11 Secrets of NYC’s Queens Midtown Tunnel

2. Someone Once Wrote a 72-Page Book of Poems About the Queens Midtown Tunnel

Yes, someone wrote a 72-page book about the Queens Midtown Tunnel, and you can purchased it online. Called The Man in the Booth in the Midtown Tunnel by Doug Holder, the book features a series of poems that sheds light on a variety of characters encountered by the author. “Mr. Holder’s eye is almost like that of a child, filled with wonder and enjoyment at the oddities of humanity that surrounded him growing up in the environs of New York City,” writes a reviewer on Amazon.