

1. Public bathrooms are shared spaces. When you engage in sexual activity in a bathroom stall you are infringing upon the rights of others.
2. Even in lawless New York,  public lewdness and indecent exposure are crimes.

If you do the crime, be prepared to be arrested and do some time. Period.

BTC
🤡

 

As a New Yorker, I take offense to that. We are not lawless, we are primless!!  Get it right, darnnit!! 😆

 

i am enjoying the fake outrage. The one day New York is a nanny state with too many laws and regulations. The next day we are apparently lawless… They will always find a problem for every solution.
 

 

[BaronArtz]

“Lewdness” Arrests Up at NYC Penn Station Bathrooms, Police Likely Using Sniffies | Them

WWW.THEM.US

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20 people were reportedly arrested in a single day this month.

The men's room at Penn Station is really gross.  Especially the one at 31 and 8th.  You have to be really desperate to use that as a place for an encounter - of any kind.  But I guess that to some, that is 'exciting'.  Who am I to judge?

[KeepItReal]

2 hours ago, BaronArtz said:

“Lewdness” Arrests Up at NYC Penn Station Bathrooms, Police Likely Using Sniffies | Them

WWW.THEM.US

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20 people were reportedly arrested in a single day this month.

The men's room at Penn Station is really gross.  Especially the one at 31 and 8th.  You have to be really desperate to use that as a place for an encounter - of any kind.  But I guess that to some, that is 'exciting'.  Who am I to judge?

I agree on the gross.  What I am curious about is whether they really received complaints, as they claim, or if they are over reacting again and using Sniffies to target the gay community. It won't be the first time...a friend of mine was picked up by an undercover cop years ago at a public bathroom for doing nothing other than being gay and being there.  We were on our way to see a movie at the mall, I was paying the bill for our meal and followed him in. Was there when the cop arrested him. With my statement and a review of his arrest history, a lawyer friend demonstrated that he had been targeting gays at that mall. So yes, I am geared towards being suspicious when I read things like this.

[+ APPLE1]

1 hour ago, KeepItReal said:

I agree on the gross.  What I am curious about is whether they really received complaints, as they claim, or if they are over reacting again and using Sniffies to target the gay community. It won't be the first time...a friend of mine was picked up by an undercover cop years ago at a public bathroom for doing nothing other than being gay and being there.  We were on our way to see a movie at the mall, I was paying the bill for our meal and followed him in. Was there when the cop arrested him. With my statement and a review of his arrest history, a lawyer friend demonstrated that he had been targeting gays at that mall. So yes, I am geared towards being suspicious when I read things like this.

EXACTLY!!!  And if you read the whole story linked above it references the 2022 court settlement where the Port Authority "used discriminatory practices with plainclothes officers, falsely arresting and accusing gay, bisexual and gender nonconforming people of public lewdness and exposure in the terminal’s men’s restrooms because of their actual or perceived sexual orientation. The settlement suspended the practice, required LGBTQ+ sensitivity training and found multiple officers and the Port Authority liable for violating the Fourth and 14th Amendments."

[+ PhileasFogg]

I don’t see any indication in the article that entrapment occurred.   Absent that, characterizing this as a gestapo tactic seems harsh.  For me, I go to a public rest room for one thing - and it doesn’t involve another man and I’d prefer to know that I will be left alone while in there

Edited Sunday at 12:45 PM by PhileasFogg

[+ APPLE1]

Did you all read the last 3 paragraphs of that article ???

Seems to me the only thing allowing these tactics to proceed is that the 2022 court case was against state actors. 

[+ MikeThomas]

Just keep your dick in your pants (unless you are peeing) in public bathrooms.  Pretty simple.

[Aamir]

On 9/26/2025 at 10:18 AM, BOZO T CLOWN said:

If you're so damn horny, get yourself a cheap hotel room nearby.
According to Wikipedia, 600,000 people go through Penn Station each day. When a commuter needs to use a public bathroom, he is entitled to go to in relative tranquility, and not have to compete with people who use the stalls as their personal sex spaces for the limited availability of public restrooms at Penn Station.
Let's hope these arrests and some time in jail sends this message.

BTC
🤡

I have a dear friend who loves cruising in toilets, but thinks it's disgusting,  pathetic, and exploitative that I higher providers. Many times he's told me he hopes I get  arrested and spend some time in jail so that i stop exploiting desperate men who need the money but hate being with me.  To each his own I guess. 

