Exclusive | The good, bad and the ugly: New Yorkers most memorable subway moments as it turns 120

The subway changed Rick McGuire’s life.No, he didn’t meet his forever person on the uptown A train like fiancés Anastasia Gregory and Spencer Seabaugh, nor did he find “American Idol” fame after launching a crooning career on station platforms like singer Just Sam. Instead, the subway system, which celebrates its 120th anniversary Sunday, gave McGuire a career spotlighting the commuters, kooks, trendsetters and go-getters buzzing beneath the city’s surface. “The subway is like the eighth wonder of the world,” McGuire, 40, founder of virtual people-watching hub @SubwayCreatures, told The Post. His viral vids include everything from early sightings of Gotham’s legendary “Pizza Rat” to clips of Grammy winner Ed Sheeran belting out “Eyes Closed” with subway performer Mike Yung. “Down there,” said McGuire, a New Jerseyan-turned-Brooklynite, “you’re surrounded by some of the most fascinating humans.”“People moving around New York City,” he added, “where they are free to be themselves.”“One of the best things I’ve ever seen in the subway was, years ago, there was a person whose luggage wheel got stuck between the train and the platform,” he said.“The guy was panicking because the train wasn’t able to leave until that wheel was loosened.“So everyone got off of the subway car and pushed the train until the wheel broke free.

It was one of those really awesome New York moments when strangers work together — but not necessarily to be helpful,” he laughed.“They all just didn’t want to be late to wherever they were going.”Here are more unforgettable subway memories New Yorkers shared with The Post.Thomas Trube, 54, of University Place, was listening to music while waiting for the N-R trains at 34th Street when something rat-tled him.“As I was looking around, I saw people pointing at me on the platform and screaming,” he said.

“I didn’t know what to do and I didn’t know what they were pointing at, so ...