Mar. 10, 2024 By Dean Moses
With subway crime dominating the headlines in recent weeks, the NYPD is stepping up its efforts to bust dangerous fare evaders caught bringing weapons along with them for the ride.
Mar. 10, 2024 By Ben Brachfeld
The National Guard soldiers checking the bags of subway straphangers are no longer carrying long guns on duty, a spokesperson for Gov. Kathy Hochul has confirmed.
Jan. 26, 2024 By Kirstyn Brendlen
Brooklyn and Queens elected officials say they want “the gain must match the pain” if the Metropolitan Transportation Authority is going to proceed with plans to close the G train for improvements this summer.
Jan. 25, 2024 By Rachel Butler Several Queens officials have written a letter to the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) saying that they are opposed to a component of the proposed Queens Bus Redesign that would see a bus stop removed from the Q11 bus route in the Centerville area of Ozone Park. State Sen. Joseph…
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Jan. 23, 2024 By Bill Parry
An on-duty MTA worker was attacked inside a Jamaica subway station and the NYPD is still looking for the woman who assaulted him more than a week later.
Jan. 22, 2024 By Ben Brachfeld The success or failure of Gov. Kathy Hochul’s marquee transit proposal, the Interborough Express (IBX) connecting Brooklyn and Queens by light rail, is centered on a short, skinny tunnel underneath a Queens cemetery that the MTA says requires the line to be routed away from existing railroad tracks and onto the street. Based on a long-time dream of transit planners and aficionados, the IBX would utilize existing railroad tracks called the Bay Ridge Branch, which were built for the Long Island Rail Road but have long since been used only by freight, and only…
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Jan. 19, 2024 By Czarinna Andres The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) announced today that it has completed its revamp of the Beach 67th Street subway station in the Rockaways and that it is now accessible for all riders. The Beach 67th Street subway station is now fully accessible to all passengers, with the MTA installing two new elevators. The elevators go from the street to the mezzanine and platform, making it easier for passengers with mobility issues, disabilities and those with strollers or bulky items like beach umbrellas and surfboards to access the subway. The Beach 67th Street subway station,…
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Jan. 19, 2024 By Iryna Shkurhan At a Community Board 7 transportation committee meeting on Thursday evening, the MTA noted various concerns that northeast Queens bus riders have with their plan to overhaul the borough’s entire bus system for the first time in decades. The Queens Final Bus Redesign Plan, unveiled by the MTA in…
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Jan. 16, 2024 By Ben Brachfeld
The G train will partially shut down in stages this summer as the MTA seeks to modernize the Crosstown Line’s ancient signals.
Jan. 10, 2024 By Bill Parry
A 16-year-old boy was arrested Tuesday on a slew of charges for allegedly taking a two-car MTA subway train on a short joyride at the Forest Hills-71st Avenue station on Saturday, Dec. 30.