[Wanderoz]

2 hours ago, FrankR said:

Existing thread here: https://www.companyofmen.org/topic/164175-nyc-cruising-warning/

Why create another??

When the search engine doesn’t work. 
Take a deep breath. You’ll get over it. 

[+ nycman]

3 hours ago, Aamir said:

I have a dear friend who loves cruising in toilets, but thinks it's disgusting,  pathetic, and exploitative that I higher providers. Many times he's told me he hopes I get  arrested and spend some time in jail so that i stop exploiting desperate men who need the money but hate being with me.  To each his own I guess. 

Get new friends.

[+ Gar1eth]

On 9/27/2025 at 7:34 AM, FrankR said:

We are not lawless, we are primless!! 

¿primless?🤔🤔🤔

 

On 9/27/2025 at 1:19 PM, KeepItReal said:

I agree on the gross.  What I am curious about is whether they really received complaints, as they claim, or if they are over reacting again and using Sniffies to target the gay community. It won't be the first time...a friend of mine was picked up by an undercover cop years ago at a public bathroom for doing nothing other than being gay and being there.  We were on our way to see a movie at the mall, I was paying the bill for our meal and followed him in. Was there when the cop arrested him. With my statement and a review of his arrest history, a lawyer friend demonstrated that he had been targeting gays at that mall. So yes, I am geared towards being suspicious when I read things like this.

May I ask how did they target him? Was he wearing something obvious like a Gay Pride t-shirt?

Edited yesterday at 04:44 AM by Gar1eth

[MscleLovr]

8 hours ago, Gar1eth said:

how did they target him? Was he wearing something obvious

Possibly he was wearing just sneakers and a jockstrap?

Possibly he was fully clothed but with the addition of custom knee-pads?

Possibly he was bare-chested, kneeling and making the acquaintance of another man?

The possibilities are endless…

[+ Gar1eth]

9 hours ago, Gar1eth said:

¿primless?🤔🤔🤔

 

May I ask how did they target him? Was he wearing something obvious like a Gay Pride t-shirt?

 

14 minutes ago, MscleLovr said:

Possibly he was wearing just sneakers and a jockstrap?

Possibly he was fully clothed but with the addition of custom knee-pads?

Possibly he was bare-chested, kneeling and making the acquaintance of another man?

The possibilities are endless…

I kinda doubt all those ideas since he was only going in there to do non-sexual business

[marylander1940]

On 9/27/2025 at 6:20 AM, BOZO T CLOWN said:

1. Public bathrooms are shared spaces. When you engage in sexual activity in a bathroom stall you are infringing upon the rights of others.
2. Even in lawless New York,  public lewdness and indecent exposure are crimes.

If you do the crime, be prepared to be arrested and do some time. XXX Period.

BTC
🤡

Moderator’s Edit. Let’s keep politics out of the discussion. 

let's hope they stop here and none of us gets arrested because of the hobby that brought us together....

[+ Charlie]

Alas! My very first sexual experience began in a men's room of a public transit terminal in midtown Manhattan. I might still be a virgin if it weren't for that! 🙄

[marylander1940]

43 minutes ago, Charlie said:

Alas! My very first sexual experience began in a men's room of a public transit terminal in midtown Manhattan. I might still be a virgin if it weren't for that! 🙄

well, that was before magazines, bars, internet, iPhone, etc. 

Nowadays even folks in gay bars are n their phones instead of cruising around.

[+ Vegas_Millennial]

1 hour ago, Charlie said:

Alas! My very first sexual experience began in a men's room of a public transit terminal in midtown Manhattan. I might still be a virgin if it weren't for that! 🙄

My first blowjob was in a public park.  I went there to eat my lunch on my first day of college.  A guy walked past me in the park with his fly undone.  My eyes followed, and a few minutes later I was standing back against a wall and shooting my load down his throat.  Alas, this was in a park on the West Coast.  The view of the Pacific Ocean I had as my legs quivered on that hilltop park as I came down that stranger's throat was probably more memorable than the Port Authority's men's room tiled walls, but your experience is hot nonetheless

Edited 19 hours ago by Vegas_Millennial

[Whippoorwill]

T-Rooms are a sacred place...over thousands of years, many of us had our first gay experiences with a stranger there. Before gay was "in", before the internet, before porn was readily available, when you were too young to be in a bar...T-rooms opened a whole new world we had been unknowingly searching for our entire lives. They were a revelation, a source of first gay friends, a sex education manual. etc. Don't knock the practice.