Jenny from the Blog

So cute!!!!
A ruff rider!
Lone pup hops train in Bronx, disem-barks with pal in blue

On a summer's Monday afternoon in the Bronx, she rode her way into the annals of city subway legend - and into the heart of the kindly cop who put an end to her joyride at the 180th St. station.

"She's a beautiful dog," gushed Officer John Santana, who is thinking about adopting her.

The canine's adventure began at the elevated Burke Ave. station around 9:30 a.m., when she scampered aboard a southbound No. 2 train. Apparently, no one had noticed her entering the station. But even hardened commuters had to look up and smile as the tan mutt wagged her tail and playfully approached riders, charming the crowd.

Maybe she was trying to get to the Bronx Zoo. But with no one to ask for directions, she overshot by one station and got off at Bronx Park East, three stops from Burke Ave.
She soon hopped another No.2 to 180th St., where she got off and met Santana and his partner, Officer Raymond Cruz.

The duo brought her to New York City Animal Care and Control's Manhattan shelter.

Santana said it's not the first time he and Cruz, who work in Transit District 12, have encountered the animal kingdom on the subway.

"We've seen chickens, cats," Santana said. "Once a rat took a train downtown."