Springtime in New York is particularly tinged by grace notes of Paris this year, as the N.Y. Times has pointed out. The French consulate estimates that 50,000 French citizens live in New York City. Based on the number of tourists milling about, it seems that friends and relatives are visiting most of them. When they ride our subway, do they feel more at home or less? Peruse these photos from the Paris Metro to decide.

The N.Y. Yankees have un ami in this Montmartre metro entrance

Easy listening

Graffiti, French style?

FDR, we are here

It does look cleaner