Hello, I Exist You Know — That Little Drumstick-Shaped Plot Off Of Pelham Bay Park!

Time was, City Island didn’t show up on MTA subway maps. The Bronx Times Reporter, uh, reports that this will soon change:

Beginning this month, newly printed maps of the city’s subway grid will showcase that familiar, drumstick-shaped plot of land along the borough’s eastern coast, replacing either empty space or an informational box about transfer options at the Westchester Square station of the No. 6 train, depending on the map.

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s pocket-sized foldout maps will be the first to showcase City Island, with full-sized posters and other maps to follow as they undergo their own redesigns, said Paul Klein, vice president of the City Island Chamber of Commerce, which advocated for the change.

MTA officials did not return calls for comment, so it is unclear whether City Island, which has no subway stops, will be labeled on the new maps. But even if it is not, Klein said, its presence will at least provide a frame of reference to potential visitors.

“We’re just trying to let people know that we exist, trying to get more traffic up here,” Klein said. “We need to get some shoppers, some more people spending some money on City Island.”