This foe is beyond any of you. Run!

See Someone at Risk? Get Help! (8th Street Station, Brooklyn bound N & R)

See Someone at Risk? Get Help! (Astor Place Station, Brooklyn bound 6 train)

See Someone at Risk? Get Help! (7 Avenue Station Brooklyn F & G)

(Grand Army Plaza Station Brooklyn 2 & 3)

Bonus: Middle Earth Metro Card (8th Street, Brooklyn bound N & R train)

My wings, a hurricane! And my breath, death!

For Your Safety... Watch out for Smaug! (Eastern Parkway Station Manhattan bound 2 & 3)

Bergen Street Station (Uptown Manhattan bound 2 & 3)

Bergen Street Station (Brooklyn bound 2 & 3)

Canal Street Station (Uptown Queens bound N & R)

(Bleecker Street Station Brooklyn bound 6 train)

Lost! My precious is Lost!

 Drop Something? Leave it! (14th Street Uptown 1, 2 and 3 trains)

(28th Street downtown 6 train)

(33rd Street downtown 6 train)

(Chambers Street Station Brooklyn bound 2 & 3 train)

Very well, if they will not talk, we'll make them squawk!

For Your Safety... Avoid the Goblin King! (Bergen Street Station Manhattan bound 2 and 3)

(Franklin Street Station Brooklyn bound 1 train)

(23rd Street Station Brooklyn bound 6 train)

The Gothamist has found my precious!

Why Are There Lord Of The Rings -Themed Mock MTA Posters Around The Subways?

Left, via Reddit; right, via Puckworks

Fake MTA posters are a dime a dozen at this point—Y Train signs, free subway rides, hipster signs, heck, we've even made our own fake signs before. But this year, one intrepid street artist/prankster has dedicated himself to placing Lord Of The Rings -themed MTA posters around the subway stations (as you can see above).

As fans of all things Tolkien around these parts—from the NY Times corrections to the latest The Hobbitfilms—we were particularly pleased by the incredibly specific signage filled with excerpts from the books and images of some of Tolkien's finest creatures (Mirkwood Spiders, Treebeard, Nazgul). The posters are the work of one William Puck, who has a blog keeping track of each sign as they go up (you can see more of the posters there).

We've reached out to Puck to try to ask him a bit more about his project, especially because there's one part we can't quite figure out: all of the signs direct people to puck.info for "travel info, travel tools, widgets, app, and more." While this is likely just mirroring the MTA's "go to mta.info" language, there is no address for his own blog, and there really IS a puck.info. So is it just an oversight, or is Puck secretly working to spread viral marketing for a Polish travel website?

By Ben Yakas in Arts & Entertainment on April 5, 2013 5:05 PM

Don't Get Eaten!

Don't Become a Statistic. Beware of Cave Trolls! (Union Square station, Downtown 4, 5 & 6)

Don't Become a Statistic. Beware of Cave Trolls! (Grand Army Plaza 2 & 3 trains)

Don't Become a Statistic. Beware of Cave Trolls! (Eastern Parkway Manhattan Bound 2 & 3)

Don't Become a Statistic. Beware of Cave Trolls! (33rd street station; Downtown 6 train)

Don't Become a Statistic. Beware of Cave Trolls! (Chambers Street station; 2 & 3 North Bound )

They are one; the ring and the Dark Lord.

The One Ring (7th street station Brooklyn; F & G trains)

The One Ring (Brooklyn Bridge station; downtown 4,5 & 6 trains)

The One Ring (Bleecker street station; uptown 6 train)

The One Ring & MiddleEarth Card (14th street station; downtown 1, 2, & 3 trains)

The One Ring (14th street station; downtown 1, 2, & 3 trains)

The One Ring (Bedford Avenue station; Brooklyn bound L train)

The One Ring (23rd street station; downtown 6 train)

The One Ring (Barclays Center station; Manhattan bound Q & D trains)

The One Ring (Cooper Union station; downtown 6 train)

The One Ring (23rd street station; downtown 6 train)

The One Ring (Christopher street station; downtown 1 train)

The One Ring (Bergen street station; New Lots bound 2 & 3 trains)

The One Ring (Eastern Parkway Brooklyn Museum station;  2 & 3 trains)

The One Ring (33rd street station; uptown 6 train)

The One Ring (72rd street station; uptown B train)

The Way is Shut.

Dead Men of Dunharrow (Nevins Street station; Manhattan bound 2 & 3)

Dead Men of Dunharrow (Chambers street station; 2 & 3 Uptown)

 Dead Men of Dunharrow (42nd Street - Bryant Park; Uptown B & D trains)

Dead Men of Dunharrow (Eastern Parkway-Brooklyn Museum station; 2 & 3 station)