Missing You, MetroCard (Short Sleeve Tee)

$50.00

On December 31st, 2025, the MTA (New York City's public transit authority) discontinued the payment card used for transit fares, the MetroCard. They replaced it with an inferior tap-to-pay system called OMNY. A lot of people miss it, myself and my partner included, flaws and all.

Come January 2026, my partner and I started work on a design that asks: "What if they made a MetroCard you could keep as a memory? Like you know those weird little art pieces they got at some of the stations (West 4th, 14th St); we could just make something like that."

Some back and forth and seven months later, this is what we ended up on. Although we could've got it done sooner, we had a shared hardship. Applying to hundreds of jobs that never respond, finding missed opportunities, losing jobs.

The MetroCard, to myself at least, represents opportunity, the hustle, or really just the spirit of what makes city life so excruciating, yet so fulfilling. It represents freedom, a golden ticket to explore at your hearts content and find something that'll make you whole. It represents the city, the city I spent the majority of my life growing up in. Getting my first MetroCard as a child, exploring the city, alone, away from the bubble of the neighborhood where I learned to be me (Rego Park), it's a feeling you can't replicate; a feeling wholly unique to living in New York City.

The last MetroCard I had finally expired in June. I'll miss it every day.

Designed by @burialposter and @hannahs.ong from scratch. No AI assistance has been used in the creation of the design.

Printed on all black Everybody World Trash Tees produced in Los Angeles. Unisex, slightly boxy cut.

Made in NYC, 100% cotton, with an ultra-high quality durability-tested DTF print. Designed to last years, not months.

Model (@burialposter) is 5'8 and wears size M. Model is wearing a near-final test print with some slight design inconsistencies, final polished design is depicted on the mockup images attached.

Orders open: 10/21/26

Orders close: 11/23/26

Printing starts: 11/24/26

Shirts will take 5-6 weeks to produce after order period ends. Orders are made with love by hand, minor variations may occur.

	Body Length	Chest Width	Sleeve Length
S	27^1/2 in. 70 cm	19 in. 48.26 cm	8 in. 20.32 cm
M	29 in. 73.66 cm	21 in. 53.34 cm	8.25 in. 20.95 cm
L	30 in. 76.2 cm	23 in. 58.42 cm	8.5 in. 21.59 cm
XL	30^1/2 in. 75 cm	25 in. 63.5 cm	8.75 in. 22.22 cm
2XL	31^1/2 in. 80 cm	27 in. 68.58 cm	8.75 in. 22.22 cm