Now there’s another way to completely ignore — or annoy — your fellow subway riders.
Straphangers will be able to get free Wi-Fi on six subway platforms in Manhattan, officials said yesterday.
The platforms are located in four stations, at Eighth Avenue and West 14th Street, Eighth Avenue and West 23rd Street, Seventh Avenue and West 14th Street, and Sixth Avenue and West 14th Street — the same stations that have cellphone access.
In addition to gabbing on their phones, riders can now log on to Boingo Wireless with any device that has Wi-Fi capabilities.
Previously, riders would have to join Boingo to surf the Web underground, which costs $7.95 a month.
But Google Offers is picking up the tab as part of a wider promotion in Manhattan, said Transit Wireless CEO William Bayne.
Transit Wireless, which set up the subway for phone and Internet service, plans eventually to add service to some 270 underground stations.
Those plans include 30 stations this year, including Times Square, Rockefeller Center and Columbus Circle.
“I think it’s nice that it’s private down there,” said Elise Bello, 21, adding that it’s “one place people can’t keep track of where you are.”
Finance worker Dallas Crites disagreed, saying, “I would definitely use it now that it’s free.”