Looking at google maps letter to New York subway stations is seen as the symbol m letter in blue square. Clicking the icon is seen in the services that the station. A growing number of homeless people staying in subway stations. The city's homeless are moving underground. Over the last eight years the number of homeless living in the subway has gone from 845 to 1,841. The number of people living on the subways jumped 13 % from last year, while those on the steers dropped by 2 % according to city stats.