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17-year-old robbed, stabbed inside Crown Heights subway station

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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…

11-year-old boy dies while subway surfing in Brooklyn

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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

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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…

Miss Subways 2024 winner takes the A train to victory

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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.