Good ol’ NYC!” one said. The rat also inspired some puns: “Sometimes we New Yorkers get inspired by nature. Behold, the Cirque du Subway rat!” another Twitter user joked.

‘Diva’ rat puts on raunchy pole performance on NYC subway By Matthew Sedacca Published March 1, 2025, 6:30 a.m. ET ...

A rat was captured on video ‘pole dancing,’ or climbing a pole, on an F subway train in New York City, inciting stripper comparisons and evoking health concerns on social media.

Determined as it is, the pole-dancing rat is not the first (and won’t be the last) rodent caught on tape in the Big Apple. There was pizza rat a few years ago, followed by donut rat, and even a ...

A pole-dancing rat is also the perfect example of how rapidly adjusting the people of NYC are: they’ve even come up with their own Cirque du Subway and it features acrobatics better than the ...

“Everyone’s mad at this, but I respect the hustle of a pole dancing rat just tryna make its way in NYC,” someone added. Of course, this isn’t the first rat to enjoy viral fame. The most ...

But watch out, Pizza Rat, because there’s a new, pole-dancing rat in town. Passengers on the N train headed to Queens at 3 a.m. are bound to see their fair share ...

A rhythmic rat turned the New York subway into its own dance club when it gave a twirl around a pole. Commuters on the N train were shocked when they spotted a rat scurrying down the subway car.

The rat’s train display earlier this year is not the first time a rodent has drawn stripper comparisons on the N.Y.C. subway — another rat’s impromptu pole dancing show previously went viral ...

The rat, which appeared to be a juvenile, caused the scene on a Coney Island-bound F train, according to footage of the incident shared by the popular Subway Creatures Instagram account on Feb. 18.