"He was the kind of person who would step in front of a bullet for anyone. He would volunteer for the tough assignments. He was simple, and I loved that about my son," Edeedson Cine, Sr. said.

"Do we really need all that stuff? Shouldn’t they be fixing the subway stations? They keep spending money on stuff we don’t need."

The hoops team and several charities earned lots of heartwarming extra points by making a special courtside delivery to a New Jersey family saddled with its fair share of heartbreak.

A shy and tech-savvy anteater was just a subway stop away from being the face of the MTA and its brand-new MetroCard in the '90s, but was nixed before he could lead the card marketing plan.

Zabar's is struggling to keep up with demand for its vanilla MetroCard cookie as the Big Apple grows more and more sentimental for the soon-to-be-gone New York City turnstile icon.