Fake Wedding Held at Uptown Subway Stations to Protest Loss of Token Booths

A-train riders were surprised yesterday to stumble upon a subway-wedding-turned-melee during the evening commute. Although many people believed they were watching a real wedding, the Northern Manhattan UP Theater Company had staged the "Blessed Event" at the 181st and 168th Street stations to protest the recent removal by the MTA of the stations' token booths there.

WASHINGTON HEIGHTS — A bride and groom exchanged vows this week amid gawking straphangers at the 168th Street subway station — but true love wasn’t the reason for the subterranean nuptials.

Despite the presence of a priest and flower girls, the marriage was actually a piece of performance-protest aimed at drawing attention to the lack of manned token booths at subway stations.

The faux ceremony — also held at 181st Street station — were staged by the UP Theater Company at the Washington Heights stations as a demonstration against the removal of the staffed token booths by the MTA late last year.