Dec. 1, 2024 By Barbara Russo-Lennon Festive fun awaits on NYC subway tracks as the New York Transit Museum brings back its annual tradition of Holiday Nostalgia Rides this month. The museum, located in Downtown Brooklyn, unveiled its fleet of vintage cars dating back to the 1930s. The train of cars will run between the…
Nov. 26, 2024 By Barbara Russo-Lennon The arrival of Thanksgiving means a feast of NYC transit service changes for commuters leaving work early or traveling elsewhere for the four-day weekend. Here’s what you need to know before you go! Subways and buses On Thursday, Nov. 28, Thanksgiving Day, all MTA New York City Transit…
Nov. 26, 2024 By Barbara Russo-Lennon Need assistance in the subway? Don’t count on the MTA’s “Help Points” subway intercom system to be useful, a report released Tuesday found. More than 1,000 emergency calls made through the agency’s Help Points system went unanswered last year, according to the MTA’s inspector general’s office report about…
Police in Queens are actively searching for the subway stabbing suspect who attacked a teenager on board a train Monday afternoon, it was reported. According to police, officers from the 108th Precinct responded to a 911 call of an assault involving a knife on a Manhattan-bound M train at the 23rd Street station in…
Nov. 25, 2024 By Barbara Russo-Lennon and Robert Pozarycki Police in Queens are actively searching for the subway stabbing suspect who attacked a teenager on board a train Monday afternoon, it was reported. According to police, officers from the 108th Precinct responded to a 911 call of an assault involving a knife on a…
Nov. 25, 2024 By Barbara Russo-Lennon The NYC Department of Transportation (DOT) is cracking down on double parking and traffic congestion throughout the Big Apple by creating additional space for trucks and cars to unload deliveries. The agency said that it has installed 500 new loading zones throughout the five boroughs so drivers making…
Nov. 20, 2024 By Barbara Russo-Lennon NYC will become the first city in the nation to implement congestion pricing next year. Is it an impactful way to improve air quality in the city while funding critical transit upgrades? Or is it an unnecessary money-grabbing move that will put yet another major dent in the wallets…
Nov. 18, 2024 By Barbara Russo-Lennon NYC Council members and agency leaders tackled subway surfing at a Monday oversight hearing, discussing various ways to stop young New Yorkers from participating in the dangerous, often lethal trend. Subway surfing — the act of riding on top of a moving train — has increased in recent…
Nov. 6, 2024 By Barbara Russo-Lennon A major national advocacy group is spearheading a movement to get NYC’s sidewalks in tip-top shape, but it needs some help from concerned citizens to make it happen. AARP New York announced a hands-on state-wide initiative designed to improve the quality of the Empire State’s many sidewalks. Dubbed…
Oct. 23, 2024 By Ben Brachfeld The number of people traveling in and out of New York City by car is higher than ever before, even as mass transit ridership continues to lag behind levels seen before the COVID-19 pandemic, a new report on MTA finances from State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli revealed. Crossings on…