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MTA installs adorable social-distancing decals inside NYC subways

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The MTA placed social-distancing footprint marks in the subway to prepare for the Phase 1 reopening of the state amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
The MTA placed social-distancing footprint marks in the subway to prepare for the Phase 1 reopening of the state amid the COVID-19 pandemic.Taidgh Barron/NY Post
The MTA placed social-distancing footprint marks in the subway to prepare for the Phase 1 reopening of the state amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
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The MTA placed social-distancing footprint marks in the subway to prepare for the Phase 1 reopening of the state amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
Taidgh Barron/NY Post
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Stand clear of the subway-riding pigs, please.

The MTA has installed “hundreds of thousands” of social distancing decals on subway platforms across the city to guide straphangers on how to stay 6 feet away from each other, officials said Thursday — but some are a little weirder than others.

While most of the floor markers depict a pair of shoe prints, there are “Easter egg” alternatives scattered throughout the system that include pig trotters, horse shoe prints, cat and dog paws, as well as a pair designed to look like a robot’s “feet,” The Post has learned.

The decals, along with additional signage “make sure [MTA] customers know where and how they can protect themselves and protect our staff,” MTA Chief Customer Office Sarah Meyer told reporters at a press conference at Hudson Yards station.

Some straphangers appreciated the comedic touch in the middle of a pandemic.

“I smiled when I saw the horse shoes. It’s good. I’m not smiling a lot in the subway lately,” Evelyn Brown, 51, interior designer from Jamaica, Queens, said Thursday afternoon.

But the little stickers went unnoticed by most commuters on the Manhattan bound E train platform at the station.

“I didn’t look at them. I’m just focusing on time,” said Joe Parisi, 31, a porter who lives on Long Island.

“They need to add trains! It’s 15 or 20 minutes more waiting time for each train and it adds an hour to my commute. It’s a huge difference!”