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No Pants Subway Ride: See photos

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  • Glen Pannell of Bethpage, a Mike Pence look-alike, was one of hundreds of people who braved frigid temperatures on Sunday, Jan. 7, 2018.
    Photo Credit: David Handschuh
  • Donning winter hats and boots, these straphangers seemed to enjoy their pants-free day, Sunday, Jan. 7, 2018.
    Photo Credit: David Handschuh
  • A pants-less woman waits for her train at the 5th Avenue-Bryant Park subway station on Sunday, Jan. 7, 2018.
    Photo Credit: Charles Eckert
  • A view of participants from below, Sunday, Jan. 7, 2018.
    Photo Credit: David Handschuh
  • Some had fun with their choice of undies.
    Photo Credit: David Handschuh
  • The No Pants Subway Ride was definitely a selfie-worthy occasion.
    Photo Credit: David Handschuh
  • These playful gingerbread men boxers were spotted aboard an N train.
    Photo Credit: David Handschuh
  • Going pants-less let this commuter show off his
    Photo Credit: David Handschuh
  • It's not every day someone adjusts their underpants on the train.
    Photo Credit: David Handschuh
  • Participants in the 17th Annual No Pants Subway Ride cheer as they ride the escalator at the 34th Street-Hudson Yards train station in Manhattan on Sunday, Jan. 7, 2018.
    Photo Credit: Charles Eckert
  • This couple wore matching underpants.
    Photo Credit: Charles Eckert
  • Kamil Brazet, left, and Bartek Hills, right, of Brooklyn get ready to participate in the pants off subway ride on Sunday, Jan. 7, 2018.
    Photo Credit: David Handschuh
  • Pants-less riders will board trains around the city before converging in Union Square.
    Photo Credit: Charles Eckert
  • These fancy ladies went all out to show their knickers on Sunday, dressing up in period clothing.
    Photo Credit: Charles Eckert
  • Riders couldn't help but stare.
    Photo Credit: Charles Eckert

Temperatures in the teens did not stop New Yorkers from joining the No Pants Subway Ride, an annual prank that saw plenty of straphangers shedding bottom layers.

Participants — more than 1,000 locals were expected, organizers said — met up at seven locations in Queens, Brooklyn and Manhattan, then rode together, sans pants, Sunday, Jan. 7, 2018. The global event, which originated in NYC in 2001, hit 32 cities this year.

Scroll down to see photos from this year’s local version of the No Pants Subway Ride.

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