Oct. 7, 2024 By Kirstyn Brendlen A 17-year-old boy was violently robbed inside the Utica Avenue-Crown Heights subway station on Friday night, according to the NYPD. The victim was on the platform waiting for a southbound 3 train just after 9 p.m. when an unknown man wearing a Chicago bulls hat and a blue-and-green…
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11-year-old boy dies while subway surfing in Brooklyn
Sep. 17, 2024 By Kirstyn Brendlen An 11-year-old boy died on Monday Park Slope subway station in an apparent subway surfing incident, police said. The boy fell onto the tracks at the 4th Avenue-9th Street station shortly after 10 a.m. on Sept. 16 after apparently falling from a moving train. According to the New…
Full steam ahead: G train resumes full service after summer shutdowns
Sep. 3, 2024 By Ben Brachfeld The G train is finally back to full service following a painful summer shutdown. The Crosstown Line returned to its full route between Court Square in Long Island City, Queens and Church Avenue in Kensington, Brooklyn at 5 a.m. on Sept. 3. The line had been shuttered in phases…
Jeffries breaks ground on $850M G line accessibility upgrade in Clinton Hill
Aug. 6, 2024 By Robert Pozarycki
House Minority Leader and Brooklyn Congressman Hakeem Jeffries was back in his home district Monday morning to help ceremonially break ground on a federally-funded accessibility project on the G line.
Light at the end of the tunnel? Signal upgrades could bring back longer G trains
Jun. 13, 2024 By Kirstyn Brendlen
There may be a light at the end of the tunnel — or, at the end of the platform — for G train commuters tired of dashing to catch the train toward the middle of the track.
Brooklynites fume over congestion pricing delay: ‘Kathy Hochul has betrayed us’
Jun. 10, 2024 By Dean Moses
The angry fallout over Gov. Kathy Hochul’s last-minute move to indefinitely delay congestion pricing continued in Brooklyn on Sunday, as a coalition of fuming bus and subway riders protested and vented against the controversial decision.
Miss Subways 2024 winner takes the A train to victory
Jun. 4, 2024 By Kirstyn Brendlen & Paul Frangipane
The A train got an A-plus on May 31, as Queerly Femmetastic, representing the triboro subway route, was crowned the winner of the annual Miss Subways pageant.
Brooklynites express frustration as G train summer shutdown looms
Jun. 3, 2024 By Ben Brachfeld
G train commuters are preparing for a tough summer as the MTA prepares to shut down the Crosstown Line in three phases starting at the end of this month.
Three fuzzy peregrine falcon chicks hatch atop Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge
May. 28, 2024 By Ben Brachfeld & Brooklyn Paper staff
Three adorable peregrine falcon chicks hatched this month in a purpose-built nest atop the nearly 700-foot-tall Brooklyn Tower of the Verrazzano Narrows Bridge.
Six new elevators open at Metropolitan Avenue/Lorimer Street stations
Apr. 10, 2024 By Kirstyn Brendlen
After more than a year of construction, six new elevators opened at the Metropolitan Avenue/Lorimer Street stations in Williamsburg last week.