New Yorkers sweating everywhere inside most punishing subway stop during heat wave: No air in here

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...