Sep. 11, 2025 By Barbara Russo-Lennon It’s just not ‘fare’ — for both the MTA and New Yorkers! Toll and fare evasion cost the MTA an estimated $1 billion in 2024, though the agency and partners are now reversing the upward trend, according to a report published Thursday by a financial civic group in…
Sep. 11, 2025 By Barbara Russo-Lennon Metropolitan Avenue is the next stop on the MTA’s IBX (Interborough Express), a proposed light rail that would connect Queens to Brooklyn without going through Manhattan. The station will be located near the last stop of the existing M train line, which starts its run at 71st Street…
Sep. 8, 2025 By Barbara Russo-Lennon Even though the cost of almost everything seems to be going up in NYC, there are still plenty of ways for New Yorkers to commute for free or at discounted costs. From reduced fares for the needy to free boat rides, there are many ways to travel throughout…
Sep. 7, 2025 By Barbara Russo-Lennon The MTA is taking action to combat fare evasion at the 61st Street-Woodside subway station, a critical transit hub home to the 7 train and Long Island Railroad (LIRR) in Queens. The targeted action is part of the agency’s broader initiative to address fare evasion throughout the city.…
Sep. 7, 2025 By Barbara Russo-Lennon An e-bike rider was killed after recently slamming into an open car door on a Queens street, police announced Saturday. According to law enforcement sources, officers from the 102nd Precinct responded to a collision near Lefferts Boulevard and Jamaica Avenue in Richmond Hill at around 8:25 a.m. on…
Sep. 3, 2025 By Barbara Russo-Lennon As the IBX moves south from Maspeth’s Grand Avenue, the proposed light rail line’s third stop is Eliot Avenue in northern Middle Village, a mostly serene, tree-dense neighborhood of single-family homes that has virtually had the same personality since the 1950s. Public transportation is limited in this part…
Sep. 1, 2025 By Claude Solnik Dressed in her Sunday best in the form of a colorful, floral dress and a yellow hat and coat, Louise Stamp took the bus to church on Aug. 31, as she does each weekend. But this was also the first day of new bus routes across Queens, as…
Aug. 28, 2025 By Barbara Russo-Lennon A typical weekday in NYC starts with the buzz of an alarm clock, leaving the house on time and battling the sounds of honking horns before tackling a seemingly never-ending to-do list. But a ride on a Queens express bus offers a quiet reprieve within that hectic morning…
Aug. 26, 2025 By Barbara Russo-Lennon Nestled within NYC’s 8.5 million New Yorkers, crowded streets, skyscrapers and bumper-to-bumper traffic is Maspeth, a town in Queens that provides residents a reprieve from busting city life. It has quiet, tree-lined residential streets, a village center and a townhall that offers information and services for seniors, students,…
Aug. 21, 2025 By Barbara Russo-Lennon Dozens of employees from two NYC airports along with elected officials, rallied at LaGuardia Airport on Wednesday to call out a major employer for what they described as dangerous working conditions. During the rally, which ironically occurred under raindrops on an unseasonably cool Aug. 20, workers from both…